Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-28
ONLY ONE WATCHER
GIVEN BY BOSSES
Democrats Get a Chill Over Sudden
Change in Plans Of the
State Machine
TAKEN AS A GREAT BLUFF
One Moore Adds to the Troubles
of the Democrats; Roose-
welt Due Tomorrow

Members of the Democratic city and
county committees are wondering If 1t
! can be true that the Mccormick ma
chine is going to pay for only one
watcher in each precinct. The city
committeeman were given hint that
there was not going to be a generous
handout of cash when Chairman Noes
lein addressed them Monday night in
the Central club, but few were pre-
pared for the word, said to have come
from Division Boss Henry B. McCor-
mick himself, asking If they could get
along with one watcher to a precinct.
Among many of the Democrats. who
thought they were in sight of the
promised land and were sure of Christ
mas money. the news caused a chill
and spread like ice after a January
rain. To some it sounded like an ad-
mission of defeat. to which much was
added when it became known that the
usually Joyous, irresponsible James I.
| Blakslee predicted that Mccormick
would have only 5000 majority. Gen
orally you have to divide what Blakslee
says by ten.
Some of the party workers refused
to pay any attention to the money
| for one watcher only" story last night
and said that it was intended to make
men scale down their demands. THE
McCormicks amt tightwads when an
elections on" said one man. Some
ones running a bluff. The moneys
there and it'll be put out"
There never has been any sign of
| lack of cash around the Democratic
State headquarters, either when it was
violating the principle of Democratic
rule by boosting Mccormick for the
nomination against Ryan or after the
campaign got started in August.
Hundreds of Democrats and some
Independents were saying hard things
about William II. Berry, former State
Treasurer and now the
fat salaried collector
Berry Gives of the port of Phila-
Cold shoulder delphia, last night and
to Our Town to-day b e a he
failed to show up for
| the mass" meeting of
200 persons scheduled for Kelker
Street Hall. Berry was advertised to
| speak, but went to Carlisle instead.
| Why, no one explained. The Central
Democratic Club turned out SO high
hats and band and the Panic League
43 slouch hats and the usual accom-
to have been in bed if the child labor
laws were enforced as demanded by
Mccormick when away from home.
Mayor Royal was dragged from his
| fireside to preside and Jesse J. Ly-
| barger led the applause. The parade"
of 1870 helped fill the hall.
| Democrats all over the State, and
men of other parties, too, are discuss.
ing with considerable zest the manner
in which Judge S. j.
NJ. McCarrell decided
! that the rules of the Conventions
| Democratic State COM May BE Held
! mittee were not in ac- i'm the State
| cord with the letter or
spirit of the primary
! act. 1t was the first important decision
under the act of 1913 and the clarity
of the opinion is remarked by many.
| The judge found that the Democratic
committee had arrogated to itself pow
ers to which it had no right and the
| Washington party is in the same boat
! The interesting thing is that the Judge
| held that the act did not abolish con-
ventions and rather intimated that
they could be held if parties desired
them to be the supreme representa-
| tives of the voters.
man named John Moore, of Lam
caster came to Harrisburg last night
to make a speech at Democratic
mass meeting of 200 per-
sons and to-day the most
Greasy popular air among the
Gets Democrats is the Burial
| Clout of John Moore" Mr.
Moore gave Farmer"
Greasy, the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor, a
fierce backhander. Among other
things Mr.. Moore said that McCor-
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100000 majority. This caused Jim
Blakslee, who had stretched things
by saying $4,000, to sink lower in his
chair. Then Moore got going right
He asked in dramatic tones where
was Frank McClain when the Capitol
was being looted, And when he got
down some man back in the audience
snickered and said audibly: "Why,
he was in the same House of Repre-
sentatives with Farmer Greasy. They
occupied the same position in the
State government. Why don't some
one give these Democratic orators the
| right dope?"
Ira J. Mosey, chairman of the rem
nant of the Dauphin county Bull
Moosers. has named a committee to
meet Colonel Roosevelt
when he arrives to-
morrow. The big halls Roosevelt
| OF the city nave been Is Coming
engaged for to-mor- Tomorrow
rows meetings and
there will be mighty
gathering of all Moosers from ten
! counties in order to make a show
ing, it being recognized that the Dau-
phin and Cumberland strength would
not look well. The terrific frost at the
! Democratic meeting in Kelker street
| hall last night has caused some
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crowd will be made. An interesting
J fact about the committee of welcome
| is that 1t contains the name of II. B..
Mccormick
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