Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-21
PALMER AND RYAN
CALLING NAMES
Congressman Says Ryan Is Rip
VanWinkle; Gets Called
Sam Slick in Return
OLD-FASHIONED FIGHT IS ON
Ryanites Capture Mccormick Meet
ings in Philadelphia Wards
to Bosses Disgust
OLD-FASHIONED FIGHT IS OF

who is doing the talking for the Jer-
sey slate for the Pennsylvania Demo-
Gratis, and Michael ]. Ryan, candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor in opposition to the afore-
said slate, are indulging in a mud
singing contest which recalls the good
old days when the Democratic party
of Pennsylvania could always be de-
J pended upon to furnish amusement
| for months in advance of the pri-
| maries.
| Replying to the tanning given to
him Thursday by Ryan, who charged
! that Palmer put in claims for expense
money when the Democratic State
! treasury was broken, Palmer to-day
said that he had done nothing but
what was honest and above board, and
| then accused Ryan Of being rip
Van Winkle." This latter remark was
| intended to show that Ryan had been
asleep during the Wilson campaign,
but had gotten around since the result
was announced in November, 1912.
| Ryan to-day retorted, calling Palmer
Sam Slick
Palmer denied that his connection
with the Lackawanna Railroad was
! anything but proper, as his firm had
| been counsel for
! many years for
that company. To Rip Van Wrinkle
the charge that Met by Ryan
he drew on the With Sam Slick
committee treas
ury, he said that
he could not afford TO bear the ex-
penses as he was not rich man and
that money bags no longer controlled
the State committee.
In reply, Mr.. Ryan said last night:
Mr.. Palmer shows the result of the
beneficial administration of proper
kind of soothing syrup. He is very
gentle and ! am glad that he recog-
nizes that / am at least very wide
awake now. He must, however, think
the people have very short memories,
for when it comes to dealing with
facts he is as peculiar as any Sam
Slick ever was. He knows that 1 had |
no part whatsoever in the Allentown |
convention and that he welded a con-
trolling hand there. He stood with |
Guffey and Hall then and, ! am in
formed. voted every delegate from his
congressional district for the Guffey-
Hall candidates and against Berry.
Guffey was then supposed to be a rich
man and Palmer was familiar with the
Hall mark"
an announcement of the candidacy of |
Senator Boies Penroes for renomina-
ton will be made
within a few days. 1t |
Pcnrosc TO was said last night in
Announce Philadelphia that the
Before Long Senator contemplated |
another trip up the
State before making |
his announcement. He is scheduled |
IIV wi
also be at Hanover He is being visited !
by people from eastern counties who |
are advising him on the situation.
The Dimmick people are awaiting the
entrance of Penrose into the field and |
promise to start campaign. Con-
gresham Ainey's campaign appears
to have been frozen up. The Repub- |
lican nomination for Governor seems
to be an open race, with friends of
DR.. Brumbaugh very active, although
partisans of Ex-Governor Stuart insist
that he is by no means out of it.
Whether Speaker George e. Alter will
get into the fight is question.
The Democratic bosses are in trou-
BILE over a congressional situation
which bids fair to complicate things
In the Lycoming-
Potter Clinton
T oga a congress Congressional
sional district. 1t Troubles Are
is this district Gathering Fast
which Secretary
of Labor Wilson
regards as his private property. and
the bosses have arranged that Wilson
shall dictate the Democratic nominee,
according to reports reaching this city.
However, John f. Stone, of Couders-
port, entered the race a few days ago,
and now John ]. Reardon, former dis
trict attorney of Lycoming, took no
ton that he wanted to run. 1t is said
that Clinton county will add to the
joy by throwing a candidate into the
melee. Between the opposition to
Congressman Dershem in the "shoe-
string district, the fight against Pal
mer's stating of Evans in his own
bailiwick, and the opposition to Brod-
beck in the York-Adams district, the
bosses have lot of bothet ahead.