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Richard R. Quay informs Theodore Roosevelt that his father, former U.S. Senator Matthew S. Quay from Pennsylvania, has “but a few hours to live,” and adds that he is not suffering and is resting peacefully. Matthew S. Quay died on May 28, 1904.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-24
Richard R. Quay informs President Roosevelt that his father, Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, has passed away.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-28
Pennsylvania Senator Matthew Stanley Quay and John P. Elkin both whisper to President Roosevelt as he sits in front of the United States Capitol building. Caption: Elkin—”Don’t trust him; he promised me a governorship.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-19
“Don Marcus Hanna” sits at the top of a hill as he watches President Roosevelt walk down a hill with a bandaged leg—”trouble with Hanna”—using Pennsylvania Senator Matthew Stanley Quay as a crutch.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-20
President Roosevelt goes to light a “Post Office scandal” stick of dynamite as three men—New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt, Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, and Pennsylvania Senator Matthew Stanley Quay—tell him to stop. Meanwhile, “Miss Democracy” looks on while Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker rides in on a fire wagon. Caption: Chorus from the doorway: “Don’t do it, Teddy! It is dangerous!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
President Roosevelt stands by a pot labeled “campaign of 1904” on the “presidential reservation.” He is flanked by Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt, and Pennsylvania Senator Matthew Stanley Quay who smoke pipes filled with “US plug.” Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna marches forward with his “my boom” gun and pipe.
President Theodore Roosevelt, presumably the master of the Indian reservation in Luther Bradley’s cartoon, received “another” senator, Marcus Alonzo Hanna, the Ohio senator.
It is difficult to believe that Hanna was the latest of presidential aspirants to be pacified and come under Roosevelt’s watch. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (Roosevelt ally and friend since the 1880s), never contemplated running for president. Neither did New York’s Thomas Collier Platt, who was powerful enough and secure as longtime boss of New York politics. Matthew Stanley Quay displayed desultory interest in the presidency in previous decades, but mainly allowed his name to be floated as a favorite son, and to bargain for favors from the ultimate nominees.
First Assistant Secretary of State Loomis summarizes for William Loeb the situation regarding the removal of Aaron Homer Byington from the Consulship at Naples, Italy, and how Jerome A. Quay came to be appointed there, including the influence of Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt and friends of the late Senator Matthew Stanley Quay in the matter. Loomis suggests alternate posts for Byington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-28
An article in the New-York Tribune reprints a portion of an interview with New York Republican State Committee Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff. Topics of discussion include the successful Republican showing in the recent election, Woodruff’s support of President Roosevelt’s financial policies, the likelihood of Roosevelt’s renomination for a third presidential term, and the future of the Republican Party and Independence League fusion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-07
President Roosevelt writes to Senator Lodge regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike, noting that at present he has not been able to find any methods that would allow the national government to influence the strike. Roosevelt compares the tariff and the strike by saying that in either case, if people are not able to get the goods they need, they will blame the government. Roosevelt explains in the postscript that he is done making tours for the year, and will not make more speeches until after the election.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-09-27
President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that after a second operation his leg seems to be recovering after his recent carriage accident. Roosevelt then reports on the situation with the Anthracite Coal Strike and his discussions with various parties. He plans to invite the mine operators to come speak with him in three or four days, requesting a good faith effort to come to an agreement with the miners. He will also meet with representatives from the coal miners at some point.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-09-30
James Sullivan Clarkson recommends George J. Corey as president of the national organization of commercial travelers’ clubs supporting the Republican campaign. Clarkson warns that Ferdinand Ziegel, who is promoting Corey’s cause, is becoming disaffected. Clarkson also suggests several candidates for chairman of the Republican National Committee and discusses campaign strategy, including states to target to secure the election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-15
There is growing evidence that the “Wall Street contingent” is searching for an alternate candidate to support in opposition to President Roosevelt. An initial favorite was Senator Hanna and current gossip reports growing support for Senator Quay. The first choice of the people remains Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-16
Louis N. Hammerling requests that Theodore Roosevelt ask Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senators Matthew S. Quay and Boies Penrose to name Thomas H. Watkins as a delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-12
Members of the U.S. Senate look down on five diminutive members seated in the front. They are identified as “Hill Repudiated by New York,” “Murphy Repudiated by New York,” “Gorman Repudiated by Maryland,” “Brice Repudiated by Ohio,” and “Smith Repudiated by New Jersey.” Among the senators present are Adlai E. Stevenson, William M. Stewart, George F. Hoar, Charles A. Boutelle, John Sherman, Daniel W. Voorhees, William E. Chandler, John M. Palmer, Justin S. Morrill, John P. Jones, Matthew S. Quay, and William A. Peffer.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-12-11
A large Christmas tree is decorated with ornaments labeled with political offices and presidential appointments. Thomas Collier Platt and Matthew S. Quay, who is dressed as a woman, are standing in front of the tree. In queues on both sides are diminutive figures anxiously awaiting their presents, including from right to left, Jerry Simpson, Joseph B. Foraker, William E. Chandler, William McKinley, Whitelaw Reid, Thomas B. Reed, Levi P. Morton, Benjamin Harrison, William B. Allison, George F. Hoar, John Sherman, Chauncey M. Depew, and Robert T. Lincoln. Caption: The two big bosses have full charge of it, and the most obedient boys will come in for the best gifts.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-12-25
Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed is asleep at his desk, dreaming that Thomas Collier Platt and Matthew S. Quay, as angels, are coming to offer him the “Presidential Nomination 1896.” Caption: It beats Jacob’s ladder out of sight.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-01-01
President Cleveland is at the helm of the “Ship of State,” its sails labeled “Honest Pensions, Wilson Tariff Bill, Sound Financial Policy, Adherence to the Traditional Policy of Non-Interference,” [and] Economic Government,” as it sails past the “Rocks of Disaster” upon which are the remains of a shipwreck labeled “Sherman Silver Law, McKinley Bill, Fraudulent Pensions, [and] Jingoism,” and a group of marooned sailors labeled “McKinley, Lodge, Tom Reed, [and] Quay.” Also present are Benjamin Harrison, Whitelaw Reid, George F. Hoar, and William E. Chandler. Caption: The political wreckers see their hopes again indefinitely postponed.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-03-06
The U.S. Senate chamber is reduced to pandemonium when a Senate Page announces the unexpected arrival of “Investigators Lexow and Goff.” Among the senators scrambling for cover are Arthur P. Gorman, Matthew S. Quay, Calvin S. Brice, Edward Murphy Jr., and George F. Hoar. Caption: The awful scene that would ensue if investigators Lexow and Goff should unexpectedly appear in the U.S. Senate chambers.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-06-27
A hydra-like jack-in-the-box labeled “Political Trick-Box” has the heads and arms of Matthew S. Quay, David B. Hill, and Arthur P. Gorman, each holding a whip labeled “Bosses” and pointing an index finger.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-09-25
A large female figure holds a cornucopia labeled “Prosperity 1895,” floating toward rays of light that illuminate industrial facilities. She hovers above a group of men gathered around a platform with a banner that states, “Protection Issue and Victory in 1896.” Several of the men are shaking their fists at her. Among those identified by name and unidentified are “Hoar, Elkins, Tom Reed, Lodge, [and] Hale,” and William B. Allison, possibly Thomas C. Carter, John Sherman, Joseph B. Foraker, William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, William E. Chandler, Whitelaw Reid labeled “Tribune of N.Y.,” Charles A. Boutelle, and Matthew S. Quay.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-10-09