Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-10-11
WAITRESS FRIENDS HAPPY
The Scranton Mans Candidacy For
Governor Gaining Strength,
HE IS AN IDEAL oAN0IDArE


llesn Party-A Dangerous Man 70
the Machine.
Scranton, Pa, Oct 4.-The friends
Of Colonel Louis A. Watres are in
happy frame Of mind From all sec
tions Of the state active party work
ers in the Republican ranks have sig.
nifed their intention TO assist him in
securing the Republican nomination
for governor. They seem to realize
that the present organization In con-
troll of the Republican party in this
state is being used to advance the
personal ambitions Of those who man
age the machinery, and that all other
party men, no matter how much serv-
ice they have rendered in the past, or
may be able to render in the future,
cannot hope for recognition by party
honOrs unless willing to take orders
from the stone-Ellin-E Eyre triumvi.
rate, which has already decreed that
Attorney General Elhdn must be nam
ed for governor, even though his nom
nation means the loss Of the next
| legislature. and the defeat of United
States Senator Penrose, who is can.
didate to succeed himself.
Active party workers know what
was done by the above-named trio Of
leaders during the last past session OF
the legislature. They know that all
the sins Of omission and commission
charged against the party are the di-
rect result of the leadership Of those
at present in control Of the party or
ganization They know that a close
corporation exists within the organiza-
tion, having for It's object the control
and distribution of the spoils Of office.
| They are aware of the fact that the
control up to date has been great, In
deed, while the distribution has been
very small. They recognize the utter
hopelessness of securing recognition
while preserving their manhood and
self-respect.
REFORM WITHIN THE PARTY.
Colonel Watres, whose public record
as a statesman is well worthy of emu.
lation by those desiring to serve the
public in an official capacity, declared
over his signature more than a year
/ uEu llldl III uluEA " MAINTAIN NAAN hNA
tofore excellent record of the Republi-
can party in this state there must be
change in the control of the organi.
cation Colonel Watres believes thor
oughly in organization, but insists
that it must be above the suspicion
of being used for personal rather than
party purposes, and in announcing his
candidacy for governor has declared
that he will fight entirely within Re
publican lines. He has said to his
friends: 81 am a Republican, and de-
sirous of party success. To succeed
we must deserve success, and having
achieved It, must ever remember that
the will of the people should be our
directing power"
Friends Of Colonel Watres declare
that ne cannot be assailed II named
by the Republican convention for gov
ernor, as they point to the following
editorial which appeared in The Phila-
delphia Times, of Tuesday, June a..
The Times is an independent, conserV-
atlve Democratic journal. Following
is the editorial:
widespread interest In next years
campaign for the successor to Cover
nor Stone will be created by the an
nouncement OF former Lieutenant Gov
ernor Watres, of Lackawanna, that he
is a candidate for the Republican
nomination. It means that in opposi-
tion to the machine candidate Attor-
ney General Elkin, there will be not
able representative of the better ele-
ment OF the Republican party In the
state who has always acted within
party lines, but has never hesitated to
show his contempt for the degenerates
who now run the Republican machine.
Mr.. Watres is a friend of Senator
Quay, but is not a friend of the evil
counsellors by whom the senator is
surrounded and upon whom the Lack
awanna man places the blame for the
degradation into which the party has
sunk
The candidacy Of Mr.. Watres has
many elements Of strength which make
him dangerous man to the machine.
After serving eight years in the senate
and four years as Lieutenant governor,
he came away from Harrisburg with
clean hands. He has since been en-
gagged in large business enterprises in
the Lackawanna region which have
brought him personal fortune and high
standing in the business world. A man
50 successful in private affairs as Mr..
Watres has been would be likely to
give Pennsylvania a clean, strong ad-
ministration il a Republican is TO be
chosen. His candidacy will appeal
with peculiar force to the business in
terests and corporations of the state
that have for years had to submit to
blackmail at every legislative session
TO protect themselves against bills de-
vised solely to raise funds for the prl-
yate purses Of machine adherents."
On the other hand the friends OF
Colonel Watres say that attorney GEN
eral Elkln's connection with the rapid
transit and land grabbing steals at
Harrisburg during the last session Of
the Legislature makes him anything
but an ideal candidate. They insist
that no man is entitled to the highest
Office within the gift Of the party in
the state whose public record tends
to diminish rather than augment the
glories Of the Republican past and
whose candidacy may endanger party
success.
On the above score the friends Of
United States Senator Penrose are
Widows Appraissments.