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HANKER FOR HARMONY
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he will gladly retire If. the organization
will nominate good candidate
Lincoln PARTY Confident.

The Lincoln party believes that in a fight
with the organization 1t can elect its ticket
1t adopted a platform declaring for pure
politics and several other things which will
commend 1t to the people. One of the
planks in its platform is aimed directly at
the Pennsylvania railroad. This plank puts
the party on record in support OF the estab-
lishment of a state railroad commission, a
2-cent railroad fare and legislation that will
permit trolley lines to carry freight
Because of the recent disclosures by the
interstate commerce commission of graft
among Pennsylvania railroad officials the
feeling against that railroad is very strong.
Among the politicians the course of the
Pennsylvania In cutting OFF the supply Of
passes has made Ii unpopular. AS a result
many of the county conventions have in
structed their candidates for the legislature
to vote for radical anti-railroad legislation.
The PENNSYLVANIA Is very anxious that
there shall be harmony. With the radicals
in control at Harrisburg it could expect no
consideration from the legislature, and 1t
would receive none.
Many other Influences are at work for
harmony. 1t is understood that President
Roosevelt has discussed the political condi-
lions In this state with Senators Knox and
Penrose and others. Mr. RooseveIt's inter
est is due to the fact that fight between
the Lincoln party and the organization will
endanger republican congressional candi-
dates in many districts.
The keystone state now has In the House
at w dSninEtOn tDlTly-CWO representatives,
OF which thirty-one are republicans. With
the republican vote for members OF Con-
gress divided the democrats are certain to
elect some of their candidates. The local
ticket would also be threatened with defeat
in several counties Realizing what a fight
with the Lincoln party would mean, Sena-
tor Penrose and his associates are willing to
make sacrifices in the interest of harmony
To Have No Slate.
The senator has repeatedly said that he
would have no slate; that the organization
would not attempt to interfere. and that
the convention would be an open one. Thus
1t happens that Pennsylvania at last may
witness an Embossed republican convention.
The candidates for governor are: Ex-
Lieut. Gov. Lewis A. Watres of Scranton,
Josiah v. Thompson of Uniontown, Judge
Joseph Burlington of Pittsburg, ex-Repre-
sentative c. w. Stone of Warren, and
these members of the Pennsylvania dele
cation in Congress, Elias Deemer of VIII
Transport d. F. Lafean OF York and Ernest
f. Acheson of Washington.
The organization would like to nominate
Judge Burlington. and he has been brought
into the contest as a candidate. lie has been
on the federal bench for several years and
has not been Identified with politics. The
fact that he Is friend Of II. C. Frick and
that he Is believed to be acceptable to the
Pennsylvania railroad has made him objec-
-tionable to eome Of the Lincoln party lead
:ers. Col Watres has some strength. but the
Lincoln party Gays he viii not do because
be trained with the old Quay machine.
Thompson IL q mutt millionaire. He ID prac-