Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-25
MORRIS TALKING
OVER SITUATION
Bad Conditions Require Confer
ences With Democratic Lead
ers Through State
OFF FOR MEETINGS TODAY
Prominent Republicans Go to Pitts
burgh; Wilson Coming Not
Being Well Received

COincident with the meeting OF the
Republicans at Pittsburgh this after
noon State Chairman Roland S. Nor
ris is expected to have some conver-
sations with Democratic leaders from
various counties about the difficulties
into which the Mccormick machines
campaign has fallen. The State chair
man was expected at the Market
Square windmill about ] o'clock and
a number of men whose names were
not made public were booked to meet
him.
During the day there were denials
of stories that meetings of the Demo-
cratic State committee or the eXecu-
tive committee were contemplated. 1t
was stated that the campaign was pro-
crossing and that no occasion had
arisen to require meeting of the
committees. AS a matter of fact, one
man pointed out, the fusion scheme
can be worked without the State COM
mittee being consulted, things being
so framed that the bosses can do as
they will without running the risk of
encountering opposition from the men
directly elected by the people.
Hope of fusion is very lively about
the windmill. the silence of the
mourning beagle. on the subject being
significant to those who recall how
it kept quiet when fusion was worked
in the county elections in 1911 and
when fusion games were tried in later
years. State Chairman Morris has
always insisted that fusion would be a
good thing and has been working to
bring it about on legislative elections. 3
County Chairman William II. Hor-
ner, State Committeeman Frank A.
Smith, A. S. Cooper, secretary of the
Republican county COM
mittee, and Senator E. f..
Beidleman have gone to Attending
Pittsburgh to attend the Committee
meeting of the Repub- Meetings
lican State committee.
w. Harry Baker, seCre-
tary of the committee, left on Monday.
The meeting will be attended also by
County Chairman r. Jones Rife and
State Committeeman S. b. Shelter, of
Perry county, and by prominent Re-
publicans of Cumberland, York and
Lebanon counties. who gathered here
at noon to go to the western city with
the Philadelphia and Eastern Penn
sylvania men.
Efforts to put out the fire in the
Blair county Democratic committee as
a result of machine methods provoking
the men elected by the
people will be made by
Blair Makes State Chairman Morris
Trouble\for and other bosses and
the Bosses If necessary Candidate
Mccormick will stop off
on his way home from
Cambria county the latter part of the
week to stop the warfare. The Demo-
cratic organizations in Philadelphia,
Luzerne, Susquehanna, Huntingdon
and Clearfield are in more or loss
state of ferment and Morris does not
want Blair to be added to the list.
In fact. the whole Democratic pro-
gram for the next month will be to
iron out differences so that the cam
paign can get started.
According to stories which are GO
ing in the city, there is by no means
much of shout over the statement
that President Wilson
is coming into the
State to make speeches Not Cheering
for the Democratic Over Coming
machine ticket. 1t is of President
generally + e ognized
that things are not,
| from a Democratic standpoint, what
they should be in regard to the Presi-
dent in this State. II the President
comes in and makes his plea for elec.
ton of Democratic congressman il
would not affect the State ticket, argue
some, but Mccormick is obsessed with
the idea of having the President speak
| In his behalf Some Democrats are
said to be urging that Bryan, Daniels
and their kind be kept out and tc
point out that they will only irritate
many Democrats who are disgusted
with their policies.
Judging from what the Harrisbure
| Patriot prints to-day, the Washington
party men in this community are not
taking any steps tC
bring about fusion, bu
Bull Moose are actively pushinl
| Planning forward the campaign
Campaign in behalf of Lewis anC
| Pinchot. 1t was an.
nounced | S n & h
from the headquarters of the Bul
| Moosers that the dean and Pincho
would speak in Market Square on Sep,
tember l. The arrangements are be.
ing made by Chairman Mosey. whC
will also fling out the party banner ir
behalf of the dean and the State
ticket. The congressional and legis
lative candidates will speak beside
Lewis and Pinchot. On September
the two candidates will be in Wash.
ington county
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