Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-09
PALMER RUSHES TO
VANCE'S DEFENSE
Ryan's Attacks Cause the Con-
gresham to Call on Wash
ington For Succor
FREE COPIES NOT A CRIME
Reorganizers Run Against a Circus
as a Rival Attraction in
City of York


last night replaced William III. Berry,
the Collector of the Port of Philadel-
phia, as the defender of Vance c. Nc
Cormick, the machine candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor and the declaration that the re-
organizers ticket was standing for Will
son, which was feature of the Get
tysburg speech, was thrown into the
discard when Palmer reached York.
The tour of Adams and York counties
made on Thursday and Friday by the
Mccormick caravan showed that not
only was the Harrisburg candidate
embroiled in York county Democratic
factlonal quarrels, but that the people
resented post office jobbing, while the
rank and file of the voters were cold
toward him because of his record. The
showing up of Mccormick by the
Ryan speechitiers has had a big effect
and the caravan reached York almost
in a state of panic.
The York speech by Palmer was an
other change in the remarkable cam
paign waged by the reorganizers. Pal
mer and Mccormick started out with
the White House blessing and for "a
time campaigned as though there was
nothing to 1t. Then they found the
people of the State were not inclined
to line up for Wilson or his slate. Next
they discovered that there were some
very good marksmen among the Ryan
speakers. And now they are on the
defensive and pretty close to a run, if
reports made by Ryanites here are
correct.
Palmer was impelled to go on the
defensive because Berry was found not
to have the punch" as in old days,
and because William
I. Greasy is so busy
defending himself Ryan Charge
against Judge Bon Worries the
niwell's charges that Machinists
he has not time to
tie life preServerS on
any other candidate. Mccormick con-
fined himself to a plea for votes The
thing which sent Palmer to the defense
of this wealthy colleague on the ma
chine ticket was the accusation of Mr..
Ryan that the Harrisburg Patriot, the
newspaper owned by Mr.. Mccormick,
was sent through the mails in viola
ton of the postal laws as a political
document to nonsubscribers at the
pound rate, when the rate should be
cent for every paper so sent. Mr..
Palmer's answer was a letter from
Third Assistant Postmaster General A.
NJ. Dockery, date April 81, in answer
to letter of inquiry about the law on
this subject. Mr.. Palmer read the
letter. In it Mr.. Dockery said that
the mailing of copies of the Patriot to
persons whose subscriptions are paid
for by Mr.. Mccormick as a candidate,
while also president of the Patriot
Company, was entirely legal.
You are informed" wrote Mr.
Dockery to the general manager of
the Patriot, that persons whose sub
scriptions are paid for by a candidate
for political office, campaign commit
tees, etc, may be regarded as forming
a part of legitimate list of subscribers
required by law, provided the rate paid
is not so low as to be nominal when
compared with the regular advertised
price, and provided also,
that the copies sent in fulfillment of
such subscriptions are accepted by the
donee, and are sent primarily as bona
fide gifts for the purpose of circulating.
information of public character"
Vance Mccormick, r. Mitchell Pal
mer and Farmer" w. T. Greasy di-
vided honors with a circus in York
last night. They spoke
in the Courthouse to an
audience compos d
Machine largely of that element
Runs Into of the party locally
q Circus which favors the return
of A. r. Brodbeck to
Congress from the York-Adams dis
trict. AS Mr. Brodbeck is regarded as
the reorganization leader in opposition
to Harry Gitt, his fellow-townsma an
from Hanover, who is his rival for the
nomination, the latter element is
its adherents for Ryan. John
\. Logan was chairman or the nights
and when he called it to or
der there were only about zoo persons
in attendance. Some of these later
went to the circus.
The Ryan aggregation held forth in
Carbon county, one of the counties in
Palmer's bailiwick, and had time
getting around. Both sides exchanged
broadsdes of abuse.
The Philadelphia Ledger prints a
table of registration and enrolment
in the State to-day and the figures elo-
quently proclaim the
strength of the back
TO the party move Republicans
ment among men Far Ahead
who left the Repub- I'm the state
licans in 1912. The
Ledger says: "a care
full canvass of the counties of the