The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-10
STANDS TO WIN.
Quay appears to Have COatrol
in Pennsylvania.
Both Sides Are Still Claiming
Nomination of Governor.
FIGURES ARE CLOSE.
Senator Penrose is Slated For
Temporary Chairman
And SibIey For Permanent Pre-
siding Officer by Quay.

Harrisburg. Pa. June 10--Indications
are that Judge S. ". Pennypacker OF
philadelphia will be the nominee for
governor at tomorrow's Republican
state convention.
Apparently there is no active opposi-
ton to the nomination of former State
Senator VIM. NJ Brown of Newcastle
for lieutenant governor and Major
Isaac B. Brown of Erie for secretary Of
internal affairs. Attorney John P.
Elkin of Indiana is making a splendid
fight for governor and his adherents
still claim he will be nominated on the
first ballot.
There will be 358 delegates in the con-
vention. The PennypaclSer manag gers,
led by Senator Quay. claim their cam
didate will have at least 225 votes. The
Elkin managers claim their favorite
viii have 202. Friends of former Lieu~
tenant Governor Louis Watres Of
Scranton declare he VIII have so.
Pennypacker and Watres have form
ed a combination on the organization
of the convention. This probably VIII
give them enough votes to control the
election Of Senator Boies Penrose, tenn
pOrary chairman, and Congress- an Joe
L. Sibley, permanent chairman
The Pennypacker and W atres dele
gates will hold joint caucus tonight
IDE lie SclSGllDn OF the OnlCEES Ql LliE
convention. By agreement between the
rival managers of these two candidates
the goVernOrShip will not be mentioned.
The Elkin delegates Will caucus tonight
in the hall Of the house OF representa-
tives.
After the caucuses both the Penny
packer and Elkin adherents viii have
rival demonstrate for the purpose OF
influencing doubtful delegates
Ellxin is called the pillow boy of In
diana" and scores of young men dressed
as farmers viii take part in his demon
stratiOn. Two thousand miners Will
come from the Schuylkill region and 500
from the 1dkens valley. They VIII Wear
the regulation miners cap and lamp ana
Will bring their rauons, provision having
been made to house them in the capitol
and public halls.
Thirty of the SO delegates from AL
legheny county reached here today
They wifi caucus this afternoon to agree
upon candidate Ter governor Six OF
the delegates are Claimed by the PEN
nypacker managers and the others con-
capture the solid delegation These dcl-
egates may control the nomination and
both sides are trying to land them.
Philadelphia's s S5 delegates viii vote
solidly for Pennypacker Watres has
united delegation from Lackawanns
county. ElkiS is conceded to have
majority of the delegates outside OF
Philadelphia
State Chairman Reeder, who is an FL
kin adherent controls the admission
tickets to the convention. The conven-
tiOn viii open at 10 d. N. tomorrow.
Senators Quay and PenrOse, and In
surance Commissioner Durham. who are
leading Pennypacker forces, are dele
gates. Elxin has been substituted by
one of the Indiana delegates and VIII
have personal charge of his fight on the
floor of the convention
Mayor Fred E. Lewis, Of Allentown.
has opened headquarters and his friends
are booming him for lieutenant COVER
nor. Rev Theodore L. Flood. of Mead
Ville is also mentioned for this office.
Elkin has formed combination with
Lewis who has agreed to give the for
mer four Of the five delegates from Lee
high county if Elkin viii deliver to
Lewis in return for these delegates all
the votes he can control. The Elkin-
ties assert they have landed the five
delegates from F'ayette and the three
from Susquehanna, all of whom were
conceded to the Pennypa cker- Waues
combination