Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04
GRAND OLD PARTY
WILL CARRY PENN,
Republicans Far in the Lead in
the Keystone State.
ATTITUDE OF MAYOR WEAVER
His Action Has Caused a New Align
ment of Political Forces.
GREAT BLOW TO CITY PARTY
Stuart's Friends Claim That His Ma
jority viii Reach $4,000 or 10000
in the City Alone.
ATTITUDE OF MAYOR WEAVER
His Action Has Caused q New Align
ment of Political Forces.
GREAT BLOW TO CITY PARTY
Special From a Stan Correspondent.

! that the campaign for the control OF
| the state of Pennsylvania and the city
| Of Philadelphia is about over, political lead
| ers are endeavoring to forecast the result
| of the election to take place next Tuesday.
| The republicans have by far the best of
| the fight tonight according to the views OF
| wel-informed men in both parties. Both
sides are claiming the state by maiorities
| ranging from $4,000 to 100000 and both
will go to the polls in apparent confidence.
The action of Mayor Weaver yesterday
| in withdrawing his support from the cam
didates of the fusonists and the city party.
| Of which he was the acknowledged leader
a year ago. is causing alignment of
political forces and was the favorite topic
| for discussion today. Seven weeks ago
| Weaver expected to go on the stump
| for Emery and the entire fusion ticket, and
! was looked upon power In the cleo
| ton of candidates of the city party here.
| The language the reform mayor applied
| to the 'Penrose gang" year ago he is
now directing toward the Mack combine"
which, he says. controls the reform forces
| and which, he also declares, is as danger
| Gus and as corrupt any political
| ganization that has ever threatened good
| government. Here is one of his state
ments made IN remuneration Of all connec-
ton with his former friends OF the re
| form forces" THE placing in power OF
this Mack political organization will be the
| greatest disaster that can happen to Phil
| adelphia. 1t could never be considered as
a commentator Of the Presidents admin
| istration and of the republican policies to
elect state ticket that is three fourths
| democratic"
Blow to City Party.
The course of Mayor Weaver in recon-
mending that his friends vote for the reg
| ular republican ticket has been partially
discounted by his resentment when the
convention Of the city party turned down
Shoyer, his candidate, and nominated Glib
honey for district attorney. But the blow
received by the city party Is great be-
| cause not only has the mayor a personal
| following in the city, but he is at the head
| of the city government, with thousands of
| office-holders, including the police force.
| who in many ways will feel free to help
carry the election of Stuart for governor
| and Rotan for district attorney. The situa-
ton In this city tonight is such that al
| though carried by the so-called reform
| party by 60 600 majority a year ago, it is
privately admitted by Emery's friends that
| Stuart will have a majority of 1900 In
the city Of which he was once mayor. Stu
arts friends claim tnat tulS mdJoIllS VIII
| reach $4,000 or 6O,O00 in the city alone.
The leaders in the fusion movement claim
that what they lose in the city will be more
than overbalanced by a heavy vote for
| Emery throughout the state. But two
| months ago they regarded the city as
their stronghold for the election of
| Emery. Although leaders Of the fu-
sion party privately admit that they
| cannot carry Philadelphia for Emery. 1t is
| in this city that they have their best or
ganization. Throughout the state the re-
publican organization supporting Stuart
is working about as well as in the days
when majorities of 100000 to 100000 were
rolled up for republican candidates.
Vote Of Anthracite Region.
The election of Stuart by one of the old
time majorities is not expected. There
will be considerable loss of the regular
republican vote that will keep his ma
tority down. The greatest point OF weak
ness for the republican ticket this year Is
in the anthracite region, where both Com
pers and Mitchell have been at work In
connection with some of. the congressional
| candidates in a way that is expected to
also affect the state ticket to some ex-
| tent That section of the state has always
been more or less doubtful. and Emery
and his democratic supporters there have
| region in this campaign. The democratic
members of the House of Representatives.
| from Pennsylvania have nearly always,
| come from the anthracite region.
| The republican state ticket has been
| greatly helped by the speeches delivered
| in the state by Snator Knox, Secretary
| Shaw, Speaker Cannon and Chairman Sher-
| man of the republican congressional com
| mittee All of them spoke especially in
| favor of the election of republican men,
bers of the House. but they also took oc-
fha hnr hot rha
publican state ticket would roll UP an Old
! fashioned republican majority These
speeches have been powerful factors in re-
| storing party lines to their former places
and in RELOCATING the fusion movement to
| the ranks of the democracy
The speeches of Secretary Shaw and
| Senator Knox have been accepted to
| large extent voicing the wishes of the
! President. Mr.. Knox has impressed the
republicans of the state with the idea that
| the possible defeat of the republican ticket
| would be used powerfully by the demo-
| Gratis two years hence in the national cleo
| ton. These speeches came with added
| force because of the reports that were
| spread early IN the campaign to the effect
| Emery elected.
Denunciation of Penrose.
| The fusionists opened their campaign by
| a general denunciation of what they call
/ the "Penrose gang" but as there was no
pending live issue which to base their
| opposition they made little Roadway. Their
meetings were frequently surcharged with
Bryan enthusiasm and that did not go
well with republicans who had been in
I clined to support Emery. Two weeks ago
| the fusion campaign received its first real
| impetus in the series of charges that were
| made of widespread corruption in the fur
nishing of the state capitol at Harrisburg.
| 1t was alleged that more than two mill
| lions of dollars had been stolen in that
/ way. 1t looked for a time as II these
| charges would have the same effect as the
| charges of corruption In connection with
| the Enterprise Bank, when Berry, the pres
ent auditor of the state, was swept into
| office in order that he might run the ras-
| calls down. His failure in that case to dis
| cover that the revenues Of the state were
| involved in the failure of the bank has
| done much to weaken the issue now made
| in connection with alleged corrupt expendi-
| ture of money on the capitol.
The force Of this issue has been lessened
| because Stuart is pledged to see that the
! scandal Is thoroughly probed. Pennsylvania
may lose one two republican members
of the House. There are now four demo-
| Gratis in the delegation. The tenth. elev-
| nth, twelfth and sixteenth districts, all in
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