Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-13
FL|NV AND RUPLH
WIRES CROSSED
Bill Finn For a Slate and Carlisle
Congressman For an Open
Primary Next May
DEMOCRATS WOO PALMER
Ryanites Not to Put Up Any Can
didate Against Him Unless
He Gets Too Frisky

The wires of ex-senator William
Finn, chairman of the executive
committee of the Washington party
State organization, and those of Ar
thur r. Rupley, of Carlisle, Congress-
man -at-large and candidate by ''invi-
tation" for denomination by the Bull
Moosers, got crossed last night.
While Finn was in Washington urg-
ing that the Progressives unite on a
slate and pick some one good man
for the gubernatorial nomination and
then go into the primaries with every
one united, Rupley was calling on all
candidates mentioned to make formally
announcements of their candidates.
for Governor and then go into State
wide primary.
The open primary is exactly what
the men attending the conference
here last week rejected, because 1t
might mean that Congressman Nj.
Clyde Kelly could upset Things. What
Finn, Van Valkenburg and the other
leaders are interested in doing is to
get slate fixed up, as is indicated by
the resolution passed at the recent
conference.
1t Is understood that while Rupley
was making his play, Finn was in
forming Kelly that he must run for a
district nomination again, declaring
that he was for any good man" for
Governor and saying local option and
woman suffrage were the live issues.
He also said that IL q boa constructor
should get Colonel Roosevelt in South
America he would turn Democrat,
and, that no matter who the Repub-
licans put UP this year he would not
vote for him.
Lincoln Day banquets last night
gave opportunity for several of the
men in the political limelight to make
lspeechs, but it is noted
that almost without ex-
eeption they eschewed Lincoln Is
politics and confined Praised by
themselves to the lau- Speakers
dation of the great
American. tor
Penrose made a notable speech, in the
course of which he reviewed the his
tory of the Republican party and Its
work for the people. At Mauch
Chunk Congressman A. Mitchell Pal
mer eXtolled Lincoln and gave out
some political interviews on the side,
the chief being that Mccormick would
not retire from the ticket. In Will
Ainey spoke at the big Lincoln din
ner and after discussing Lincoln, said
that he was going to make a cam
paign that would take him all through
Pennsylvania.
The Dauphin county Bull Moosers,
who are marking time until the word
comes for them to go out and line up
for Dean Lewis, last night
celebrated Lincoln'S brit h
MOOsers day by a lecture session
! Have an and the dissection of Doc
Evening Kreider's hopes for Con-
gress. The county chair
man, who holds down a
well-paying office on Capitol Hill, has
. aspirations to become a national figure
and is said to be willing to take up the
,, fight which Colonel H. c. Demming
waged in 1912. However, the chair
,, man will not make his announcement
,, until the ways and means for cam
,, paign are in sight. This is the year
when the party workers are to pay
the campaign bills, according to Will
liam Finn. During last nights social
session w. L. Loeser spoke on good
, citizenship and Walter L. Vanaman
, conducted a symposium on political
economy. The meeting was well at
tended and others will be held later
. on.
=
/, Judge Frank NJ. Trexler, appointed
J a week ago to the vacancy on the
Superior Court bench caused by the
! death of General Bea-
) yer, took the oath of
office yesterday at his TrexleI
t home in Allentown, and Takes His
will join his colleagues JudgeshiI
on the bench at the
next sitting. The ap-
lnninfr,,ont Of Tt1
: commended by newspapers without
regard to party throughout the State
and influential men have promised
. him hearty support for the nomina-
t ton at the primaries. The effort OF
4 the Democratic State leaders to inject
t Judge L. w. Doty, of Westmoreland
r into the campaign for the seat is said
1 to have been born of a desperate de-
sire to get the old Star of the West
back in the Democratic column, but
the Judge is not likely to run.
9 Some interesting legislative moves
l are reported from Philadelphia and
well-known legislators are concerned
William H. Wilson anC
e. NJ. Cox are slated tc
4 Legislative be returned at the com.
; Candidates ing election, but there
1 Are Active is some doubt about
Frank Sherwood, for
= mer newspaper CORE
/. spondent, although his friends say he
will be returned. James A. Dunn will
be a candidate again and Lorenzo
= Smith, the Washington party man
5 will have to fight for his seat against
> David C. Humphries. Representative
!. S. j. Cans, T. F. McNichol and d. J
\ Shern are regarded as sure to come
a back if they desire.
: The name of ex-Judge Harold NJ
! Mcclure, of Lewisburg, has been added
4 to the list of men being considered
2 for the Republican nomination fol
: Governor by the voters or the State
The Judge, who was on the common
pleas bench of his district for twent.
, years. is well-known in many counties
| He has been asked by prominent mer
to be candidate.
: The muddled Democratic situation
II was further complicated yesterday b.
:, the announcement that the Ryan peo