Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-05-22

next is attracting widespread dIleh
ton.
The three leading candidates for the
governorship, Attorney General Jonn
P. Elkin, former Lieutenant Governor
L. A. Watres and Judge Samuel W..
Pennypacker, 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.
ELKIN PUSHING AHEAD.
Mr.. Elkin's friends have reason to he
pleased with the headway he has Ma ie
during the last week. In 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 prI-
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 1t became
manifest that the Elkin men were go
ing to win Mr.. Watres concluded not
to make a speech in that county, al
though he may accept invitations to
go elsewhere before all rhe delegate
elections shall be held.
There waS q hotly contested ST. GsSS!e
in Schuylkill county in which Mr.. Ell
kin's friends claim to have won five ou.
of the eight delegates. Their oppo-
nents will not concede more than tour
kinites will get six of the seven dele
gates. They also got three in Arm
strong and one in Forest.
The return judges in Mercer county
held meeting during the week and
adopted resolutions instructing the
from that county to vote for Mr.. Elkin.
The county convention had previously
simply indOrsed Mr.. Eikin's candi lacy,
without "instructing'' the delegates.
WORKING FOR PENNYPACKFR.
Members of the bar and other ad-
mirers of Judge Pennypacker have
taken hold of his campaign in Phila-
delphia and are flooding the state with
literature sounding his praises and urs-
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 no doubt be adopted. Judge
Pennypacker is generally respected by
his fellow citizens of Philadelphia. re-
gardless of their political affiliatiCn ns
He Is looked upon as a most excellent
Judge and brainy man. He has cer-
tainly reason to feel proud of the in
dorsements he has received from r.p-
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
shall be held.
Mr.. Watres bagged another delegate
last week, when the county commute.
Of Monroe county met and elected one
Of his supporters as state delegate.
Friends of Elkin in Monroe attem oted
to have resolution adopted instruct
Ing this delegate to vote for the Ipdi-
ana county candidate, but the reso!u-
lion 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-
ion without opposition. The colnty
had previously met and
adopted resolutions giving DIR. Flood
he privilege of naming his own canti-
tates for state delegates. DR.. Flood
Viii make a canvass among the dele
gates from the western counties with
view to having their united support
n his candidacy for second place on
he ticket. He will be confronted by
he admirers of former Senator Will
am M. Brown, of Lawrence, who is
llso after the backing of the western |
delegates for the lieutenant governor
hip.
While these two aspirants for Lieu
enant Governor Gobin's shoes are
working the west new candidate h.ls |
'een trotted out in the east. Mayor
Iewis, Of Allentown, with the Lehish |
delegation at his back, now wants to |
'e lieutenans governor His home coun-
y newspapers have begun to boom
lin and some of his admirers have
made pilgrimage to Harrisburg to
onfer with party leaders there in bis
interest
There will be strong delegations of
itizens from different parts of Lehish
ounty, as well as Flood shouters from
and Brown boomers FROM
lawrence, to work up interest IN the
lieutenant governorship fight in the
throngs at Harrisburg
Major Brown, of Erie, who aspires
o the Office of secretary of internal af-
airs, starts out with his home county
delegation solidly for him and he he's
! number Of other delegations commit