Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-25
VOICE REPUBLICAN SENTIMENT.
"A Revelation to the Friends and
Opponents Of the BssTer
Statesman.
EVERY SECTION rs REPRESENTED

Who Support the Republican Party
Tell Why Quay should BE Seated
by the United States Senate.
Especial Correspondence
Harrisburg, Jan. 23-A revelation to
both friends and foes of Colonel Quay
was given last week as to the senti-
ment among publishers and editors of
the leading representative Republican
newspapers of Pennsylvania on the
question of the seating of the Beaver
statesman in the United States senate
upon the appointment made by Gov
ernor Stone. No political pressure or
influence of any character was respon-
sible for these opinions. They came
quickly in response to telegraphic re-
quests sent out by the editor of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, who, in a tele-
gram duplicated to newspapers in diff
ferent parts of the state, said:
HAS Pennsylvania stood by Quay,
and should he be seated as senator?"
The replies came back by wire with
in few hours, and they express in a
striking manner the sentiment of the
ious papers. 1t has been manifest for
years that the stalwart Republicanism
and the constantly increasing Repub-
lican majorities in the Keystone state
must in large measure be attributed
to the steadfast loyalty of the Repub-
lican newspapers of the state to the
principles of Republicanism, their un-
wavering devotion to the cause of that
party and their intelligent advocacy
of the doctrines and platforms and un-
faltering support of the nominees of
the Republican organization.
Because q small minority of Repub-
lican members of the legislature, join
ing with the Democrats, prevented the
election of the Republican caucus NOM
inee for United States senator these
stalwart Republican papers do not be-
lieve that Republicans should strike
their colors to this band of Repubt-
can insurgents, made up of the follow
ers of Martin in Philad phia, Finn in
gent in the interior !. ~ lies, many of
them elected on fusion tickets.
They believe in standing by their
party without attempting to raise Quay
upon a pedestal or make him out great
er than his fellow Republicans. They
generally regard him as the nominee
of the Republican caucus, and as such
the candidate of the Republican party
for United States senator.
Here are some of the replies given to
The Inquirer's query:
The Choice of the Majority.
Quay deserves to be seated in the
United States senate because the great
state of PENNSYLVANIA wants him there.
The Republican party rules the old
Keystone state by all that's fair. at the
polls directly by the people and in the
legislature by their representatives,
majority of the Republican party has
Enthusiastically declared him their
choice. Majorities still rule. and to
fair minded men, free from hatred and
jealousy there ought to be no question
about the right of the choice of Penn
sylvania Republicans to seat in the
United States senate.
| C. M. BOWMAN. editor Lebanon Times.
insurgents Rebuled.
The last Republican state convention
inserted a plank in the platform In
dorsing the appointment OF Colonel
Quay as United States senator by Gov
ernor Stone. and at the ensuing gen.
eral election the people of Pennsylva-
MIA declared the governor was right by
returning a tremendous majority for
the ticket named by the convention.
Here in Chester county Representative
Kendall, one of the insurgent leaders
of the last house, took the stump for
| the Democratic ticket on the ground
| that If the county returned a majority
| for the Republican nominees it would
| be a virtual Endorsement of Quay's ap-
pointment by the governor and re-
| buke of the course pursued by him and
Representative Jefferies Well. Ches-
| ter county did return a substantial ma
| jority for Colonel Barnett and the
whole ticket. thereby rebuling Kendall
and Jefferies and declaring in unequiv-
| ocal terms that Colonel Quay was her
| choice for United States senator. not
| withstanding the desperate machina-
| tions of the local insurgent leaders.
j. b. FISHER.
| Editor West Chester Village Record.
Views of Recognized Republicans.
Pennsylvania has so frequently ex-
pressed it's devotion to and recognition
| of the services OF Matthew Stanley
| Quay that any recital in his favor at
| this time would seem irrelevant. 1t is
the consensus of opinion among regu-
| larly recognized Republicans that Quay
| should be seated. The man hunters
| and fireaters have been so repeatedly
repudiated of late that their cause
| would seem to be tottering in its
| tracks, and q justice loving public,
| which can be fooled but part of the
| time. demands that Quay he seated.
r. ]. WILSON,
| Editor Reading Republican
| Quay Deserves All support.
| The election or rejection of NJ. S.
| Quay by the senate of the United
States is a constitutional question, and
fortunately will not be influenced by
| his enemies in this state. whose sue
cess would be a triumph of corrupt poll
| itics. Quny has been faithful to the
party. faithful to friends. and deserves