Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-16
FL||VV TRYING To
PUT PALMER OFF
But Not Making Much Headway
Among the Democratic Machine
Men Gathered Here Today
COUPLING UP FUSION WORK
Legislative Candidates About All
That Is Being Done; Say
Palmer Will Stay On
UP FUSION WORK

The presence in the city to-day of
State Chairman Roland S. Morris and
A. Nevin DIETRICH, of the Democratic
and Washington party state commit
tees. William Finn and other promi-
nent Democratic and Bull Moose CHIEF
tains caused revival of rumors that
fusion was to be effected on United
States senator after all. but appar-
emily there was little to it. Finn saw
some of the Democrats at his hotel
but did not make much headway up
to an early hour this afternoon.
At the Democratic state headquar-
ters it was stated that the executive
committee was meeting for the pur-
pose of completing fusion on congress
sional and legislative nominations, as
Monday is the last day to file papers.
Finn was apparently eager to con-
vince Democrats that something
should be done, but 1t was stated at
the Democratic headquarters that
there was nothing doing.
JunIkrnen, Attention
Apparently by mistake Democratic
state headquarters to-day sent to the
Telegraph a letter from Robert T.
Keenan,, secretary of the finance COM
mittee of the Democratic state ma
chine, enclosing a pocket piece to be
given to each contributor of one dollar
or more. more preferred, to the ma
chimes fund.
The souvenir is a brass medal and
is for the fight for decent govern
ment in Pennsylvania" 'the earnest
cause" and other things with which
the Mccormick gangsters cloak their
demands for funds. 1t contains on
the diverse a picture of Presiden,t!
Wilson and a demand to uphold"
him. On the reverse is a statement
that 81 or more has been given to the
campaign fund and the names of Pal
mer and Mccormick. who are thus
tied up to the Democratic tariff.
There will be an opportunity to buy
lot of brass junk after November 3.
Mccormick Makes n Break
Folks at the windmill were in a
state of delirium to-day over the back
handler crack Candidate Mccormick
had aimed at his allies in the Auditor
Generals Department. Thus far
Mccormick has refrained from throw
ing the hooks into the Auditor Cen
erals Department, although two years
ago his newspaper used to declaim
against the way it was run. Yester-
day he spoke at Bradford and appears
to have been as disastrous as Farmer"
Greasy when he gets under way.
made a vicious attack on the system
of State tax settlements. in which
Auditor General Powell takes great
pride.
Cunningham Worries Them
Another thing which disturbed the
serenity of the folks at the Demo-
cratic state windmill was the speech,
of Deputy Attorney General j. p. B.
Cunningham at Reading last night,
He referred to McCormick's letter to
the preachers and said that he saw no
objection to ministers preaching on
the fundamentals because DR.. Brum.
baugh measured up to every one and
in startling contrast to his liliputian
rival.
Mr.. Cunningham suggested that the
ministers might also include the bear
ing of false witness in the sermons,
although Mccormick did not refer to
that in his letter to the preachers.