Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23

was about to hear some very impor- tant revelations, so l determined to remember every word as well as l could and to make notes of the con- versation the next day for future ref erence. The time has arrived to con suit those notes.
 Senator Quay told me that Harri- |, son surely would lose New York, New 1
 Jersey, Connecticut and Maine in the | East. Of course, he could not lose in 1
 Pennsylvania; that would be too raw. | Tn the West the president, he said, would be defeated in Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan and other states that had been regarded as doubtful or pivotal. Quay and Platt had looked after the details of the plot in the east, while Clarkson had attended to the
 matter In the west assisted by the trusted lieutenants who were in the | scheme. They organized secret bolt from ! the Republican party and it turned out a healthy year for the bolters. | You may think it small matter" 1 said the senator, but to me it was highly important. Harrison was inau- 'gurated in March, 1889. In June my son,
 Andrew G. Curtin Quay, graduated from the military academy at West Point, with the rank of second lieu
 tenant in the army. For family req
 sons and because he had been little l wild during his last year at the acad-
 emy, I wanted him in Washington,
 where I could keep an eye on him. With this in mind ! went to the White House
 and asked Harrison to direct the war department to order my son to the na-
 ..oflal capital for duty as assistant
 Yuartefmaster, which would give him
 ne rank of captain temporarily. I
 might have asked the favor of the sec retary of war with the certainty that
 -- would be granted, consequently
 vas astounded when the president '' curtly refused to comply with my very
 modest request.
 Harrison's attitude made me very ...lgry and we had discussion that was decidedly acrimonious. Finally
 asked him:
 "Do you know who made you presi- dent of the United States 2
 "Yes,' he replied, Providence and the American people,
 Well I retorted, you wait and see what Providence and the Ameri- can people will do for yeu in 1s9a' 9i T never entered the White House during that term, except when I had to, as I determined that I would use every means in my power to prevent ] Benjamin Harrison from having sec. l ond term as president"
 When Secretary Quay had finished g with his startling story. recalled tho e fact that the senator had put fortF f strenuous effort to defeat Harrison't
 nomination for a second term at tn, e Republican national convention at Min. e heapoAs, in 1892. had attended thj Il convention as a reporter and remem
 bered that Senator Quay, when Penn c. sylvania was called in the roll of tn, r states on the first ballot for the nom d ination for first place on the ticket
 arose tl his seat as chairman of tn q keystone delegates and had cast tn : states sixty-four votes for William d Mckinley.
 fl Mckinley was permanent eha'rrnai if Of the convention, and he appeare :; both startled and embarrassed a :. Quay's action. However. he made n .- sign either of assent or dissent an
 as the rollcan proceeded several othe l. states and parts of states joined Penn
 sylvania in voting for Mckinley, bu ,, they were not strong enough to over come the Harrison hosts. The conven .- tion was controlled by the federal of 10 lice holding contingent and, Harriso - was put across by about a tWo.third = vote on the first ballot. ,t T had not much belief of success 10 the movement to prevent the nomina ,t uon. said Quay, when recalled h [ tactics in the convention, but the onl
 possible way to proceed was to try = start a stampede to Mckinley, who, 6 ? presiding officer, was very proninen but had little hope that the effo
 would succeed. However, it served n,
 tice on Harrison and on the people ar the nation that the great RepubIfca d. state of Pennsylvania was opposed Ill the president, which had the effect
 Weakening him in other parts of u D. cGdntry, and enabled us to lay u en g1Utind work for accomplishing his d be feat at the polls, which is going in happen on Tuesday,"
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