Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-20

LAS far as Vance McCormick's la
Dor record is concerned every labor
ing man knows it. In the city of Har-
risburg when certain unfortunate men
asked for an increase of one and a
half cents he said 1t would be an I'M
position upon the taxpayers, but | say
to this, to the laboring class, that the
next governor of Pennsylvania Is go
ing to be the 'Workingman's Compen-
sation Governor the Honorable Mich
ael j. Ryan"
John +. Jenkins, candidate for
! lieutenant-governor gave the audi
ence the impression that the Demo-
Gratis around his home city of Wilkes
Barre would do something to McCor-
mick about May 10. ,...
! Bonniwell Rips Loose
Judge Eugene G. Bonniwell said
| that he was q Democrat and had been
elected to the municipal court bench
in Philadelphia against the opposition
of State Chairman Morris. With this
gentle opening accomplished he said
that Vance Mccormick was guilty OF
false pretense of being "a common
scold and of corrupt practices. He
said Mccormick did not vote for Bry-
an, that he would not let the people
rule, but was a despot and would be a
dictator in the governors chair; tore
up the Patriot, and declared that II
cost $4,000 to elect Mccormick mayor
of Harrisburg. In his mild way he
said that Wilson would have carried
Pennsylvania but for the utter in
competence of the Palmer McCor-
mick Morris leadership. Then follow
ed some pleasant references to the
licensed blackmailer" of the machine
and the post Office scandal and the
audience fairly shrieked with laugh
ter as Bonniwell referred to Palmer
and Mccormick having their pictures
taken for movie films. The speaker
said that perhaps ten cents instead OF
five would be charged to see pictures
of Merry Mitch and Vain Vance
sandwiched between "Lop Ears Re-
venge" and "Maggi, the Madcap OF
the Plains"
| Bonniwell was In rare voice and ap-
peared to enjoy what he was saying
as much as his audience, especially
when he turned the Patriot around
and around on the spit. 1t was a
roasting that was to finish.
Ryan's Caustic Speech
| Judge Bonniwell had referred tc
Ryan's struggle with poverty and how
at thirteen he took up the burden OF
looking after his brothers and sisters
left without father and mother and
his story of his rise against fearful
odds was given with a simplicity OF
Language that had. everyone in entire
sympathy with Mfr. Ryan when Mr.
Meyers introduced him as a man wht
sought office without asking permis.
sion from boss.
/ Mr.. Ryan's speech was as vigorous
as any he ever made here in discussing
Democratic issues and when he got
down to his own case he made good
on his reputation as an oratorical fire.
brand. He casually referred to the
Patriot as poisonous sheet" and te
the fact that it had berated everyone
!who did not agree with its owner. Pal.
mer and Greasy were declared to have
been recipients of the bounty of Dem
ocratic leaders in the past and to bt
very busy campaigning now. Mr.. Ry.
an, unlike the speakers at the Centra
dinner, used the name of Cleveland ir
the course of his remarks and the
audience cheered. He also handed Mr.
Palmer jolt when he said that tht
man who now presents labor bills /.
1.-THE attorney of the Lackawanna Rail
road and came to Harrisburg sever