Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-20
CLEARS
OPPOSITION AWAY
That Is What Is Said to Be Back
Of the Stating Of Jim Ma
gee For Marshal
MR.. KIRKENDALL GETS BUSY
Obtains designations in Advance; |;
Bull Moosers Here Solid
For Finn
MR.. KIRKENDALL GETS BUSY

Back of the stating of James A.
United States marshal to succeed
James H. Yeager, of Miffiin, in this
federal district, there is some tall poll
tics, the kind the Democratic bosses
have blamed upon Republicans. Ma
gee and some of his neighbors are
said to have been impressed by the
fact that it is hard work for any one
to remember when Perry county had
a Congressman, and as Frank l.. Der
shem, of Lewisburg. wants another
term, there was enthusiastic support
of Magee for the $4,000 job. Con-
gressmen receive $500.
Magee has been with the reorgani-
zatfon gangsters ever since they got a
grip on the machine and kept Stiles
| Duncan. the Perry county chairman
and member of the State committee,
in the line of shouters for the bosses
while he was a conspicuous figure
when any rural scenery was needed
around the Democratic State wind
mill in Market Square.
| Democrats in this section have been
getting sore over the preference shown
for the northeast in the selection OF
Rogers BURNETT, of Stroudsburg, for
United States attorney, and Fritz kir-
kendall, Of Wilkes Barre. for revenue
| collector, and it is hoped to placate
these geographical experts by a Perry
appointment.
The continued fixing of reorganiza-
| ton favorites in place has caused
some of the hopefuls who hearkened
when Palmer said few
more places were to
Democratic be filled to do some
HOpefulS thinking and pressing
Wandering of claims, will go for
| word vigorously. In
cidentally Democrats
| here are rather surprised that Bur-
nett named II. G. McCort, a Scranton
lawyer, as his assistant at $4,000 a
year. The northeast seems to be do
ing well, although we have in our
midst I. X. VanDyke, Democrat
when some bosses were sulkers in
their tents and the original Bryan
man in this neck of the woods.
Congressman Brodbeck's reported
attempt to have the President name
| his secretary, Clarence Geesey, as
postmaster of York,
spells trouble for him
at the coming pri- Postmaster
maries Brodbeck at York Is
was an accidental Troublesome
selection and already
there are two candi-
dates In the field against him, one of
them Prothonotary Gerry, one of the
best politicians in the county. EX-
| Senator Davy Klinedinst, we'll known
here, is a candidate for postmaster,
and Fire Chief George S. Kroll a fire.
quent visitor to this city. are among
| the hopefuls and the veteran e. d.
| Ieigler, former Congressman, would
| like to have the place. The York
Democracy was always turbulent and
Palmer's machine and Brodbeck' s
machine may find the post office at
the county seat nuisance.
Representatives J. B. Martin and
i w. w. Lenker are taking advantage
of the advertising effect of the recent
Bull Moose confer
ence in this city to
Martin and start their cam
I,enlkcr Will paigns for renomi-
Be Candidates nation. Martin may
| have to face oppo-
sition from William
| Fl. Earnest, of Hummelstown, who
| had a boom in 1912 and who Is said
| to have a hankering to show what he
| can do. Lenker is busy with q still
hunt in the upper end. Ira j. Mosey
may become a candidate in the city
| district as the party bosses are for
him. Indications, however, are that
there will be plenty of candidates in
the city. The Dauphin Bull Moosers
did not cut any figure in the recent
conference.
| Dauphin county Bull Moosers assert
that there is nothing to the stories of
a division in the ranks of the I'M
! bossed party over the
stating of State Treasurer
Young as the candidate Dauphin
for Governor, and pro- MOosers
fess to consider the boom F1innites
for William Wilhelm, of
Schuylkill, as hot air.
One of the prominent Bull Moosers
of Dauphin county declared to-day
that the Organization of the party
here was with Finn and VanValken-
burg and would go right down the line
with them. The leaders here who are
not occupying places say that Will
helm might poll a few votes here, but
would go for Young or Lewis. if it
was determined to turn in for the lat
ter. Most Bull Moosers here doubted
If Wilhelm would be a candidate.
Local Democrats had their eyes
turned to Lancaster to-day for news
from the headquarters of Fritz Kir-
kendall, the new COL
lector of internal rev.
Kirlxy Has enue, who adopted the
Jobs For characteristic Demo-
Faithful cratic plan of demand
ing designations of
everyone in his office.
This is taken by the Democrats here
to mean that he will soon announce
his appointments. Kirkendall has
about sixty jobs in his office, and 1t is
the general opinion that he will fill
them in the next month or SO. There
are about 500 applicants and only
men who belong to the reorganization
gang need apply.