The Scranton Tribune

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Senator Quay Is Likely to Have a Friendly Delegation.
HOW THE CONTEST SIZES UP
The Junior Senator Strengthened By His Victory in Philadelphia--Huff May Be Renominated--Miner a Delegate-at-large.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Philadelphia, Jan. 15.--Result of city committee election still in doubt. Both sides claim it, with chances somewhat in favor of Durham. Inquirer.
Philadelphia, Jan. 15.--The returns from the Republican primaries held here last night show that the primaries, as such, were carried by the administration or anti-Quay element. David Martin, the administration leader, says today that the administration carried twenty-three wards out of the thirty-seven in the city.
The Quay people, however, claim that at the meeting of the city committee next Monday night they will control the organization. Their claim is based on the contention that a number of men who had so far trained with the administration will flop to Quay. The administration leaders profess their ability to hold their men.
J. W. King.

Strength of Mr. Quay.
Harrisburg, Jan. 15.--That Senator Quay will control the Pennsylvania delegation to the national Republican convention at St. Louis is now conceded. The State Republican convention will be held in this city, April 23, to nominate two candidates for congressmen-at-large, thirty-two presidential electors and to elect eight delegates-at-large and eight alternates. The district delegates to the national convention will be chosen prior to the state convention and their personnel will demonstrate Senator Quay's strength to such a degree that he will probably have things as he wants them in that body. The veteran Galusha A. Grow, of Susquehanna, will be the unanimous choice of the state convention for one of the members of congress-at-large.
The other will come from western Pennsylvania, and it may or may not be Congressman Huff, of Greensburg, who went out of his way last summer to aid the combine.
The venerable George V. Lawrence, of Washington, is a candidate to succeed Colonel Huff. Lawrence is a warm friend of Senator Quay, but it is thought he will be set aside and that the nomination may go to Allegheny county with a view of strengthening the senator's friends there. In that case Colonel Huff will probably make a fight for the congressional nomination in the Twenty-first district.
Senator Cameron will be one of the delegates-at-large. Charles A. Miner, of Luzerne, will probably be another. He was one of the best fighters in the ranks in the combine for state chairman, but he since made terms with Quay and counts on the senator's support to elect him. Senators Penrose and Andrews, ex-Lieutenant Governor Watres, Lieutenant Governor Lyon, Senator Kennedy and John Russell Young are mentioned by the politicians on capitol hill for delegates-at-large.

The Philadelphia Primaries.
The primaries in Philadelphia last night have practically settled the delegates from that city. Ex-Magistrate Durham, the Quay leader, and ex-Mayor Edwin S. Stuart will probably be the representatives from the First congressional district and ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker and Hamilton Disston from the Second district. David Martin and George A. Castor will represent the Fifth district.
There are numerous candidates for delegates from the Third and Fourth districts and the selections have not yet been made.
Judge Clayton, of Delaware, will be one of the delegates from the Sixth congressional district. The other will come from Chester county and will probably be Harry B. Buckwalter. Ex-Congressman Smedley Darlington, for many years the leader of the dominant faction in the county, and Col. H. H. Gilkyson, a combine supporter, are running against Buckwalter. Darlington is a friend of Senator Quay, although the followers of the silent senator are lending their support to Buckwalter. The ex-congressman has fallen out with his former friends at home and they are anxious to get rid of him politically by defeating him in the impending contest.
District Attorney James B. Holland of Montgomery county, has no opposition for delegate from the Seventh district. Holland carried the county for Quay in the state chairmanship contest and is one of the shrewdest politicians in Eastern Pennsylvania. The combine leaders have decided not to make a fight against him through fear that it would impair the chances of Congressman Wanger for renomination. Either Bank Commissioner Gilkeson or ex-Congressman Yardley will be the delegate from Bucks county.

Reeder From the Eighth.
Secretary of the Commonwealth Reeder may be one of the delegates from the Eighth district, although he has not yet announced his candidacy. Aaron Goldsmith, Thomas A. H. Hay and Horace L. Magee are contestants for the conferrees from Northampton. Goldsmith is thought to be a candidate in Secretary Reeder's interest. J. M. Drisebaugh, the Mauch Chunk banker, and a staunch friend of Senator Quay, is Carbon's choice for delegate. The Republicans of Monroe and Pike concede the delegates to the other two counties in the district.
A. M. High, the Quay leader in Berks county, was elected last August to represent the Ninth district. He has the proud distinction of having been the first delegates elected in the United States to the next national convention. Alderman Walter L. Jones, of Lehigh, will be the other delegate from this district. Jones was one of the combine lieutenants in the state chairmanship contest, and carried Lehigh county for Colonel Gilkeson. The alderman and Senator Quay have buried the hatchet and are again personal and political friends.
Lancaster county will send two Quay delegates to the national convention. One of these will be County Chairman Cassell. The other will either be J. Sust Zook or Dr. M. L. Herr, both of whom are friendly to the senator. Sheriff Hershey is also a candidate, but with poor prospects of success. The
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last three candidates have issued cards announcing their candidacy and expressing their presidential preferences. Zook says he will "vote for either Harrison, Reed, McKinley or Allison." Hershey announces that he will vote for Harrison for president, as long as his name is before the convention. McKinley is the sheriff's second choice. Harrison is Herr's first choice and McKinley the second

In Our Own Section.

William Connell and John T. Williams have been chosen to represent the Eleventh district. Mr. Connell rendered valuable assistance to the combine in the fight for the state chairman, but he has said that that fight, so far as he is concerned, ended at the last convention. He is now one of Senator Quay's closest friends. Mr. Williams is also a friend of the senator.

In Luzerne Congressman John Leisenring is unopposed, and his running mate will be either Theo. Hart, of Pittston, or a man from Wilkes-Barre.

There will be lively contests in the Schuylkill district for the two delegates to which that county is entitled. Major Sam Losch and "Jack" Whitehouse have been suggested to make the fight for the combine. Ex-Representative D. D. Phillips and Major John F. Finney are the choice of many of the Quay people. There are scarcely two leading politicians in the county in accord and the election of delegates will depend largely upon the individual strength of the candidates and the combinations they can make.

The delegates from the Fifteenth district will probably come from Susquehanna and Wayne counties as the party leaders in Bradford and Wyoming concede them that honor. Fred Wright will likely be the choice of Susquehanna county and Senator Hardenbergh, a member of the Philadelphia "Lexow" committee, the representative from Wayne. The aspirants in Bradford are Representative Floyd L. Kinner and Charles L. Tracey. Fred I. Wheelock, of Wyoming, who was a delegate from the district in 1892, wants to go again.

A Fight in the Sixteenth.

There will be a bitter factional contest in the Sixteenth district between the combine and Quay forces. Attorney General McCormick is supporting Elias Deemer, of Williamsport, who is being opposed by Henry C. Parsons, a prominent member of the Lycoming county bar and a sturdy follower of Senator Quay. Ex-Congressman Hopkins, who carried Clinton county against the combine in the fight last summer, and H. J. Landers, of Wellsboro, are also candidates. The indications are that Parsons and Hopkins will be the delegates in spite of the opposition of the attorney general and that Landers will be the elector.

Indications point to the election of U. Y. James, of Danville, and C. E. Geyer, of Catawissa, in the Seventeenth district. Their opponents are W. K. Holloway, of Danville; W. B. Faust, Mt. Carmel, and J. H. Wagner, Watertown. Jere B. Rex, of Huntingdon secretary of the state Republican committee, and resident clerk of the house of representatives, is reasonably sure of being chosen as one of the delegates from the Eighteenth district. Captain John A. Selders, of Chambersburg, is Franklin county's choice, but as the congressman from the district lives in that county his chances of election are not encouraging to his friends. Union and Snyder will make a hard fight for the other delegate with the prospects in favor of the former.

Charles H. Mullin, of Mt. Holly, the Quay leader in Cumberland county; Dr. James A. Dale, of York, secretary of the state fish commission, and a combine lieutenant; Robert A. Shetter, of York, a Quay supporter; S. L. Hines, of McSherrystown, the largest individual cigar manufacturer in the state; W. A. Hines, New Oxford, and W. B. McIlhenny, Gettysburg, are rival candidates in the Nineteenth district. Mullin and Dale are admitted by both factions to have the best chances, although Shetter is giving the fish commissioner the hardest fight of his political career.

The Outlook in Allegheny.

Chris L. Magee and Senator Flinn are reasonably certain of being chosen to represent the Twenty-second district, although they will be given a hard fight by the Quayites in Pittsburg. There is no opposition to Congressman William A. Stone and Robert A. McAfee, of Allegheny, in the Twenty-third district Both are warm friends of Senator Quay. There are a number of candidates in each of the four counties in the Twentieth district, and matters are in such chaotic shape that nobody can tell at this time what will be the result. The fight for congress and senator will figure in the contest in the Twenty-first district. The candidates for delegates are Harry Denney, Ligonier; Major Joseph G. Beale, Leechburg; John M. Leech, Indiana, and John Wick, of Armstrong. All the candidates are friends of Senator Quay. Denney's chances are very good, and Wilson is almost certain to win, as he has the support of the party leaders in Jefferson and Armstrong counties.

The delegates from the Twenty-fourth district will come from Fayette and Greene counties. Ex-Representative John R. Byrne, a Quay supporter, is the choice of Fayette. Greene has not yet made its selection. The elector from this district will come from that part of Allegheny county embraced within its borders. Washington county has the congressman and is satisfied with this distribution of the honors.

Senator Quay will be a delegate from the Twenty-fifth district through the courtesy of the party leaders of Lawrence and Butler, who have practically agreed to waive their claim for the honor. The other delegates will either be Simon Perkins, of Sharon, or ex-Congressman McDowell, of Mercer, chief clerk of the national house of representatives, either of whom is satisfactory to Senator Quay.

Joseph Johnson, of Erie, is the choice of the party leaders of that county for one of the delegates from the Twenty-sixth district. Senator Andrews, chairman of the Philadelphia "Lexow" committee, may be chosen to represent Crawford county. Venango and Warren will send the delegates from the Twenty-seventh district, which also includes McKean and Cameron. Ex-Senator O. C. Allen, of Warren, is the choice of that county. Venango has not yet made its selection.

Harry R. Wilson, of Clarion, will be one of the delegates from the Twenty-eighth district. He has been endorsed by the Clarion county Republicans and has the support of Senator Quay. Governor Hastings is talked of for the other delegate and will probably be chosen. James Reed, of Elk, and A. E. Patton, of Clearfield, are candidates. Reed has the better chance and will be chosen if the governor is not a candidate.

From this review it will be seen that Senator Quay and the Pennsylvania delegation will be important factors in the next national convention.