Show SENATOR QUAY DEAD one of the most noted public men of the day passes away colonel matthew stanley quay senior benlor senator from pennsylvania died peacefully at beaver pa on friday afternoon after an illness which had been more or less persistent for the bast year which took a turn tor for the worse ten days ago and which the doctors diagnosed as chronic gastritis matthew stanley quay was born at DI lIsbury pa september 3 SO 30 he attended the public schools and jefferson college graduating in 1850 and in 1 1854 was admitted to the bar ile he was colonel of the one Il hundred undred and thirty fourth pennsylvania volunteers and military secretary to the governor of pennsylvania during the civil war from 1865 to quay was a member of the state legislature and 1872 he was it elected secretary of the commonwealth a position which lie he held tor for six years ile he was recorder of philadelphia and chairman of the republican state committee during the following year and in 1879 was again elected secretary of the commonwealth mon wealth holding the office offic e for three years ile he was delegate to the republican nt national ional convention in 1872 and 1876 and also from 1880 to 1892 the last state office which ho he held was that of state treasurer in fit he was elected un united cited states senator from pennsylvania by the republican party and took his seat march 4 1887 ile he was chairman ol of the republican national committee in 1888 quay was united states senator for two terms from 1887 to 1809 1899 in the latter year he be was tried for misappropriation of the public funds and acquitted april 21 1899 and on the same day he was appointed united states senator by governor stone of 0 pennsylvania it is announced by the family ot of senator quay that carrying out the senators dying request there would be no ostentation in connection with the funeral this compels the refusal ot of a request by the masons tor for a masonic funeral 40 ockry |