Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-14
KICKED IN DE FACE
BY GEMMAV FR|EN' =
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demanded that both parties be de-
feated and his party of hope and
promise given office. Strange 1t is
that he has repudiated himself and
retired from the contest. 1t will be
interesting to learn in due time how
he was made the victim of sordid and
selfish men.
LAS for the fusion, 1 welcome it.
In the Progressive party are many
earnest, honest men who entered this
movement conscientiously and who
will now find how basely they have
been betrayed. Surely these men will
never surrender their sincerity to Join
in this ignoble and unworthy scheme.
stand here now to welcome them
back to the party that they once sup
ported. I assure them ii will be a
privilege and pleasure to have them
Join with me in giving to the good
people of Pennsylvania as progress
sive. clean and capable an administra-
ton of our affairs as can any party
in the world"
Perhaps the most serious phase OF
the fusion scheme and which is turn
ing away many voters of the Wash
ington party is the fact that 1t is con-
trary to the whole spirit of the new
primary law which was designed to
overcome boss rule in the selection
of candidates. 1t is believed every
where that the plan from beginning to
end was financial; Mccormick was to
pay the expenses for whatever sup
port could be transferred by the
Washington party bosses.
Lewis Glad to Quit
Much significance is given in polit-
ical circles to the comment of the
Philadelphia Record on the retire
ment of Lewis in favor of Mccormick.
As the spokesman for the Democrats
of Pennsylvania the Record says:-
1t is not at all surprising that
Dean Lewis, who was nominated by
the Bull Moosers for Governor, and
who helped to frame platform
viciously denunciatory of the Demo
cratic administration and Demo
cratic policies has decided to with
draw, and no one has any right to
question his desire to support the
The effort to keep the Bull Moose
alive without the stimulus of run
ming Mr.. Roosevelt as Its candidate
for something has failed in Penn
sylvania, as 1t has in other States,
and as II was bound to fail with
out the continued supply of cash so
lavishly used here two years ago.
Mr.. Lewis has been in many parts
of the, state in an effort 70 put the
needed life into a a. machine that
to give it, and. discovering the
hopelessness of his candidacy, has
quit.
The Record intimates that the fol-
lowers of Lewis will not follow him
into the Democratic camp. But re-
gardless of what the Bull Moosers
may do" says the Record, 'the Demo-
Gratis of Pennsylvania ought to be en-
couraged by their fioundering and the
strategy they think they are eXercis-
ing in an effort to make Mr.. Roose-
welt the Republican candidate for
President in 1916"
General Disgust
The Record also says if ii could
be proven that there was an under
standing between Mr.. Palmer or Mr..
Mccormick on this action there
would be general disgust over the
professions of sincerity of all con-
cerned." In their primary campaign.
it is pointed out, both Palmer and
Mccormick represented themselves
as the special eXponents of the adj
ministration of President Wilson, and
the bosses of the Roosevelt branch
of the Republican party are among
the most violent and most unfair of
the critics of the Wilson administra-
ton"
The Record broadly hints that Dean
Lewis withdrew because he discovered
the hopelessness of his candidacy, and
then proceeds to say: "If he and the
other remnants of the Bull Moose
tiasco really want to insure the defeat
of Penrose why don't they
do it by making Mr.. Pinchot get out
of the race in favor of A.
Mitchell Palmer?"
Perhaps the most drastic comment
on the surrender of Lewis to the
Democratic bosses is the following
from the Independent Philadelphia
Public LEDGER
Political Vaudeville
"The antics of the Washington
party would spice the most laugha BILE |
vaudeville. Dean Lewis now gushes
forth with burning words of fulsome
praise of the Democratic candidate
for Governor, when only a few weeks
ago the Dean drew a platform, and, |
over his signature. alluded to the
Democrats as follows: The Demo- |
cratic party as an instrument to ac-
complsh either immediate or perma- |
nent results is impossible. Weakened |
as it is by internal dissensions, it cam
not hope to command the full party |
strength at the election. The Wash !
ington party Is the only channel
through which machine rule can be
destroyed.
This opinion of the Democratic |
party sixty days ago was reinforced |
by the doughty champions of Dean |
Lewis in their State platform, in which1
they alluded to Mr.. Mccormick and |
his party in the following raucous
terms:
We condemn the declared policy
of the Democratic party-tariff for
revenue only. Confessedly the pres
ent Democratic tariff is only the
first step in the program of reduc-
tion, meant eventually to wipe out
every vestige of the protection
principle from our tariff. This
policy we regard as grave men
The Washington party stands for
We condemn the Democratic Ad-
ministration for surrendering the
efficiency of civil and diplomatic
service to the clamor of Democrats
hungry for spoils. I
We particularly condemn the use
of the Federal patronage in Penn
sylvania to build up the Democratic
machine in this State
ut is altogether a screaming farce. |
Stripped of veneer and insincerity, it |
reminds one of the old colored wom- |
an who was evading the cross-ques- |
tioning of Philadelphia doctor seek |
ing to discover the nature of her in |
jury. Finally in reply to his question |
she admitted she had been hit wild an |
object Was 1t large?' 'Tol'able !
large Was it hard or soft?' Toll
able hard Was 1t coming fast or
slow?' 'Torable fast And then, her
patience exhausted, she exclaimed: |
TO tell de truf, doctah, an was Just |
nach'ly kicked in de face by gem
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