Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-15
SMOOTHING WAY
FOR NJ 'CORM|CK
Bull Moosers Trying to Avoid a
Family Row When State Com
mittee Meets Tomorrow
DEMAND FOR FLINN TO RUN
Activities of the Democrats Com
mencing to Cost Money;
Linen Busters Here

Strenuous efforts are being made by
men who want to let go of the wan
ing Washington party organization's s
responsibilities to smooth the way for
the acceptance of Vance c. McCor-
mick as the Bull Moosers' candidate
for Governor in place of William
Faintheart Lewis, who withdrew few
days ago. The Washington party
State committee is due to meet here
tomorrow to fill the vacancy caused
! by the retreat of Lewis, and the
friends of Finn and other big Bull
Moosers are trying to gather in as
many proxies as possible in order to
head off serious trouble.
! 1t was generally believed here to-
day that there would be some objec-
ton made to scuttling the Washing
ton party ship when the committee
meets tomorrow. Some of the lead
ing Bull Moosers consider that Lewis
act was a surrender and that it means
the more rapid breaking up of their
party machinery. To them alliance
with Democrats is very Objectionable,
but 1t 1t not expected that this senti-
ment will be reflected to any serious
degree at the meeting of the commit
tee. There can be no question of
widespread revolt against support
ing Democrat for Governor.
Henry M. Dubbs, a. member of the
Washington party State committee
from the Fifth Senatorial District
yesterday entered a
protest against put
In
Man Out For the ticket for Gov
Bill Finn ernor. He said many
Progressives W h o
claim to be Republ-
cans will not vote for a Democrat. He
declared in favor of the nomination
OF William Finn for Governor upon
the score that he is the Roosevelt
leader of Pennsylvania and represents
the policies which the Washington
party advocates.
The Linen duster" squadron of the
Democratic State machine mobiized
at the windmill shortly before noon
to-day for run
through the Juniata
valley, 1t is not eX- Linen Duster
pected to do much in Squadron Is
the way of changing Modified
sentiment up that
way because the men
who led insurgent movements in years
gone by are all for DIR. Brumbaugh
this year, but 1t is said that Palmer
and Mccormick thought that they
were called to pay formal call on
the Juniata valley towns and wanted
to get 1T over as soon as possible.
Mccormick is as we'll known in the
Juniata valley as he is in this COM
lmunity and naturally the people are
for Brumbaugh. The linen busters
were in the Bucks Montgomery dis
trlct yesterday and last night and
found plenty of lip service from DEM
ocrats.
Democratic committeeman in all
of the cities of the State are working
to-day on orders from the Democratic
State headquarters to
get out as big a regis
Democrats tration as possible and
Hustle on the Democratic State
Registers windmill hopes to have
some information to
give to the public this
| time on registration. II was expected
| to make a big shout over the first
! registration a short time ago, but the
Democratic enrolment was so far be-
| low the Republican registration that
nothing was said and the surplus
energy was used up in talking about an
| imaginary attempt to injure Congress-
man Palmer after his automobile had
gone by. Then the Palmer 'indict-
ments" were put out and fell very fiat
and the Bull Moosers have declined
to grow enthusiastic over the retire
| ment of Lewis in favor of Mccormick.
| Hence the necessity for something to
| talk about.
Informal meetings of the Dauphin
county Washington party men have
| shown that except for those who ex-
pect to get something
| out of it in the way of an
Office very few of the Dauphin's
followers of Roosevelt MOosers
are in favor of McCor- Perturbed
mick for the nomination
| for Governor, The lead
ers have been hearing from the rank
| and file and while DR., ]. II. Kreider,
| Ira j. Mosey and others who boss the
machine are talking about what a
grand thing fusion can be made they
are wondering how many they can
lead into the Mccormick camp. The
| Bull Moosers in this county are well
acquainted with Mccormick methods
and know that in national affairs he
stands for exactly the opposite of
Roosevelt.
| Organization of Palmer Mccormick
leagues is going forward at a rate
which is causing much interest to be
aroused among needy
| Democrats. Rumors
Hopes and are that there will be
Fears of plenty of the yellow
the Leaguers backs to finance the
campaign in this Sec
ton and that the
home district must be carried no mat
ter what 1t costs Already the organ
ization of Panic leagues is proceed
ing rapidly. However, some of the
Dauphin leaguers fear that If they
keep on organizing leagues in Phila-
delphia and other counties it will di-