Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-03
DICK" QUAY UESENTS
WASHINGTON PARTY
BETRAYAL OF FLINN
Endorsement of Mccormick
Denounced as Cowardly
Abandonment of Progress
sive Cause at Behest of
Boss.

Denouncing the Endorsement of Vance
c. Mccormick as candidate for Cover
nor by the Flinn-bossed Washington
Party State Committee as cowardly
betrayal of the Progressive cause, and
prophesylng that out OF the ashes of
Washington Party rum Of November 3
will arise new political condition In
Pennsylvania, Richard r. Quay, of Pitts
burgh. at a number OF conferences win
philadelphia Progressive leaders this
morning, laid the plans for freeing the
Washington Party from the domination
OF it's present bosses.
THE only fight in Pennsylvania to-
day." MIR. Quay declared 'is between
Congressman 4. Mitchell Palmer and Sen
ator Penrose. MIR Pinchots vote VIII be
an entirely negligible quantity. The red
sen for this is the trading and dealing
in the first place, and in the second place
the frequent reiterations of Mr.. Plnchot
himself that IL he believed the only way
to defeat Penrosc would be for MIN 10
withdraw he would do so. This vacillat-
ing attitude has destroyed the commence
which our people had in him.
Mr. Quay, who is the son of the late
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, and since
the inception of the Progressive movement
one of the leaders, came from Plttsourgh
yesterday to organize the revolt IN the
Progressive ranks here. In his fight
for the destruction of the washington
party machine, Mr.. Quay spent two hours
with Colonel Roosevelt before he spoke
here Thursday night, reviewing with the
national leader the whole situation in
Pennsylvania.
Progressive men here this morning
openly admitted that the weakness of
Roosevelts speech in the First Regiment
A,,,, 1,,n tn hn startling
exposures of the workings Of the WASH
jington party machine made by Mr. Quay.
'Mr. Roosevelt was blndly led into
trap" said former member of the
Washington City Committee this morn
ing after his conference with Mr.. Quay.
''Ile was in such Il position on Thursday
night that he could not speak with heart
behind 1t. But though he is in trap he is
not the man who turns back and we are
only waiting to sec what he will do when
he returns later in the month.
Acting upon the suggestion of the lead
ers in the revolt many Washington party
men this morning registered without party
enrolment. William f. Deakyna, one of Mr.,
Quays confcrecs at the Bellevue STRAIT
ford, admitted that the failure to enrol
under the Washington party was not with
a thought of supporting a new ticket.
unfortunately our eyes were not opened
in time and now we are in dilemma"
he said.
It. is understood that before Mr.. Quay
returns to Pittsburgh a call will be issued
for all the revolving Washington party
men to rally to the support of Doctor
Brumbaugh and the Republican ticket
This, they believe, will indicate the
strongest protest that can be made
against the Flnn-Nan Nalkenburg boss
ism.
- Mr.. Quay this morning characterized
William Draper Lewis, the Washington
party candidate for Governor. who with
drew in favor Of Mr.. Mccormick. as "a
political babe nurscd in the arms of
Mr.. Finn
II wired Mr.. Lewis from Maine" Mr.
Quay said, two months before his
withdrawal that l had it from authori-
tative sources that he was to be taken
from the ticket, and that such action
would result in disaster to the Progress
sive cause. I asked him to reply al my
expense. To that message l received ne
reply.
Mr.. Wilhelm, of Pottsvile. and thou
sands of good sincere prOgrC Ssivcs feel
as l do about the Endorsement OF Mr. Me-
Cormick II was ar gnomnious surren-
der. and will result in an ignomnious de-
feat in November as a protest against
the traitorous leadership in the party.
And out of the ashes of defeat then will
arise a new political condition in Penn
- ssvania, which viii prevent for long
any further betrayal of the cause
4 fsz5sBEhiCh the Progressive party stands