Show THE PARTY IN THE NATION the retirement of senator quay from th the e chairmanship of the national republican committee baa has given currency to the opinion that hibrea his reason on for resigning was that while as chairman he might not work personally in the interest of anys ahiman man forthe for the nomination aa as a private citizen be he would be under no restraint in his ilia open preference for mr blaino the fact that since he resigned two county conventions in pennsylvania have declared mr blaine to be their choice is cited in proof pi bof of the above theory lor for quays hold on the politics of the keystone state is believed to beso be BO firm that no such declaration would have been made unless he bad had so wille willed d it no one will deny that to the g gigantic gan task taek which rests upon the national chairman quay brought the keenest energy the most subtle management and the most daring laring generalship there was no limit to the work he was willing to assume and no political contingency arose that be he was no not t able to turn to the advantage of the cause he supported fir fr all of this he is entitled to and baa has been freely accorded generous praise at the same time there were influences in bis his state and elsewhere that rendered bis his continuance in the extremely unwise of this he was shrewd enough to take cognizance and bis his voluntary resignation when he could have remained bad had be he BO so desired must be accepted aa Is an evidence that his adroitness has not deserted him and that bis his c chief desire now as ever is the triumph of his party it may not be un ungrateful grateful to say that this latter i result has been materially miteria lly promoted by bis his retirement lie ile made many enemies and he lie has never denied that personally he lie is to vulnerable lie ile is more patriotic in laying down the office than he would have been in clinging to it kumor rumor has hag aleo also been busy with the alleged preference of general clark ion on his successor according to reports be is either a supporter of blaine blain or is anxious to stand godfather to gen algers growing boom but of bis his fi fitness for the important office he now holds there can be no doubt lie ile has bag proven himself a man of fine executive acu ecu tive ability accurate in his judgment and swift in bis his lie ile is moreover a great believer in the of the press and will be popular with the great newspaper fraternity which quay was not the latter held that newspapers and political tracts cint vote hence he be neglected them clarkson holds holda that they cm make votes where they may not be able to cast one themselves they can influence a thousand w who ho are able to do BO so under hie life guidance the campaign campi ign will be aggressive gres sive but educational he will lose no point in marshalling bis his forces bat but he will inject into each citizen an intelligence that will render berthe tha leaders lea dera work less burdensome as to detail this ia la the significance of the change we take no stock in the rumors of this that or the other mans choice of standard bearer the republican party does not cross a bridge till it comes to it there is plenty 0 of I 1 time for the right mm min to distinguish himself so that all may recognize n alze his fitness the right man will be when tha the lima time comes and both quay and clarkson will work enthusiastically for his election and he will ba bg elected SOMEBODY ma biasina ania himself liberal makes a feeble attempt in yesterdays ter days commercial to reply to mr ben richs card the day after election asking who stabbed Us he ile ia Is not man enough to sign his name and nied needlessly leMly makes the further that though a lle its publican he voted the liberal ticket he ile ought to ba able to aja that while he la Is a pera personal onal answer ta to mr richs question aa as an answer ha is bound to be unsatisfactory until identified |