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Show M'anaumker Hitter. Philadelphia, April 23. John Wana-maker Wana-maker has made the following statement state-ment in regard to the acquital of ex-Senator ex-Senator Quay and the latter's appointment appoint-ment by the governor as United States senator: "The acquittal of Senator Quay will be a disappointment to every lover of justice and every friend of good government gov-ernment throughout the United States. It records with emphasis the difficulty of convicting potent political people charged with crimes, no matter how clear and convincingly overwhelming the evidence may be. The story of the corrupt use and speculation in public money in Pennsylvania is an old one and has been a matter of notorious accusation ac-cusation against a long line of state treasurers and political bosses for many years. "The first shout of defiantexultation of his acquittal has proceeded from the governor of the commonwealth, who has promptly appointed him a United States senator without authority author-ity and in violation of the law and in defiance of the will of the people as expressed by the votes of the legislature. legisla-ture. It is fitting in every way that the capstone should thus have been put on the edifice of boss rule and machine ma-chine jobbery by the Quay representative representa-tive in the governor's chair." |