The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-09
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY
Neither Willing to Divulge It's Source
OF StIength-Mr. Quay Realizes Dan
ger-Said to Be Willing to Change
Candidates IN Order to Beat Efkin.

count today on the necessary $50 10
name the party candidate for gov
ernor.
Senator Quay announces that Judge
Pennypacker will have 225 votes on the
first ballot, but he IS silent on where
these votes are 10 come from
Attorney General EIkn's friends de-
clare that they viii control 200 dele
safes in the convention, and they are
equally reticent on the source Of their
strength.
It is known that Col Louis H Wat
res, Of Lackawanra, has at least TWEEN
ty-eight delegates. which. with the
claims Of the other candidates. would
make an increase Of ninety-fve over
the number that viii be entitled to sit
in the convention.
Many Conflicting Claims
These conflicting claims are very IN
satisfactory to the seeker after in
formation and compel a resort to in
dividuaI effort to discover approximate
" the real situation A careful can
vass OF the counties shows that the at
toTney general has 16S delegates. al
lowing him the entire thirty-six which
will be elected from Allegheny to-
day If Colonel Watres can hold the
twenty-eight he claims. the Ouav
forces in the convention would have 1872
delegates This estimate would leave
Eikin twelve short OF the number nee
essary TO nominate him, and Judge
Pennypacker eighteen short. with
Colonel Wan IS holding the balance of
power
This is the Situation today, and
there s NO doubt that the pulling and
hauling that will be INDUCED in by both
sides between now and the convention
VIII alter II somewhat, though which
way 1t would be difficult TO predict
Quay Headquarters Neglected.
The Elkin managers display more con
hdence in the result than the Quayites.
There is more encouragement around
their headquarters to believe in their as
seTtions that they wiz eventually win
Their rooms are crowded with active
party men from various sections OF the
State who are enthusiastic in their sup
port OF the attorney general. and who
are willing to do anything to advance
the interests of their candidate At the
Quay headquarters. where the two
United States Senators are located in
private house. quite a different scene
IS presented There are no crowds. and
the visitors are quite limited in num-
Der. Where the anteTOom would be
crowded with county leaders TO get d
word with the Beaver sage, on former
occasions. they were frequently without
An occupant today. So noticeable was
this neglect of the senior Senator that
it vas resolved to remedy it when the
Philadelphia delegation and other friends
arrived
Senator Quay read in a newspaper yes
terday a long list Of his former Iieuten-
ants who visited the EIkin headquarters
the day before. The story goes that he
sent for one who was under obligation /
to him Instead of assuming a concilia- (
tory attitude the Senator began talking /
about ingratitude, and finally accused his /
visitor with having deserted him just as 4
he needed him most
u haven't deserted you" replied the /
leader. you have deserted US" and he /
walked out.
Realizes Danger of Defeat.
Despite the Senator's claim that Judge /
Pennypacker will have 225 votes on the |
first ballot, it is apparent that he has no
confidence in his own claim. On the con-
trary, it is believed that he fully real
ICES that he is in danger Of being de-
feated, and is even now considering
plans to avoid 4 result that would be
disastrous TO his faction, and would not
be unwilling to change gubernatoriaI
candidates, if It could be done with
safety. He was urged today TO take up
Colonel Watres and drop Judge Penny
packer. He replied that If he could de-
pend on all the PennyDacker delegates
voting for the Lackawanua candidate,
Il would be a happy solution TO the
problem confronting him and his
friends He is afraid that any at
tempt 10 change candidates would be a ]
confession of weakness on his part and 7
might cause a stampede TO the attor-
ney general.
According to this attitude Of the Sen
stor he would not expect any defec-
tfon in the EIkin ranks should 2 change s
rom Judge Pennypacker to Colonel Z
Watres take place He does not admit
that Elkin's strength, or & great part
Of It. is due to the fact that Judge Pen
nypacker is a Philadelphia, and that
this has given the attorney. general an n
opportunity TO array the country against / K
The city One Of the most conspicuous
banners the EIkinites have 7ung TO the
breeze here announces. philadelphia | ,
has q United States Senator: PhIadcI-
5hia DOW wants a governor But the :
people demand as the candidate Hon. =
Tohn p EIkin, the Indiana Plow Boy"
World Like to Change Candidates. c
To the selection Of a city man to op- y
rose the attorney general is attributed
he failure OF Senator Quay 10 eaptura
majority Of the delegates TO the State i,
convention next Wednesday. ssost Of r
he Senator's friends realize this. but
he Beaver man refuses to eoncede it
hough he IS quoted as saying that 2
hange OF candidates that would insure .,
he defeat OF EIkin would not be unwei- II
ONE. But the change, If II comes at ali. fc
ill be suggested by leaders not arraysd
18th the PennypaekeT forces
If the situation should continue doubt
II, it is said that the Allegheny lead
rs viii be ready to advise the selection VI
I a compromise candidate. and win ii
ledge their thirty-six votes TO support be