The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-04-01
HARMON Will not
file IN ILLINOIS
Wilson's Managers Charge Deci-
sion Is Part OF ''Frameup"
Against Educator
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
CHICAGO. March Ex-Governor Jud-
son Harmon of Ohio will not take part
in the Illinois preferential presidential
primary, authorized for April by the
law enacted at the special session Of
the legislature Saturday. This aa-
nouncement was made here this after
noon by Orva g. Williams, manager Of
the Chicago Harmon headquarters,
after a conference with f. II. Moore of
Columbus, O.. Governor Harmon's spe-
cial representative, who came here to
view the Illinois situation.
Governor Harmon will not fle.' said
Williams. THE primary is snap pri-
! mary, which, like snap convention, is
repugnant to every principle of honest
democracy.
Instead of postponing the date of
the petition and the holding of the pri-
mary the law is purposely so armed
that it furnishes but five days to make
known TO the voters the merits and
1t goes without saying that under
these conditions no intelligent express
sion of the peoples will can be OBJ
tained.'
Before making the withdrawal an
nouncement public williams showed it
linois Harmon campaign committee.
who approved it. Moore admitted that
he had come to Chicago direct from
Columbus to consider the action taken.
He declined to supplement Williams
announce ment with statement other
| than to say that it expressed his
views.
Governor Harmon was in Columbus
when Moore left there last night for
Chicago, departing during the night for
Washington. where. with Governor
Hadley of Missouri and Governor AID
rich of Nebraska, he will appear before
the supreme court of the United States
in the railroad rate cases.
Managers of the Woodrow Wilson
! headquarters here were not slow to
charge a .'frameup'' when they learned
of the action of the Harmon managers.
They allege that Governor Harmon's
withdrawal confirms the charges made
at the Wilson national headquarters in
Washington that Harmon, Speaker
Champ Clark and Congressman Oscar
Underwood have entered into COM
bination to prevent Governor Wilson
getting the democratic nomination on
/ the first ballot. .s
Rally to Harmon
WASHINGTON, March 31.-Governor
Judsoh Harmon Of Ohio, who is to
present to the supreme court tomorrow
the petition of governors for permis-
! sion to file brief in the Minnesota
rate cases. reached Washington this
morning. From the moment of his
arrival his day was taken up almost
wholly by friends and campaign work.
ers in things pertaining to his presi-
Dental candidacy.
Governor Harmon was met by Sena-
tor Pomerene of Ohio, Senator Hitch
cock Of Nebraska and Democratic con-
/ gressmcn from Ohio. He spent much of
the day in the Harmon national head
quarters, where he talked with politi-
cal lieutenants. was interviewed by
newspaper and magazine men and
photographed.
Il have believed from the beginniag s
of the campaign that the democratic
party is bigger than any one man or
any half dozen men,, said Governor
Harmon in an interview tonight. and
that when the convention sits at Balti-
more it will consider primarily the best