Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-04-24
AN OPEN CONTEST
Interesting Situation in the Can
vass for the Governorship.
iT is A FREE-FoR-ALL STRUGGLE
Popular Attention Directed to the
Contest For the Election of Dele
gates to the Republican State Con.
vention at Harrisburg On June II.

Especial Correspondence
Harrisburg, April 22.-The canvass
for the Republican nominations for
state offices goes merrily on with free
for all contest for each of the positions
to be filled.
The party is confronted with the un-
usual spectacle of having no slated can
didates and with a number of strong
men battling for support in the various
counties. Senator Quay as a prospec-
tive delegate to the state convention
from Beaver county, has indicated his
purpose to vote against the nomination
of Attorney General John P, Elkin for
the governorship, but up to date he has
not been found leading any organiza-
ton against the candidacy of Mr. Ell
kin. Just which candidate Senator
Quay will finally vote for is not known.
He says himself that he has no prefer
ence at present.
Meanwhile Mr.. Elkin and his ad-
mirers are going ahead with deter
mined campaign to elect delegates in
his behalf and Mr.. Elllin states that
he will continue in The fight until the
roll shall be called in the state conven-
ton. He certainly takes hopeful
view OF the situation and is busy with
his canvass, working night and day.
ELKIN'S NAME REGISTERED.
During the last week Mr. Ell;in has
had his name registered in two more
counties, Huntingdon and NoTthumber-
land. and he states that he is anxious
to nave ell aspirants for the governor
ship meet him in a contest before the
people, so that the voters shall have
an opportunity to make their selections.
The registration in Northumberland
county closed On Saturday last and Mr..
Elkin was the only candidate for gov
ernor to be registered with the Repub-
lican county chairman. Mr.. Elkin's
name, it will be recalled, was submit
ted to the people in Blair and Lebanon
counties, which both instructed their
delegates to the state convention to
vote for Mr.. Elkin.
Primaries were held On Saturday
last in two districts in LuZerne county,
the third and the fourth, and both these
districts We're carried for Elkin after
exciting struggles. His opponent in
Luzerne was former Lieutenant Gov
ernor Watrc5, who lives in the adjoin-
ing county of Lackawanna.
Adams, Columbia, Pike and Sullivan
counties also held their primaries on
Saturday last, but the party organiza-
ton leaders in these counties conclud-
ed to send uninstructed delegations to
the state convention. No one is in a
position to say exactly how these dele
cations will vote in the final roundup.
There was no contest on the governor
ship in any of these counties.
MAY MAKE A TOUR.
If Mr.. Elkin shall carry out his de-
termination to go before the people of
the several counties and appeal for
their support he will unquestionably
have a great advantage over candidates
who will not agree to do this. In every
county in which he has made a con-
test he has won up to date, and his
admirers have been quite aggressive
since his recent announcement that he
will not withdraw from the contest
under any circumstances.
Mr.. Elkin's hackers say that he is
ready to make tour Of the state
stumping the various counties in which
Republican primary elections have not
yet been held and seek the support of
the active Republicans of the common
wealth. Congressman Connell, of Lack
awanna, has become one Of Mr.. Elkin's
staunchest advocates, and an interest
ing situation may arise in Northeast.
ern Pennsylvania, where Connell is
strong, with his opposition to the can
didacy of L. A. Watres, an aspirant for
the governOrship residing in his home
county.
Messrs. Elltin and Watres continue
to be the only avowed candidates for
governor. While the names of former
Senator Cameron, General Brooke and
w. G. Sproul are still frequently. heard
in connection with the governorship,
Senator Sproul is the only one of them
who has any delegates committed to
his nomination. These are from his
home county of Delaware.
The campaign being waged in the in.
terest of Mr.. Elkin has stirred up con-
siderable enthusiasm with the organi-
Zation of Elkin clubs throughout the
state, and there is promise of very
large crowd of boomers gathering at
the state convention. Meetings have
been held in a number Of counties for
the organization of Elkin clubs, and
there will be lively times in the con-
vention city when the delegates assem-
Bile for the convention, which is to be
held on June H.
There was a suggestion a few days