Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-01
PANIC LEAGUERS HAD
INTERESTING TIME
Expense Account Filed by George
A. Warner, Jr., Shows What
1t Did in the City
M'CORMICKS VERY LIBERAL
Penrose Makes Some Tart Com
ments Upon the Latest
Bryan Movement

According to the sworn statement
filed at the Capitol to-day by G. A.
Werner, Jr., treasurer of the Palmer
Mccormick League of Harrisburg, the
league spent S1,OsS.62 for the cam
paign here, received $1,102.60 and
owes the Patriot Company $2S5.
The statement shows that Vance c.
Mccormick gave $3.50 and II. B. Nc
Cormick $675.10; the Democratic State
committee, $63; G. b. McConkey, 80;
George MacWilliams, SO; William Col
lier, Albert Rung. John Hench and q.
G. Swilkey each 81 and William Carl
so cents.
The disbursements are interesting.
Mr.. MacWilliams was repaid 50 ad-
Vaneed to boys for carrying banners
and Ramsey Black got back $2.10 for
the same reason. W. X Crozier was
paid so for taking down the Market
street Paine banner. Tho expenses OF
Messrs. Entriken, Saher, Horning,
Mayer and Werner TO Scranton were
$46.17. The Second ward banner cost
$4.55 and William McCord was paid
Ififty cents for carrying a flag. There
are half dozen items for rent of halls
for meetings that for KellSer street
| hall where James j. BlakSlee made
his predictions being $25. Red fire
and trolley car tickets ate up some OF
the money and there are numerous
items paid FOR transportation of voters,
postage, rent, chair hire, clerical ser
vices, light, watchers, printing, adj
dressing and the distribution of litera-
ture.
The money due to the Patriot is for
so, 900 circulars and 500 inches of ad-
vertising
To
Palmer Mccormick League of Phila-
delphia, to-day filed the expense ac-
count of that organization in the re-
cent campaign, showing receipts OF
lS4,671 and expenditures OF S4,66o.5O'
The contributions were all made by
the Democratic State committee and
the money was spent for watchers on
registration and election days, hall
rent, postage, travelling expenses and
other charges.
! William II. Brennan, for the Second
ward Palmer Mccormick League OF
Philadelphia, filed report out OF the
| ordinary. The receipts were 500 and
| the money was spent for watchers and
other expenses. He certified that he
| had donated his house for meetings
| and had paid a man S5 for cleaning
! it afterwards. Bernard Carnahan re-
porting for the Thirty-eighth ward
league reported $3.50 received from
|
for watchers.
| Judge Charles N Brumm, candidate
| of the Bull Moose party for governor,
certified that he had received nothing
and spent nothing and certificates that
they had spent less than $50 were
filed by j. B. Allen, Socialist candidate
for governor and George Hart Pro-
hibition candidate for congress-at-
large.
Charles H. Robbins, Republican, of
Mt Carmel, who was defeated of cleo
tion to Congress from the Sixteenth
district, consisting of Northumber-
land, Montour, Columbia and Sullivan
counties, yesterday filed his expense
account in the office of Edgar Sum
mers, clerk of the courts for North
cumberland county. He swears that
he spent S3,357.59. 1t went for travel
ing expenses, watchers, political as
John V. Lesher, Sunbury, successful
candidate, has not yet filed his ac-
count.
Invitations were sent out by Con-
gresham William S. Ware last night
for q dinner to the Pennsylvania dele
CATION in the House of Representatives
to meet Martin G. Brumbaugh, COVER
nor-elect of Pennsylvania, next Mon
day evening, at the Shoreham Hotel,
Washington. 1t is understood that all
the present members of the Pennsyl-
vania delegation and members elect
have been invited together with
Speaker Clark and the leaders on the
Republican and Democratic side. 1t
lis understood that the Brumbaugh
boom for President may be launched
at the dinner.
The campaign account of Robert d.
lHeaton, Congressman-elect in the
ISchuylkill district, was filed at Potts
Iville yesterday. 1t showed an ex-
1.-THE Republican campaign fell largely
on Mr.. Heaton, who was elected by one
of the heaviest majorities in years.
Senator Penrose yesterday COM
Imented upon Secretary of State Bry-
ans announcement that the national
Democracy will wage an unrelenting
war upon the liquor traffic.
'The suggestion that the Demo-
cratic party shall make prohibition the
paramount issue constitutes a confess
sion of the failure of it's economic poll
cies," said the Senator.
"There was nothing in the platform
of the Democratic party in the last
Presidential campaign demanding any
such ISSUE The fundamental issue was
the tariff and the Wilson propaganda
of the New Freedom whatever that
lmay mean. The New Freedom de-
generated into Congress as COM
Ipletely bossed by the President as any
/ Congress in the history of the coun-
try.t
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