Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-15
NO FUSION FOR THE
BULL MOOSE CLAN
Finn Says That the Way to Deal
With Democrats Is to
Beat Them at Polls
CONFERENCE IS UNDER WAY
Party Voters Will Be Asked to
Contribute of Their Sub
stance to Cause

THE best way to deal with the
them" declared william Finn. the
national committeeman of the Pro-
gressives yesterday afternoon in his
| speech in which he declared against
fusion in the coming campaign. Finn
| predicted that Wilson would be un-
able to save the Democratic party
from domination by the Tory element
| in it's ranks and that sooner or later
| 1t would go on the rocks.
The opening of the conference was
marked by speeches in which Finn,
Senator Moses E. Clapp, of Minne-
sofa, and Lex H. Mitchell, of Punxsu-
tawney, declared that the Progressive
party should not fuse on nominations
this year. Mitchell presided and the
conference began with a meeting of
the State committee, during which
Finn presented a draft of rules for
the party and made speech declaring
that the party should make its own
nominations and finance its cam
paigns from the contributions Of its
members. He announced that Col.
Roosevelt would make speeches in
the State during the campaign and
urged that nothing be done in the
way of nominations that would "em-
barrass" him. The Senator scored
legislators for failing to pass bills
urged by the party and said that
while he considered the party enroll
ment act an outrage yet he found 1t
had its compensations because it en-
abled the leaders to find out the
militants and get them to pay.
The women's auxiliary committee
was announced as Mrs. Mary e. Num-
ford, Miss Mary H. Ingham, Phila-
delphia Mrs. J. L. Stewart, South
Bethlehem; Mrs. n. H. Muhlenberg,
Miss Joan Brumm, Minersville; Miss
Jane e. PRESLEY, Erie; Miss Mary
Finn and Miss May l.. Allen, Pitts
burgh. The speakers referred to
woman suffrage and a declaration in
its favor is expected.
A resolution was adopted on mo-
ton of William Draper Lewis, of
Philadelphia, for the legislative COM
mittee, named in 1912,
and continued, to han
Committees die all resolutions with
Are Named out debate and report
For Work to-day, 1t being also
provided that ten should
be added to the COM
mittee for the conference only. These
ten were named as follows DR.. J. b.
Rendell, Chester; E. A. Hampstead,
Crawford: George r. Wallace, Allie
gheny; w. w. Conrad, jefferson; w.
A. Stone, Fayette: Melvin p. Miller,
Lancaster; Maxwell Chapman, Lacka-
wanna; DIR. G.. F. Swift, Beaver; 7. A.
Crichton, Tioga, and D. M. Rosser.
Luzerne. When the conference was
organized II. D. w. English, Allie
gheny, and Miss Kate A. Chapman.
Lackawanna, were elected vice chair
men, and B. F. Madore, Bedford, sec
retary. Outside of the speeches and
action on rules there was little busi-
ness except the adoption of resolu-
tions for committees and of resolu-
ton endorsing the Scranton Daily
News and commencing 1t to the mem
bers of the party. The conference
was unusual in its opening as it be-
gan with a prayer by Rabbi r. /.
Coffee, Pittsburgh, and minutes of the
State committee were read at length.
After the opening session there were
number of conferences of group
committees and the women's auxiliary,
but the legislative COM
mittee, which was in
Everyone charge of the platform,
Getting was the big point of in
an Honor terest The women's COM
mittee elected Mrs. E. w.
Biddle. Carlisle, as chair
man and heard talks by Chairman
DIETRICH and others on bow to work
for the cause. The Scranton group |
heard Pinchot and then endorsed Rob-
ert d. Towne, of Scranton, for Con-
gress- -at-large. The group which re-
wolves around Harrisburg elected a |
formidable list of officers, planning |
that no one should be left unhonored |
or unsung w. II. Sponsler, of New |
Bloomfield, is the chairman and the |
committee elected these officers Vice |
chairman, DR.. J. Fl. Kreider, Harris |
burg; secretary, Charles e. Lands, |
Harrisburg; treasurer, Samuel Mccall, |
York; marshal. r. w. Thompson, |
Miff1intown. This advisory committee |
was formed: NJ. P. Miller, Lancaster; |
+. II. Lehman, Lebanon; Harry Hertz |
Ter. Cumberland; e. P. Sachs, Adams; |
w. +. Snyder, Juniata; F. NJ. Bowl
niger, Huntingdon; r. w. Thompson,
Miff1intown.
The other five groups met in rooms |
at the Commonwealth and Bolton |
Hotels. State Chairman DIETRICH also |
organized two new groups, which |
now completes the organization of the |
State. Group No. includes Somer-
set, Bradford. Blair and Cambria |
CouIltlcS MdulOu myers, Ol JOn1S-
town, was chosen chairman. Group !
No. consists of Erie, Crawford, Mer- |
Ger, Venango, Warren and Forest |
counties. Edward Hemsted of Mead |
vile. is chairman.
The greatest feature of the confer |
ence is the booming. Although Finn !
and his associates noisily aver that |
conventions and all of
heir ways have
passed. yet the confer BoOms Bump |
ence is nothing more i'm Corridor
than a convention, and and Halls |
LI.e committee that
met last night adopted
a platform. And by the same token,
If there Is anything in the way of !
difference between the secret confabs
of Finn, Van Valkenburg and others |
and the gatherings of bosses like Pal
mer, Mccormick and their kind to
make states, 1t Is not apparent. The !
slate Is not announced. but that it will |
be made UP and go, Just like the |
states of Palmer and his associates, is |
beyond question. Dean Lewis has been |
snuffed out as possibility for Gov
ernor and that leaves State Treasurer |
r. K. Young and II. D. w. English as |
the two to be considered. with Young |
likely to draw the fire of the anti
Van Valkenburg folks. Lex N. Mitchell, |
for Lieutenant-Governor Major |. B. !
Brown. for Secretary of Internal Af- |
fairs, and Clifford Pinchot, for senator,
appear to be settled. Art Rupley an
nounced fourteen times yesterday and |
sixty-two times last night that he !
would run for Congress- at-large again. |
The boom of Robert d. Towne, of |
Scranton, may put crimp in Fred