Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-06
DEMOCRATS At Odds
The Minority Party Faction Torn
Over the Governorship.
A COMBINE AGAINST pATTisoN

Gordon Has Gotten the Philadelphia
Democracy, and Congressman J. K.
+ p. Hall, Of Elk, 10 Winning Out In
the State.
Especial Correspondencs)
Philadelphia. Feb. Awhile Repub-
licans are harmonizing in almost every
county, the Democrats of Pennsylvania
are in a terrible state of disruption.
There are many factions and many
conflicting ambitions. which make the
outlook for the party in the fall cam
paign anything but encouraging.
With the Philadelphia Democracy,
while their leaders are proclaiming
that perfect harmony now prevails, the
facts are quite to the contrary. 1t is
true that deal has been made by
Chairman Donnelly with the followers
of former Judge Gordon, by which
Donnelly has been restored to the
Craftsmanship of the Democratic city
committee, but this has been brought
about by secret compact that DON
nomination for governor.
This arrangement is not satisfactory
to many OF the rank and file OF the
party, who have for years charged Cor
don with party disloyalty, with treach-
cry to Pattison when he was running
as the Democratic candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia. and with treason to
the party candidate for president, Will
liam ]. Bryan. in both of his cam
paigns.
COMBINATION AGAINST PATTISON
The combination between Donnelly
| and Gordon will be opposed by the
friends of former Governor Pattison,
who have already started in to block
the games of Gordon. not only in this
city. but in other counties of the state.
Pattison wants to be the candidate
for governor, but he was never SO
weak in his home county as he is to-
day. He has now the active opposition
of Donnelly and Ryan. who charge him
with deceiving them in the last cam
paign. when he went over to the Wana-
makerites and advocated a fusion
ticket. which meant the defeat of the
Democratic candidate for judge. Max
we'll Stevenson. The friends of Judge
Stevenson, who include most of the
young Democratic lawyers in this city,
have now no love for Pattison, and
many of them who dislike Gordon
would. however. prefer to vote for Cor
don for governor than help Pattison to
get there again.
Gordon has by far the best chance
of capturing the Philadelphia delega-
tion to the state convention. He is
hard at work looking after his own in
terests and counts upon at least three
fourths of the delegation.
Pattison gave the Gordonites in
Chester county bad setback last
week. when his friends captured con-
troll of the county committee and elect
ed their county chairman. The Patti
son interests were looked after by Col
onel Holding. former member of Pat
tison's staff. while the old chairman of
the county committee John Cava-
naugh. was the leader Of the Gordon
forces The Gordon men are now very
angry and threaten all sorts of things
against the new leadership in the
county
While Pattison and Gordon are hav-
ing parrot and a monkey time in the
Quaker City, there are several we'll
known Democrats up the state who
are looking out for themselves, and
VINO will not consent to the nomination
OF either Pattison or Gordon. In Elk
county there was meeting of active
Democrats a few days ago, in which
Congressman j. X. P. Hall was in
dorsed for the nomination for gov
ernor. Mr.. Hall is a wealthy citizen
of Elk county. who is interested in a
number Of business enterprises in the
central section of the state, and who is
present member OF congress He is
known to be very close personally to
Colonel James M. Guffey, the Demo-
cratic national committeeman from
Pennsylvania, who expects to have
something to say about the selection of
the next Democratic candidate for gov
ernor
GUFFEY FAvORS HALL.
Colonel Guffey is believed to be in
clined to favor the nomination of Con-
gresham Hail. He recognizes that it
will be impossible to get the Demo-
Gratis Of Philadelphia to unite upon
either Pattison or Gordon The Demo-
cratic organization of Philadelphia
will certainly not be for Pattison. and
then Guffey is afraid to trust Gordon
with the nomination. He Is fearful
that Gordon, whether he won or lost
the election, would at once start in
to capture the state leadership. Guffey
claims this as his own.
1t will be recalled that Gordon want
ed the nomination for governor when
George A. jerks was named as the
Democratic opponent Of Colonel Stone
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