The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-01-03

the state, VINO ueSplSe WOutu-Ue parry
wreckers masquerading as 'reformers,
the anti-Quay camDaign Of ealumnY.
greed ana spite proved a IaIIure, ~
though backed by an unlimited cor
ruption fund and all the resources OF
the most expert ballot thieves Of Phil
adelphia."
Set a rogue to catch a rogue says
the old adage. II is TO be hoped that
good may come from the efforts to
ferret out fraud in Philadelphia cleo
tions, but whatever the outcome may
be. it is not likely to give the rogue
hunters a very high place in public
opinion, knowing full well, as the peo-
pie do. that the hunters Of today would
more than likely have been the hunted
of yesterday had an honest investiga-
tion been made when Martin was boss
and they were in the push.
THE ABUSE OF QUAY.
Congressman James Rankin Young.
in discussing the latest phases Of the
contest over the seating of Colonel
Quay said:
Abusing Quay to the senators per-
sonally helps the former senator. This
is plain to even a casual observer.
Those with whom Mr. Quay served for
u years do not have 10 be told what
manner of man he is. Whether or
not he is the product of a bad system
| of politics in Pennsylvania does not
concern them. So far as they can see.
it is the same system that has made
the state Republican ever since it was
wrested from the Democracy. II the
system is corrupt they are not ready to
believe that Quay and what may be
| denominated his henchnen were the
sole beneficiaries. Since the Republi-
can party first gained power there
never was a presidential election that
the leaders of that party did not seek
to carry Pennsylvania, and they were
not asking any questions as to under
| what system it was to be carried.
abusing Quay for what he has done
TO elect Republican presidents and to
help himself and his friends does not
hurt him in the senate. On the other
hand IL creates a fellow feeling for
him. Politics is politics the world
| over. This means that abusing the
other fellow all the time while holding
yourself up as the model TO emulate
does not always win out. Quay per-
sonaIly and the way the Pennsylvania
Republican organization run their end
OF the politics of the state has nothing
to do with the Quay case, as it presents
| itself to the senate. The young and
able senator from Indiana. Senator
Beveridge, states the whole thing IN
nutshell in a letter recently published,
as follows;
1.-The tolk about Quay not having
votes enough to seat him is nonsense.
and so are the claims that he has
enough votes TO seat him. Nobody
knows Just what the situation is. No
body knows. for example how / shall
vote. / know that a great many other
senators are in exactly the same situa-
tion. The whole matter is a pure
| question of constitutional construction.
All this talk about corrupt elections,
etc. has nothing to do with the case.
| Quay is not claiming through an cleo
tion. He is claiming through an ap-
pointment by the governor. The ques-
! ton is whether or not the governor
had a constitutional right TO appoint
| him.
az have not had time yet to give
| that question the special study which
/ its immense importance deserves.
When have done so shall know how
| shall vote. For that consideration
and that consideration alone will de-
termine the matter. This also is the
case with great number of other SEN
ators
THAT is the case in its entirety"
added Congressman Young. land that
is the way in which it viii be treated
in the senate, the opinions OF the
newspaper editors who are proclaimine
so earnestly against Quay to the con
trary Notwithstanding