Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-10
QUAY IN THE SADDLE
Keystone Senator Has Forces
Well Marshaled.
H0MnrNT 1O TkTnT nAT
CONTEST rs FAIRLY ON
PENNYPACKER WILL BE NOM
INEE FOR GOVERNOR.
Elkin's Friends, However, Essay to
Foresee Another Result-A Deal
With Watres.

Foresee Another Result-A Deal
With Watres.
HARRISBURG. Pa. June 10-The indca-
tions are that Judge Samuel w, Penny
packer of Philadelphia will be the nominee
for governor at tomorrows republican state
convention.
Apparently there is no active opposition
to the nomination OF former State Senator
Wm. NJ. Brown of New Castle for neuten-
ant governor. and Major Isaac Il. Brown
of Erie for secretary Of internal affairs
Attorney General John Z. Elkiu OF In
diana is making a splendid fight for gov
ernor. and his adherents stin claim he will
be nominated on the first ballot.
Quay is Confident.
1nere viii be 35s delegates in the oonven-
ton.
The Pennypacker managers led by Sena-
tor Quay, claim their candidate will have at
least 225 votes.
The Elkin managers claim their fayorite
will have 202
Louis A. Watres of Scranton declare he Will
have 80.
Pennypacker and Watres have formed
combination on the organization Of the
convention.
This will probably give them enough
votes to control the election of Senator Bois
Penrose as temporary chairman and Rep
resentative Joseph c. Sibley, permanent
chairman.
Caucuses Tonight.
The Pennypacker and Watres delegates
will hold joint caucus at o'clock tonight
for the selection of officers of the conven-
tion.
BY agreement between the rival managers
Of these two candidates the governorship
will not be mentioned.
The Elkin delegates will caucus at .
O'Clock tonight in the hail OF the house OF
representatives.
After the caucuses both the Pennypacker
and Elkin adherents Will have rival demon
strations for the purpose OF influencing
doubtful delegates.
Clubs Pouring In.
Clubs have been coming in from sn over
the state since early this morning TO take
part in these demonstrations.
The bulk of the Pennypacker clubs will
come from Philadelphia.
Ell1in shouters are made up principally
of miners from the anthracite region. and
clubs from counties in which the delegates
have been instructed for him
Elkin is called the Pillow Boy OF In
diana" and hundreds of young men
dressed as farm hands will take part in
his demonstration
Two thousand miners will come from the
Schuylkill region and five hundred from
the Lykens valley.
They Will wear the regulation miners
cap and lamp, and will bring their rations.
provision having been made to house them
in the capitol and public halls.
Allegheny Delegation Arrives.
Thirty of the thirty-six delegates from
Allegheny county eached here today.
They will caucus this afternoon TO agree
upon a candidate for governor.
Six of the delegates are claimed by the
Pennypacller managers and the others
conceded to Elkin.
The latter expects to capture the solid
delegation.
These delegates may control the nominal
ton, and both sides are trying TO land
them.
Elkin's managers claim the Pennypacker
adherents have failed in their alleged at
tempt TO break in on their instructed del
egates.
The four delegates from Northumberland
county are instructed for Elkin. but 1t is
doubtful if all of them will vote for him.
Elkin's managers admit that may
vote for Pennypacker.
Conflicting Claims.
Pennypacker's friends claim to hold
pledges from the delegates from Crawford.
Warren and Venango counties who were
supposed to be for Elkn.
To offset these claims the Elkinites de-
clare they have secured pledges from seven
of the eight Schuylkill delegates and three
of the five Erie delegates.
Phladelpha's eighty-fiVe dele gates viii
vote solidly for Pennypacker.
Watre has a united delegation from
Lackawanna county.
Ellxin is conceded to have majority Of
the delegates outside of Philadelphia.
His managers are taking advantage Of
this condition by attempting to arraign the
country against the city, but they have not
succeeded.
The convention will open at 10 am. to-
morrow
Senators Quay and Penrose and Insurance
Commissioner Durham, who are leading
Pennypacker forces, are delegates.
Elkin Makes a Deal.
Elkin has been substituted by enc Of the
Indiana delegates and will have personal
charge of his fight on the floor Of the con-
vention.
Mayor Fred E. Lewis of Allentown has
opened headquarters and his friends are
booming him for lieutenant governor.
The Rev Theodore L. Flood of Meadville
is also mentioned for this Office.
EIkin has formed a combination with
Lewis, who has agreed to give the former
four of the five delegates from Lehigh
county.
Elkin will deliver to Lewis IN return Cor
these delegates all the votes he can con-
troll.
The Elkinites claim to have landed the
five delegates from Fayette and the THREE
from Susquehanna. all of whom were
oeded to the Pennypacker-Watres combina-
tion.
BRITISH AGAIN VICTORIOUS.