The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-19
Seven Indictments
Against Vance {. Mccormick.

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tween this and May 10Th to de.
termine who shall be their can
didate for governor. Severa.
months ago announcements were
made that Michael j. Ryan OF
Philadelphia wouldbe acandidate,
and a vigorous campaign has
been launched on his behalf.
Numerous other Democrats had
been suggested to compete with
Mr.. Ryan for the honor, when
very suddenly and Unexpectedly
the announcement came that his
opponent would be Vance C. Nc
Cormick of Harrisburg. Now,
within a few days after that an
nouncement, there is a great
furry among that portion of the
Democrats who advocate booze.
The cause of thenturmoil seems
to be the advent of this man Nc
Cormick into therace.
The brewers and their allies
make seven allegations against
the aforesaid Mccormick, and in
addition to that, they utter a few
other words that Uncle Sam does
not permit us to publish in a pa
per which goes through the mails.
The seven indictments against
Mccormick may be stated briefly
as follows:
/. As executor of an estate, he
controls the Commonwealth, "
a dry hotel at Harrisburg, and
that city's most popular hostelry.
The charge against Mccormick
is that he refuses to lease the
hotel without a clause in the ar
ticle of agreements preventing
the lessor from applying for Ii
cense or dispensing booze in any
way on the hotel property.
2. Mccormick served one term
as Mayor of Harrisburg. He
promised the people, if elected,
that he would put the lid on and
hold it tight. He kept his prom
Use. The liquor and gambling
devotees were dead sore on him,
but he was relentless and sat on
the lid to the closing hour of his
administration.
3. Mccormick is proprietor Of
the Patriot" the most widely
read Democratic daily in the
state outside of Philadelphia and
Pittsburg. For many years, the
Patriot has through its editori-
al columns persistently advocated
local option and other laws by
which the people would be given
greater power in the control and
overthrow of the liquor business.
4. The Patriot refuses to ac-
cept or publish liquor advertise
ments.
5. In the campaign of 1910,
Mccormick refused to support
the Democratic nominee, Web
ster Grimm, because he had been
nominated at the behest of Pen
rose, Mulvihill, Guffey, Hall, Nc
Nichol, Brennan, and other no.
torious bipartisan liquor gangs
tiers. Mccormick threw his per-
sonal influence and that of his
paper to Berry, the local option
candidate.
6. Mccormick then led off in a
fight to reorganize the Democrat
ic Party and eliminate the old
bipartisan liquor bunch. This
fight was successful, and left
Guffey, Brennan, Hall, Mulvi-
hill, and all their ilk out in the
cold.
Z. The liQuorites find it impos-
sible to deal with Mccormick.
They don't mind a scrap occas-
ionally with a fellow who will
afterwards deal and make
some concessions, but whether
right or not, they seem to have
the conviction that Vance Nc
Cormick would be a real govern
or.
Taking all these facts into con-
sideration, having found that the
herein charged are
true, and fearing the election of
Mccormick if he be nominated,
the liquor interests have decided
to stake their future on the hope
of winning a battle under the