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Show Opposition to tho statuo commen-orating commen-orating tho nobility of Matthew Stanley Stan-ley Quay fills that great man's admirers admir-ers with wonder at tho folly of mankind. man-kind. A reader sends us an editorial from tho Pittsburg "Gazette," with a note observing: "This paper, bought by tho Olivers for political purposes, represents tho old Quay machine, or all that is left of It." Just how much does tho Pittsburg "Gazetto" think is loft of It? Is it worth such entiro fl delity as tho "Gazette" Is now exhibiting? exhib-iting? This valient publication was bought by tho two Olivets, lieutenants of industry, to obtain a senatorship for ono of them. It allows bygones to bo bygones, ns far as Quay's long political record Is concerned, and telis us that ho served bravely In tho war. I Cowardice was novor ono of tho faults I with which wo charged tho senator, ,but wo hardly seo what his war record has to do with his placo In history. And tho "Gazette" finds another martyr mar-tyr nround whom to throw the mantlo of Its faithfulness: ex-boss Fllnn, to-wit. to-wit. Tho pair go artistically together, as part of a single scheme of life. A written agreement, It will bo re-momborcd, re-momborcd, once was drawn "between M. S. Quay of tho first part, and J. O. Brown and William Fllnn of tho second part, for "mutual political and" business advantage;" Brown and Fllnn contracting to secure tho election of such delegates to state and national conventions as would bo guided Im plicitly by Quay; Fllnn and his friends to havo tho local ofllccs as far as Quay's power could determlno them. Fllnn was a money-making boss, and was great on getting contracts for his firm. In the past tho Pittsburg "Gazette" has criticized him, and now that it is on the sldo of such as ho it is compelled to uso some dialectics to keep Its attitude consistent, but it manages to work out a position In which it can blamo mainly thoso who "persecuted" Mr. Fllnn, whom it, with reiteration, calls "a private citizen," entitled to gontlo treatment. Times aro changing in Pennsylvania, and tho chango hurts somo sensltlvo remnants rem-nants of the past. Our old friend, Isaac Pennypacker, dwells fondly on a day when, under tho Quay and Cameron Cam-eron regime, Pennsylvania's voico was moro loudly heard at Washington. It was. Alas, for those happy vanished van-ished dnys; they may never coma again. Collier's. |