Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-18
ROW BREAKS OUT
A AMONG MOOSERS
Effort to Throw Out Finn Because
of His Surrender to Demo-
Gratis Under Way

William Finn and Vance c. Nc
Cormick had scarcely left Harrisburg
yesterday to do their several ways
after launching the mule ticket
before word began to come to the city
of serious break inside of the Wash
ington party and declarations that
they would not stand for man like
Mccormick were heard all over the
State. The failure of the Democrats
to respond to the demand OF Judge
Brumm and others to show their good
faith by effecting further fusion was
denounced in many counties and signs
are abroad that William Finn will
lead a large staff over to Mccormick,
but that the rank and file will vote
for Brumbaugh. 1t is doubtful even,
whether Colonel Roosevelt's proposed
trip to advocate the election of Nc
Cormick will keep many Progressives
in line unless Palmer gets off the tick
ct. And Palmer said last night at
Scranton:
"You can tell everybody that /
am In the battle until the last
vote Is counted. i am going TO
stick regardless of these rumors
being circulated"
Revolt Spreads
William f. Deakyne, until recently
the treasurer of the Washington party
county committee of Philadelphia,
yesterday indorsed the position of
Richard R. Quay, who was a Roose-
welt delegate to Chicago from Pitts
burgh, and declined to follow William
Finn into the Democratic camp. He
wired Mr.. Quay commencing his po-
sition in opposition to Mccormick for
Governor.
The rehabilitation of the Washing
ton party" said Mr.. Deakyne, rests
with Mr.. Quay. In him all sincere
Progressives have confidence. We are
only waiting for him to sound the
call, and we will rally to his stand
ard and lay the foundation of a new
a real and sincere Progressive party
in PENNSYLVANIA. Should he not do
this and should the rule of the Finn
Van Valkenburg organization be al
lowed to continue, the days of the
Washington party in this State are
numbered"
The Philadelphia Ledger to-day
says:
"A Statewide movement to unseat
William Finn and E. A. Van Valken
burg as the Progressive leaders of
Pennsylvania because of their 'boss-
ism and specifically because of their
action in forcing a Democrat on the
Washington party's State ticket, is
being planned by a group of former
Washington party leaders, headed by
Richard r. Quay, of Pittsburgh, and
William r. Deakyne, of Philadelphia
Both these men denounce the naming
of Vance c. Mccormick, a Democrat
by the Washington party State com
mittee on Wednesday as the party's
nominee for Governor in place of
William Draper Lewis. They char
acterize it as nothing more than a
piece of machine politics, by which
1t. 7 II. IL. 4 L.
tatives are to be rewarded with a
share of the contracts and spoils of
office at the State Capitol in the event
of McCormick's election"
The Way They Talk
A rumor that William n. McNair,
nominee for secretary of internal af-
fairs, was to withdraw in favor of the
Washington party candidate for that
post was contradicted by Mr.. McNair
at Scranton, who said that while he
stood ready to withdraw If by so do
ing he could strengthen the position
of the leaders of his ticket, yet he did
not expect that any such step would
be demanded.
"In my opinion, but ! believe that
the demand on the part of those peo-
Pile of Pennsylvania who are anti
Penrose will be so insistent that COM
plete fusion will eventually be effect
ed" declared Fred e. Lewis, Wash
ington nominee for secretary of inter-
nal affairs, at Allentown.
OPERATORS TO MEET WILSON
washington, Sept. 1s.--The Colo-
RADIO coal operators to-day asked
President Wilson to receive them next
Wednesday to discuss the tentative
basis for settlement of the strike al
ready accepted by the miners. The
president consented It Is under
stood the operators are now ready
to accept the entire proposel and de-
sire to offer some suggestions