Show S MATTHEW NATTHEW STANLEY QUAY 5 Some years ago the legislature of Pennsylvania S made ade an appropriation for the statue of the late Matthew Matthev Stanley Quay to be placed in the roi roS ro- ro S i of the splendid new capitol of that state S The T he capitol is there and so is the statue and andi 1 i ow it seems that there are some souls in Penns Pennsyl- Pennsyl lt l yania t ania that do not want that statue placed in that rotunda and and the New York Times in rt t sneering particle article suggests that it is just the place for that Jit tue because the capitol cost of i TV which or more wen went into the pockets o dC r the politicians and their allies That is the i il l iDl of t the e Times is that as the capitol was built S ff J y graft it would be good to place the statue of tl J late Senator Quay within its w wills walls Further t on n it says Men Ien swore by Quay while he lived lied d for him stole for him died for him He lie something and and the thirteen million 9 more placed in Harrisburg city which it is said distinguished art critics must have been conf con- con f ve by its architect in a dream stands for much alie same thing a The late Senator Quay was one of the most l of men He had one of of the finest minds S ii the United States He lie was a R a political boss by byr Bright r of birth because he lie had those qualities which when hen necessary made men swear by him lie for forS S him Jl m steal for him and die for him Beyond all that he was always s true to native land There ThereS Thereas S as no compromise with him He lie was an Ameri- Ameri j I out and out He lIe could not help but be a j boss al-boss boss because his constituents wanted him hini to be id d would have been peen lost without him He was as a nan who believed in success and when the Mug Mug- arra arrayed ed themselves in force and tried to lild up a new party that should be composed of men lIe he saw through their s sham am in iJ a mo- mo nent and downed the whole batch of them No they hated him He lie was the dread of J e cry goody goody-goody in the east cast Ho lie looked upon very much as a general does upon the tl batI bat- bat I tt field He lie believed in strategy in tactics it ii in amS ambuscades ambuscades ambuscades am am- S in masked batteries that batteries that is the needed things to win and the men who blame him exalt the tin same qualities in the soldiers who fought for forand antI and their c country in the great war He lIe did not pretend anything He lie never ne pretended that thai he was not a politician When he lie went into I I a poi political r fight h he went T fm to win 1 and nd he lie never never asked for quarter never made excuses he simply went in and gave the enemy the tho biggest fight that they had ever had and he generally generally generally gen gen- won And he was a purer man in his heart than a good many who through the newspapers or 01 on the rostrum have denounced him because the most of their complaint is that he lie was a master against whom they could not compete because they lacked the brains and the tho courage to make a successful fight against such a man as was Qua Quay We Ve think in earnest this statue ought tl to be bo bounder under that rotunda We Vo think it would represent as honest a man as most of the statues that will willbe willbe willbo be bo placed there and the brightest man by per percent percent percent cent that Pennsylvania has produced during the thelast thelast thelast last few generations |