Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-28
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Notification Meeting in Pitts
burg Today.
OPPOSITION TO MACHINE
All the Forces for Emery Gathering
in Thst City.
BAD LEADERSHIP Is SHOWN
Emery Has Disgruntled the Prohi-
bitionists and the President Is
Helping Pensose.
BAD LEADERSHIP Is SHOWN

Special From a Star Correspondent.
PITTSBURG, August 2s.-Today, for the
first time. the men of all political parties
who propose to down the republican ma
chine Of Pennsylvania, together with Sena-
tor Penrose. its obnoxious boss, have as
sembled here to officially notify Mr.. Louis
Emery, jr., of his nomination as their
standard bearer in the gubernatorial cam
paign upon which their political destiny
will depend for many years to come.
While Emery's victory would mean much
| in throwing off the yoke of bossism it is but
part of the fight to be determined by the
November election. At that time there will
be chosen twenty-five, or one-half, OF the
state senators who will name a successor
| to Mr. Penrose in the United States Senate
| In 1908. The election Of Emery and an
tagonsm to Penrose will go almost hand In
hand. but there are features of the fight
that may cause them to part company, re-
| sulting in the selection of Edwin 8. Stuart,
! the machine candidate, in opposition 70
Emery and at the same time secure the de-
feat of Penrose, as many machine men VINO
are firm in their support Of the republican
| organization would like to be rid of Boies
Penrose on the ground that he lacks the
qualifications of successful leadership
Notification Meeting.
The notification meeting will be held
this afternoon in the largest auditorium
of the city. Republicans and democrats
who are supporting the candidacy OF
| Emery are arriving from all parts Of the
state. But there are features Of the gath
ering that are being pointed to as likely
to work mischief for Emery and to boil
ster up the hopes of Penrose in his am
| bitfon to get legislature that will do
h hic Kidding Thh ronnh1iCanS here t0-
day are very largely what are known
as Wanamaker men. They have come
| in force. and il the opponents of Emery
can persuade the people of the state
that his fight against the machine is
really a fight for the ascendancy of
Wanamaker they will succeed in creat-
| ing new alignment of the voters In
/ this struggle for good government.
| The attempt to show that this Is a
I fight that will mean the ascendancy Of
| Wana maker and the election of either
States Senate to succeed Penrose is likely
| to iujure Emery without strengthening
him to an equivalent extent on the other
| side. This phase Of the campaign is
| apt to grow more important as time
goes on. From it may arise many COM
plications.
| For instance several days ago an an
| nouncement was made that Mayor weaver
| contribute a vigorous appeal In behalf OF
Emery. Although Weaver was supported
Lin his last fight against the gang by the
I Wanamaker people, he has since been
roundly lambasted by the Wanamaker or
| gan, the Philadelphia North American,
| which tends to place the reform mayor In
| that proverbially embarrassing position be-
| tween the devil and the deep blue sea. But
| there is no doubt that Weaver will use all
| his influence to promote the interests OF
| Emry without regard to his personal rela
tions with some OF the leaders OF the Wana
| maker faction. He will not be able to
come to the notification meeting, it Is an
nounced, because Of bad cold
Roosevelt Supports the Machine.
| Mr. Emery and the men back Of him have
still another handicap in the fight that is
being made against the gang" The in
fuence of the federal administration is
positively with the Penrose forces. The
dominant issue that Is put forward as the
reason for President Roosevelt's support
| of the machine is the necessity to secure
the election of all the members Of Con-
gress possible from Pennsylvania. The
congressional issue is securely tied to the
| state issues. and while there will be exten-
| sive splitting of the tickets. 1t will not be
cured by the machine by the fact that the
| President has not gone to the relief OF the
| fusion ticket. -.
The lack Of shrewd leadership VIII cost
| Emery and the entire fusion ticket many
votes, and, in fact, Vt has already lost sup
port that he might have secured. This
| lack Of political sagacity on the part OF the
fusionists Is shown nowhere stronger than
| in the course that has been taken by
| Emery himself. 1t may have been right
for him to have followed the course that
| has characterized his campaign, but some
| unnecessary, even II he wanted to deal with
| the utmost candor with his constituents.
| Almost the first snag he struck In MS
| course after his nomination by the Lincoln
| alaf fa6 to q question Of prO-
| hibition.
The prohibitionists wanted to oppose Pen
| rose and the gang" They had nothing
| to hope for from them, never having re-
| ceived favor from their hands. They turned
| to Emery. They wanted to go to him, and
| were anxious to justify their support OF
the fusion candidates. Their leader, DR..
| Swallow, wrote him a letter asking about
| a contribution that had been made by Mr..
Emery toward the building Of a brewery.
| The charge had been made that he had,
and the probitionist leaders were obliged
to ask the fusion candidate for an expla-
| nation At the same time the prohibit ton
| lists knew very well that II they should
help elect the fusion candidates they could
| WELD much more influence over matters in
| which they were interested than in case the
| gang should be retained In power. They
| would have been satisfied with any loop
| hole for escape from the support Of the
| nominees of the machine"
Slap at the Prohibitionists.
But Emery apparently determined to let
them have no opportunity to support him
and incidentally exposed himself to wide
spread criticism. He told them bluntly that
he had subscribed to the stock OF a brewery
and would do SO again with the same readi-
ness that he would subscribe to the build
ing of a church. II he had considered his
reply during the vigils of a long night he
could not have made one that would have
been much worse In It's effect. He lost the
| sympathy of the prohibitionists, who now
have their own candidate, and all the votes
they cast for him will be just 30 many votes
that otherwise would have gone to Emery.
Emery's reply to the prohobitionists has
been worked overtime, and there Is no like
lihood that 1t will be allowed to sink into
innocuous desuetude until this campaign Is
over. Emery's opponents are counting upon
him to serve their interests still further by
| othar remarks that may have the same ef-