Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-04-17

The selection of candidates il for the
convention, which, | believe, will be al
intelligent. impartial and deliberativt
body"
When Insurance Commissioner Dur
ham was shown this statement he said
II concur with Senator Quay"
Many hours before Quay was visited
by Elkin, the latter was informed by q
mutual friend that the Senator urged
him to withdraw for the reason that his
nomination would jeopardize Penrose'
candidacy for reelection to the United
States Senate by the coming State Leg
islature, and would imperil the party
in number of Congressional districts
also. Quay's message added that, should
Elkin persist in the race, the Senator
would feel obliged at an early day to
make public statement of his reasons
for urging the withdrawal. After a
long conference on this message, Eyre
announced that Elkin had gone toe
far in the fight to quit. Elkin sent
word to Quay that he could conceive OF
no conditions demanding his withdraw
al, and his name would 90 before the
convention, irrespective Of what might
be it's action To friend he added:
II decline absolutely to withdraw
from the contest. l will be candidate
if get only 10 delegates"
The Pittsburg Gazette" approves of
Quay's course and the Dispatch" thinks
the situation has been somewhat
cleared"
The Times" reviews the situation
and ends its editorial this way:
"The fact cannot be gainsaid that the
present political situation in Pittsburg
and Allegheny county is the sole and
moving cause of Mr.. Elkin's downfall,
if that downfall is to be accomplished.
He is to be made the victim of sit
uation which he largely helped to
bring about, and to add to the bitter
ness of his fate the men whom he
helped and the men who were his most
active and earnest coadjutors in the
work are now those who have turned
to rend him. The Pittsburg situation
is the result of the ripper bill. The
ripper bill was the act of corrupted
Legislature, and this Legislature was
corrupted from the day of its organiza-
ton to the day of its adjournment by
the very same coterie of high-minded
gentlemen who have now induced Sen
ator Quay to interfere in their behalf
| upon the question of the Gubernatorial
nominee.
Meanwhile it is to be hoped that
Senator Quay will be pleased to in
form the 35S delegates to the State
convention and the 700, 900 Republicans
of the State whom be intends, in the
exercise of his sovereign power, to nomi-
nate for chief executive of the second
Commonwealth of the Union"
A dispatch from Washington, dated
Saturday, said
THE selection of J. Donald Cameron
to take the place of John P. Elkin as
the candidate of the Pennsylvania
State organization for the Republican
nomination for Governor is regarded as
certainty There is good ground for
believing that he has already been chos-
en- and has practically consented. At
torney General Knox and Major Gener-
al Brooke will not be considered until
Cameron positively declines. Cameron
will decline if much opposition is devel-
oped. He does not want it unless it is
handed to him on highly polished and
embossed platter. Representative
Deemer expressed hostile views because
Cameron is a free silver man"
The Philadelphia Inquirer which for
years has been the organ of Quay and
his friends in that city. is outspoken for
'Elkin-the Candidate of the People, "
and speaks as follows:
"a display of bossism at Harrisburg
probably would be ruinous.
Mr.. Elkin has done his fighting in the
open. He announced himself as can
didate and invited opposition. To try
to destroy him at this late day, after the
grand display Of popular strength that
he has made, and solely at the behest of
couple of wealthy gentlemen of Pitts
burg, would be not only extremely un-
wise, but extremely unjust.
The people detest injustice they
hate ingratitude.
All honor to Mr.. Elkin. He will not
get out because pair Of spitefrl Pitts
burgers demand that he shall He
would prove traitor to the people who
have so grandly stood by him at the
primaries should he do so.
| His declaration of his determination
to remain in the contest in spite of all
attemps to coax him or to order him out
is the manly utterance of a manly man.
II will not be ordered out, bargained
out, dealt out or forced out.
Those are his words, and they are
such words as the manly voters of Penn
sylvania will delight to hear
For Governor of Pennsylvania, John
P. Elkin.
| And if those who would dispose of
him at the commands of a couple of
franchise grabbers of Pittsburg went to
know how the people feel about it, by
all means let them produce their can
didate any candidate under the face OF
the sun-and bring him before the
voters. If Mr.. Elkin cannot defeat any
person they may name, then he will re
tire, but he will not retire under any
other circumstances.
A most interesting feature of the pres
ent disturbance among the Republicans
of Pennsylvania is the apparent eager
ness Of so-called insurgents to welcome
QUAY as party reformer This was to
be expected, of course. of those follow
ers of the organization whose objection
/ to Elkin is merely personal, or whose
! desire for reform extends no farther
than revenge upon Gov. Stone. But
for these who have been eloquently pro-
testing against "Quayism" and its
dangerous tyranny to accept his dis
missal of Elkin as proof of lofty pur-
pose of political regeneration is even
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