Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-03
DEMOCRATS WILL
FUSS OVER MOVE
Relocation of Windmill in PhiladeI-
phia Is Not Likely to Meet
With Great Approval
MORRIS HAS HIS OWN WAY NOW
Democratic Congressman Blaming
the Democratic Machine For
Their Defeats

Some men prominent in the councils
of the reorganization faction of the
Democratic State committee outside OF
Philadelphia will likely roar over the
abandonment of headquarters in this
city and the moving of the machine
shop to Philadelphia. 1t Is said that
some of the Democratic leaders who
lined up with the reorganization ele-
ment have recalled the fact that ono
of the prime reasons for keeping head
quarters here was to get them away
from the Philadelphia influences. They
are now saying that Morris wants to
have the State headquarters as an aid
in his partisan rows in Philadelphia.
Morris last night said that Philadel-
phia would be the whole works after
December 10 and that the headquarters
here would be closed up. f. 7. Keenan,
will be resident secretary at Philadel-
phia. This city has been Democratic
headquarters since 1892 and it means
that someone is tired paying bills for
rent.
Democratic leaders are planning
to attract some attention during the
next Legislative session and the pub
licity bureau will likely be maintained
to sound clarion calls in behalf of
legislation which the leaders will try
to say the people demand. notwith-
standing the fact that they were beaten
on their own carefully built platform
last month and that both branches are
heavily Republican after a decisive
battle
William Finn. e. A. Van Valken-
burg and A. Nevin DIETRICH are in Chi
cago attending the Progressive post
mortem. Mr.. DIETRICH still maintains
IA erfA xtfn a
factor in State contests hereafter. He
Is real serious about 1t, too.
A. c. Stein, of Pittsburgh, plans
to bring his boom for Speaker to the
eastern counties this month.
A Washington dispatch states that
the Democratic congressman who
were defeated in the last election say
upon their return that the campaign
was mismanaged by the Pennsylvania
leaders. Congressman Warren Worth
Bailey is quoted as follows: IT am of
the opinion that the party was some
what unfortunate in presenting the
issues in the late campaign. But there
is no disposition to make war on the
organization merely on what l regard
as an error of Judgment. None of us
is infallible. Some of our leaders
banked too heavily on the prohibition
sentiment In our State; they were dis
pOSeu 10 lay TOO mucn stress on the
personality of Senator Penrose; they
were possibly overeager to attract in
dependent or disgruntled Republicans,
while taking too little account of how
the rank and file of the Democrats
might feel about certain issues in the:
raising of which they had not been
consulted"
james f. Woodward, reelected
member of the House from the
McKeesport district, was here to-day
for a short time and disclaimed hav-
Ing any boom for Speaker. He said
he would be glad to be chairman of
the appropriations committee, but was
silent on the subject of the speaker
ship.
Richard ]. Baldwin is ardently
doomed for the speakership by a
friend writing in the Delaware County
Record at Media. Mr.. Baldwin has
been actively pushing his candidacy in
the eastern counties. His friends are
pointing to his record as a stalwart.
Auditor General Powell is having
some time to get the Philadelphia pri-
mary bills settled.
Congressman Casey spent $4,000
to be reelected.