Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-18
|PENNSNVAN|ANS
OF ALL PARTIES
=
At POLLS TODAY
Palmer as Candidate for
President Has Contest.
Other Politics.
BY the Associated Press.

BY. the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1S.-Seventy-
six delegates to the republican ma
tional convention and an equal num-
Der to the democratic nominating as
sembly are being elected in Pennsyl-
vania today at statewide primaries.
Socialists and prohibitionists are also
holding their primaries, but they have
no contests. Electors In Pennsylvania
| have the privilege Of indicating their
| presidential preference. but only one
name. that Of Edward Randolph
Wood, a retired business man Of Phil
adelphia. appears on the republican
| ballot, and only that Of Attorney Gen.
eral Palmer is on the democratic bal
| lot. The faction opposing Attorney
General Palmer In Pennsylvania has
| asked its supporters to write the
| name of William G. McAdoo on the
| ballot
| There are numerous fights for places
in the republican delegation, the con-
| tests being over personnel rather
than presidential preferences.
! Republican fractional Fight.
/ There are twelve delegates at large
to be elected and fifteen candida, es
were nominated. The republican state
organization has slated twelve and
| attempts are being made by the Ware
| faction in Philadelphia to break the
| slate. The organization candidates
| include United States Senators Pen
rose and Knox, Gov, sproul. Mayor
\ of Philadelphia. w. W. Atterbury, vice
president of the Pennsylvania rail-
road. and State Attorney General W.
I. Schaffer.
| Delegates in Pennsylvania are not
| instructed, but it is understood that
ell fifteen are for Gov. Sproul for first
| choice for President. and some Of
| them are announced for Leonard
Wood for second. A majority of the
sixty-four district delegates are I'M
derstood to be for Sproul first. with a
| number favoring Wood for second
choice.
Palmer's Contest.
There are twenty-four candidates
for the democratic delegation at
large, the two factions each having
named twelve. The Palmer men
promise to support the popular choice
lcf the party in the state for Presi-
dent, while the other twelve make no
promises.
| The faction opposing Attorney Cen
eral Palmer is headed by Judge Eu
gene c. Bonniwell of Philadelphia. He
is a candidate for member of the
democratic national committee from
Pennsylvania in opposition to Joseph
F. Guffev of Pittsburgh. supported by
committeeman from this state
The Bonniwell faction is opposing
the entire state ticket supported by
the Attorney Generals friends.
There is also A contest for the four
nominations as represe natives at
large in the republican primary. six
candidates being in the field Eight
men are contesting for the Congress
at large nominations on the demo-
cratic ticket.
Bitter fights are being waged in
three congressional districts in Phila-
delphia by the republicans, the bat
ties being an echo of last falls cleo
ton, when the Penrose wing Of the
party and the independent element
defeated the Ware faction in the may
orally contest
Senator Penrose is unopposed for
denomination to the United States
Senate.
Candidates for state treasurer. au-
ditor general, state committee and
local committees are also being Sc
iected by the parties. while supreme
court and superior court candidates
are being nominated on a state wi de
partisan ballot.
The ballot is one of the longest in
the history of the state. In order to
mark it for a full ticket it is neces-
sary to make from forty-four to
forty-seven crosses.