Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-08
CAMPAIGN WILL
Be FOR MCORM|CK
Start to Be Made in August So That
He Can Get Around Among
the Farmers
FUSION IS KNOCKED OUT
No Hope of Doing Anything Since
the Speech of Col. Roosevelt
on Wilson
FUSION is KNOCKED OUT

The Democratic State executive COM
mittee. as the inside ring of the Demo-
cratic State machine is officially styled,
will to-day plan for a campaign which
will be the result of years of scheming,
| the expenditure of thousands of dol
lars in political channels and the ruth
less removal or ~relegation to o~bScurity
of numerous men of prominence in the
Democracy of Pennsylvania in the
days gone by. Vance c. Mccormick,
elected mayor of Harrisburg fourteen
years ago in a campaign that set a
high water mari for the use of money,
is running for Governor after having
been nominated at a primary in which
he gave up so much money, according
TO his sworn statement, hat 1t has be-
come an object of comment all over
the keystone State. 1t is McCormick's
opportunity and the campaign to-day
will be planned as he thinks best to
raise him to the place of power On
which his eyes are set.
To suit him the campaign will be
started about the end of August when
the farmers picnics and fairs are In
flower and arrangements will be made
for crowds of Democrats to turn out
n greet him as he swings aronnd
the circle when the frost is on the
pumpkin and the political advertise
ments appear most prominently.
The committee, however, will be in
formed that it must help raise the
wind. The aVish contributions to win
the nomination cannot be made again
and the scheme of giving notes for eX-
penses is n which is causing some
folks to raise their eyebrows.
Congressman Palmer, State Chair
ma Morris n Candidate Mccormick
will boss the deliberations to-day and
Palmer, who has troubles keeping the
crown of leadership from topping
over his left ear, will go along with
McCormick's idea to have men named
on committees to flatter them and
make them hustle.
1t is not expected hat much atten-
ton will be paid to Morris idea on
fusion. Since Colonel Roosevelt's Pitts
burgh speech, bitterly at
lacking President Will
sons policies and the Fusion Is
Democratic tariff act. all Given Up
propositions for an ALI as Hopeless
ance between Democrats
and Washington party
men upon any nominations are de-
clared to be off. In a number of legis-
lative districts local leaders had been
planning for Withdrawals of candi-
dates named at the primaries in order
to permit of fusion tickets to be
formed by the committees of the
Democratic and Washington parties in
opposition to the Republican nomi-
nees. The Roosevelt assaults upon the
national Democratic leadership have
been Indignantly resented by support
ers of the President and the Palmer
Mccormick men in PENNSYLVANIA who
claim to be among the most loyal of
the administration adherents are par
ticularly incensed. 1t would appear
that there will be a three-cornered
contest all along the line in this State,
with the Republicans, Democrats and
Bull Moosers each campaigning on
separate lines.
Congressman Palmer and other
Democratic bosses here to-day mani
tested relief at the settlement of the
appointmentSfo for the West
ern Pennsylvania judge
ship and the mint super JudgeShip
intendency. The Judge win Mean
ship had threatened to New Fuss
make a scandal and it is
said that President Wilson
settled the row by coming right out
and backing up Attorney General
McReynolds. Palmer declared for w.
H. S. Thompson some time ago, but
the partisans of r. e. Cresswell, of
Johnstown, who ran for Auditor Cen
eral in 1912; w. A. Griffith and A. NJ.
Thompson, of Pittsburgh; G. B. Shaw
n Paul H. Gather. of Greensburg;
eX-Judge Allison o. Smith, of Clear
Held, n others, kept going. Some of
them are very sore over the action of
Palmer and Joe Guffey and it means
more trouble for the reorganization
bosses. However, they are getting used
to that and counting on the President
to line up the kickers.
The Philadelphia Inquirer in a dis
patch from Washington to-day says:
ut is declared by Democratic leaders
that in no other State
h a t h e patronage
PENNSYLVANIA problem become 50
Made Trouble acute as in Pennsyl-
for Wilson a. Democratic
members of the State
delegation say they
have been ignored by Representative
Palmer, and that only in the most
insignificant cases have they been con.
suited on questions of appointment.
The members from the eastern end of