The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
COLONEL QUAY
WILL BE THE MAN
BE VIII Be Reelected to the Re-
publican National Com
mittee.


Purpose of Reports That He IL to
Retire Is quite Apparent, But the
Game Has Been Worked Too Often
TO BE successful.
Especial correspondence)
Harrisburg, May 22.-Colonel NJ S.
Quay viii be elected 10 succeed himself
as the member of the Republican na-
tionaI committee from Pennsylvania
This announcement is made at this
time in view of the fact tha an effort
is being made by the Republican insur-
gent and Democratic newspapers to
create the impression that Colonei
Quay proposes to retire from the ma
tional committee and that his with
drawal from or active participation In
the management Of the party organiza-
ton in the presidential campaign will
be followed by his absolute retirement
from sSlttics. The persistence with
which these stories are circulated by
the opponents of the Beaver statesman
is a ve-y good indication of the opin-
ion they hold Of the strength OF the
veteran leader as party manager and
an opponent of their schemes to get
control OF the party organization OF
the Republican party in Pennsylvania
They realize that Colonel Quay is
strong with the people and that many
party men who might not otherwise
take an active interest in the affairs
of the Republican organization are at
tached to Colonel Quay and will al
ways go out of their way to serve him
and TO help any organization OF which
he is the acknowledged leader. The
insurgent machine of the Keystone
state has found it pretty rough sled
ding in the movement to unhorse Col
oneI Quay as the party leader. While
here and there, through disappoint-
ments of aspirants for Office or other
causes, the insurgents have gotten a
foothold outside of their Pittsourg
stronghold, they have utterly failed TO
make any favorable impression upon
the masses of the Republican voters,
and they feel that their only hope lies
in getting Colonel Quay out of their
path.
Even II they cannot actually accom-
rlish this they believe that by letting
the impression get abroad that Col
onel Quay is to retire from politics they
will be able to make some headway in
spots where supporters of Quay may
think these reports are true and lose
interest in the fight to retain control
of the party organization.
NEWSPAPER COMBINE.
All the Philadelphia newspapers that
are under the Wanamaker influence,
and there are few exceptions, have de-
voted columns of matter during the
past week to stories about Colonel
Quay not being an aspirant 10 succeed
himself In the Republican national
committee. They have represented him
as getting old and as being desirous
of spending the balance of his days
in peace and quietness. That these
stories all emanate from the same
source is well known, and that they are
prompted by a desire to have the col
onel desert his followers is also quite
true.
After printing these long fakes IN
the local columns some newspapers.
unwittingly. followed them up with
news dispatches in which the reports
that Colonel Quay would retire were
positively denied. Colonel Quay said
nothing on the subject, but some of his
close political advisers, like Attorney
General Elkin, promptly declared that
the sentiment in favor of the continu-
ance of Colonel Quay in the national
committee was so strong that it would
be a grave mistake to consider any
suggestion for a change at this time.
He called attention to the fact that
Colonel Quay j. on close and intimate
terms with the influential national
leaders, and they are eager to have him
continue in the committee.
QUAY'S ACTIVE CAREER.
Colonel Quay was first elected to the
Republican national committee 20
years ago. He was reelected each
time since, excepting when he suggest
ed David Martin as his successor. Mar
tin was one of his lieutenants and had
a record of being one of the most
stalwart of party men. II was his
proud boast for years that in voting
he never failed to dot an or cross a
t. in voting the full Republican ticket
His recent consorting with Democratic
machine leaders has placed his pre-
vious attitude in bold contrast with
his insurgent tendencies of toda-
While Colonel Quay was chairman OF
the Republican national committee,
from 1888 to 1892, he made a host OF
staunch friends among Republicans
throughout the country. and his mas
terly management of the Harrison
campaign snatched victory from defeat,
which many thought was inevitable,
in view of the strong hold Tammany
had at that time upon the election ma
chinery of New York. Colonel Quay's
cans and his bold move in capturing
McKean's stronghold settled the issue
in the Empire state and the election OF
the Republican candidate TO, the pres
idency. When Colonel Quay succeed
ed David Martin in the national COM
mittee his old colleagues specially hon.
ored him in recognition of his past
services by electing him to the vice
craftsmanship of the committee. He
positively declined to be considered a
candidate for the chairmanship.
Throughout the national campaign he
was in frequent consultation with the
managers Of the fight, and his advice
and suggestions were carefully needed
There is no doubt about the attitude
Of large majority Of the Pennsylvania
delegates to the national convention
upon the subject of the national COM
mitteeman. Colonel Quay, in the event
OF an opposing candidate being pitted
against him for that honor, would have
over three-fourths of the delegation at
his hack
NO MAKESHIFT.