Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-04
WASHERS BUMPED
DESPITE BRODBECK
Postmaster General Declines to
Stand For York Postmaster
Because Of Scandal
PALMER LOSES HIS TEMPEF
Political Situation Rapidly Getting
on the Nerves of Boss
Snyder's Figures

A special dispatch to the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger from it's Washing
ton correspondent last night said:
Postmaster General Burleson has
refused to recommend State Senator
Washers for postmaster at York. This
refusal followed exposure of post office
bartering in York and Adams counties
and the specific charge filed against
Washers Is that he was suggested for
whereby he was to get the federal
office to make way for another favorite
Democrat for the State Senate.
"The political assessment of post
offices in Pennsylvania is becoming an
, issue that promises to involve the Re-
In factional quarrel of great proper
tons Senator Penrose has declared
that he has evidence of the sale of
post offices in other sections Of the
State than York and Adams counties.
Acting upon information which, he
says, is In his possession, Senator Pen
rose recently declared he would force
an investigation of the post Office scan
dal in Pennsylvania. Representative
rose to carry out his threat and
pleaded with him not to resort to the
statute of limitations to prevent an
investigation into conditions under the
Republican rule"
Senator Penrose said yesterday aft
ernoon:
THE first thing I shall do upon my
return to Washington will be to ask
an investigation of the alleged vio-
lations of the law in the matter of
post office appointments and the col
lection OF money from federal offices
in Pennsylvania. Every mail brings
additional allegations of violations of
the law, which should be thoroughly
probed."
The Philadelphia Ledger to-day
says: State Senator J. K. P. Hall, of
Elk county, yesterday confirmed the
current reports that he
would not be candidate
to succeed himself from Hall Not
the Forest Elk Clinton to Run for
Cameron-Clarion district. the Senate
lie Indicated that the
Democratic organization
of his district would support John NJ.
Flynn present State representative as
his successor. Flynn has long been a
Democratic floor leader in the House.
Senator Hall has been even more con-
spicuous in his long service in the
upper house,
Prominent upstate Democrats who
attended the Ryan dinner on Thurs
day night and who are opposed to the
methods of the Palmer
leadership held series of
lSyanlteS conferences at Philadel-
Happy at phia yesterday to discuss
outcome available candidates to
support for nomination at
the May primaries. Among
those discussed during the day were
Henry Budd, of Philadelphia, for SEN
ator; John S. Jenkins, of Luzerne
county for Lieutenant-Gov and
A. B. Clark, of Altoona, for congress-
man large. The Philadelphia Rec
ord to-day says: THE Ryan men ex-
pressed themselves as delighted over
the outspoken prediction of Henry c.
Niles of York, that the city solicitor
would be the next Governor Prior to
the dinner Mccormick lieutenants had
declared that Mr.. Niles would avoid
all reference to Mr.. Ryan's candidacy
and confine his address to laudation OF
the national administration. On the
contrary, Mr.. Niles said: "Such BODY
OF men as l see before me, such en-
thusiasm as is evidenced here, con-
vince me that the assertion that senti.
ment in favor of Michael J. Ryan in
Philadelphia is manufactured senti-
ment is utterly false. The sentiment
that supports him, that will send
him to Harrisburg as the Governor of
this great State, is deep, warm
hearted, loyal sentiment"
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer.
ordinarily even tempered, appears to
be suffering from nerves. He is up
against a savage attack on
his personal choice for con-
Palmer gressional honors In his
Losing home district and ia said to
Poise be not sure of what he will
get from the Wilson admin
istration in the way of a lob
when he gets licked for senator. The
fight against Mccormick is also worry
Ing Palmer because he never dreamed
that 1t would be so bitter or that
Mccormick would be so vulnerable.
Now the York county post office thing
seems to have gotten on his nerves
and he issued heated statement last
night In which he challenged Senator
Penrose to prove corruption. These
are wearing days for A. Mitchell.