Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-22
NJ 'CORM|CK PINS
HOPE ON COLONEL
Democratic Machine Bosses Realize
That Their Campaign Has
Gone on the Rocks
MORRIS GIVES FORTH A Wall
Republicans Sweeping the State in
the Campaign That Will End
in Next Ten Days

The only hope of Vance C. McCor-
mick is pinned to Theodore Roose-
welt. The best financed. best organ
lied, best planned campaign ever
waged by the Democrats of Pennsyl-
vania has gone to smash and the badly
ratified nominee for Governor. who has
shown that he is beaten by his virulent
and characteristic abuse of his oppo-
nent, has turned from Bill Finn to
the Colonel. The Democratic bosses
realize that there is no earthly hope
of electing Palmer and that the rest
of the Democratic State ticket is with
out a ghost of a show to win. Around
the Democratic State windmill it is
apparent that all hopes are placed on
Roosevelt being able to turn the tide
for Mccormick. But there, men feel,
like Mccormick must, that there is
good bit of difference between the
Colonel as a candidate and as advo-
cate of a man who has not the united
support of his own party and to whom
money means nothing when he has an
object to attain.
1t took President Wilson's letter to
eliminate Palmer as a factor in the
race and the very same support Is go
ing to make the task of Theodore
Roosevelt to aid Vance Mccormick
he stands by Wilson, whom Roosevelt
denounces; Mccormick runs with Pal
mer, whom Roosevelt speaks against in
advocating Pinchot, and Mccormick
stands for the quintessence of machine
rule, against which Roosevelt Is ar
rayed, to use his own words.
Democratic State bosses are whis-
Ting to keep up courage and issuing
absurd claims, asserting that counties
which have been rock ribbed Repub-
lican. and wherein Democrats are di-
vided, like Erie; where there are idle
mills, like Allegheny. and where Brum,
baugh is known and loved, like Blair,
will go Democratic.
1t is all up to Roosevelt and he is
going to spend just ninety minutes in
Vance McCormick's home town.
Democratic State Chairman Roland
S. Morris has unbosomed himself of a
statement which, owing to the fact
that he did not furnish
a diagram, is not we'll
Morris Puts understood by Dauphin
Out StartIer and Cumberland Demo-
for Party Gratis. Mr.. Morris state
ment was variously in
terpreted as a way to
prepare Democrats for bad news from
<the firing line or else a plea for cash.
He stated that If political organization
was the only factor, Penrose would
win, but he insisted that the campaign
is not being waged along party lines.
He said the free. the unbuyable, the
thoughtful and the patriotic voters of
the State" were going to do something,
which they undoubtedly are as they
realize that an individual of McCor.
mick's destructive tendencies Is the
very worst man to elect Governor in
the present times. Then Morris makes
confession of the collapse of the Demo-
cratic party's campaign in these words,
which sound queer coming from the
| man who is rafting around in the
chair once held by James Kerr. w. F.
Harrity, James Madison Guffey and
other Democratic fighters: I'VE want
to prove ourselves in truth the Demo.
| cratic party with small ID by putting
our case squarely up to the average
voter. sure that he cares more for
patriotism and for Pennsylvania than
for any party name or allegiance"
Men active in the affairs of the
Central Democratic Club are rejoic-
ing over the chance offered by the
parade at Reading to
show off the new high
hats. The club will have Club Will
the same style of hats Parade in
this year and the plans Big Style
call for some elaborate
marching, intricate fig
ures, like the forecasts being made
at the Democratic windmill on Nc
Cormick election totals. The mem
bers of the club are entirely willing
to spend the money which might
have been spent on the pilgrimage to
Stroudsburg in red fire, but they dc
not like the letters sent out demand
ing contributions and asking some
men If they will not double what
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