The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-06-24
AWAIT NEXT MOVE
Party Leaders In PennsyI.
vania Watch Situation,
STRIVE TO PREVENT DISCORD.
While the Republicans Are Exsrtins
Themselves to Unite Organization
Democrats Hope to See Anti
Tener- -Penrose Ticket In Field.

Philadelphia, June 23.-Now that the
Republican state convention has nam
ed all of the candidates favored by
Senator Boies Penrose and has ignored
the insurgent element In the party, ex-
pected developments are being anx-
iously awaited by both Republican
and Democratic leaders.
The Democrats are hoping that the
Good Citizenship league will carry out
its threat to put DR.. Clarence Glib
honey in the field as an Independent
candidate in the expectation that this
and other complications will divide the
Republican vote in such a manner as
to make Democratic victory at the
polls an easy matter.
The Republicans are striving to re-
store harmony In their ranks so that
the full party strength will be back Of
the Tener ticket at the state election.
Harrisburg, Pa, June 23.-In record
breaking time and without a hitch in
the program of the leaders, the Penn
sylvania Republican state convention
nominated a state ticket as follows:
Governor John X. Tener of Washing
ton county; lieutenant governor, John
NJ. Reynolds of Bedford; secretary of
internal affairs, Henry Houck of Leb-
anon; state treasurer, Charles F.
Wright of Susquehanna.
Henry f. Walton of Philadelphia,
former speaker of the house of repre-
cantat tivaS EuoS aIaotad ctato Ohio irpno N
to succeed the late Wesley r. AT
drews. g.
A platform was adopted indOrsing
the national state administration, ap,
proving the Payne-Aldrich tariff law
and outlining a series of state issues
for the coming campaign.
United Ststes Senator Boise Penrose
and his friends were in entire control
of the situation. The senator sat in
the convention as delegate from
Philadelphia.
Mayor William A. Magee of Pitts
burg, who last week started an insur
gent movement for the nomination OF
Philander C. Knox for governor OF
Pennsylvania and kept up the agita
| ton until Knox announced that he
would not be a candidate. was a dOcile
| participant in the proceedings and had
! not word of objection to anything
that was done.
| In view of the failure of the Demo
Gratis TO put up Il ticket that would at
tract Independent Republicans the can
didates nominated are considered e
be as we'll assured of election as coulC
| be under the circumstances. Tener
| the nominee for governor, Is sell
made man, having started his career
as a professional baseball player witt
| the Chicago National team and latel
transferred his activities to the build
ing up of the 'magic city of Charlie
roi," where he is today a bank presi
dent and big man generally in busi
ness and in industrial affairs. He 1!
member of congress and secured re
nomination at the same primaries
at which We're elected the delegates
who put him in nomination for govern
or Tener was head OF the order o.
Elks in America few years ago anC
is personally popular Reynolds, thu
nominee for lieutenant governor is al
so a member of congress. Until tn,
Bryan free silver stir Reynolds was {
Democrat, having been a delegate t,
both the Cleveland conventions anC
having served as assistant secretary o
the interior during the Cleveland ad
ministration. With other good Demo
Gratis he Topped to Mckinley and ha
been a Republican ever since.