Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-03

published below III full. n II taken
from the editorial columns Of the
pittsburg Gazette:
II may require the perspective "a
years for d tfue public appreciation OF
the life and services Of Matthew stan,
ley Quay soldier. scholar, statesman
ana politfeiaf sstrhtegist. His was d
sseompiex character, and his abilities
wore so extraordinary as 10 DC many
i times misunderstood. Men, TOO. are
1 moved III Judgment 81 their fellows AZ
mucli ny their personal interests as
by abstract Justice. and to this fact
As due the difHenlty of making a fair
sestimate Of 4 man unlif the years have
meIiowed the bitterness Of defeat or
modified the citation Of victory. J
There will besno dispute concerning
Col, Quay. an d colder. He exhibited
under IRE all o. the qualities thattgc
10 make Ihaa hero In battle: IN tho
gicissitudes of the march he was In
defatigablas ina planning action he
was AZ brilliant as In execution; ! atsall
times he was anxious 10 share the bur-
den OF his fellow In arms. and In che
face OF the AeaeWy he WAS ever ready
10 lead rather than follow his COM
mad. Ills military record Is NJ shin.
ing page In the exceptional htstqry Of
.~PennsyIsanla aRaAai patriot rdsRiuon.
wealth. firmly established by eaafyeavs
of inspection and discusstoas ss
All men win aceord him q thigh
place as 4 POLITICAL strAfsxiut .lIissxs
ever they may differ. W stheiyi estinaies
.ol his motives u the valse Of what
he accomplishAa4a Above aevFryihing,
". .. Quay was the psrsonihcA,ion Of
superior mentally. From the thou
sands 81 books he read aud sssimu'
lated he drew stores OF knowlelge
that were useful IN, strsaupus cam
paigns, and these he added 70 native
strateglcal genius of the highest order,
He was never a magnetic leader Of
ihen. His t9rces we're marshalei upon
a plane 81 sheer intelligence. With q
reason for everything. None evpr tol-
lowed him hlindiy III d FIRST ca,npaiss.
though many learned TO rely absolute,
" upon his Judgment ~ SECOND, tniYd
or tenth conflicts Assannerrfns rfdge
or public scntimeat and Of human
nature insthe mass. senator tjusy did
not intuitiyely estimate inltyidlWl
character, He suffered often N hi
selection o. friends though psaniiy ior-
tunate IN haying loyal adyisWsw who
could estimate The Individual
Senator Quay started N politics 10.
fore the civil war At the request u n
friend whQsNaB d master judge OF indit
siduaI character. lie knav Quay aud
he had foresecn his career The souag
man made mistakes, but always prof.
tied ny them HE art Hlectisa 70 Df
nee was as parliamentary Of Beaver
county. He RESIGNED that ouiee, lie
resigned from every qilee,h held sub
s%eqpenily, except that M United
States Senator. Which BY, Deil At hts
death H. was saseassgely men'ben
Of The geperql assembly. nilitlgy secs
Rotary 70 Gov Curtin. sesrausry III The
commonwealth. private sscrsparv %
the goyernor, ~recorier ot PhirafeJnhiA.
state teaxnrer4aaa AeSAter 4r.-cons
gress. Nhsn most bittesly assatled ~
always appealed 10 t~he,peopl. aas-.he
was always sustained Thoss who he
advanced g power rsppatc az
! tempted his oyerthr9w. ~ IN ,ssi
pulse 81 each assault let hen a,ore
strongly entrenchsd ,The.pe sup,
ported him because y bpd q %elssier
perception than Others .cf, what waa
dear TO The public hear, His own
heart was always right He planned
for The public welfare aud wrought for,
the public good, He was. al Brptns
said Of Caesar. ambitious, and 20 win
success he had sometimes 20 aid men
less moral than himself 10 realization
Of their designs. Invariably the evil
Of ese men Was charged 20 Quay.
and was Characteristic 81 the man
never 10 defend himself BY denounc.
Ing i friend ais grasp X STATE polf
tics why unpsraiitied III the$ every
man IN Pennsylvania who coIld. III.
ziuence dns vote RESIDE his own. He
kntwspreeiseiy who toufd bling int0.
eacs4f0 bear irrpon eydry influential
posItsenI WORKER. ana I'M 'tampaish ses
mssshaled his forces vim aff The akiii
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