Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
VOTE for an honest man for Judge
POLITICAL.

| There should be at least four men on
every primary election board-two to
read and two to tally.
| Several old soldiers who attended the
Decoration Day services in Butler. last
Friday, said they would not support
John NJ. Greer-if nominated.
George S. Huselton, candidate for
| County Auditor, is son of George w.
Huselto. of Penn twp, and not George
W. himself, as reported
The attempt to tamper with the Elkin
delegates from Schuylkill county to the
Republican State convention by the
alleged offer of as high as 5000 for a
single vote for Judge Pennypacker Gre
ated great excitement there.
Westmoreland county Republicans
have fight for County Commissioner
on hands which may break the Con-
gressional harmony deal
Messrs Reamer and Earnest, present
commissioners, recently voted to give
the contract for the building of the new
| court house to Pittsburg contractor.
The award must be approved by the
court before it can go into effect. 1t is
| now stated that the judges will await
the decision of the people at primary
election next Saturday. Should the old
board be renominated the court, it is es-
timated, will act accordingly.
A strange combination is this: lined
up against Messrs Reamer and Earnest
are the old-time Quay leaders, County
Controller John Brown, Judge John B.
Steel, Major Edward Robbins and Jas.
S. Beacon, and his lieutenants. That
coalition as whole has heretofore won,
but for the past two years Brown and
Beacon have been fighting one another.
Their getting together in the fight
now is tie wonder of the political age
in that county. For the Reamer-Huff
faction, or the old insurgent crowd, led
by D. c. Ogden. is leaving no stone un-
turned.
! After tremendous contest Elkin car
ried Tioga county last Saturday by
vote of 1925 to 3691 for Pennypacker
ana secured four delegates and his
friends say the result in Tioga will CON
troll the votes of the other four counties
in that Congressional district-Lycom-
ing 4: Potter and Clinton 2; IL in all.
Elkin also secured the two from Hunt
ingdon without opposition; while the
York county delegates will go un-
instructed.
1t is now about two years until the
meeting of the next Republican nation
al convention and already two st ates
have passed resolutions in convention
looking to the placing of Roosevelt in
the field at the head of the ticket. 1t
may almost be said that atpresent there
is no other candidate, since Mr.. Hanna
has for the moment squelched any
personal ambitions he may have or his
followers have for him by indorsing
Roosevelt in terms which seem to elimi-
nate him and anyone else in the Ohio
field. Kansas has done the same thing.
These midterm expressions of opinion
are by no means conclusive. but they
are interesting, because 80 far there has
been no serious attempt on the part OF
any candidate to work up sentiment. If
there be those who hunger and thirst
after the nomination they do well in
smothering their ambitions, for nothing
is more certain than an early frost for
precipitate campaigns for high honors
The Quay slate for next Wednesday
at Harrisburg is Penrose for Temporary
Chairman, Pennypacker for Governor,
and Quay for State Chairman.
Elkin headquarters have been estab-
lished in Harrisburg, at the Lochiel.
Representative Jack, of Indiana.
takes a very sanguine view OF tho
strength Of Attorney General Elkin.an
says the latter will be nomina ted on the
first ballot at Harrisburg. In explain
ing his views Mr. Jack says: Already
Attorney General Elkin has 105 dele
gates instructed for him and 25 unin-
structed, but pledged to his support. | feel
confident that he will receive at least
60, and probably more, of the delegates
yet to be chosen, which will give him
100 in all, or 10 more than is necessary
TO nominate him. In Allegheny county
/ look for a solid delegation of 36 pledg
ed to support the Attorney General.