Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-27
Mccormick Eager to Stem the Rout
of the Machine Democracy
by a Party Dicker
PALMER READY TO QUIT
But Will Make a Speech About
Penrose Before He Retires
From the Hard Race

S'otC tiChel Will De nelQ WITHIN Tort
night by bosses representing the Nc
Cormick-Palmer machine and the
Finn wing of the Bull Moose organi-
zation. Candidate Mccormick is said
to be thoroughly alarmed over the
prospects and to be willing to enter
into any dicker to stem the rout of
the Democratic organization which he
mas built up through prejudice, fed
eral patronage and cash and the other
Democratic candidates, with exception
of William N. McNair, who is running
Tor secretary of internal affairs, are
said to be perfectly willing to get out
OF the hopeless race.
Men in touch with Democratic and
washington party affairs admitted to-
day that after the wonderful gather
ing of Republicans at Pittsburgh yes
terday there is nothing for the Demo-
Gratis to do except fuse If they would
make any kind of a showing at the
November election. And privately
some of them smiled when asked IL
| they thought that fusion would help
at all.
Mccormick is so eager to advance
his fortunes that he is willing to make
any kind of a dicker with the Bull
| Moosers and the ennis
saries who have been
| chasing around in his Mccormick
| behalf have been hint Worried at
ing that there would Prospects
be no difficulty about
the waging of the cam
paign If the people opposed to Re-
publicans would only unite on the Lit
tie Boss from Dauphin county. Ac-
cording to story which came to the
| city this morning Mccormick was
| chagrined at the GOODNESS of the re-
| ception accorded to him in Cambria
county yesterday and the manner in
which folks cottoned to McNair. 1t
| Will be recalled that Mccormick was
badly beaten in Cambria and McNair
ran very we'll Mccormick is said to
| be eager to get the rows in Blair
| Huntingdon and Luzerne counties
patched up, but does not know how
While fusion is much talked of,
| there are half a dozen obstacles which
| the Mccormick people must overcome
and if they are sur
mounted it is doubt
Fusion Must full whether there
| Overcome will not be awful
Lot of Things comebacks in the
Fall. In the first
| place thousands of
Democratic and Washington party
voters differ on national issues. The
Washington party came into existence
| on national issues and its chief has
! denounced Wilson. Then, supposing
| that fusion should be effected, there
would be presented the odd spectacle
| of President Wilson standing sponsor
| for a candidate for United States SEN
| ator opposed to many of his policies.
| There would be the question of spoils
| rs Democrats need not for a minute
| imagine that the Bull Moosers are not
going to demand and secure water
tight promises on what jobs they are
to get on Capitol Hill before they
| agree to accept Mccormick. 1t might
be added that thus far Dean Lewis
has not shown much eagerness to re-
! tire in favor of Mccormick and that
the dean is planning many speeches.
| Republicans from Central Pennsyl-
vania counties and men connected with
Capitol Hill departments spoke en-
Enthusiastically to-day
about the great meet
ing of the Republi- Good Reports
cans in Pittsburgh Given For
yesterday and all This District
agreed that DR..
| Brumbaugh would
make a great campaigner. The meet
ing was described as one of the strong
est gatherings in years and was
marked by hearty greetings for the
! candidates. The Dauphin and Cum
berland county men gave good re-
| ports of the prospects and from a
number of the other counties in this
section the reports were excellent.
Lancaster county and the Juniata val
ley are going to roll up big Brum-
baugh majorities
Senator Penrose and DR.. Brum-
baugh are making tours in western
Pennsylvania to-day. The Senator
left this morning for
Washington and Greene
Candidates counties and will be al
Touring in the Greene county fair
the West to-day. DIR. Brumbaugh
II is visiting districts
about Pittsburgh and
making a number of speeches at meet
ings, He will be accompanied about
Allegheny county by Chairman
Christy. Tomorrow DR.. Brumbaugh
will visit his home county of Hunting
don and will be given a welcome in
the evening. Senator Penrose will be
here on Friday and spend the night
going next day to Lehigh county. DR.
Brumbaugh will speak in Lehigh
county, too.
Dauphin county Republican legisla-
tive candidates-Nissley and Young
will attend the Enterline farmers pic
mic on Saturday. They have been as
sured of a hearty welcome by thou
sands of people.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
hastened to excuse his long absence
from Congress last night on the occa-
sion of the passage of the
bill to dock congressman
PaImer's who do not attend to busi-
Statement ness. He gave out a
Amusing statement in which he
abused his rivals and then
declared that the work in
which he was engaged meant more
to the people of Pennsylvania than
the $40 day did to him. Inasmuch
as Palmer has been playing golf and
politics. it is difficult to see where the
people have been gamers. Palmer has
been one of the worst absentees and as
only a short time ago he was pro-
claimed by the Market Square wind
mill as the leader of the Presidents
friends on the floor of the House the
stand taken by the congressman is
; rather difficult to work out. His re-
marks add to the interest of n very