The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-23
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SCRANTON, MAY 90, 1902.
For governor Of Pennsylvania, on the
Issue Of an open field and fair play,
JOHN p. ELKIN, of Indiana,
subject to the will of the Republican
The Revolt Spreads.

Iamed LOT the accuracy O1
IL its news and just now in {,
position to be absolutely
:andid in it's treatment of the Repub-
tcan gubernatpriala canvass, conspic-
Alously prints the following:
''Warned by Congressman Connells
declaration, made several days ago.
that Attorney General Elkin will get
the support of some delegates from
Philadelphia, the local leaders are talk
ing the precaution to guard against
any of the representatives in the Re-
publican state convention voting for
any candidate other than the one they
favor To lessen the chances of any
Philadelphia delegates supporting the
attorney general, all the ward leaders,
except those holding municipal places,
have been ordered to go to the state
convention and to select as their col
leagues only those who can be depend
ed on to vote as directed. Every care
will be taken to hold the eighty-siX
delegates from Philadelphia solidly
against Mr. Elkin'
And this is the kind of politics which
Charles Emory Smith, the Philadelphia
Press, what is left of the Philadelphia
insurgent outfit and a few ingrained
malcontents like the Wilkes Barre
Record rely upon to effect John E,lkin's
defeat. Do the Republican leaders par
ticipating in this desperate throttling
OF party preference realize what they
are doing? Does Senator Penrose un-
derstand the peril with which it is in
vestfng his candidacy for reelection?
Some years ago." says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer, "the popular choice of
the Republicans of Pennsylvania for
the gubernatorial nomination was
Daniel Fl. Hastings Senator Quay will
taking the convention by the throat
and nominating Mr.. Delamater The
result is history. General Hastings
and his friends did their best on the
stump as Republicans to elect Delama-
ter. but, the people could not be con-
trolled. They had made up their minds
that there had not been fair play, and
Robert z. Pattison was elected goyer-
nor.
''In this year of 1902 the popular
choice for the gubernatorial nomina-
tion is John. p. Elkin, and he is very
much more popular among the people
than Hastings ever was. He made Il
magnificent campaign, and at the time
when Senator Quay undertook to com-
init what he himself termed murder
he had carried by his own strength
seventeen out of nineteen counties.
Since then, since the senator became
possessed of the idea that all he had to
do was to bowl Elkin out and the
thing was done, Ellkin has been going
right along capturing delegates, while
Quay has been given something of a
jolt in his own county of Beaver. Ell
kin has practically won the fight today.
The only way in which he can possibly
be defeated before the convention is to
throttle him, just as Hastings was
throttled."
AS for the Philadelphia delegation,
we do not withdraw what has been said
as to the possibility that it may prove
,a,inursery OF surprises, The delegate
elections will not be held in Philadel-
pnia uI|lIi tHt eIeSllonS tnfQuShOut the
state shall have, been pretty well
-HeaPed up. The movement for Elkin
'>Snl then have reached proportions, un-
less all signs fail, overtaXing the re-
sisting ability of even so effective
machine engineer as Israel w. Durham
? Fora Durham to hold Philadelphia solid
against Elkin, will not only have to
face the tidal force of aroused and Or
lAahized public opinion but practically
have to- whip into docillty a large ma
'jority of his most efficient iieutenants.
~ he does this, it will not necessarily
defeat Elkln., who has a great body of
phipstrueted delegates from the coun-
dryato draw from; but it will quite GER
.tsinly place Penrose's candidacy over
the smoking crater OF an eruptive vol
6Ano. e.' s"'
"a Durham changed once. The reasons
for ;eip nglRS back will be INFINITELY
.Wore potentnthan those Which led him
to abandon Elkin after having pledged
unalterable support.