matth matth matthew quay and he wanted to know them and the sort of lesser bosses who sort of worked under him if they would support mckinley because if they did, he was a front-runner any way. probably would have the nomination sewed up. probably wouldn't even be a battle. so mckinley's there. they have a nice dinner and go into hannah's study. lined with books and they settle themselves into overstuffed leather chairs and light up their cigars. hannah's pretty excited. well, governor, it's all over with the shouting. these guys will all go r for you. there are conditions. he didn't seem particularly disturbed by the conditions. mckinley says, well, what are they? well, plat wants the patronage and quay, pennsylvania and manley wants the whole new england and he ticks off a couple of others. then plat also wants to be treasury secretary. oh, and he wants it in writing. seems that eight years earlier at the beginning of the harris administration, he had gotten a similar commitment from harrison for his support, but the treasury secretaryship never materialized so he wanted a promisso