Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-20
Republicans WinSweep
Dauphin County in Fall,
Verdict of Committeeman
All but Five Of Districts Represented at Annual Meet
ing Of County Committee, Largest Ever Held; Horner
and Other Officers Are Reelected; Frank A. Smith
Chosen State Committeeman to Fill Vacancy; Ring
ing Speeches and Resolutions

That Dauphin county will give a
big majority for every one of the Re
publican candidates next November
and will be unanimous i'll support OF
Judge Kunkel for the State Supreme
bench was the unqualified opinion oil
the members OF the Republican coun-
ty committee in session here to-day.
All but five of the III were in attend
ancc.
IL was tho largest meeting in the
history of the committee and by far
the most enthusiastic ever held. The
effect of the new party rules In bring
ing young men into the ranks of the
active workers was plainly evident In
the presence of many new races
among the committecmen. although
there was no marked absence OF the
stalwartS who have stood by the party
in years agOne.
The meeting was called fOfr the pur-
pose of choosing county chairman
and other officers and resulted in the
recollection of William III. Horner. OF
Obcrlin. as county chairman; James
VI. Lentz. of Elizabethyillc. first vice.
chairman; Mark Mumma. OF Steelton,
second yicc-chairman; Al. :. Cooper,
secretary: Charles c. Cumbler, treas
urer. and William I. Evans. of Ly-
kcns. and Albert Il. Shenk, of Derry
township, assistant secretaries.
Frank n. Smith. eX-cOunty chair
man. was unanimously elected State
committeeman to succeed the late
Charles +. Meyer, of Millersburg,
member of the county committee and
reelected at the recent primaries as
county committeeman. Mr.. Meyers
funeral took place this afternoon. The
committee passed resolutions OF SYM
pathy and IL subcommittee of three
was named to attend the services.
Resolutions were passed strongly
condemnlng the Wilson Administra-
ton. laying at Its door the present
hard times and charging il with ruin
ing business and throwing thousands
of men out of work by reason of its
mistaken tariff policies and its an
tagOnistic attitude toward the busi-
neSsmen of the country.
Ringing speeches were made by the
candidates present and by some other
well known Republicans, i'm which the
utmost confidence of success in No
Nember was expressed and hint was
given at some further exposures of the
records of some of the Democratic
nominees.
Smith Temporary Chairman
The committee was called to order
by the retiring chairman. William II.
Horner. and John II. Lehr, of Lykens,
moved that eX-County Chairman Frank
A. Smith be chosen to preside tenn
porarily and A. S. Cooper to be tenn
porary secretary.
Mr.. Smith on taking the chair rec
ognized b. II. Campbell, of Harris
burg, who moved that the committee
rule providing for the election of Off
GERS for one year be set aside in order
that the officers elected TO-DAY might
serve for two years. This it was eX-
planned. would give the committee an
organization for the full two years of
its existence and would avoid the for
mality of re-electing next year. This
received the endorsement of the COM
mittee by unanimous vote and Mr..
Lehr in brief speech of appreciation
nominated William H. Horner for re-
election as county committeeman.
There being no other candidates. Mr..
Horner. who has had one of the most
successful administrations in the his
tory of the party and who has the SUD-
port of Republicans in all parts of the
county, was elected without opposition
and escorted to the chair by n com
lnittee consisting of Mr.. Lehr. Mr..
First, of Harrisburg, and Mr.. Fair
childs, of Millersburg.
Mr.. Horner Takes Chair
Mr.. Horner assumed the duties of
chairman with brief speech in which
he thanked the committeeman. ask
ed Tor their hearty cooperation at the
Fall elections and said that renorts
from every district in the county are
TO the erect that the party is firmly
united and that a sweeping victory
Is in store for the Republicans in No
Vember.
Mr.. Lentz was nominated for frs,
V1ce-chairman by G. w. Guise, of