The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-01-17
PHILADELPHIA FOR
QUAY AND PENROSE
Republican City Committee For
mally Transferred to
Their Friends.
NANAMAKER-MARTIN MEN CRUSHED.
Republican Voters Turn Down Rep
resentatives of the SO-Called BUSH
ness Mems Republican League mt
the Primaries.
(Special Correspondence.) }


Philadelphia, Jan. 16.-With the re-
organization of the Republican city
committee yesterday the complete vic
tory of the Quay-Penrose element in
the Republican party of this city was
forcibly expressed. The will of the
Republican voters was indicated at the
primary election last Tuesday and the
ward committees elected representa-
tives to the city committee who are in
accord with the stalwart element.
There are Al wards in this city, and
from all but seven of these wards
friends of the Quay-Penrose leadership
were chosen to the city committee. 1t
was demonstrated yesterday that the
city organization will hereafter be
overwhelmingly in favor Of maintain
ing the regular Republican organiza-
tion of the state, of which General
Frank Reeder is chairman, and which
sustains the administration of Gov
,ernor William A. Stone and will sup
port Quay and Penrose in national
politics All of the ten delegates elect
ed in this city to the Republican ma
tional convention will cooperate with
the state organization, as even the one
delegate picked out by Martin-Man-
ufacturer Bromley, is stalwart Re-
publican.
Republicans of Philadelphia do not
appear to be eager to help Martin get
back at Quay, nor do they seem to
grow wildly enthusiastic over Wana-
makers ambition, regardless of ex-
pense, to shine as a member of the
United States senate.
A BEGGARLY SHOWING.
A grand total of nine delegates out
the SO to the state convention from
Philadelphia (Wanamaker's own city,
is the full strength of the Martin
Wanamaker combine against Quay, de-
veloped as the result of the appeal to
the Republican voters at last Tues
days primaries.
The most significant feature of the
delegate election returns came from
the fashionable suburb of German
town, where many of the most pros
porous business men reside The fight
against the Quay forces in these dis
tricts was led by the secretary of the
so-called Business Mems Republican
League. which since it espoused the
cause of Wanamaker has dwindled in
membership until it includes but few
more than the manufacturers and mer-
chants who sell goods to the merchant
princes big department stores. They
are, of course, staunch Wanamaker
men, and the names of many of them
appear attached to frequent anti-Quay
pronunciamentos, which are issued
from this league for publication in the
newspapers which carry the immense
Wanamaker advertisements. William
T. Tilden, the secretary of this league,
and a rampant anti-Quay man, and
State Senator Henry, who has been a
constant visitor to Washington recent
| ly, working against the seating OF
Colonel Quay in the United States SEN
ate, were both defeated at the primary
election and full fiedged Quay adher-
ents were elected. Senator Henry,
| throughout his entire senatorial dis
| trict. did not succeed in electing sim
gle anti-Quay delegate to the state
| convention. There was gloom at the
headquarters of the Business Mems
League when the news was received
| that the conventions had all been con-
trolled by the Quay men in the dis
tricts in which they counted on as
their strongholds.
The Importance of the capture of all
| but nine of the delegates to the state
convention may be appreciated when
| Il is known that outside of Pittsburg
! there will scarcely be a corporaps
| guard of anti-Quay delegates in the
coming state convention. The cities
of Harrisburg, Altoona, Scranton,
| Reading, Allentown, Wilkesbarre, Lam
caster and many of the smaller towns
will all go on record as supporting
Colonel Quay, and the country districts
where Quay has always been strongest
will be sure to follow the lead of those
that have already been heard from.
WILL REPEAT ITS ENDORSEMENT.
The Republican state convention
which nominated Colonel Barnett, who
was elected state treasurer in Novem-
ber, indorsed the action of Governor
Stone in appointing Colonel Quay to
the vacancy in the United States SEN
ate, and the action of Philadelphia
district conventions leaves no room to
doubt that a similar resolution could
be passed at the coming state conven-
tion by large majority.
The Quay issue was brought promi-
nently to the front in the Republican
city convention which met in Indus
trial Hall. Ten candidates were named
for magistrates. The convention was
absolutely in the control of the Quay
Penrose element. They could nomi-
nate any one they pleased. 1t is al
most superfiuous to say that they were
not kindly disposed toward Magistrate
Jermon, before whom Senator Quay's
political enemies had him arraigned in
the celebrated conspiracy case. Though
Quay's counsel then and there produc-
ed evidence to show the conspiracy
back of the prosecution and protested
that the arrests were made purely to
injure him politically and to help his
political opponents, Magistrate Jer'
mon, to the great delight of all the
Wanamakerites, held Colonel Quay fol
court, and it was thus made impossible
for him to secure the vindication ht
received by the verdict of the jur!
until the next day after the Legislature
adjourned, with the deadlock on tn,
United States senatorship unbroken
The minority of the Republicans, fol
lowers of Martin, of this city, ant
Finn, the boss of the Pittsburg ma
chine, with the Wanamaker newspa
per influence backing them. held thei
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