Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1899-06-13 | Page 2 | Politics in Pennsylvania

POLITICS IN PENNSYLVANIA State Democratic Convention Will BeHeld Be-Held Wednesday Harrisburg Pa June 12The state Democratic convention will convene in this city Wednesday The feature of the gathering wU be the contest for supreme court judge A nomination Is equivalent to an election this year and there are no less than a score of avowed candidates in the feld There is no contest for state treasurer treas-urer and Representative William T Creasy of Columbia will probably be nominated by acclamation Colonel James M Guffey of Pitts burg member of the national Democratic Demo-cratic committee reached here today from Pittsburg I The candidates for supreme judge are all my friends said Mr Guffey tonight to-night and the high standing of tin participants satisfies me that whoever the successful aspirant may be he wIll receive the hearty aid of his competitors tors and their friends The executive committee of the state committee met this evening and selected se-lected William R Brinton of Lancaster Lancas-ter for temporary chairman Either exGovernor Pattison of Philadelphia or Charles J Reilly of Williamsport will be permanent chairman