PARTY TRAITORS
Wanamaker's Democratic Fusion
Scheme Meets With Gen
eral Condemnation.
REPUBLICANS ARE LOYAL.
Tin* Awful FntoTliat Hefdl the lender
of tho Trenditions Sdiome Ajxninst
Senator Ilimnn In Ohio Recalled l>y
l'eniis.vl vail inns.
(Special Correspondence.)
Harrisburg, Dec. 13. —The presence of
quite a number of members of both
branches of the legislature in town dur
ing the last few days, looking for ac
commodations at hotels and boarding
houses, setting posted as to the method
of allotment of seats and other matters
Which the wide awake member or sen
ator always wants to know about, re
minds us that the opening day for the
state legislative mill is near at hand.
Contractor Allen B. Rorke, of Philadel
phia, who is in charge of the construc
tion of the new capitol building, is
rushins the work at a lively pace, and
though he has but a few days left to
complete the job, he promises absolute
ly that everything will be in readiness
for the opening of the session. Of
course, interest continues to center in '
the caucus for the speakership of the i
house of representatives. The Repubii- !
cans will undoubtedly dispose of this '
matter in the caucus in an entirely
harmonious manner, and the caucus
nominees for speaker and the other of
ficers of the house will unquestionably
lie elected.
A REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION.
The triumphant election of Colonel
Stone to the governorship and the bis
Republican majority in both branches
of the legislature insured a Republican
administration through and through in
both the executive anil legislative
branches of the state government.
There has been no change in the situa
tion on the speakership. It is still a
free for all race, despite the rumors
that this fellow or some other fellow
has been slated by the party leaders.
Voorhees of Philadelphia, Bliss of Dela
ware, McClain of Somerset, Farr of
Lackawanna and Marshall, Ford and
Hosack of Allegheny are all got their
lightning rods up, eagerly waiting for
the prize. The best evidence that
there is to be no friction in the organ
ization of the legislature, or in the
election of the United States senator,
is found in the harmonious relations
that exist between the influential lead
ers of the Republican party in tho
state. Governor-elect Stone has al
ready shown his capacity for leadership
in his announced determination to con
sider all elements of the party in mat
ters affecting hi administration. The
fact that Senator Quay has been In
consultation frequently with Senator
C. L. Magee, of Pittsburg, and Senator
elect David Martin, of Philadelphia,
has brought about an unexpected
peaceful condition of affairs, in view of
past differences. They will all abide
by the caucus action on speaker anil
United States senator, anil the Wana
maker - Van Valkcnberg-Rlankenburg
outlit will have but one thins to do,
take their natural place with the De
mocracy. They were opposed to Stone
for governor, and in every way
sought to disrupt the Republican or
ganization. They have taken them
selves out of the Republican organiza
tion and they are everywhere regarded
as allies of the Democracy.
The fusion scheme which is being
nursed by the Wanamaker bureau is
bound to fail. The first step, the call -
ing of a conference in Philadelphia last
week, was a complete fizzle. Repre
sentative John H. Fow, author of queer
legislation and one of the slickest cus
tomers that ever sat in a legislative
body, is working up the Democratic
end in conjunction with the Wanama
ker campaign, to line the Democratic
members up to follow his leadership.
The Wanamaker managers could not
have made a more unfortunate selec
tion. It is notorious that Fow is al
ways looking after Fow's personal in
terest, and the old time Democrats have
refused to follow his leadership, as
they would never know when Fow
would be "doing business with the
other side," in order to lie taken care
of himself on choice committees which
the Republican speaker will have to
name. Fow. too, is looked upon as
representing the Gordon Democracy,
which is an annex of the Wanamaker
machine, and the Guffey men positive
ly refuse to have anything to do with
him politically.
REPUBLICANS ARE TOGETHER.
While the Democrats are at odds,
the Republicans are together, with a
few exceptions. It has been demon
strated tha the Democratic machine
cannot be delivered over to a Wanama
ker candidate for speaker. It is known,
too, that nothing like one-half of the
number of Republicans, 29, necessary
with all the Democrats being together,
to make the 10:' votes required for an
election for a speaker, can be drummed
into any fusion scheme.
The principal reason for this is that
there is such an intense prejudice
among Republicans asainst bolting the
party caucus, and particularly against
the bolter. The politicians of the pres
ent day have not forgotten th>- famous
bolt of 1881 and its results. After all
their scheming, the bolters failed to
carry out their program, a man in
whom thev had no snecial Interest
*vns elected U.oi'e I States senator, r n 1
be was never any use to any of ttiem.
Besides, their action resulted In the
practical ostracism >■ 112 nicest every
man among them. Tin -<■ par !• i -i In *
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if party P- fitly inly i<-
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by their constituents and they were
forever afterwards barred from partic
ipation in party councils and in the en
joyment of future honors at the hands
of the organization which they had be
trayed.
A TRAITOR'S FATE.
A more recent and even more strik
ing case is that presented by the polit
ical situation in Ohio last year, when
a desperate, though unsuccessful, ef
fort was made to defeat the re-election
of Senator Hanna, who. as chairman of
the Republican national committee,
was largely responsible for the election
of President McKinley in 1896. His ex
perience in many respects may be lik
ened to that of Senator Quay's, who
as the field marshal in the campaign
of 1888, brought victory to the banner
of Republicanism in the election of
General Harrison to the presidency.
Senator Hanna had to meet the work
of a Republican traitor, and he tri
umphed in the end. In the Ohio stat"
senate the Republicans had a majority
of one. Senator Burke, an antl-Hanna
Republican, combined with the Demo
crats and organized the upper house in
their interest, thus depriving his party
of the power and patronage to which
It was justly entitled. In spite of this
fusion Senator Hanna was elected and
returned to the United States senate to
uphold the administration of President
McKinley, while State Senator iturk"
was from the day of his treacherv a
marked man, not only in his home dis
trict, but throughout the entire com
monwealth. He has been repudiated
not only by his party but by his fellow
members of the legal profession.
Charges assailing his professional in
tegrity have since been made by the
Law association of Columbus, and the
matter is still pending.
All indications are that there will be
few Republicans in this state who will
attempt to follow in Burke's footsteps.
Republican members of both branches
of the legislature will stand loyally by
their party colors. There will be a
straightout Republican speaker elected
who will co-operate with Governor
eleet Stone. Senator Quay will be re
elected to the United States senate,
and the legislature, under conservative
and wise leadership, will redeem t.n>
pledges of the party and make a clean
and economical record, which will re
dound to the credit of the Republican
party and protect the interests and ad
vance the welfare of thecommonwealth.
QUAY'S ENEMIES
ARE HALTED.
Supreme Court Blocks the Game of
the Deperate Political
Conspirators.
CONFUSION IN THE RANKS.
Sensational Turn to One of the Mont
Remarkable Cases in tlie Political
History of tile Nation.
(Special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, Dec. 13.—At last the
true character of the political conspir
acy behind the attempt to defeat Sen
ator Quay for re-election by the most
infamous and desperate tactics resorted
to in (he history of this country has
been exposed. The supreme court of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania has
upon petition stepped in between Sen
ator Quay and those who have been
endeavoring to use the power of the
local judiciary in this city to strike at
him, besmirch his reputation and to
gain political advantage in the pending
contest for the senatorship. There is
every reason to believe that a fair tnd
! mi i.iial hearing, without personal
spleen or political persecution, will now
be given to a case which has furnished
a startling revelation to the people as
to what extent men vested with au
thority would use their positions to
accomplish personal ambitions or sat
isfy a desire for revenge.
Probably no more lucid and manly
comment has been made on the action
of the supreme court, upon the appeal
of counsel for Senator Quay that the
case against him be withdrawn from
the common pleas courts of this city,
than was given by the editor of the
Philadelphia Inquirer immediately fol
lowing the announcement of the de
cision of the higher court.
"Two justices of the supreme court,"
said the editor of The Inquirer, "have
halted the conspiracy to ruin Senator
Quay, and their action will be com
mended by all fair minded men. They
have taken into consideration the ani
mus behind the persecution—we de
liberately say persecution, not prosecu
tion—and they have agreed that the
case Is of sufficient importance to b.?
reviewed by the supreme court itself.
"This means that the warrants issued
by the district attorney, the finding of
the grand jury and the arguments upon
the demurrers will be passed upon by
the highest court in the state; that the
trial will be taken out of the hand of
the local courts, if the petition filed is
sustained, and that a senator of the
United States is not to be made the
mere football of a far reaching political
conspiracy which has in view, not his
conviction—for conviction is out of the
question—but, to quote the reasons of
ficially set forth, 'the intimidation of
the members of the legislature.'
"The object of the persecution Is to
defeat Senator Quay for re-election, not
to send him to jail, for he has commit
ted no crime, and none know this better
than the sneaking persecutors who
have instigated the suit and who have
such a poor opinion of themselves and
of their hypocritical cause that they
dare not face th>* public, the courts or
Senator Quev himself, and dare not
even permit their names to become
known.
"A more eont mptlble attempt to ruin
a man for purely political reasons and
to satisfy the demands of personal
spite and hatred is not on record. The
men who have sought to make use of
District Attorney Graham as their tool
and their shield from public scorn arid
derision have b en frustrated. Mr.
Graham HP: •-'elf, v.ith all his wnor.'i
zgrtlri: ' Quay, dir. '.rip -p. rs from tht case.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THUSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1898.
On the 7th of January the supreme
court will assume Jurisdiction, anil this
means that there will he a fair trial,
anil with a fair trial Senator Quay has
nothing to fear—absolutely nothing.
"What has Quay done?" he continues.
"Let us draw a comparison between
him and that great and pure and hon
orable man, John Wanamaker.
"The Keystone National bank receiv
ed deposits of public funds from the
state and the city. Mr. Wanamaker
was a depositor, as he had a perfect
right to be. Mr. Wanamaker was also
a heavy borrower, so heavy a borrow
er, as a matter of fact, that the comp
troller of the currency at Washington
wrote several letters demanding that
the loans be reduced. The capital of the
bank was $500,000, and under the law
Mr. Wanamaker was entitled to borrow
one-tenth of the capital stock, and no
more—sso,ooo. Me * ery largely exceeded
this amount, and he was a public offi
cial, a member if the cabinet of the
president of the United States, at the
time, and most certainly should have
been among the first to uphold the law.
"But this was not all. Mr. Wana
maker entered into a joint transaction
with the president of the bank, Mr.
Lucas, for a stock gambling specula
tion. Later the failed, and it was
a disastrous failure. Ao,/. no one has
charged Mr. Wanamaker with crime.
He has not been hauleil into court by
political enemies. He has been permit
ted to conduct his bargain counter un
molested. He has posed as the great
exemplar of all that is pure and good,
and he has posed before the public as
an honorable man. We have no charges
to bring against Mr. Wanamaker. He
did not rob the bank. Let us take him
at his own estimate of himself. Let us
agree with him that he is an honorable
man.
"Now for the comparison.
"The People's bank received deposits
of public funds. Senator Quay was a
depositor, as he had a perfect right to
be. He may have borrowed at times,
but he was not a heavy borrower, and
the banking department was never
forced to write letters of complaint. As
a private citizen and public official he
respected the law. He bought stocks,
but not in a joint arrangement with the
president. He simply made use of the
cashier, an old personal friend, as a
medium of communication with the
brokers. The bank failed, but Senator
Quay does not owe it a single red cent.
What is more, the bank paid in full
every dollax deposited by the state, and
not a singm, solitary depositor has lost
a dollar. Yet he has been charged with
crime. Political enemies have hauled
him into court, and he is denounced by
his persecutors as the personification of
all that is evil. We say that it is out
rageous, and we look to the trial to re
veal to the public the whole story of a
dastardly political conspiracy.
"Judge Gordon, who was reversed
time after time by the supreme court,
and who was a politician rather than a
judge, is mentioned in the petition to
the supreme court as an instigator of
the prosecution. The trial should show
the truth or falsity of this statement.
Judge Gordon was a candidate for the
nomination for governor, with the in
dorsement and backing of John Wan
amaker. The Wanamaker bargain
counter statesmanship was agreeable
to the attempt to deliver Pennsylva
nia over to the Democrats in this crit
ical year of the nation. Judge Gordon
knew all about the affairs of the Peo
ple's bank. It is believed that he had
access to the papers and letters upon
which the prosecution is based, and
that this fact will be proved. The bank
failed in March. If Judge Gordon
really believed that crime had been
committed it was his bounden duty to
call the attention of the district at
torney to the matter. He did no such
thing. Mr. Graham was kept in ignor
ance of bank matters, and it was not
until October, just before the election,
that some persons who have not had
the courage to reveal their identity
communicated with the district attor
ney. The latter apparently grasped at
the opportunity to further the scheme
to destroy Quay, and the warrants
were issued. The district attorney
went before the grand jury. So Ilimsy
were the charges that, in spite of Mr.
Graham's presence, but 12 out of 20
jurors coukl be obtained to support
them. The change of a single juror
would have discarded the bills. It was
apparently the intention of Judge Gor
don to sit upon the bench and rule upon
the demurrers. Had he done so he
would, in all probability, have been
humiliated by the supreme court. He
resigned, and just in time. Had he re
mained on the bench, as sure as the
sun rises he would have been impeach
ed.
"It is charged in the petition that
Gordon holds Quay responsible for his
defeat by the Democratic gubernatorial
convention, and that his animus is
thus accounted for. We have nothing
to say on that point, but we do say
that it is queer indeed that a judge
should permit six months to pass before
calling attention to a crime. Either
the judsre was untrue to himself and
to the public, or else no crime was
committed. Strange it is, indeed, that
not until October,was any move made,
and this fact alone is sufficient to show
the political plot behind the prosecu
tion.
"We make no charges against any
body. We are content to say that the
prosecution is persecution: that it is a
political plot; that it was instigated by
men who dare not reveal their identity;
that the sole object is to affect the sen
atorial election, and that personal spite
and malice and a desire for personal
revenge are the sole motives for the
most outrageous political conspiracy of
modern days. That the district attor
ney, with all his known venom against
Quay, should lend himself to the pros
ecution is beyond comprehension. He
has got what he deserves. He has
been eliminated from the case, in the
furtherance of justice.
"The supreme court justices who have
penetrated the hypocritical and politi
cal surroundings of this case are to be
commended for their sagacity. They
have declared by their decision that
personal spleen and spite shall not pre
vail. They have made it possible for
strict justice to be vindicated, and we
are greatly mistaken if, as a result of
this ilastardiy persecution, the mask of
hypocrisy is not torn from the faces of
the political conspirators, and public
contempt will not In the lot of those
who, to satiate a greedy appetite for
revenge, would bring reproach upon the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
Upon the high and honorable office o'
T'nited States senator."
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