Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-14
SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT
IS IN CHARGE HERE
Pennsylvania Is Not Good Enough
For Palmer-McC cCormick Ma
chine Committee
AN UNDERWOOD HENCHMAN
Georgia Politics For the Keystone
State; Shenk Hands One
to Strain
AN UNDERWOOD HENCHMAN

Any headquarters of a Democratic
State committee is an interesting
place and the headquarters of such a
well-lubricated machine as the pres
ent Democratic State committee is not
only interesting but exciting. The
committee has a very competent staff
of officials and a chairman who can
go wrong in his statements and pre-
dictions as often as could be desired
by his opponents. Lately, however
there have been some additions to the
staff, among them a Georgian by name
of the Colquitt who is an attache of
the House Committee on Ways and
Means of which A. Mitchell Palmer,
the embarrassed Democratic nominee
for Senator, is member when he
gets to Washington, which is seldom.
MIR. Colquitt is one of the Cogs OF the
Underwood machine in Georgia and
very efficient man in politics of the
southern type, which according to
some persons, are being introduced
into Pennsylvania.
The presence of Mr.. Colquitt who is
stated by humorist, to be spending
we'll earned vacation here, helping
out a dear friend wherever he can"
is another indication of the paternal
interest the national administration,
headed by a Jerseyman and bossed by
south is taking in the affairs of
the sovereign State of Pennsylvania.
The Patriot used to be one of the
leaders in the chorus for home rule.
Another gentleman often seen
about the windmill of the Democratic
State machine is John D. Strain who
is secretary of the indie
pendent Republican COM
Strain mittee or something like
Is Also that when he gets into
Around one of the smaller Of
fees in the Kunllel build
ing. Mr.. Strain spends
most of his time issuing statements
and letters, but thus far he has not
made public the names of the men
who comprise the committee, for
which he works, nor has he indicated
whence comes the funds for his
propaganda. However, he is appSr-
emily we'll known around the Demo-
cratic State headquarters, and could
save a lot of time if he would move
his desk over there.
Speaking of Strain it is interesting
to give a copy of a letter sent to him
by II. II. Shenk, of Annville, who was
addressed in the in
terest of the gang
Shenk appears to have Backhnndef
some ideas not friendly From Shenk
to the ambitious young
secretary of the COM
mittee with the high sounding title.
This is what he wrote:
"I have your circular attacking Dr.
Brumbaugh and l beg of you to con-
tinue sending these attacks as they
may be issued from time to time, If
you wish me to work all the harder
for the distinguished educator I had
intended to take no active part in this
campaign, but when a group of COM
paratively unknown men issue cir
cuar such as the one recently issued
in which the character and even the
honor of Pennsylvania foremost edu-
Gator and preacher of moral righteous
ness-one who best personiiies the
moral progress of this State-is be-
smirched, it is time for all decent
citizens to arise in their might and by
word and vote smite the combination
that descends to the lowest level of
political misrepresentation, II not OF
blackguardism.
ITO this there can be but one re-
suit: DR.. Brumbaugh will be elected
by an overwhelming majority, ma
iority swelled by your misrepresenta-
tions and the people knowing that Dr.
Brumbaugh is not capable of dissimu-
lation, knowing that he is no Dr.
Jekell and MIR. Hyde, will believe the
attacks upon PenroSe to be equally
false and will elect him.
"On with your pamphlet. 1t is the
best possible method of swelling
Brumbaugh majority. The people Of
Pennsylvania have some discernment
of what constitutes worth and fair