Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-03
QUAY'S STATE IS SAFE
Plurality for Pennypacker
100000 Surely.
PENROSE'S SUCCESSOR
INTEREST CENTERED ON THE
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
Coal Strike Has Not Disturbed Condi-
tons to the Extent That Was
Anticipated.
PENROSE'S SUCCESSOR

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
PHILADELPHIA, November 3.-United
States Senator Quay left for his home in
Beaver yesterday morning without making
public his estimate OF anticipated results.
Privately he expressed to intimate friends
the conviction that Pennypacker's majority
will range anywhere from 100000 to 1850
and certainly not below the former figure.
Chairman Greasy of the democratic state
committee also declined to give out his
final estimates, but privately expressed the
belief that Ex-Governor Pattison will carry
the state by from 5000 to 25OOO. A fair
estimate Of Pennypacker's majority places
1t not below 40, 900.
Politicians on both sides, who are not
talking for prediction effect, do not at
tempt to deny the election of Pennypacker
for governor and the whole republican state
ticket by a big majority. Ex-Governor
Pattison is very popular In the rural dis
tricts has very large following in the
Methodist Episcopal Church and will re-
ceive the support of those republicans who
refused to join other Independents in their
return to the organization camp.
Pennypacker by 100000.
These facts have led conservative republi-
cans to the belief that Pennypackers state
majority will be equivalent to the majority
that the city Of Philadelphia will give. If
this is 100000 that will be the majority of
the state ticket. Pattison, according to this
estimate, is expected to break even in
the state or possibly come to the Philadel-
phia line with slight majority.
An element of uncertainty lies in Pitts
burg, and Allegheny county. Political chaos
mas re1gned there for over a year. Every
political leader, or would-be political
leader, has a knife out for everybody else
nnc
state chairman, up until the past week.
was not in position to give lucid idea of
what Allegheny would do. 1t will certainly
give majority for Pennypacker, but how
large or how small is a guess.
Interest in Legislature
The most interest has centered on the
legislative ticket The next legislature will
elect a United States senator to succeed
Boies Penrose Senator Penrose is can
didate for reelection. He will, in all prob
ability, be opposed by Colonel James Madi-
son Guffy, the oil operator, present MEM
Der of and prospective chairman of the ma
tional democratic committee.
Particular interest is due to the feeling
among the friends Of Attorney General John
p. Elkin against Senator Penrose for the
part he took at Harrisburg in the nomina-
ton of Judge Pennypacker Elkins' friends
left the convention hall, declaring a
delta against Penrose. For awhile the In
tensity of this feeling was not concealed,
then it shaded off and finally in the last
six weeks has quieted down, until there Is
scarcely murmur.
The particular direction in which the anti
Penrose feeling was expected to show it
self was in the election of senators and
representatives who would vote for some
other republican than the present junior
senator.
Penrose Strong With Farmers.
But much of this bitterness has been
eliminated. Penrose is strong among the
farmers and dairymen, the result of his
speech on oleomargarine in the Senate and
his active work in behalf of the farming
districts. Estimates at republican headquar-
tiers show that the republicans expect to
elect two-thirds of the lower house, and,
with the hold-over republicans and the new
senators in the upper body, to have at least
tWo-thirds of the votes in that branch.
republican senator will certainly be elected
and the outlook is favorable to Penrose.
In fact, other candidate has been
tered for the place up to the present.
What adds weight to the claims of the
republicans for the state ticket is the fact
that they have made very thorough poll
of the state. The democrats have done
nothing of the kind. They base their esti-
mate of results upon the returns made by
county chairmen, who have only the verbal
assurance of town and township leaders.
The republicans at great expense have poll
ed the state and are certain of their figures
to within reasonable limit.
Coal Strikes Effect.
The coal strike has not disturbed politi-
cal conditions to the extent anticipated.
There is no visible outburst Of feeling
against Gov. Stone for his action in order
ing out the troops. If there is any senti-
ment it is offset by the fact that Pattison
when governor did the same. In the pres
ent fight the latter is openly opposed by or
ganized labor, and the knights of Labor
in particular.
The activity of Senators Quay and PEN
rose in helping to bring about a settle
ment of the strike has created a sentiment
in their favor throughout the anthracite re-
gion, and there will be no democratic gain
there to any appreciate extent, it Is be-
lieved.
In the congressional fight the democrats
may make a gain of one congressman, but
it is doubtful. The withdrawal of Cunning
ham in the twenty-fourth district will
turn E. F. Acheson, who otherwise would
have been defeated by a democrat.
There are warm fights in several districts,
notably in the seventeenth, Folks district,
where F. Godcharles is making a strong re-
publican contest. There are fears for
Deemer in the sixteenth district because of
republican disaffection. AS whole the
congressional outlook is satisfactory to the
republicans.