Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-10
.PENROSE, PALMER
AND P|NCH0T, TOO
Letter P Appears to Figure in
Names For Pennsylvania
Senatorial Seat
SITUATION IS INTERESTING
Democrats Want to Get Chance
to Whack State Chairman
Roland S. Morris

1t begins to look as though Penn
sylvania would have three leading can
didates for United States Senator next
year, all of whose names will begin
with P. They are Boies Penrose, Re-
publican, who is a candidate for re-
election; Clifford Pinchot who comes
from Pike and is the Progressive's
slated candidate, and A. Mitchell Pal
mer, of Stroudsburg, the Democratic
boss. There will be others, of course,
but these three men with the same
initial to their family names will be'on
the ballots, in the opinion of many.
The first two are avowed candidates
and Palmer can be whenever he says
the word. 1t is not believed he wants
to enter the very uncertain campaign
for the Democratic nomination. for
Governor.
Other men named are Garman and
Gordon, the former a judge in Lu-
zerne and the latter a former judge in
Philadelphia. Garman has been more
or less partisan of James M. Guffey,
the old leader, who intends to make
an effort to come back, and Gordon
used to be his political foe.
The gubernatorial situation is at
tracing the greatest attention, largely
because of Palmers effort to sdestep
1t, and his attempt
to get some Demo-
GubcTnatorial crat who would be
Situation Is acceptable to the
Interesting daily increasing
number of his enc
mics. Just who will
be the sacrifice does not appear since
Secretary Wilson has declined to be
the goat. The Progressves are debat-
ing between State Treasurer r. X.
Young, Ii. d. w. English, of Pitts
burgh, and Fred E. Lewis, of Allen
town, who will not run for Congress
man-at-large again because he does
not know where he will light The
Republicans have an abundance of
first-rate timber with Ex-Governor
Stuart, Lieutenant-Gove Reynolds,
Speaker Alter and q dozen other we'll
known men available. The Repub-
licans are perfecting organizations and
daily taking in men who We're Bull
Moosers in 1912, while the Democrats
are split worse than known in dozen
years.
The second place on the Republican
ticket has been suggested for James
Scarlet, the Danville attorney; John S.
Fisher, Indiana; ex-
Judge r. NJ. Trexler,
of Allentown, although The Other
there are others equal Places On
ly well known men Tickets
toned. The Demo-
Gratis have Joe O'Brien,
the Scranton lawyer: w. A. Whitman,
the Reading pagoda builder, and
Farmer" Greasy as possibilities. The
Progressive slate has not vet been
made. Anyhow, Governor
is something that is not considered
except at the last minute. although it
is possible that in open primaries some
one might run away with 1t. Secre-
tary of Internal Affairs Henry Houck
will be a candidate for another term
and the Bull Moosers are said to think
about letting the place open. The
Democrats will have to fill it and would
like a wealthy man to try for it. The
four nominations for Congress at
large promise an interesting situation.
The Republicans appear likely to name
John r. Il. Scott as one candidate, and
maybe man from Pittsburgh. Claude
T. Reno, of Allentown, is another Re-
publican suggested.
The Supreme Court justiceship is
not tc be filled by partisan nomina-
tions, although it is expected that the
Democrats will try some
stunts to get a Democrat
Supreme on the ballot. Men sug-
Courts gested have been our own
Vacancy President Judge, George
Kunkel; Judge r. S. Fra
zer, the Allegheny jurist;
Judge e. A. Walling, of Erie; Judges
Martin and Ralston, of Philadelphia;
Major Everett Warren. Scranton; eX-
Senator Webster Grim, Doylestown;
Judge III. o. Bechtei, Schuylkill; Judge
Garman, eX-Judge TreXler, Judge
Criswell, Venango.
Roland S. Morris, the titular scout
master of the boy scout faction OF the
Pennsylvania Democracy, is the sub
ject of an interesting story in
the Philadelphia Press to-day.
The Press says a split in the Morris
Democracy of the State is at Dodges
hand and intimates that Mr.. Inquiry
Morris lodged when asked
whether he did not think that
the election of a Democratic State
chairman. ought to be made an issue
at the coming primary. The State
chairman claims that his term will not
end until the end of 1914, but other
Democrats contend that he will go
out of office in May under the terms
of the direct primary act. Reorgani-
zation Democrats have not given up
the hone that William r yViIsop with