Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-05-22
LIVELY CAMPAIGNING
Canvass For Governorship Keeps
Party Workers Active.
COUNTIES GETTING INTO i>NE
Three Asplrants Are Now in the
Field For Second Place on the
Ticket and Each of Them is Quite
Hopeful.
(Sph cial Correspondence, \

Hopeful.
(snhciai Correspondence
Philadelphia, May 20. - These are
busy times with the active Republican
workers throughout the state.
Primary elections are being held for
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 is attracting widespread atten-
tion.
The three leading candidates for the
goyernorship, Attorney General Jonn
P. Elkin, former Lieutenant Governor
L. A. Watres and Judge Samuel w.
Peunypacller, each has host OF
friends at work and most strenuous
campaigning is being resorted to in the
struggle for delegates.
Up to date it is ANY mans race"
but developments within the next ten
days may alter the conditions and give
an opportunity to make a fairly re-
liable prediction as to the probable
winner,
J. ELKIN PUSHING AHEAD.
Mr.. Elkius friends have reason to he
pleased with the headway he has me- Il
during the last week. In a contest be-
fore the people with the name Of each
candidate, Elkin and Watres, printed
on the ballot, he defeated Mr.. Watres
in the Northumberland county prl-
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 it became
manifest that the Elkin men were go
ing to win Mr. Watres concluded not
TO make a speech in Ulat county, al
though he may accept invitations TO
go elsewhere before all the delegate
elections shall be held.
There was a hotly contested struggle
in Schuylkiu county in which Mr.. FL
kins friends claim to have won five out
of the eight delegates. Their oppo-
nents will not concede more than four
to Elllin. In Dauphin county the Ell
kinites will set six of the seven dele
gates. They also got three in Arm
strong and one in Forest
The return judges in Mercer county
held a meeting during the week end
adopted resolutions instructing tho
,lilree delegates to the state convention
from that county to vote for Mr.. Elkin.
The county convention had previously
simply indorsed Mr.. Bllin's canGi lacy,
without "instructing'' the delegates.
WORKING FOR PENNYPACEFR.
Members of the bar and other ad-
mirers of Judge Pennypacker l>ye
taken hold of his campaign in Phia
delphia and are flooding the state with
literature sounding his praises and urg-
ing his nomination for governor. A
public meeting OF leading citizens Uf
the Quaker City is booked for this
Week and strong resolutions commend
ing his candidacy have been prepared
and will nc doubt be adopted. Judge
Pennypacker is generally respected by
his fellow citizens of Philadelphia re-
gardless Of their political affiliations.
He is looked upon as most excellent
judge and brainy man. He has Ger
tainly reason to feel proud of the in
dorsements he has received from r.p-
resentativc 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 e.
OF Monroe county met and elected one
of his supporters as state delegate
Friends ot Elkin in Monroe attem oted
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 cOua'
ty the supporters of DR.. Flood, who
aspires to the lieutenant gOvernorsh'p
won the delegates to the state conven
ton without opposition. The CONT!
committee had previously met anC
adopted resolutions giving DIR. Floot
the privilege of naming his own canGi
dates for state delegates. DR.. Flout
will make a canvass among the dele
gates from the western counties Will
a view to having their united suppof
in his candidacy for second place OF
the ticket He will be confronted b.
the admirers of former Senator Viii
lam NJ. Brown, of Lawrence, who i
also after the backing of the western
delegates for the lieutenant governor
ship.
While these two aspirants for Lieu
tenant Governor Gobin's shoes ar
working the west, new candidate h.t
been trotted out in the east. Mayo
Lewis, of Allentown, with the L-eEis
delegation at his back, now wants t