Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-29
CITIZENS BOOST
THE BIG EDUCATOR
Prominent Men of the State Show
Faith in Brumbaugh and Dis
trust of Mccormick

citizens committee was completed at
Philadelphia last night with Dinner
Beeber. formerly of Williamsport and
one of the leading lawyers of Phila-
delphia. as president and many promi-
nent men enrolled as members. The
league will promote the candidacy of
the doctor in every county and men
sional affairs will serve as members
throughout the State. The committee
is one of the most notable ever organ
lied for a State campaign and shows
very plainly that the friends of the
educator consider that he is the man
to fill the chair of Governor, and that
they resent the campaign of abuse
poured out on him by his wealthy
Democratic opponent.
The manner in which encourage
ment has been given to the league by
people all over the State is a cause
of pain at the Democratic State head
quarters, especially in view of the
effort of the Independent Republican
League was greeted.
d. f. Lafean, ex-Congressman for the
York district and candidate for Con-
gresham at-large on the Republican
ticket predicts an over
whelming victory for the
party candidates in gen. Lafean Is
eral. Pleased at
When seen by the Prospects
Telegraph ep + esenta-
tive at the Stewartstown
fair, the day following the resigna-
ton of Dean Lewis of the Washington
party, Mr.. Lafean was in the happiest
of moods and was accompanied by c.
w. Beales, of Gettysburg. present can
didate for Congress.
Dean Lewis resignation" replied
Mr.. Lafean, when asked what effect
it would have in the Republican vote.
means an increase of at least $4,000
which we did not expect. In place
of assisting the Democratic candidate
for Governor, it will be the reverse.
The resignation affords a chance for
members of the Washington party to
get back to their first love and they'll
waste no time in doing it and 1t will
be a straight ticket. not only for
Governor. You can say for me. and
I've been over the State considerably
that the election this Fall will be a
veritable landslide and it looks to me
as if York county would be in the Re-
publican column, / am satisfied that
Mr.. Beales will at least carry the dis
trict-I can see it in no other light at
this time and it is getting better
daily"
Fresh cause for worry was fur
nished to the Democratic State wind
mill force last night by an endorse
ment given to DR.. Brum-
baugh by Edwin S.
Stuart. and a terrific
Painful blast against the SINGER
Days at ity of any fusion between
Windmill Democrats and Bull
Moosers by the Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin, the big in
dependent evening newspaper. Both
of the big Independent newspapers of
Philadelphia are now denouncing the
fusion dickering. Another cause for
dent of the Brown Knitting Company,
sent a letter to Congressman A. Nit
chell Palmer, Democratic candidate
for Senator, directing his attention to
a communication just issued by the
Richmond Soup Society, of 1852 Ann
street, Philadelphia, and inquiring
Mr.. Palmer would he so kind
as to give a few moments of his time
during the present campaign to an ex-
planation of the conditions described
in the circular, which conditions Mr..
Rumpf ascribes to "Palmerism."
State Chairman William E. Crow
in from Uniontown, Fayette
arrived in Pittsburgh about
the same time as Sena-
tor Penrose, yesterday,
and the quarters of the Penrose
two, in the Fort Pitt Visiting
Hotel, were continually Allegheny
although Sena-
tor Penrose spent little
time in his rooms, EX-Secretary of
State p. C. Knox will take the stump
for tho State ticket Tho for,,noY
mier in President Taft's Cabinet has
the practice of law, and has
offered his services in be-
half of the Republican ticket. To-
day Senator Penrose and State Chair
man Crow are meeting district leaders
in the Republican ranks in Allegheny
county and canvassing the local situa-
ton, later meeting county chairmen
and others from surrounding counties
The Republican county committee
of Carbon county has reelected Rob-
ert Bacon, a former Assemblyman, of
county chair
man, and Harry Houser,
Of Summit Hill, secre- Carbon
tary. The meeting in Re-eIects
dorsed every candidate Officers
on the Republican ticket,
as well as the platform
adopted at Pittsburgh. 1t also strong
ly indorsed Senator Penrose for his
defense of Republicanism and for the
great good he has accomplished for
the State and nation since he has
been at Washington. DR. Martin G
was lauded as one of the
cleanest and ablest men the Republi-
can party ever nominated for the
office of Governor. and his election
was predicted by all.