The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-20
SPOKE LOVINGLY
Of DEAD LEADER
Adams and Other Congress
men Eulogize Quay.
GROsvEN0R ON HANNA FEUD
Declares Ohio Senator Acted Conscien-
tiously in Voting Against the
the Pennsylvania
GROsvENOR ON HANNA FEUD

Tributes to the memory OF Matthew
Stanley Quay, late United States Sena-
tor from Pennsylvania, were paid in
the House of Representatives yesterday.
Representatives IN Congress from his
own State resented the aspersions made
against him in life, and declared his
private cnaracteg was stainless and I'M
touched By the shadow of reproach.
The most interesting address was
made by Representative Grosvenor of
Ohio, wno departed from the set speech
he had prepared srlsd offered in its stead
a history of the Quay-Hanna feud.
Representative Adams. who was the
first speaker, eulogized his dead leader
and spoke lovingly and tenderly of the
personal affection and esteem he had
entertained for Senator Quay.
Adams EuIogy.
This is a moment of deep feeling on
my part said Representative Adams.
for l owe so much to the man whose
memory we are here TO honor today.
But few men in public life have been
more bitterly assailed than Senator Quay,
even to the point of his criminal prose-
cution in the courts. With twenty-five
years of service under his leadership.
enjoying his friendship and confidence, /
! say without hesitation or reserve he
was personally honest in all his inter
course with others, and the sacredness
with which he kept his promised pledge
was often the cause of some of his
greatest difficulties in politics, but that
faith, unbroken with his followers, often
proved his tower of strength.
He was "a power of commanding
strength in his own State, and IN the
broader field of national politics he was
Il leader among leaders. In this COM
merciai age of ours the questions do
not exist which existed when the snen
now in the Senate made their reputa-
tons 1t is none the less to the happi-
ness of the people that our Senators
now deal with economic questions. II
there is one man who ever sat in the
Senate to whom his own State, as well
as his country, is indebted, / name
him as Matthew Stanley Quay"
Hanna Voted Conscientiously.
Representative Grosvenor discussed
the incident that led up to the unseat-
ing of Quay. by the vote of the Senate.
Senator Hanna voted in favor of the
unseating and General Grosvenor de-
clared he voted conscientiousiy and In
accordance with what he deemed his
duty.
AZ thought no less Of either man be-
cause of that vote" said the speaker
II believe that Senator Quay was one
of the most uncompromising never
ceasing leaders Of politics that / ever
knew, and L get my view OF 1t not from
his private interviews, but from my OBJ
servation of him in the greater field of
his operati tons. Ard. let it be borne in
mind. that behind him always stood the
great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
More than once his enemies marshaled
all the forces possible to overthrow him,
and yet upon every one OF these bat
tlefieids Senator Quay came out a VIC
tor. That is my recollection about 1t.
Pennsylvania Understood Him.
Now, can 1t be possible that a State
like Pennsylvania. with the glorious his
tory Of her past, which dates clear
back TO the constitutional days, all
along down through her magnificent
history. that the people of PENNSYLVANIA
would hold up and honor, and persist
emily hold up and honor, a man who
was unworthy of their confidence? I do
not believe it, 1 believe that the people
of Pennsylvania looked through the as
saults upon Senator Quay and under
stood their motive. / az not mean the
differences in political purpose, but /
mean the exaggerated assaults that
were made upon him. and / believe
| that they understood him better than
did the great mass of the American
people. And in doing SO. l believe they
! indicated their judgment; and in com
| ing here today to do honor to his MEM
| ory l believe we do honor not only TO
| him, but to the great State that stood
| by him
Other addresses were made by Repre-
| sentatives Sibley. Shuli. Kline. Brown.
| and Bates. all of Pennsylvania, while
| Representative DalZelI presided