New-York tribune., 1902-08-03
AFFAIRS IN PHILADELPHIA
DEMOCRATS SECURE HARMONY-EA-
JUDGE PENNYPACKER WILL STUMP
STATE-NO ASPHALT RE
ORGANIZATION.

Philadelphia. Aug (SpeciaD.-Again the sym
hoI Of peace flies At the Democratic masthead in
this city. Candidate Pattson has tempered the
! zeal Of his friends who sought to wrest the man
| aEement Of the campaign for Governor from the
hands of Chairman Charles P. DonneIIy ard the
city organization
Mr.. Patt,son and his intimate friend. Eugene c.
| Ronniwell. amateur in politics. contemplated
campaign their account and had ar
| ranged for meeting Of committee Of 80 of
their personal selection This expected by
| them to be accepted by Chairman Donnely as
| the auxiliary" campaign committee which he
had been authorized to appoint. Formal notice Of
| the postponement of the meeting of this commit
tee was made after Chairman DonneIly had had an
interview with Mr.. Pattison and Mr.. Bonniwell
| has retired to the ranks.
Chairman DonuclIy. of whom Senator Quay has
said there no better politician in the State of
| Pennsylvania" is too clever to lose this Oppor-
tunty to undo Mr.. RonniweIl politician, for
had Mr.. Pattson's scheme gone through the Bon
niwen committee would have been forced on the
organization It would have taken the manage
ment of the campaign out OF the control of Mr..
Donneliy's hands and it's officers would have
handled the bulk Of the campaign funds.
Mr.. Donnelly. never more resourcefuI than when
his enemies think he Is in the last ditch. has
PEELED the abandonment of the scheme and will
out Of courtesy TO his friend Pattson. may be on
it, but that is all
The harmony 3 is not deep rooted % enough 10 last
Ex-Governor Pattison. Chairman Donney and ex-,
Judge James Gay Gordon. representing the three
which hates one rs badly as the other, have their
Knives kh Shea,nGo @ put ] leif Una names are on @ h MIS-
for the success of the candidate so much as II
In which the city organization has been placed by
the State organization Upstate Democrats. pro
Of treachery to the party and Of secret alliance
point Of throwing the entire city delegations out
iowet to remain in the hrst, on pledges OF al
eEiance and in the second only upon the assurance
that they would be good The delegation to the
t rc}sI of the State organzation to allow rep
resenato3 FOR the Democrats votes which were t
State offices It is now up to the city democracy
10 poll its fun vote for Pattso4. The Donneliy
vote is poed and Pattison fails of election. his
Gratis TIE Gordon Democrats have nothing to
gain by holting the tcket this the and they VII
along in order to their right to paTtci-
pate in the next primaries
Judge Pennypackor whose resignation as Presid-
| ins Judge or Court Of Common Pleas No ?. was
made 40 the Governor in order that he might take
an active part in his campaign. dropped his
judicial mantle On Thursday. lie viii make ca tour tour
| speIriu5crs at the command OF Senator Quay's
| State will be visited
Recent activity .'a4nbrqt Steel has occa-
stoned the circulation OF report o: change OF con-
| troll and revived - deal between tho
| Cambria Steel and the Pennsylvania steel COM
| panieS Directors Of both companies dom these
| reports AS to Pennsylvania Steel. the stock
| bought 10. the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is
| held In tho treasury of the Pennsylvania Com
| pany which Is tho operating company of the
| PenusvIvauia Railroad Companys lines west OF
PittsbIrE. This explains why the annual report OF
! the Pennsylvania Railroad Company did not show
! thcso holdings.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad bought 100000 pre-
rerred and 100000 common stock of PENNSYLVANIA
steel leaving an outstanding minority interest OF
/ nslr ~ h{s
500 ~ 90 block = per allotted to the Read
| Ing Railway Company. Reading so far as known
| I'm the market. Cambria Steel stock Penn
svlvanias interest just In excess OF control being
about 5s5 0oo out Of a total OF $4,000 shares.
The action Of passenger railway stocks in the
| PHILADELPHIA market has been particularly lively
for several days. During the week Union Traction
made a new record Of 4s1. and Philadelphia Rapid
Transit reached Is. the highest point at which 1t
| has vet sold The advance and heavy trading In
the latter attracted attention. as only > mas peen
pr Thesc lse records however were outstrpped by
| Western non-dvideud payer Union IraCt!on OF
without a transaction. Their" were some small lots
OF this company shares heit IN btiS 0LE irnefnr &
! them ont This desire to purchase confirms the
,rts c,irrent several weeks ago that a syndicate
IbiloJnlphians is seeking to get control Of all
the trolley lines in Indianapolis ana TCiy c ms
pany but Of the syndicate, such as Eand2 il
/ - = I they already have a controlling interest
in the indianapolis Street Railway. which operates
~ r1I,, ine o "a made un of number subsidiary
lines which have heen absorbed from time I" lt tIme
and operates all the Supu'o'' '''e'''' '''
| George F NIcCulIoch. president and general man
aRer OF the Union Traction Company OF indiana
IN this city recently looking after thiS C3hSH h5
dation deal and it is believed here that {ht 81 @
deIphta syndicate will ultimately own an ua Inr sur
control the great belt Of territory around it now
The latest blow struck by the Pcnnvs'Vanla f3Ii-
road AZ The could system was the diversion on Fri
day the Cumberland VALLEY K2road Of ,rys6d frflsnf
which has been handled by the western VI ~ - -
Railroad recently purchased by the Wabash. t%r %
Baltimore and ohio the Western Maryland and the
inr link hefwecn the baltimore and Ohio at Cherry
Run Md. and the Reading at ShppeSRuTE' aI', LV,,',
was entered into prior to the passing Of the Bat
and Ohio into the Pennsy wanna C"n.to' viz
I the PennsvIvaua and avoid long haul of freight
for Philadelphia and New-Iork hy Hi wHy t 10, P@ Few,
miles but will cut the Gould peCpe &uc 4 - p
a traffic which amounts to about Nv" Thousand cars
There is in prospect clash between the Phiia-
pality over street paving ln'f -. We ~ witch
granted to the Union Traction ComPaE, Will Will
the comnany is required to resurfaCe with asphalt
and keep i'm repair from curb to Curb an stItetIS
yav mononoy proposes to take advantage Of the
tearing of these streets pE li' ~
corpora tom and other companies. aa well as by
the city itself to relieve itself OF lhls 49,
The Rapid Transit Company claims that TOT Ihese
damages to street paving 1t should not ne re-
sponsble. Att, o,ro,,ors,. %
that tn, Rapid Transit Company was organlzed o{{
John NJ, Mack who ia one OF the prom0.grs p ana ana
who is also regarded Of the pohtiG2I factors
in the control of municipal contracts, re ba rs 9o 80
become the president Of the reorgathzed NsPIait
Trust .,.. .. =.
hghtng himself at every turn. but II rs, Is beheSe1 @
tl Mr. Ia