Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
FACING
HIS BIGGEST FIGHT
Opposition Inside Of His Own
Party Something That VIII
Be Very Serious
DEMOCRATS in MERRY WAR
Scranton Reports Show That Ryan
and Palmer Kept Them Stirred
Up a Heap
DEMOCRATS in MERRY WAR

up REAP
| Congressman Frank l.. Dershem, of
ILewisburg, a vigorous shouter for re-
/ organization of the Democratic ma
chine until his friends got control of
| it, appears to be facing the stiffest
| kind of fight within his own party
for denomination. Dershem's course,
especially in regard to giving out of
spoils seems to have irritated the ira
ditional number of persons for each
| job filled.
| Dick Allday, of Chambersburg,
started after Dershem's scalp a short
| time ago and to-day 1t was learned
that William c. Walls, the youngest
son of the late Judge Walls, of Lewis
burg, was being mentioned as a can
didate for the Democratic nomination.
Mr.. Walls is a business man, a grad
uate of Bucknell and well known. If
he enters the primary race he Will be
an aggressive candidate.
The situation Is very rapidly getting
to the point where election of Re-
publican congressman will be a cinch.
The endorsement of j. Benjamin
Dimmick at Scranton the other night
was one of the strongest given to the
senatorial candid t e.
He was met by $50 of
the representative busi- Dimmick
ness men of his county May Come
who t n e / ed their This Way
support. At West
Scranton Mr. Dimmick
addressed ESQ supporters. This Scran
ton meeting was the first of series to
be held throughout the State and 1t
is probable that in the course of his
campaign Mr.. Dimmick will come to
this city. The candidate is well known
by a number of Harrisburgers and
steps are being taken by his friends
to promote his cause.
The Bull Moosers of the State have
| received two severe clouts the last
few days and it is not hard to see that
men who were active
in that party's organi-
Bull Moosers zation are following
Losing Some the popular drift back
Strong Men to the old party or
anization w. I.
Stineman, of South
Fork. son of the late Senator j. C.
Stineman and the mainstay of the
Washington party organization in
Cambria county, has refused to be a
candidate for senator and this is taken
to mean that he will not be connected
with the party work. The Stineman
| family mas been the backbone of the
movement in that county. An equally
significant incident is the declaration
of Senator c. d. Sensenich, of West
moreland, for Dimmick. Senator Sen
senich was member of the Washing
ton party committee in his county and
active in it's State affairs for time.
Now he is in the Republican ranks.
1t is hard to tell what really did take
place yesterday at Scranton when
Ryan and Palmer both appeared for
the st. Patrick's day
dinner, news p pers
printing different ac- Democrats
counts. The Philadel- War Even
phia Inquirer gives ut Dinner
this version: THE Pal
mer- Mccormick and
the NJ. J. Ryan factions in local DEM
ocracy drew wider apart to-day, when
receptions were planned for both Pal
mer and Ryan by their respective
friends in connection with the attend
ance of both men at the Irish-Amer-
lean st. Patricks Day banquet here
last night. Pursuing an entirely op-
posite course from Ryan's, the
Stroudsburg Congressman and candi-
date for United States Senator declin-
ed to allow his visit to be accom-
panied by a political demonstration.
declaring that he would consider such
a move discourteous. Not so with Mr..
Ryan. The Philadelphia candidate for
governor arrived here yesterday after
noon and participated in a political re-
ception that turned out to be a mill
tantly enthusiastic expression of sew
eral hundred Democrats from all over
the county against the present local
leadership of the party. Mr. Ryan
made a speech in which he reminded
A. Mitchell Palmer and Vance McCor-
mick that he does not have to ask
them If he ought to run for governor.
Ryan received an ovation"
/ It is not regarded as likely that op-
position to Superior Court Judge
Frank NJ Trexler. of Allentown, will
get very far. The judge
I was the appointee of
! TrexIer Governor Tener and has
Support been rendered plenty OF
General support by friends
! throughout the State. AS
judge of Lehigh he made
an excellent record ana he has been
accorded endorsement by the bars of
his own and adjoining counties. Judge
Trexler's papers are now in circula-
ton and will be f ed at the State
Capitol within short time. Friends
of the Judge are active in the western
and northern counties.
! According to partial reports receiv-
ed in this city the enrolment of voters
yesterday was heavy and indicated a
pronounced drift of Washington party
men back to the Republican party.
The bad weather to-day will probably
cause it to be less. Cumberland, Leb-
anon and Perry are reporting the same
as Dauphin.
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