The Washington herald., 1907-12-08

had to revise his nominating speech,
written with Delivers name as the can
didate. Ii was a good speech; even after
revision it sounded well, and II still reads
well, as ! found when I looked It up in
the newspaper files the other day. more
than seven years after delivery
To say that Quay stock went up vislbly
throughout the United States as a result
Of his victory over all the forces opposed
TO the Roosevelt nomination. including
Roosevelt himself, is undertaking the SIT
uation, Quay dominates the convention. q"
''He is the one personality 10 make the
convention palpitate with real enthusi-
asm;" Quay has Jared his enemies out
Of their summer russets:" "The blow al
most killed Father Hanna" These are
some of the passages wired to their pa
pers by the correspondents when they
trealized what Quay had done.
No Hitch I'm Programme.
There was no hitch in the programme
as arranged for the conventions third
day, Thursday. June p. There couldn't
be- with Hanna and Platt Bliss and Quay,
Foraker and Brace. the East and the
West. the North and the South, all com
bined. as the forces IN no previous ma
tional convention had ever been COM
bined. TO bring about a certain result.
Just after the prayer on Thursday morn
ing the stocky Pennsylvania arose again
In his seat and. Ia a stiIl small voice
\ begged permission 10 withdraw his resolu-
ton 10 amend Rules ] and XII with ref
erence TO representation. This was agreed
TO in apparently perfunctOry fashion and
/ without delay; Just as If the resolution
1 had not caused bitter lighting behind
| closed doors almost all the night before.
/ Then nominations We're In order; one can
didate the first and one for the sec
ond place only, being mentioned. At
ROOsevelt's own request he was allowed
10 second Mckinley for the first place.
| and when he stepped before the Conven-
ton 10 speak he was pale and his face
was set in the peculiar expression now
so familiar 10 the people He spoke
without rhetorical effect. as he always
does hut his words brought out tremen-
dOus enthusiasm. Both nominations
were made by reclamation.
After il was all over Quay went TO
Roosevelt and shook his hand warmly.
| saying: II congratulate YOU, Col Roose-
welt on your nomination. both for your
sake and for mine
Mystery AT Last Explained.
Roosevelt did not understand Quays
congratulations until more than a year
afterward. when he was sitting in Nc
/ Kinley's chair. Then he asked former
Assistant Postmaster General James 5.
Clarkson if he could explain the mystery
Clarkson couldn't but being a warm
friend Of Quay, asked him. This is the
story together with few explanatory
paragraphs which Quay told CIarkson
and the President finally heard
/ IL may be prefaced by reminding the
| reader that while Roosevelt and Quay
never were enemies. they were decidedly
not friends until after the President knew
the real story Of his nomination The
GOODNESS between them first arose because
Of their different views with regard to
the civil service, Quay being an avowed
spokesman, while Roosevelt made his
early political way with civil service
reform" his principal battle cry.
Quay's simple Theory.
Quay's political theory was exceedingly
simple. 1t has been explained to me by
one OF his best friends about as follows:
| First" Quay used TO say. you must
study your field until you know il thor
| Oughly. You must find out just how
many votes you can count upon. If you
have not enough votes IN sight you must
get them. There are different ways Of
getting votes: methods that will work
under some circumstances viii not work
under others. and you must go over the
field until you know just what you need
TO do. Then YOU mist do it, but there
Is no use in telling all the world what
your plans are"
Quay had opposed the nomination Of
| Mckinley in 1896 thereby and in other
ways antagonizing two OF the three Re
publican morning papers in Philadelphia
! Charles Emory Smith who. later was
made Postmaster General by Mckinley
was editor of one of these journals. John
/ Wanamaker, Postmaster General under
| Harrison, was supposed to be the guild
/ ing spirit Of the other. Wanamaker
stood for the Senate against Quay, who
wished to succeed himself Wanamaker
was not elected. but there was a dead
lock, which prevented Quay's reelection
and created a vacancy in the Senate
! when the legislature adjourned.
Origin of ''PIum Tree
In 1899. the year before McKinley's sec
ond nomination, Quay was indicted and
I tried on charges brought by the news
Papers supporting Wanamaker and aris-
ing from the failure 0: the Peoples Bank
of Philadelphia. One of the chief pieces
of evidence used against Quay at the
trial was a telegram ne had sent TO the
bank:
Buy me One Thousand Met and I will
shake the plum tree"
The theory of the prosecution was that
this signifed that Quay would see that
State money was deposited in the Peo-
pies Bank at a time when most needed.
providing his request concerning 900
shares OF Metropolitan Traction stock
was granted. Quay was prosecuted with
utmost vigor, but was acquitted by the
/ jury. and on the day after acquittal was
appointed 10 the Senate by Governor
! William A. Stone.
This was termed ''vindication" bat a
! big fight was put up in the Senate against
Quay. and it was finally decided. Senator
Hanna casting the deciding vote. that the
appointment by the governor made after
J the legislature had failed TO elect was
illegal Thus Quay had plenty of rea-
sons for opposing whatever or whoever
Hanna might favor, or vice versa, SO
that the general notion that he helped
name Roosevelt partly to spite Hanna. as
well as through loyalty to his friend
! Piatt. was quite natural But Ouav's
chief object in getting Roosevelt named
for Vice President really had to do with
getting himself back in the United States