Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-09
I,ys SENATORIAL RECORD

may was three time elected to
 Nh s,e S and would have complet-
 ~, ,blrd term March next had
 p.od n says the Washington Post.
 mas, however, hiatus of two
 p'N in his service. Having been
 s,ected to succeed Senator John
 ,n,obel for the term that began
 .ob { 1887, he was reelected in
 'o, but in 1899 he was defeated for
 ,,otion by deadlock existing ,opghOut the session of the lesisla-
 There was republican major
 ', the legislature, but large con-
 ,art of the republicans, identified
 ,s q revolt against him and his po-
 .,.,l domination of the state, refus'
 ,hsir support. In the campaign of .o, ouay had had one of the most
 ,iouS fights of his political career, /, orposition to him having been led
 ey. Postmaster General Wanamak. ubo made a remarkable tour of
 state The republican candidate ,r governor, Hon. William A. Stone, bo was backed by Qaay, was elected N s plurality, but not by a majority.
 |, the course of Quay's fight with U.pamaker a state treasury scandal ,d broken out. Quay was ever ,.,nlatOr in stocks, and he had ,5e and won large fortunes by the ,a and fall of securities in Wall ,,ast After the failure of the Key .toDe bank, the Peoples bank, of pbiladelphia, had become the polit- saI bank of the state. Here were de- ,stpd enormous sums of the states honey, from which various men bor- lowed,
 Involve in Peoples Bank Failure
 The bank failed in the early days of ] tuay's fight to succeed himself and & tBe cashier committed suicide. Of ,be states funds, s600,o00 had been X lOs.. James McManes, an old-time politician, whom Qaay had fought for pauy year, and whom he had finally Sriyen out of the leadership, wrote ils own check for s6)0,000 to make hood the deficit. When the authori- lies took charge Of the banks affairs they found in the desk of the dead .eashier letters and telegrams which in- Heated that Quay and others had in- fuenced the deposit Of large sums of be states money in the bank and in return had borrowed money from the bank. One of these telegrans read:
 Buy me one thousand Met. and l wil shake the plum tree.
 "Met' meant Metropolitan Trac. ton Company stock, and the plum was supposed to mean shower of state money to be deposited in the bank. Quay was indicted and tried. He was acquitted. He showed the GtmOst coolDeSs at his trial, and even read for the court the originals of cer- tain letters in his handwriting which Swere difficult to decipher. But he was acquitted, and that very day he got hiS second "vindicatiOn," for Cover nor William A. Stone appointed him 10 the vacancy in the senate, for (which he had failed to receive an e'ection by the legislature.
 This resulted in prolonged strug- gle before the senate, as the validity ot the appointment was questioned. After more than year the senate voted against seating him on the ap. continent of the governor. The ma. JOrity against him was ouly one, and resulted in some strong animosities.
 Never Forgave Senator Hanna
 One of the republicans who failed hlm was the late Senator Hanna. Mir. hanna was recorded as "4bsent and without a pair" When told that the senate had refused to seat Quay, Sena- tor Hanna observed that Quay was the highest priced luxury in the repub- llcan party, and that the party would oe better of with him at Beaver. & Quay never forgave Hanna. From that day to this those able political generals of the senate pulled opposite ways The earnestness with which & quay chanploned President Roosevelt was generally supposed to be in large part because of dislike for the Ohio senator. Had it not been for Quay probably the Hanna boom for the presidency would have reached much iar9er proportions in the late days of * 1903 " another enStraugment growing out Vt 'hat struggle before the sena te was "'th Vest, of Missouri, d de mocrat. ouVone ot Quay 's ID os de voted friends They had many traits in common, Vuay was military secretary to Cover. 'r OurtiS when Vest sat in the con-