Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-13
M'NA|R D|STURBS
/. THE BOSSES DREAMS
Allegheny County Man Hops Into
Harrisburg and Starts Ryan
Boom Going
RED HOT AGAINST PALMER
Democratic State Machine Will
Call the Roll at a State
Committee Meet
RED HOT AGAINST PALMER

william n. McNair, chairman of
the Pittsburgh division of the State
Democratic machine. who has left the
reservation and shaken his war
hatchet at Big Boss Palmer, made a
raid into the Dauphin county Demo-
cracy last night and to-day, and set
the reorganization chieftains flutter-
ing. McNair was one of the reorgani-
cation gangs staunchest fighters and
he did not mind how many times the
Guffey Brennan road roller ran over
him in the western end. He bobbed
up and last year got at the levers him
self. Now he seems to be bent on
making Michael j. Ryan the Demo-
cratic nominee for governor and will
not lie down and play dead Indian as
demanded by Palmer.
McNair stopped off here on his way
home from Philadelphia where he
made an assault on Palmer that jar
red the Monroe man, and while here
visited relatives at Middletown and
some of the numerous Ryan men in
this section. The indications are that
an organization of Ryan's friends will
be formed within the party and a
determined effort made to swing the
Democratic vote in this county to the
Philadelphian.
The Progressive party chiefs will
not pitch upon slate until Thursday.
Tonight and tomorrow will be de-
voted to talking over
the prospects and call
ling the role to see Bull Moose
how many have died Slate Will
in the cause or who BE Late One
have quit the fight.
1t is said that the men
tion of William Finn for governor
was without his sanction and that he
does not regard it as necessary for him
to sew up the matter until he can get
a suitable cadidate as has been done
by Palmer. Finn is said to desire a
western man for governor on his Bull
Moose ticket because Pinchot is to
be senatorial nominee. Eastern Pro-
gressives want Young to run and are
willing Finn should have III. ID. w.
English or even Julian Kennedy for
lieutenant governor and James M.
Galbreath for Supreme Court justice,
as the Moosers will indicate their pref
erence for that nomination. William
Wilhelm, of Pottsville, is also being
groomed for some office and might
take a notion to run for governor.
A meeting of the Democratic State
master Chairman Roland S. Morris
within the next month
for the purpose of
Role to Be making the rules of
Called for the State machine con-
Dead Ones form to the require
ments of the primary
law of 1913. Whether
there will be anything done about
changing the rules relative to election
oAaAo 81, t. III II
Morris was elected to serve out the
unexpired part Of Guthrie's term and
then for a full year commencing jan
uary l, 1914. The bosses are not cer-
tain whether the law would require a
chairman to be elected after the State
committeeman are elected in May, but
the antireorganizers will force the is
sue. Preparations are being made to
call attention of county chairmen to
the requirement that they notify coun-
ty commissioners of party offices to be
filled this year.
The Democratic city committee of
Philadelphia last night took cogniZ-
ance of a request from representatives
of more than w o.
thirds of the wards
that a meeting to re- Farley to
wise it's rules be con- Preside at
vened. AS a result 1t Meetings
was decided to hold
such a convention on
next Monday night, January 10, at the
committees headquarters. State Sen
ator Richard V. Farley was elected
temporary chairman of the convention
and it was determined that the mem
bership should consist of all mem
bers Of the committee and the chair
man, vice-chairman, secretary and
treasurer to each ward committee. The
committee elected two members, Mark
j. Donahue. representing the newly
created Forty-eighth Ward and Com
mon Councilman Charles E. Gill, of
the Thirty-fourth ward.
AS result of the ripper in the cur
rency deficiency bill signed by Presi-
dent Wilson, taking deputy revenue
collectors out of the
classified service, Fred
Ripper w. Cranston, Republican,
Bumps who has held the posi-
Office tion in Reading for six
teen years, is about to
be supplanted by Dem
ocrat. Congressman Rothermel has
recommended Cyrus ]. Rhode, of
Kutztown, for the place. What great
ly puzzles the incumbent, in view of
the developments, is the action of the
new collector of the First district,
Ephraim Lederer, of Philadelphia, n
Democrat, in recommisSioning him
only about a month ago, if the inten-
ton was to GUST him and put in
Democrat. IT now turns out that the
recommissioning was merely tempo
rary and that the incumbent was
marked to go when Congressman
Rothermel had decided on a Demo-
crat to recommend as his successor.