Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-17
DEMOCRATS CHEER 1T ON
Many Prominent Mccormick Men
Among the Noisemakers at
Chestnut Street Hall

n. Brumm and six refused to vote.
Lewis appeared in person to urge
| McCormicks nomination and Finn
made a speech in which he confessed
| that only remnant of the Washing
| ton party was left by saying that un-
less the people opposed to Republicans
united they would be wiped out. He
| got around the fact that the tariff
principles of the Democrats and Wash
ingtonians are directly opposite by
saying the whole questions this year
were State issues, Notwithstanding the
| disturbed condition of business and
the idle workmen and stored freight
| cars are the result of Democratic
tariff tinkering and A. Mitchell Pal
mer's metal tariff schedule. Finn
| had enough of his stalwarts and
enough proxies to do anything and he
nominated Mccormick by machine
methods and then had Mccormick ap-
pear to make a speech in which he
agreed with all that Finn had said.
| Although most of the people at the
meeting realized that Finn was get
ting rid of big load and had found
an "angel' for the
| Washington party
Opposition treasury there were
Voiced in some men who were
Sharp Terms true to the principles
of the Progressive
party and who re-
| fused to accept Democrat, while
| others demanded to know whether the
party was to be the mere tail to the
Democratic kite and to help make
Pennsylvania Democratic in 1915.
Judge Brumm criticised Lewis for
withdrawing without consulting the
executive committee and said that if
| there was to be IAN ignominious sur
render" fifty per cent. of the Progress
| sives would either not vote or would
go for Brumbaugh. He said that the
people of the State will never consent
to certain national issues that con-
| front us to-day" Then he said that
| if the Democrats took down Palmer
the problem would be solved, wind
ing up with the suggestion that the
| committee take two weeks recess as
he wanted to find out whether the
party was to "be made merely the
| tools of ambitious politicians" The
committee would not take recess be-
cause Finn told it not to and went to
a vote.
That vote will be one of the things
that will haunt the Finn machine
and Candidate Mccormick. Robert
K. Young, treasurer of
the party Judge Brumm
and C. A. Wade, of Men Who
|
and NJ. Strawbridge. of to Vote
| Montgomery, and NJ. p.
Miller, of Lancaster, re-
| fused to vote. The Fulton man voted
for Brumm, but when the judge OBJ
| jected turned in for Mccormick. The
Huntington man voted for Brumm
and stuck, refusing to line up for
| Mccormick. Eighty-two votes were
| thus obtained for Mccormick, three
being cast by Finn alone. Mr.. Young
| whose Progressivism was announced
last year, said he refused to vote fol-
Mccormick for sentimental and prac-
tical reasons. T. X. Ober, of Mont
gomery, said it was time to decide
whether the party was to become tail
to the Democratic donkey. All through
the meeting there was an undercur-
rent of objection. But the machine
was working well.
In accepting the nomination McCor-
mick gave the Bull Moosers a chill
Having the prize in his grasp he
blurted out this state.
ment of his hostility
Mccormick to the tariff stand of
Reiterates Roosevelt 81 recog.
Democracy niZe that on national
| issues - questions OF
national policy, we are
not united. But 1 realize, fellow citi.
zens. that I would be untrue to my
convictions as a man who fought fol
the nomination and for the election
of Woodrow Wilson for President OF
the United States, If 1 did not say
here that I am profoundly gratified
with the extraordinary administration
he has given us, just as you men are
proud of your great leader. Theodore
Roosevelt"
e.
and one that attracted much attention
was the enthusiastic manner in which
votes for Mccormick
were greeted and every
reference to the Demo- LybargeI
cratic tariff reformer Out of the
after his nomination Forgettery
was assured but this
was soon understood
when Jesse L. Lybarger, Democratic
candidate for the House, was seen or
the sidelines with select set of noise
makers. When the time came to brins
in the wealthy candidate Lybarger wal
overjoyed and accompanied McCor.
mick to the front of the hall anC
took seat in full view. Prior tC
that he had given the information
to the State committee that McCor'
mick was in the city and could bt
produced. 1t was a proud day fol
Jesse. He was out of the Patriots
Forgettery and wanted all to know it
There were almost as many Demo
Gratis as Bull Moosers attending the
!, meeting and If permitted they would
have run the meetinf
for Finn. In the audi
Democrats ence were Division BosI
!. Swell the II. b. Mccormick, wht
Audience was on pins and needles
until the vote was ta
ken; Mayor John K
Royal, Panic League Scout G.. w
Rubendall, Herr Moeslein, President
Chairman Jones, Postmaster Sites, B
s. Duncan, Perry County Chairman
d. L. Kaufman, candidate for Con
gress; T. K. VanDyke, Jury Commits
sioner Taylor, School Director Wer.
ner, Fred Morgenthaler, DIR. C. A
j Fritchey, James Miles. B. Frank
Mead, Harry Vollmer and probably
more. They quite overshadowed the
local Bull Moosers when it came dowr
to numbers, although they could not
beat the glee of the Washingtonians
when Mccormick said that IL elected
he would consider that he was elected
i by Washington votes as we'll al
i Democrats. That meant spoils.
Dean Lewis was seized upon by
ADr. Kreider as 9 life preserver to-day