Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
QUAY QUITS RANKS
OF PROGRESSIVES;,
! DENOUNCES FLTNN
Asserts Betrayal by Pitts
!. burgh Boss, Whom He
Calls democratic Boss. :"
:. Returns to Republican Fold

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Richard r. Quay. Of Pittsburgh. sol
of the late Senator Matthew Stanle,
Quay, and a Washington party leader
Bince the inception of the Progressiv,
movement in 1912, In statement las
night announced that he had returned
TO the Republican fold, and arraignrC
William Finn, Of Pittsburgh, for betray.
ing the Progrgssives in order to become
state Democratic boss"
He had been moved to renounce his
allegiance to the Finn leadership i'm the
washington party and reioin the party
In which his father was leader he
said. after consultation with Pcunsylva-
mans who served as Roosevelt delegates
m 1912 and also with "many other Pro-
-gressives throughout the state"
we araign and condemn William
Finn and his traitor,us associates for
strangling the Progressive party almost
at its birth. and hail MIR Finn as the
new boss Of the Democratic party" he
paid,
T. DENOCNCEs FUSION DEAL
1 Mr.. Quay made public a letter he wrote
10 Colonel Roosevelt on September Il. In
that letter quay told Roosevelt Of the
,secret political manipulations of Finn
ithat led to the withdrawal Of william
Draper Lewis and the Democratic and
washington party fusion on Vance e.
.DicCormtck for Governor
. Mr.. Quay also denounced the candidacy
sof Clifford Pinchot. Washington party
nominee for United states Senator. He
ihad this to say of Pinchot's candidacy!
! The real Progressves of Pennsylvania
sbelieve in Pennsylvania made products.
sThey are not in favor Of candidates I'M
sported from the Democracy, or New YorlG
connecticut. the District or Columbia, or
sany other state"
Mr.. Quay said that It is his opinion
sand that Of his followers that the Re
publican ticket this fall will poll four
sfifths of the votes that were cast for
tRoosevelt in 1912 within the last few
sweeks. and since the contamination OF
sthis Infamous deal with the Democracy
lat HARRISBURG" he said. the expression
sfrom sincere ProGressivss in every count
sin the State. one and all, is that We are
ga party betrayed.
He said that his letter to Colonel Roose-
welt best explained the position OF him
self and his followers The letter. in
part. follows:
: From the very beginning in this state,
and by that mean 1912. We Progress
sives in Pennsylvania have fought a
towards fight. There are two men who
ARE responsible for thts-one Finn and the
sother Van. CRy ivan" he meant +. a.
Nan ValkenburGD In 1912 YOU forced
thcm to make a square and honest light
for n straight Progressive electoral ticket.
They fought two-faCed fight on every
gthing else, against my protest and against
the protest of every red-hlooded Roose-
Melt man in the party.
"The fight was made by Mr.. Finn
with an absolutely selfish purpose in
view. He thought more Of securing
State Treasurer and the power of the
auditor Generals office, which is an in
scident thereof than he did of Progress
'slve principles. He indorsed the nominees
for Republican State Senate and House
1n Pennsylvania because he believed by
so doing he could place himself In shape
TO deal thereafter for position within
ithe Republican party If the Progressive
party failed.
FLINN'S "COWARDLY" ACT.
''In Harrisburg at the conference last
January IL was Mr. Flinn's intention to
nominate Mr. Greasy. the present Demo-
cratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor.
There was so much opposition to this
that he was afraid to pull off the job. He
then felt out the lines as TO his own
for Governor and found
there would be considerable opposition,
and then again played coward and,
fearing TO place any one In nomination
at a full conference. adjourned and left
the matter in the hands of star cham
Der committee.
TT was charged when Mr. Lewis was
put on that he would be withdrawn. Mr..
Finn, at every meeting we have had in
the last year, has harped on fusion has
said over and over again that he did not
know but his next step would be the
Democratic party. You know that they
IN AZ
son Administration, and did all they could
to persuade you not TO do II in your
speech at Exposition Hall.
DIsORGANIzED AND AFRAID.
IT believe that this recent act Of Mr..
Flinns has done more to disorganize and
embarrass the Progressive cause I'm the
nation than all the acts Of our enemies
put together since the Republican conven-
ton In 1912. We have no organization in
Pennsylvania today. and our nominees
are merely Finn appointees.
ITO sum the matter up, the truth Is
lust this: Mr.. Finn has made the Pro-
gressive party in Pennsylvania a party
afraid of itself, afraid to stand on its
own bottom, afraid Of its own power,
afraid to do good within Itself
Reverting 10 the withdrawal Of Doctor
Lewis. Mr.. Quay said, Following the
Philadelphia meeting, when Doctor Lewis
mel Roosevelt. telling him il was a cow
srdy deal for which we would not stand.
and / could not believe IL met with his
approval. / am sorry I have not his per-
mission TO publish his answer"
A. Seyin DIETRICH, chairman of the
Washington party State Committee. in
a statement on the action Of quay, to-
day said that Quay never was Pro-
Eresstve."
The thorn in Quays flesh" said Det-
rich. has been the publication of the
Standard OH correspondence, which In
wolves him as well as Penrose. The fact
that the famous plum tree letter has
also figured in the present campaign wor-
ries Quay. 1t is amusing to hear him
talk of us ProgTessiyes.' He never was
a Progressive. He has attended a num-
Der Of Washington party conferences, but
he has always been a carper. His home
strength in the Washington party was
proved last spring AT the primaries, when
he was defeated for membership In the
State Committee by a young man from
Natrona who was elected by stickers."