Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-07
DR.. BRUMBAUCH
IS STEADFAST
Prominent Clergyman Refutes
Statements by the 0verzeaI-
GUS Riley M. Little
ALTER PRAISES BRUMBAUGH
Speaker Says That He Will Carry
Allegheny County; Demo-
Gratis Losing Heads

DR.. Brumbaugh was declared to be
| steadfast and to be worthy of the sup
port of the people for Governor yes
| terday by one of the most eminent
clergymen of Pennsylvania. The Rev.
DIR. Rufus w. Miller. a leading minis
ter of the Reformed Church, who is
secretary of the Sunday school board.
and of the board of publication of
that denomination, yesterday refuted
the Implication made in speech by
Riley M. Little, a Democratic shouter,
published yesterday morning.
| DR.. Miller makes it clear that while
some of the facts stated by Little are
true, in his mistaken zeal he has
wholly misrepresented DIR. Brum-
baugh's attitude as an unbossed, un-
trammeled candidate, owing his allie
glance only to the more than a quar-
ter of a million qualified voters who
indorsed his candidacy in May.
DR.: Miller, in an interview. makes 1t
| definitely clear that DR.. Brumbaugh
| has steadfastly held to his attitude
| throughout the campaign as a candi-
date for the governorship, asking the
support of all right thinking citizens
on his own platform. and on his un-
| impeachable record of public service.
The Democratic ringmastars in the
city are having a hard time to ex-
| pam the DlS increase IN the regis
/ tration in a number of
| the wards and the eff
forts to make it appear Democrats
that 1t means a Demo- Furnishing
cratic vote of great Amusement
size are creating much
amusement among the
thousands of visitors. The truth Is
! that the Democrats fell down hard,
| Just as they did in Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh, in efforts to roll up a big
registration and in spite of the elabo-
rate preparations made by the Pal
| mer-McCormick League the results
have been all the other way. In the
First and Tenth wards, for instance,
the Republican registration is very
large and the Fourth ward the home
of Candidate Mccormick will show
very heavy Republican enrolment.
| 1t was widely remarked last night
that the Democratic State machine had
proved unable because of it's desperate
situation to refrain
from intruding politics
Democratic on the convention
Desperation crowds. The political
/ SHOWN up banners were taken
down at the request
of the firemen who
did not want partisan politics injected
! into their annual gathering and to
cratic State headquarters violated the
whole spirit of the convention gath
| ering last night by sending dozens of
! little boys around the streets with
banners attacking the Republicans.
For men who are backing a candidate
who loudly proclaims his abhorrence
! of child labor the Democratic bosses
certainly put their foot in it. Some of
the banner bearers were youngsters
of tender age and were in the streets
| until late at night.
George e. Alter, Speaker of the last
State House of Representatives, who
championed the United States sena-
torial candidacy of j.
Benjamin Dimmick in
Alter Says the primaries, yester-
Brumbaugh day called at the
VIII Win headquarters of the
Brumbaugh citizens
committee and pre-
diCted that DR.. Martin G. Brum baugh,
Republican nominee for Governor,
would sweep Allegheny county with
large majority. Not only will | say
that DR.. Brumbaugh will carry Allie
gheny county," Mr.. Alter said, but I'll
guarantee that my legislative district,
which was carried by Dimmick
against Penrose in the primaries, will
give the Schoolmaster' most graft
| flying majority. Wherever DR.. Brum-
baugh goes he makes a tremendous
impression. Is his independence ques-
! toned? Not by a man who has seen
and heard him. He is a great cam
paigner and will make a greater Gov
ernor."
The Speaker expressed the thought
| that the campaign had not vet
warmed up" to its full strength, but
that when 1t did, and it would do that
soon, DR.. Brumbaugh would be a pre-
mier among candidates before the
people.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
yesterday appealed to the Wilson Ad-
ministration for still more help. Hav-
ing gotten the Taft econ
omy in abolishing a rev.
enue district upset so that Palmer
he could have more jobs to Wants
give, he now wants to keep Help
Scranton men quiet. He
yesterday asked Secretary
McAdoo to make Scranton, Pa, the
headquarters of the new district He
made known his desire in the follow
ing frank letter:
Dear Mr.. Secretary: The Iegisla-
tive, judicial and executive appropria-
tion bill, recently signed by the Presi-
dent, authorizes the establishment of
sixty y-four internal revenue districts in
the country, an increase of one dis
trict. This change in the law was
secured mainly through my efforts, in
the desire to have the Twelfth Penn
sylvania district restored. You will
remember that this district was Joined
with the Ninth district by executive
order of President Taft, and L have
appeared before you several times
urgently requesting that it be re-estab-
lished. In view of the fact that the
law now provides for the establish
ment of an additional district, I trust
you will have an order issued re-
establishing the Twelfth PENNSYLVANIA
district with the same boundaries as
it formerly had, and with headquar-
ters at Scranton"