The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-06-17
WHY TALIAFERR0
VOTED FOR QUAY.
He eidet GeDerul Bullock in
Getting Seuted.
AN INTERESTING INCIDENT.
Capt. Welsh Tells How II Was Done.
Florida Should Throw Flower on
Qusy's Crave

/ shows how Mathew Stanley Quay and
other republicans aided General Ro-
bert Bullock. The article in the
Record Is as follows:
Capt. John H. Welsh was a recent
and pleasant caller at the Office of the
Record, and reference being made TO
the death Of VI. S. Quay, he said:
1t was my pleasant privilege to
have known Senator Quay intimately
since his coming into prominence in
political affairs, and although a resi-
dent Of Florida for more than twenty
years, and, therefore, unable TO serve
him, he never hesitated 70 respond to
demands on his friendship. He was
among the truest Of friends and well
deserved the common saying: His
word is his bond
HOW quay HELPED BULLOCK.
- Various reasons might be given
for the title, 'Florida's third senator q.
by which he was known to Flor
idians, but it was mainly due TO the
following circumstances. 1t will be
remembered that General Bullock
took his seat in congress by virtue Of
a certificate of election, which seat
was contested by Mr.. Goodrich, on
afiidavits produced by Mr. HI. Ander-
son, of Ocala, showing about 1900
republican majority for Goodrich.
The determination of the Harrison
administration to seat Goodrich
brought on a struggle which, for bit
terness and continuance, has no
/ parallel i'm congressional history, and
which, curiously enough, was fought
entirely by republicans. The follow
( ing will show something of the infue-
ences operating against Bullock At
the beginning of this contest a COM
mittee of six, elected by the memoir
able convention of vegetable and
| orange growers, which met in the
sub-tropical building of Ocala, in the
interest of protection, reached Wash
ington. The committee consisted of
Chief Justice Mabry, Hon. John E.
Hartridge, Hon. George w. Wilson,
now editor of the Times-UniOn; Mr..
Rogers, then president of the Farmers
Alliance; Major McKibbon and my
self. Being the only member ac-
quainted with President Harrison,
introduced the party, and after being
seated and stating the object of our
mission, of which he had been pre-
viously informed, he turned to us
abruptly and said: L cannot under
stand how you can ask for increased
protection on your industries when
you do not protect the voters of your
state which he followed up with a
TRADE against democratic methods
truly appalling, ending with the dec
laratiOn: Il have determined to seat
Mr.. Goodrich and send troops to
Florida to maintain peace and enforce
the rights of franchise l was not
in Washington for defending demo-
Gratis, who at that time had little love
for republicans, but the gentlemen
present, four of whom were demo-
Gratis, were there at my instance, and,
outraged at the presidents conduct, l
replied: Mr.. President, you have
told us story of Outrages, repeated
to you by Mr.. Goodrich, an individual
| who would not be believed under oath
wherever known, and whom the
republican party cannot afford to
stulify itself by seating, and, pardon
me for saying that, should you order
troops to Florida for the purpose
stated your hands will be dyed with
the blood of innocent thousands, and
that when you die, should anyone
erect TO your memory a monument,
the epitsph engraved thereon will be
murderer The troops were not
sent.
| QUAY APPEALED To.
1.-THE following morning related
to Senator Quay my interview with