Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-09
Quay's Hopeless Canvass.

To those who have watched the prog
ress of the Senatorial contest, as indlcaS-
ed by the result of the primary elections
for the nomination of State Senators and
Representatives, it has long been appar-
ent that Mr. Quay was hopelessly beat
en-. The complete anti-Quay sweep at
the Bradford county primaries on Satur-
day, in which an anti-QuaY Senator and
three anti-Quay Representatives were
nominated, has divested the Quay cause
of the last hope of success, and his
friends might as well follow their leader
to the Maine woods and spend the rest OF
the season in taking a rest from their
arduous political labors. There will be
a large saving of Quay money and wear
and tear if the whole Quay outfit goes
on vacation now. To continue the
hopeless contest futher will be sheer
waste of time, money and political
effort.
During the last season of the Legisla-
ture Quay was never less than a dozen
votes short of an election. In the coun-
ties in which primaries bave been held
already he has lost not less than eleven
in Allegheny, one in Armstrong, one in
Forest, three in Washington, one in
Bedford, one, if not two, in Franklin. two
in Lebanon, two in Luzerne, two in
Bradford and one in Warren, or twenty
five in all, and gained two each in But
ler and Mercer, making net Quay loss
of not less than twenty-one. In addl-
ton, he will lose several other members
by fusion movements already under
way in dozen or more counties.
The political tide is against Quay, has
been running against him all the season
and the Quay Waterloo in Bradford on
Saturday shows that it is still rising
with no prospect of an ebb. With the
cerainty that he is already defeated to
inspire the future efforts of his opponents
and discourage and depress his friends,
his losses Philadelphia and other coun-
ties in which nominations are yet to be
made, can hardly fail to be in still great
er ratio. While there is nothing that
succeeds like success, thereis nothing so
depressing, especially to professional po-
litical workers of the type of those who
follow Quay. as continuous defeat.
An enumeration of the causes which
have contributed to such series of
Quay reverses can only serve to convince
the thoughtful of the entire hopeless
ness of his candidacy. Quay represents
the Republican machine in power, and
besides the political sins which are laid
directly at his door. his cause is loaded
H. oil
of the school fund, Governor Stones
unconstitutional veto of the two consti-
tutional amendments adopted by the
last Legislature, his own rejected ap-
pointment to the Senate, the oleomar-
garine scandals, the well-founded i'm
preston that he does not control the
Federal patronage in Pennsylvania any
longer, and above and beyond all. by
the public distrust of those who are
managing his canvass. Quay has many
and bitter political enemies who are
working for his downfall, but his OPP
ponents combined have not contributed
a 1.-THE to his hopeless defeat that has
been contributed by those who call
themselves his friends.
Between Quay's well-organized, pow
erful and hopeful opponents and his
fool friends his last chances of election
to the United States Senate by the next
Legislature have gone glimmering, and
he has very wisely betaken himself to
the woods where he can get a little rest,
if nothing more, from political efforts
that produce only disastrous defeat.
His fool friends will probably keep up
the semblance of contest until the end
of the chapter, which will be a mere
waste of money and effort. No human
power can change hopeless defeat into
victory, and Quay is hopelessly defeat
ed already-Phil'a Times.