Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-21
WATCHERS" NEW
MACHINE RECORD.
Primary Campaign Has Developed
Some Changes in Ways of
Getting Results Here
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY PLANS
Mccormick Wanted the Votes and
His Organization Was One
of the Best Ever Here
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY PLANS

The coterie of bosses which wrested
control of the Democratic state ma
chine from the Old Guard three years
ago and has kept 1t in two sharply
contested state campaigns has intro
duced more real business methods into
the affairs of the State Democracy
than known since the days of Harrty
and in this city there have been some
fine examples furnished of business
efficiency. Some of the methods are
like those of old times, but they are
under new names and are speeded up
in spirit with modern ideas.
In old, bygone days it was the Gus
tom, so rumor says, for Democrats to
have large war chests and to just get
results. The business end was in the
hands of few men in each precinct.
Now there is a business manager for
each precinct and any number of
watchers" A few days ago a man
who eVinced any desire to be active
for the machine could be made a
watcher" on application and men who
did not evince much interest We're gal
vanized into smooth-running watch
ers' in a short time.
Report has it that there were l 500
certificates issued to Democratic
Watchers" Whether this is true or
not we are not prepared to say-just
now-but in view of the fact that the
whole Democratic vote on Governor
was less than 5000 there must have
been more watchers" than walters
Another thing interesting about the
Mccormick machine campaign is the
manner in which it has brought lot
of young Democrats to the
front. The little Boss is
Business not as young as he used to
Efficiency be, but he managed to get
Borrowed the young Democrats with
him, probably due to the
fact that the aforetime
bosses Clung to lot of old stagers and
would not give the young fellows a
chance. McCormick's scheme is to
josh the young fellows by telling
them they are the coming men and to
give each one task to perform. The
result is that where the bosses of other
days had the same old fellows running
around in circles Mccormick had a
hard-driving bunch of young chaps
who went right after results in "a
straight line whereas lost motion was
the least of the troubles of the old
coterie.
In view of the aggressive attitude
being taken in PENNSYLVANIA news
paper affairs by the Philadelphia
Ledger and the strength
of its editorials, it is in
Ledger says tereSting to note it's
Brumbaugh opinions in regard to
Will Win the results of the pri-
mary | e C o n. The
Ledger was kindly dis
posed toward DR.. Brumbaugh and
every time gave Vance G.. Mccormick
the advantage over Michael j. Ryan.
To-day it makes this significant re-
mark in an editorial on the primaries
and the results: "Dr. Brumbaugh is
an admirable choice for the governor
ship. He has ideals, fine capacity,
youth, Vigor, impeccable attributes
broad intellectually and attractive
personality. He will prove a successful
campaigner; he will receive the entire
Republican vote, and will draw heavily
from the Progressive and Democratic
ranks. He will doubtless be elected by
the traditional Republican majority"
Friends of William X. Meyers are
congratulating him on the fine vote he
received in his home city against the
determined opposition of
the Mccormick watch
ers" and the machine. Meyers Did
Mr.. Meyers carried the Well in
city. even the machine Home City
being unable to head off
the vote for him. The
whole force of the Mccormick ma
chine was eXerted to turn the city
away from Meyers, but he got a fine
vote. The Meyers vote in the county
was 2,190 while Robert S. Bright,
who was carried along by the machine
as one of its high cards and as we'll
watched" for as Mccormick, got
2,425.