Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-08
FIGURES
IN SCANDAL
Of STATES
EVEN HIS PARTY CHARGES
PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR
WITH BASE TREACHERY TO
HIS DUTY.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. 5.--A great
scandal has developed in the fight OF
Arizona and New Mexico for admission
as states into the union and its finger
points at Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania
He is making the fight in the senate Tor
admission of the territories and now his
Republican associates in the senate are
charging him with having a personal In
terest in the legislation he is urging and
also with base treachery to his party.
These charges may be made the basis
of sensational attack on him when the
bill for admitting the territories comes up
next wednesday for discussion. The
North Americans correspondent says:
'@The Investigation made during the
summer by a subcommittee of the senate
committee on territories in the qualifi-
cations of Arizona and New Mexico for
statehood revealed the extent of Quays
personal interest in the measure, ana
brought to light a letter written by the
senator to some of his fellow schemers
In Arizona, urging that the Democrats
be permitted to carry the territory and
organize its legislature In order to enlist
the support Of the Democratic members
of the senate for the statehood bill.
Senator Quay, taxed with having writ
ten this letter. made no denial. In
stead he laughed and frankly acknowl-
edged that he wrote and meant every
word II contained. The testimony In the
possession of the committee shows that
Quay (''bull") and Senator Penrose and
a lot Of the others for whom Pennsylvania
politics have proved source of profit, are
trying to manipulate statehood for Arizo-
ma and New Mexico for their own benefit.
zone of the largest gold mines IN Arizo-
ma. is owned by a brother Of Senator PEN
rose The American Lumber company, of
which Andrews Is the principal man, and
which, according to the testimony, Is
owned and controlled by Pennsylvania
capital, is pushing statehood because
statehood viii increase the value of its
stock In the open market. This was al
mitted to the committee by Delegate Ro-
dey, who was called upon to explain why
such a corporation would want 10 pay
the increased tax which would be levied
with statehood.
at is also charged that through polit-
zeal manipulation, at which Senator Quay
Is so skillful, other deals are to be per-
fected by which these same boomers viii
be permitted to grab franchises and privi-
leges in the new states, just as they have
done in Pennsylvania. 1t Is shown clear
Iy that Quay and his associates, looking
for new states to loot, have settled upon
Arizona and New Mexico and apparently
nothing can prevent the success of their
schemes but an adverse vote upon the
statehood Dill.
Tar Heel Senators War.
North Carolina, Senators Pritchard
Republican) and Simmons Democrat
engaged in a wordy war over the results
of the recent election in the old North
State and they are firing some rather
warm statements at each other. Pritch-
ard gave out a statement early this week
ia which he declared IN effect that the
Lily White movement would go on in
spite OF the presidents disapproval. This
angered the negro element Of his party
and they are moving against him. The
Democrats, wrought up by his analysis OF
the election returns, are out for his gore,
as is clearly evidenced by the statement
which their leader, Senator Simmons. gave
out last night.
Senator Simmons says: 'If Senator
Pritchards statement that the negroes are
not excluded from the Republican state
convention on account of color, be true.
then the campaign which his party made
in North Carolina this year was a miser-
able pretence. for the whole campaign was
based upon the theory that the negro had
been excluded because of his color, and
that that was what the Lilly Whites
movement meant
Senator Pritchard and his party made
his reelection to the senate the over
shadowing issue of the campaign. Upon
that issue the senator and his party lost
in the proportion of more than six to one
for he only has FIVE votes out of fifty in
the senate, and nineteen out of 100 in the
house of representatives"
Widow Gets Good Place.
Senator Clay and Representative Adj
amson have succeeded in having Mrs
Ramsey williams, of Harris county APP
pointed to the place in the pension de-
partment made vacant by the death of
her husband, who was one of Harris
cnunfv,a hest citizens.