The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-22
LIVELY. CAMPAIGNING

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canvass For Govsrnorship Keep
Party Workers. Active. !
COUNTIES GETTING INTO LlNG
Three AspIrants Are Now In TIE
Field Fer Second Pisss sa ~
Ticket and Each es Them b Quite
hopeful
Especial cerrsspondsneAs
Philadelphia, May 20. : Thase aze
busy times with the active Republican
workers throughout the state.
Primary elections are being held tor
the selection Of delegates to the Re-
publican state convention and most
aggressive canvass for the nominations
to be made at Harrisburg on June 11th
next II attracting widespread atten-
ton.
The three leading candidates for t,s
governorship Attorney General Jonn
P. Elkin, former Lieutenant Governor
l.. A. Watres and Judge Samuel w.
Peunypacker, each has host OF
friends at work and most strenuous
campaigning is being resorted to In the
struggle for delegates.
Up to date 1t is ANY mans race"
but developments within the next ten
days may alter the conditions and give
an opportunity to make fairly re-
liable prediction as to the probable
winner.
ELKIN PUSHING AHEAD.
Mr.. Elkin's friends have reason to be
pleased with the headway he has ma II
during the last week. In contest be-
fore the people with the name o! each
candidate. Elkin and Watres, printed
on the ballot, he defeated Mr.. Watres
In the Northumberland county pri-
maries by an overwhelming majority,
The Elkin men were on the aggressive
from the outset and planned their cam
paign carefully and thoroughly. Mr..
Elkin visited the county and made Al.
address to the voters. When 1t became
manifest that the Elkin men were 60
ing to win Mr.. Watres concluded not
to make speech in that county, al
though he may accept invitations to
go elsewhere before all the delegate
elections shall be held.
rrl~ tod a
in .Schuylkill county in which Mr.. Ell
kin's friends claim to have won five Oh.
of the eight delegates. Their oppo-
nents will not concede more than tour
to Elkin In Dauphin county the Ell
kinites will get six Of the seven dele
gates. They also got three In Arm
strong and one in Forest
The return judges in Mercer county
held meeting during the week and
adopted resolutions instructing tho
three delegates to the state convention
from that county to vote for Mr.. Elltin.
The county convention had previously
simply indorsed Mr.. Elkin's canf.i ,acy,
without "instructing' the delegates.
WORKING FOR PENNYPACKrR
Members of the bar and other ad-
mirers OF Judge Pennypacker h>ve
taken hold Of his campaign in Phila-
delphia and are flooding the state with
literature sounding his praises and urS-
ing his nomination for governor. A
public meeting OF leading citizens Ut
the Quaker City is booked for this
week and strong resolutions commend
| ing his candidacy have been prepared
and will no doubt be adopted. Judge
Pennypacker is generally respected by
his fellow citizens Of Philadelphia. re-
garGless of their political affiliatic ?s.
He is looked upon as a most excellent
Judge and brainy man. He has GER
tainly reason to feel proud of the in
dorsements he has received from r'p-
resentative and influential citizens Of
his home county. A committee, which
has charge Of the campaign in his be-
half, will canvass every county In the
state in his interest before the state
convention shall be held.
Mr.. Watres bagged another delegate
last week, when the county commi''e.
of Monroe county met and elected one
Of his supporters as state delegate.
Friends of Elkin in Monroe attemp ptetl
to have a resolution adopted instruct
ing this delegate to vote for the Indi-
ana county candidate, but the reso!u-
ton was defeated In Crawford coul-
ty the supporters Of DR.. Flood, who
aspires to the lieutenant governorsh.p,
won the delegates to the state conven-
ton without opposition. The cornty
committee had previously met and
adopted resolutions giving DR.. Flood
the privilege of naming his own canti-
dates for state delegates. DR.. Flooo
will make a canvass among the dele
gates from the western counties with
view to having their united support
in his candidacy for second place on
the ticket He will be confronted By
the admirers of former Senator Will.
lam NJ Brown, of Lawrence, who Is
also after the backing of the western
delegates for the lieutenant governor.