Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-29
REPUBLICAN MACHINE
Effort of the Opposition to De-
feat 1t
AND SENATOR PENR0SE
In the Coming Election in Pennsyl-
vania.
MANY HANDICAPS DISCOVERED
In the Movement to Unite All Ele-
ments In the Common Cause of
Good Government.
MANY HANDICAPs DISCOVERED
Special From a staff Correspondent.

gang from the pOllticdl ARENA are nav
ing q great many hard nuts to crack just
now. A month ago men OF all parties OF
the state opposed to Penrose were highly
elated over the idea that all elements of
opposition would be united in the common
cause of good government. Lincoln re-
publicans democrats. prohibitionists and
good citizens generally were to join hands
to rid the state of the old rule of the
bosses.
The first blow that was received by them
was the failure OF President Roosevelt to
lend helping hand. The administrations
attitude toward the situation in Pennsyl-
vania has been a severe shock to the men
who believed that Mr.. Roosevelt was so
thoroughly imbued with reform sentiment
In favor of good government that he would
throw aside, in the case of Pennsylvania,
all ideas of partisanship In order to help
the state rid itself of its ring rule Mr..
Roosevelt took the ground that the state
campaign could not be separated from the
congressional campaign. and he wants as
many republican members of the House of
Representatives as he can get. and that
idea Is dominant in the state today. 1t Is
said he feared that the state issues and
the congressional election could not be
separated. Penrose told him they would
have to go hand in hand. That is the one
stroke of sagacity that Penrose Is credited
with Now the influence of the admins
tration is a great assistance to Penrose in
this his hour OF need
Defeat Of Penrose.
From the first it has been understood
that the defeat of Penrose would depend
upon the ability Of all opposing forces to
make a close alliance. That hope Is re-
ceiving a good many shocks and there are
etill some dangerous conditions that will
have to be dealt with successfully II real
fusion Is to be realized. The democratic
date for governor, was hailed as great
triumph, but the triumph Is far from being
so complete as was supposed at the time
the convention acted. 1t was known then
that ]. F. Guffy. the dominant factor in
the democratic party of Pennsylvania, did
not favor the Endorsement of Emery, and
that he preferred putting up democratic
candidate and forcing the Lincoln republic
cans and others to come to his support in
order to defeat Penrose. But Mr.. Guffy
did not speak until the last day of the con-
vention and he was not then insistent.
Practically he took no part in the pro-
ceedings.
The story of Guffy's indifference to the
work of the convention shows how some
newspaper cartoons string members of a
family when the subject of them is in
different toward their shafts of sarcasm or
wit In the last campaign In this state
Mr.. Guffy came In for unusual attention
at the hands of the CartoOniSts. He ac-
cepted it part of the game of politics
and made no complaint If he felt inclined to
complain. But to his young daughter, not
yet out of her teens, the cartoon was a
very severe arraignment. 1t happened that
Mr.. Guffy was taking his family to Phila-
delphia one morning when some of the
papers of that city were paying special
attention to him. One of the cartoons was
unusually severe in picturing him. He was
ridiculed to the highest degree possible in
the art Mr.. Guny found his daughter
bending over the picture and weeping. To
her there was no fun in taking such liber-'
ties with her father. No one could per-
suade her that 1t was merely a part of the
pGftical game. She begged her father not
to expose himself to such ridicue and he
promised he saw the tears in her eyes
that he would not go to the front again in
political contest.
Democratic Endorsement
Many men believe that had it not been
for that incident the democratic convention
of this state would not have Endorsed EN-
cry, because they are persuaded that Guffy
would never have agreed to it and that he
would have thrown all his force toward
the naming of democratic candidate.
When 1t was supposed that Emery would
get the support of the natiopal administra-
ton he was looked upon as the most avail
able man. but now that that hope Is for
ever banshed many democrats declare that
one of their own number would have been
stronger than Is Emery. as they declare he
could have kept the democratic vote intact.
have drawn the support of the Wanamaker
forces. and with the nomination of William
l.. Greasy. the prohibitionist orator. as lieu
tenant governor, would have gained the
10000 votes that are now very generally
conceded to Castle from the uncompromis-
ing prohibitionists.
But Emery is the candidate with the
support of the democratic organization the
question is as to the number of democratic
votes he can get. Guffy is supporting him,
although the fact that he believes it was a
mistake to nominate him is known every
ri
that Is said to be without flaw. He was
one of the few democrats of large means
and corporate interests who supported
Bryan In both his presidential campaigns.
Former Senator James K. Jones chairman
OF the democratic national committee in
both of those campaigns. after the second
defeat Of Bryan. told me that there were
Just three men in the country to whom he
had never appealed for funds for CARRYING
on the campaign without receiving a check
forthwith. and the first he named was Mr..
Guffy, who Is regarded here in Pennsylva-
MIA as the angel OF every democratic ward
In the state when 1t comes to getting the
money necessary TO pay expenses. And al
though he believes a mistake was made,
no one here doubts that he will put up
money for the campaign. although Emery
himself Is looked upon as able to finance
1t almost alone. and there are many other
men of large menas whose support is an
assurance that there will be no difficulty on
that score.
May Vote for Prohibitionists.
There is no danger that democrats will
vote for any of the Penrose candidates
Those who do not vote for Emery are
likely to vote for Castle. the prohibitionist
candidate. who has with him as his run
ming mate Mr.. w. l.. Greasy, nominee for
lieutenant governor. Greasy is candi-
date for auditor general the Emery
ticket, but that he was greatly disappoint-
ed in not being named for second place on
that ticket Is no secret He is a. democrat
and is perhaps effective as a stump
speaker as any man I'm the state, and there
is not county in which he is not known.
Many a democrat, II is said will vote for
Greasy for lieutenant governor and while
he knows perfectly well that such a COM
plication will weaken the vote that Emery
will get, he has shown no tendency to get
off the prohibitionist ticket and such
course is not expected from him.
The work of fusion between the DEM
ocrats and the Lincoln republicans is not
yet complete. A good many democrats
believe that in exchange for their support
of Emery the Lincoln republicans should
agree to support some of the democratic
candidates for Congress They are, in
some instances in which democrats have a
chance to win. looking forward to a firm
stand to secure such support. Otherwise
they declate they are giving more than