Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-16
STUART Or KUNKEL
FOR GOVERNORSH|P
Republican Leaders Discuss the
Dauphin County Jurist
For the Honor

According to statements made in
Philadelphia last night and to-day by
prominent Republicans either ex-Gov-
ernor Edwin g. Stuart or President
Judge Kunkel will be favored by the
leaders for the Republican nomina-
tion forGovernor this year. x-Auditor
General A. r. Sisson will be urged for
acknowledgements; Secretary of In
ternal Affairs Henry Houck will be a
candidate to succeed himself, and
Judge Robert S. Frazer, of Pittsburgh,
will be advocated for the nonpartisan
nomination for Supreme Court.
No end of political, talk followed a
luncheon at Philadelphia yesterday
attended by Senators Penrose and Oil
Republicans from all parts of the
State.
Senator Penrose will announce his
candidacy to succeed himself and call
upon his friends to get busy.
While the Ex-Governor is the man
most talked of for the nomination, he
has declined to say whether he will
be a candidate or not. He has said
repeatedly that he desires quiet and
does not want to go through a cam
paign again. Judge Kunkel has been
mentioned for Supreme Court many
times and four years ago was brought
forward as good gubernatorial timber.
He is recognized all over the State as
one Of the strongest men who could
be put up.
Democrats here were bending their
ears to the ground to-day in the hope
that some word might come out of
the east that would tell
them that their agony
over their candidates for Democrats
Governor was needless Awaiting
by the positive decle- the Word
ration that the bosses
were going to favor
some one man. The candidacy of
Michael j. Ryan has been making
such headway and the friends of Berry
are becoming so perniciously noisy
that the bosses have been at their
wits end. Secretary Wilson spoke last
night at a banquet, but thus far no
words indicating that he was willing
to be a sacrifice for the sake of the
bosses are Forthcoming. Congress
man Palmer is still under the silent
spell.
Samuel Bryan Scott, member from
Germantown in the last four Houses
OF Representatives, wants to be pro-
NOTED to the Senate, and
VIII e her e yesterday
Sam Scott voiced very definite as
Wants to pirations in that direc-
Go Higher tion. Mr.. Scott started
in as q rear row insur-
gent, but in a session be-
came, under the tutelage of the vet
eran r. r. Dearden. one of the inde-
pendent chiefs. He would like to sue
ceed Francis S. McIlhenny, who has
declared that he does not want to run
again. T, Henry Walnut, another in
dependent, wants to go to the Senate
as successor to John o. Sheatz
Sheath may not be willing.
The part played in the Progressive
conference by the Dauphin and Cum
berland representatives was hardly
what some of the
rank and file eX-
pected from the Representatives
number of voters of Home Folks
they are supposed Not In Evidence
to stand for. None
of the Dauphin men
spoke q word and the only time Cum
berland was heard from. aside from
the outpouring by Congressman Rup-
ley, when he and other congressman
spoke, was by Colonel Pascoe. The
colonel made a point of order, which
was rolled over. The State commit
teemen and chairmen from the two
counties and a number of the rank
and file, including Colonel II. c. DEM
ming, were present. w. II. Sponsler,
of Perry was very much there with a
speech.