Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-20

Dauphin County Democratic League,
and the man whose singing at the
Central Democratic Club dinner evok-
ed such applause last week, started
the meeting, calling Mr.. Meyers to the
chair. Mr.. Meyers got right down to
brass tacks and said that an honor
able ambition to run for office was
something truly Democratic. He en-
larged the phrase about loving neigh
bors by remark that he considered
all men his neighbors whether they
lived in the same street or not. Will
liam *. Meyers was presented in few
words by Mr.. Meyers who said he was
glad to have a boy on the firing line,
too, He was well received and made
a good opening. Then the elder Mey-
ers turned the Palmer witticism about
buds being nipped by early frosts by
saying that Henry Budd would bios
Isom and the Democratic hickory
leaves overshadow the Palmer opos-
sum.
Mr.. Budd, who is one of the old
school Democrats. a famous lawyer
and jealous reformer, said that Demo
Gratis now had a primary law and
could not shirk responsibility for tick
cts and then blame them on their
leaders. He talked on national mat
ters in q straightforward Democratic
way and praised Ryan. Arthur d
Clark, former city treasurer of AL
toona, candidate for congress-at-
large, was next and after telling he
was from Perry county, talked about
getting out the vote.
/ Jabs From Monroe
Then came the surprise of the even
ing. DR.. s. E. Shull. Democratic chair.
man from Monroe and candidate fol
congress t-large, was uncovered. He
lives three doors from A. Mitchell Pal
mer and what he said about Palmer
was plenty. He told how he had en-.
tered politics by devious route, tt
call 1t nothing else: said Palmer was
once the lieutenant of Hall in the
county and trained with Mutcher
both of whom he now denounces. He
! remarked in opening that he was q
candidate without Palmer's consent
and did not care about Mccormick
and that he knew Palmer mot by
what he says but what he does"
| For fifteen minutes he made the
crowd sit on the edge of chairs by his
talk about Palmer in an intimate ant
not complimentary way, and just where
Palmer had sat at the side of Bryar
a year ago at dinner he boldl,
charged that Palmer had "bolted Bry
all III 1850 anu VOIeu BOlO.
so did some one else" said voice
] The pugnacious Monroe county mar
then showed up the nice old famil,
row by saying a vote for Mccormick
and Palmer would be vote for mer
who put policy above principle ant
selfish ambition above party.
1t was the most glittering exhibition
of the factionalism which is rendin,
the party which a year ago was beint
proclaimed in Market Square as united
and glorious. But the worst was We
to come.
Senator Richard V. Farley, Dem
ocrat from Philadelphia, then pro
ceeded to ventilate the labor RECORD
/ of Mccormick. practically along th,
lines of his recent speech in Philadel
phia and said Mccormick had no
lrepudiated his statements. The sena
tor, however, turned out to be some
thing of a false alarm. He had beer
rumored as the man who was going t,
roast Mccormick, but, he only put il
some generalities and quit. Maybe h,
thought every one knew them any
lhow.
He concluded with this remark: