. Old time notes of Pennsylvania; a connected & chronological record of the commercial, industrial & educational advancement of Pennsylvania, & the inner history of all political movements since the adoption of the constitution of 1838. t of Alleghenyand Mackey w^as rapidly developing as the leadingRepublican, Cass stood loyally by him in every strugglethat Mackey had and w^as largely instrumental in en-abling him to reach his important position in the Quay decided to make Mackey his candidate forState treasurer to defeat Irwin, Cass came promptly toMackeys aid, and whatever financia
. Old time notes of Pennsylvania; a connected & chronological record of the commercial, industrial & educational advancement of Pennsylvania, & the inner history of all political movements since the adoption of the constitution of 1838. t of Alleghenyand Mackey w^as rapidly developing as the leadingRepublican, Cass stood loyally by him in every strugglethat Mackey had and w^as largely instrumental in en-abling him to reach his important position in the Quay decided to make Mackey his candidate forState treasurer to defeat Irwin, Cass came promptly toMackeys aid, and whatever financial influences werefelt in the contest might have been traced directly toCass. So quietly did Quay manage his campaign againstIrwin that Mackey w^as not publicly discussed untilabout the time that the Legislature met, but as thesenators and representatives gathered in Harrisburgit w^as soon discovered that Mackey was a very formid-able candidate, and long before the caucus met Irwinwas hopelessly distanced in the race. I first metMackey when he came on to Harrisburg to exploit hiscandidacy for State treasurer, and was greatly disap-pointed in his appearance. He had every indicationof a racking consumptive, and looked more like one. cJ^<».^ /( i, fLt^t>d* r
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