Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-20
4 GREAT GATHERING
IS NOW PREDICTED
Tie Republican State Convention
Premises To pe Il Men-
0rab!e Occasion.
SIALWARTS IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL.
Many Candidates For Supreme Court JUS
tice and the Soldier Favorites Will At
tract Many Visitors.
Especial Correspondence.l

tions are that the Republican state
convention which will be held here on
the oath of next month will attract an
unusually large number OF Republicans
from every section of the state. 1t is
bound to be an interesting occasion.
Chairman John p Elkin, of the Repub
lican state committee, has all the ar
rangements we'll under way and seems
pleased with the general situation. All
but about score of the delegates have
been elected, outside of Philadelphia.
and many strong men are included
| among the several delegates. The stall
wart Republicans will be III easy con-
troll of the convention
Colonel Quay has been elected dele
gate from Beaver county, and Senator
| Penrose will be on hand as the dele
| gate from the Eighth district of the
| Quaker City. General II. II. Bingham.
close friend of President Mckinley.
and who is on intimate terms with
prospective Speaker OF the House of
| Representatives Henderson, will be
| among others of the congressional del
| egation on hand to cooperate with the
| stalwart leaders.
FOR A STRONG PLATFORM.
| The party managers are already Civ
| ing consideration to the plankS for
| the platform. 1t will unquestionably
| be Il strong declaration of principles.
| The administrations of President Me
! Knley and Governor Stone will be
cordially indorsed and the opportunity
will not be allowed to pass to pay
! tribute to the patriotism and the
| bravery of the American soldier and
| sailor in the war with Spain and i'll
! the fighting in the Philippines, Special
| praise VIII. OF course, be bestowed upon
| the gallant boys of the Keystone state,
! who will, it is hoped, by that time be
| back with the fighting Tenth regi
ment from Manila Stress will be laid
| upon the evidences of prosperity wit
| messed all over the country as the re-
! suit of the return of the Republican
! party to power in the government.
| The people will be reminded of the
| fact that the Democrats are again
| pressing William Jennings Bryan to
| the front for president, and that the
| Democratic organization In Pennsyl-
| vania led off with declaration in the
| state platform expressing admiration
| for his matchless leadership. and
| then nominated a full Bryan ticket,
! from Supreme Court Candidate Mes
| treZat down to Greasy, the nominee
for state treasurer.
! LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES..
The big field of candidates for the
nomination Of supreme court justice.
| with the knowledge that there is to be
a free for all contest for this honor,
will contribute largely to the attend
ance at the convention. Each of the
"a hau h
| enthusiastic champions on the ground
early, working up his particular boom
! There will be headquarters and badges
galore, and a lively time may be look
| ed for. The various common pleas
| judges will all have many of the law
| yers from their respective localities on
| deck to sound their praises and good
natured rivalry in this direction will
make the occasion a memorable one
! The great interest aroused in the party
! throughout the state over this contest
| cannot but stimulate interest in the
! organization and enlist many new
workers In the Republican cause Lam
| caster county will have a big contin-
| gent here urging the nomination of J.
| Hay Brown, if he shall conclude to
| become an active candidate for the
| supreme bench. Judge w. ID. Parker,
who has the Allegheny delegation at
his back, will also have large fol-
| lowing. Lackawanna' S favorite, Judge
| Archibald has a host of friends, and
| from the adjoining county of LuZerne
| there Will be strong party of ad-
mirers of former Attorney General
Palmer to urge his claims. Judge Nc
| Connell VIII have enthusiastic support
| from Westmoreland. and Mexican will
| put mp Il good fight for Judge Nor
rison. The Indiana delegation has en-
| tered Judge White for this grand
prize and Judge Miller, of Mercer, and
| Judge Wallace, of Lawrence, will each
have ardent advocates here to press
| their claims. There may be severa!
| ballots required to decide the winner.
1t will take 122 votes to nominate.
PHILADELPHIA'S CANDIDATE.
| The action of the Philadelphia dele
cation may have great influence in
determining the result. The Quakers
have candidate of their own for SUI
perior court justice in Josiah r. Ad-
ans They may, therefore, deem it
| advisable to settle their votes among
| the several candidates for the SUI
preme court, so as to arouse no an
| tagonsms to their favorite. Philadel-
| phians who have been here recently
say that arrangements have been made
| to present the claims of their candi-
date. Mr.. Adams. to the convention, so
that there shall be no doubt of the fact
| that he is the choice of the Republic
cans of that city for this nomination,
Unusual conditions. they explain,
making 1t desirable to have the nomi-
nations for county offices made at the
same time the delegates to the state
convention are chosen, have deferred
the selection of the state delegates un-
til within a few days before the state
convention convenes. Otherwise the
delegates would have been elected be-
fore this and gone ON record in favor
OF Mr.. Adams nomination for the SUI
perior court.
The Philadelphia primaries will be
held on Aug II and the representative
district conventions which will elect
the delegates to the state convention
that will nominate two candidates for