Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-12
F US|ON HANGING
IN BALANCE TODAY
Dean Lewis Talking 1t Over With
the Colonel Where the Waves
Wash Oyster Bay
MCCORMICK IS TOO ANXIOUS
Has Everything to Gain if a Deal
Can Be Pulled Through
With Bull Moosers

WIN Dull MOOSeIS
The scheme to better Vance c. Nc
Cormick's chances for Governor by
sacrificing all Democratic nominees
to the Bull Moosers in return for their
endorsement of the Harrisburger is
hanging in the balance to-day. Nc
Cormick is willing to throw everyone
off the ticket to save himself and
Senatorial Candidate A. Mitchell Pal
mer and William T. Greasy, candi-
date for Lieutenant Governor, are
willing to retire from the hopeless
fight to let the Little Boss have bet
ter show Some of the Bull Moosers
are willing to take up with McCor-
mick, much as they dlstrust him, Tor
the sake of helping Clifford Pinchot,
their candidates for Senator, but
William Draper Lewis, the Washing
ton party candidate for Governor, said
yesterday that he was not inclined to
retire and then hurried off to oyster
Bay to consult with Colonel Roosevelt
about matters. The fusion PROPOSE
ton will be put up to the supreme
chief and within forty eight hours 1t
will be known what is to be done.
The fusion game has been under
way for some time. Palmer has been
willing because his fight against Pen
rose is hopeless and Mccormick wants
| it to help him make showing. Re-
Gently it was upset by refusal or
Roosevelt to stand for 1t. Lately
Progressives have been wondering
what the Colonel is driving at. his re-
fusal to speak at Scranton on Labor
against Wilson's administration. Some
fear that he has decided to let the
Pennsylvania Progressives shift for
themselves. Hence the visit of the
Dean to-day.
1t is possible that even If Lewis
should agree to get off the ticket in
favor of the Little Boss that some of
the other Demo-
cratic candidates
would refuse to go Democrats
along with his May Buck on
scheme. William Proposition
N. McNair, candi-
date for Secretary
of Internal Affairs, will not withdraw
and some of the Democratic candl-
dates for ess-at-large are said
to be resolutely opposed to making
sacrifices of themselves in favor of
Bull Moosers whose national policies.
as enunciated by Roosevelt, are all
against Wilson, or to offer themselves
up to help Mccormick. Just how NC
Cormick, who poses as the defender
of Wilson hereabouts, could make
deals with Bull Moosers on con-
gressional nominations is not eluct-
dated at the State headquarters.
The clouded Democratic outlook,
the possibilities of fusion and the
problems of patronage, prospective
and already divided,
were themes of con-
Bosses in versation until far into
Conference the night at the coun-
at Night try home of McCor-
mick last night. The
men who conferred" +"
according to the Patriot, We're Big
Boss Palmer, Little Boss Mccormick
and Farmer" Greasy. During the
day Greasy and A. Nevin DIETRICH,
chairman of the Washington party,
had a talk on various matters, but
they denied that fusion had been
mentioned, although they formed a
point of contact. 1t will be noticed
that McNair was not at the confer
ence and neither were any of the
Democrats candidates for Congress
at-large. Palmer went back to Wash
ington this morning instead of accom-
panying Mccormick and Greasy on
their transforming tour to northeast
ern counties. He does not appear to
be enthusiastic about midsummer
campaigning when it will all have to
be done over again in the Fall, and,
anyway. he is not hurrahing over the
outlook.
CONGRESSMAN Robert e. Dieffen-
derfer, a reorganization pet, has de-
cided to quit the contest over the
Democratic nomina-
tion for Congress in
hn
gomery district. He Struggles Are
was beaten in Bucks Causing Worry
and decided to
throwup the sponge
in Montgobery. He gives way to a
brother of Webster Grim. The news
of Dieffenderfer's overthrow 1olted the
bosses while here yesterday. 1t is
said that at the Democratic windmill
there are grave fears for Frank l..
Dershem, who is running in the Sew
enteenth district, and that both he
and A r. Brodbeck, in the York
Adams district, are likely to go down
because of post office appointments.
The appointments of postmasters at
Thompsontown and Orbisonia have
made trouble for Dershem, already
bothered by appointments in Union
and Snyder.
Senator Boies Penrose will come
here from MT. Gretna late tn1S aIter-
noon and remain in the city until to-
morrow afternoon,
when he will attend
Penrose Due the farmers picnic
in City This at Boiling Springs.
Evening The Senator plans to
meet a number of
representative rail-
roadmen while in the city this evening
to discuss legislation, and men from
nearby counties will be here to see
him. The Senator spoke yesterday in
philadelphia to the grand convention
of the Brotherhood of America on the
place America is occupying. He will
go to Chambersburg and vicinity after
leaving Boiling Springs tomorrow.
On August % he will visit Scranton,
where a big reception will be given
for him.
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