Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24
POLITICAL.

The political sensation Of last week
was the reported candidacy of j. Donald
Cameron for e. s. Senator 10 succeed
Boise Penrose.
In reviewing the matter, r. w. Her
bert in an interesting article in the
Pittsburg Times says:
Occasionally in the political haunts
in and about Harrisburg one hears re-
ports that Mr.. Quay has promised to
make L. A. Watres the successor to Mr..
Penrose. While everybody believes thai
Mr. Quay is contemplating a jolt OF
some kind for Penrose, no one believes
that Watres will in any way figure in
the jolting plans Mr. Watres had 12
or 10 delegates at the recent convention
and he delivered them oyer to Mr..
Quay, possibly on solemn promise of
some kind, but if the Senatorship figured
in the promise, then the promise is not
to be kept, and Mr.. Quay never intend
ed it should be- Lackawanna, the home
of Mr.. Watres, has already instructed
the four Representatives and one Sena-
tor likely TO be sent to Harrisburg next
winter for Congressman William Con-
nell for United States Senator.
Sometimes politician with his own
county against him lands something,
but such occasions are rare The fact
that Mr. Quay has promised Watres is
not surprising Mr.. Quay promised
several Republicans, among them Frank
NJ. Fuller, of Fayette county, to make
them Secretary of the Commonwealth
under Judge s.. w. Pennypacker after
he is elected Governor, in order to in
duce them to abandon John p. Elkin
and turn in for Cousin SAM" and
these several promises were made in the
face of the fact that one Secretary of
the Commonwealth fills the constitu-
tional requirement for that particular
Office.
Mr.. Watres may have been offered the
salary of the United States Senator. just
as some Of the would-be Secretaries of
the Commonwealth were provided for,
but he was not promised the Senator
ship with any view to keeping the
promise. That is certain.
The friends of Attorney General
Elkin must be reckoned with in the
selection of United States Senator.
and that fact, almost as much as the
demands of the great business inter
ests," is influencing the general con-
version now going on toward Mr.. Cam
eron. The Dauphin county Republi-
cans who were Elkin adherents have
didacy for the place now occupied by
Mr.. Penross largely because they are
out to punish Mr.. Penrose for the
strong arm part he took in throwing
Elkin delegates out of the recent con-
vention. w. W. Griest, Secretary of
the Commonwealth and political boss of
Lancaster county, has served notice that
the Lancaster delegation will support
Cameron against Penrose for the same
reason, and Mr.. Griest takes some pride
in the announcement that, while he
would be glad to be for Cameron
against Penrose, he has never seen Mr.
Cameron.
Before leaving camp (at Gettysburg
former State Senator James G. Mitchell
Of Jefferson county, announced that he
would be candidate for United States
Senator against Mr.. Penrose. With
Congressman William Connell, of
Scranton. and State Senator w. P.
Snyder, of Chester. Mr.. Mitchell will be
able to tie up more legislators than
would have been necessary 10 defeat
Mr.. Quay at the last session of the Leg
islature; but that is not enough. The
plans contemplate at least a half dozen
more favorite sons throughout the State
The purpose is not to endanger the
supremacy of the Republican party,
but to take Mr.. Penrose out of State
politics, and the political prophets agree
that the plans now laid will do that be-
yond question.
THE Democratic State managers are
taking a lively interest in the Union
party convention to be held in Phila-
delphia on September 3rd, and are
planning TO have the Democratic State
ticket endorsed. 1t is said that the
Democrats will give all the money
necessary to make the Union party an
active annex to the Democratic organi-
zation if the Unionists will come into
camp. "-Ex.