Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-16
PROH|B|T|ON|STST TO
ENTER CAMPAIGN
Arrangements For Their Opening
Will Shortly Be Announced
From Their Bureau
PRUGH TOURING THE STATE
Noted Friend Denounces the Fusion
Pact; DR.. Brumbaugh Winning
Praises Everywhere

Fralses Everywhere
The Prohibition state committee
will join with its rivals in launching
a vigorous campaign very shortly ana
| plans are now being made for the
| formal opening in October. state
Chairman e. L. 2. Prugh has been
on a tour of the State meeting the
leaders of the party in the various
counties and getting line on con-
ditions.
Within a short time the officials of
| the committee will arrange the date
and place for the opening and for
speeches by the candidates. The party
has nominated legislative candidates
throughout the State and is planning
for wide circulation of its declaration
| of principles. Chairman Prugh, who
took charge of the committee a year
ago, has had the assistance of num-
ber of men who have borne the brunt
of former campaigns of the cold
| water people.
The Philadelphia Press of to-day
says: Reputation of the efforts of
| the Democratic and Bull Moose State
committees towards
fusion and of the en-
| Noted Friend listment of the tenn
| DcnounceS the perance vote against
| Fusion Game DR.. Martin G.. Brum-
| baugh is contained in
| letter just made
public. written by Henry w. Wilbur,
| in many respects the most prominent
| and best beloved Friend in Philadel-
| phia, in the last week of his life. Mr..
| Wilbur expressed his intention of cast
| ing his vote for Dr. Brumbaugh, his
| three sons concurring with him, be-
cause the Wilbur family knew DIR.
Brumbaugh and his life work, al
though he expressly set forth that he
was not a partisan, and with three
| exceptions during the last quarter
century had not voted for either of
the old political parties. He added:
Long observation has convinced me
that fusion in politics, especially on
contradictory and incongruous ele-
ments, in the long run means con-
| fusion to all the moral issues which
enter into the compact
Mr. Wilbur's letter was written to
E. j. Moore. of the Anti-Saloon
| League, and, as explained in a letter
of transmittal to DR.. Brumbaugh, was
occasioned by the receipt by Mr.. Will
bur of a political folder signed by
! Democratic State Chairman Morris
and Washington State Chairman
DIETRICH. He pronounces the leaflet
AN adroit attempt to shift your
| (Brumbaughs) support and to swing
some of it to the Democratic candi-
! date for Governor-personally l do
not like the game"
| DIR. Martin G.. Brumbaughs smash
| ing reply to the Philadelphia North
| American, in which he says he will
! stand for no party
| treachery to gain
the support of that DIR. Brumbaugh's
| journal. statement Is
many friends to Well Received
| his campaign in
| Dauphin and Cum
| berland counties. The statement was
what was expected of the candidate
and the clear and vigorous language
! attracted much attention when pub
lished in the Telegraph last night
| The statement also answers the par
roting of Mccormick. When Dr.
! Brumbaugh was here this morning he
said that he had nothing to add to
what he had said. You don't need
to-" commented a bystander. The
candidate just smiled.
! Announcement was made yesterday
at the headquarters of the Republican
State committee of the itinerary Of
the tour of the Repub-
lican candidates under
Republican the direction of State
Campaign Chairman William F..
Dates Out Crow for the week end
ing Saturday, Septem-
Der &c.
Included in the party which will
address the initial meetings will be
DR.. Martin G.. Brumbaugh, Frank b.
MCClain and Henry Houck. nominees
for Governor. Lieutenant-G Governor
and Secretary of Internal Affairs, re-
spectively, and John r. K. Scott, NJ.
M. Garland. Colonel Thomas S. Crago
and Daniel F. Lafean, candidates for
| ongressmen-a
The schedule of the week is as fol-
lows:
Monday, September 21-Lycoming
county, meeting in Williamsport
| Tuesday. September % = Clinton
county, meetings in Lock Haven and
Remove.
| Wednesday September 23-North-
cumberland county. meetings in Wat
sontown, Milton and Sunbury.
Thursday, September "a - Snyder
| Union and Mifflin counties meetings
in Selinsgrove. Lewisburg Fair. Mid
dleburg and Lewistown.
Friday. September 25-Blair county
meeting in Altoona.
Saturday, September 26--Cambria.
| county. meeting in Johnstown.
! Senator Penrose. who has personal
dates on the other DAYS, will Join the
party for the meeting in Altoona.