Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-06

directly affecting the farmer as vel
as industrial communities and the
very general determination of late
Progressives to return early to the
Republican party.
II was accorded pleasant reception
everywhere" said he. at was like
meeting old friends. l was ap-
preached time and again by lifelong
Democrats and by men who have
been identified with the Washington
party, who assured me of their sup
port. At one place spoke man APP
preached me after a most successful
meeting and said. I am lifelong
Democrat, but | and my son and two
sons-in-law are going to vote for you.
He also told me he had ten men in
his employ, who, although Democrats
would all support me.
AT a meeting in Tioga county q
brother of Auditor General Young
spoke to me and said that he was glad
after listening to my speech, that
had spoken like a gentleman and had
not indulged in any abuse. I assured
him that I was indulging in no mud
singing, but was placing before the
people squarely and fairly the issues
upon which l was seeking their sup
port.
81 was told in Carbon county alone
that I would carry that county. an un-
heard-of thing for the Republicans tC
do. The county is part of Mr.. Pal
mer's congressional district"
Pressed for some personal news
DR.. Brumbaugh would only reveal the
secret of being able to speak con-
tinuously without losing control of hi:
voice. The great secret with him, ht
said, was to speak from the chest anC
to lubricate with gumdrops.
Frost on MOuntaintop
A dispatch from Altoona says: "Af
ter parading a brass band with rec
lights over the principal streets of thi
city, for more than two hours, appeal
ing for an audience for Vance c. Nc
Cormick and William Draper Lewis
who were scheduled to address al
open air meeting here, Democratic
managers were finally compelled to fiji
their engagement with a crowd o
about 800. The frost that attended tht
meeting cooled the ardor of the candi
dates, who briefly addressed the list
less hearers, declaring that the elec
ton of Mccormick and Palmer wa
demanded by President Wilson anC
Secretary Bryan. d. Lloyd Claycomb
who has twice been defeated for thu
Democratic Legislative nomination ant
each time bolted the ticket, was Sc
lected to preside at to-night's meeting
and his presence almost precipitateC
-
to whom Claycomb's presence haC
much the same effect as shaking a rec
rag before an infuriated bull"
Palmer BIames War
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer il
delivering the principal address las
night in Lebanon at a Democratic
mass meeting was embarrassed by tn,
| local industrial situation. He discussed
| the all-important question of long
continued idleness on the part of thou
sands of iron and steel workers, claim
| ing that this was due to the Euro
pean war and the plan of the railroad
to impress their poverty on the Inter
state Commerce Commission to Civ
them a higher rate. Seven of the min
blast furnaces in Lebanon county ar
idle and the iron mills are working
less than half time. DIR. r. NJ. Little
of Philadelphia, former Dimmick sup
| porter, spoke in support of the Who'll
Democratic ticket.
Dimmlck Bumps Finn
| J. Benjamin Dimmick, who was al
unsuccessful candidate for Unite,
States Senator against Boies Penrose
| in a statement made public to-da
disappointed the Finn Democrat
combination by failing to carry ou
their predictions that he will stunt
the State against Senator Penrose.
!
follows: Beyond the statement mad
Immediately after the primary and t
the effect that the character of m
| declarations in the campaign had rem
dered it impossible for me to vote fo
| MIR. Penrose, / have said nothing. Il
response to various requests. however
requests coming from Representative
men in all the three parties, fee
constrained to make this furthe
statement:
Having asked for the votes of tn
Republican party at the primary,
feel, Notwithstanding many argument
to the contrary, that honorable po
litical conduct demands that | shoul
not oppose, by active work or influ
ence, the verdict of the party. Will
upon the one hand, I shall not vot
contrary to my conscience. Upon tn
other hand, I do not feel at liberty I
engage in other organized effor
I.against the nominee of a primary i
which / participated.
Warren For Penrose
Major Everett Warren, member @
the law firm of Warren, Knapp, O'Mal
ley e Hall. and one of Scranton's mos
prominent citizens, yesterday declare
himself in favor of United States Sen
ator Boies Penrose as a candidate 70
lre-election on the Republican ticke
During the primary campaign Majo
Warren was the leader of this count
in the movement to nominate ]. Ben
jamin Dimmick for United States sen
lator. Not only has the major declare
for Penrose, but he goes further an
predicts that the senator and d.
Brumbaugh will carry Lackawann
county by a large majority
Case of Living
"The Democratic candidate for tn
limited States senate has given u
fifty reasons why Senator Penros
should not be reelected. I can Civ
him one reason why Senator Penros
should be reelected which answers tn
whole fifty. That reason is, we hav
got to live and we are entitled t
keep on living under the America
standard of wages" This was tn
manner in which j. Frank Graft, {
Peter Graft & Co., proprietors of tn
Buffalo woolen Mills. of Worthingtoi
Idefined the political situation from tn
manufacturers point of view at
meeting for the purpose of organizin
an Armstrong county branch of til
Pennsylvania Protective Union.