Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-28
MACHINE COUNCIL
FOR WAR SESSION
Democratic Division Leaders Will
Meet to Talk Over Their
Troubles Tomorrow
"BILL" FLINN PASSES IT UP
Says That He Relies on Mccormick
to Play Fair in Dividing Pat
ronage of State
"BILL" FLINN PASSES IT UP

| The high council of the Democratic
State machine will meet tomorrow at
noon in the Democratic State windmill
in Market Square to find out what the
campaign is going to cost and to de-
wise some ways of stiffening up the
sagging ticket. incidentally, reports
will be made, on the level, of senti-
ment in regard to the proposed with
drawal of A. Mitchell Palmer from
the Democratic ticket in favor of Gif-
ford Pinchot and on the effect that
the fusion of low tariff Democrats and
high tariff Bull Moosers has had upon
the people. State Chairman Morris
had fondly hoped that the alliance
would fool the people, but he seems
to have been fooled himself.
The executive committee will meet
nominally to ratify the fusion deals
on the congressional and legislative
nominations, including the Second
Dauphin, which is required by the
party rules. The fusion dickers will
be hustled up all over the State to-day
so that the rubber stamp can be af-
fixed, while the master minds will try
to work out some explanation of how
Democrats and Washingtonians, OPP
posed on national issues, can fuse on
a national office like Congressman.
More bad reports reached the wind
mill to-day. One came from Luzerne,
showing that Bull Moosers are going
over to the Republicans and that
Democrats are waiting for a chance to
knife Mccormick and a similar report
from Pottsville, where Palmer has got
ten in bad and Mccormick is in worse
than ever, which is going some. An
other report was from Clarion where
w. l.. SAMSON, editor of the Clarion
Democrat, who was steamrollered
when he was turned down for the
post office, has put on war paint, say
Ing that Palmer staying on the ticket
weakens Democratic chances.
The Democratic candidates will mo-
bilize here tonight for the invasion
of Huntingdon county tomorrow.
Some think Mccormick might as well
stay away as the Democrats are fight
ing in court over who shall control
the machine and the people are going
to vote for Brumbaugh anyway.
Judging from remarks made by
William Finn in Philadelphia on Sat
urday he will hold Vance c. McCor.
mick to his promise
to consider that he
Finn Looks was elected Cover.
For Share and nor by Democrats
Share Alike and Washingtonians
IL elected, and de-
... mand that the spoils
of office be divided among the Bull
Moosers and Democrats instead of be-
ing held solely for distribution among
Democrats. Finn reiterated this be-
lief in Mccormick as a divider OF
spoils to all comers in Philadelphia
on Saturday, but it was remarked by
some of the newspapers that his in
terviews did not "bristle" with the
confidence that he showed in 1912
The gist of what Finn said was that
he might" do some work under Nc
Cormick's highway commissioner, il
he gets elected; that there was nc
trade or dicker over Lewis with
drawal; that he would like to see
Palmer withdraw; that Mccormick
would get the whole Washington vote
although he hedged on that when the
revolt of Deakyne and Quay and
others was mentioned; said that Nc
Cormick If elected would give Offices
half and half to Democrats and Bull
Moosers; said that he had not passed
up the Washington party machine
because 1t was an expensive plaything
and then said that he thought McCor-
mick would be a nonpartisan Cover.
nor. This last was in answer to a
question whether Mccormick would
not use the Washington party to build
up a Democratic machine to make
the State Democratic in 1915. Alto.
gether it was not happy day fol
Finn.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
played to the gallery in Milford, the
town where Pinchot has a voting resi-.
dence, on Saturday,
when he said that he
would not ask the peo- Palmer In
pie there to vote for Play tc
himself but would Galleries
urge them to vote
against Penrose. AS
Pike county is a Democratic strong
hold and they are still voting fol
Jackson, Palmer's little joke went all
right. Palmer and Pinchot have
ceased calling on each other to with
draw, but their friends are making a
noise about it. Up to date Mccormick
has not expressed any opinion about
Palmer's withdrawal or whether he
stands for McNair and the influences
that nominated him for Secretary OF
Internal Affairs on the Democratic
ticket. The Democratic sideshow
drew poorly in the northeast on Satur-
day.
The Philadelphia Press said: "Cyrus
Larue Munson, of Williamsport, one
of the most prominent Democrats In
Central Pennsylva.
mia, and candidate
IN f@w. 4.