Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-23
PENNSYLVANIA
POLITICS HUM
ON ALL SIDES


situation In Pennsylvania is humming
with excitement The ease with which
Senator Boies Penrose put through the
slated candidates at the stats conven-
ten Is looked upon as conclusive dndi-
cation of his complete mastery Of the
party machinery, and this Is very dis
nlsastng to the Republicans back of
fke threat to run d. Clarence Glib
honey as an independent, Good Oiti-
zenship league candidate In the event
Of the nomination OF John K. Tener.
Now that Tener has been nominated
developmets are awaited with deep in
terest. Party leaders are watching
the situation closely. .s.-s a
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 viii divide the
Republican vote in such 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 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 r..
| Wright of Susquehanna.
Henry r. Walton OF Philadelphia.
former speaker Of the house of repre-
sentativea, was elected state chairman
to succeed the late Wesley r. An
drews
A platform was adopted indorsing
the national state administration. ap-
proving the Payne-Aldrich tariff law
and outlining series of state issues
for the coming campaign.
| United States 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
PhiIander G. Knox for governor Of
Pennsylvania and kept up the agita-
.tion until Knox announced that he
would not be a candidate, was docile
participant in the proceedings and had
not q word of objection to anything
that was done.
In view of the failure of the Demo
Gratis to put up a ticket that would at
tract independent Republicans the can
didates nominated are considered to
be as well assured of election as could
be under the circumstances. Tener
/ the nominee for governor, is self
made man, having started his career
as a PROFESSIONAL baseball player with
the Chicago National team and later
transferred his activities to the build
ing up of the magic city of Charlie
-" where he is today bank presi-
=. 1t and big man generally in bust
ness and in Industrial affairs. He Is
member OF congress and secured re
nomination at the same primaries
at which were elected the delegates
who put him ia nomination for govern
or. Tener was head OF the order o.
Eiks In America a few years ago ant
! is personally popular. Reynolds, thu
/ nominee for lieutenant governor, Is al
SO a member of congress. Until tn
Bryan free silver sar Reynolds was |
] Democrat. having 1een delegate T.
both the Cleveland conventions ant
having served as assistant secretary o
I the interior during the Cleveland ad
ministration. With other good Demo
: Gratis he Topped to Mckinley and ha
been Republican ever since.