Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-23
P|NCHOT ASKS
PALMER TO QUIT
Washington Party Candidate For
Senator Says Palmer Can't
Get Own Party's Vote
HARD RAPS FOR HIS RIVAL
Fusion in the City Is Not Working
Out With Very Much Sue
cess Just at Present

Clifford Pinchot, the Washington
candidate for United States senator,
last night said that the sentiment of
the State was that A. Mitchell Pal
mer should get off the Democratic
ticket for senator.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer,
Democratic candidate for United
States senator. is standing on his dec
laration at Scranton that he will not
quit.
Vance c. Mccormick, candidate for
Governor on a mule ticket. maintains
mastery silence.
Things are not going well in the
movement to unite all of the anti
Penrose forces and the burst of laugh
ter which followed the
coalition against Pen
rose by fusion on Nice Scheme
nomination for an of Has Gotten
| flee for which Penrose all MuddIed
! is not a candidate
has made some of the
men who thought to pull off a Napo-
leonlc trick wild with chagrn. Can
dtdate Mccormick has found that
many Democrats are disgusted with
him and refuse to believe that there
was not some bargain. with Bill Finn
and an understanding with William
Fatntheart Lewis before Mccormick
got on the mule ticket, and has dis
covered that all over the State pro-
gressives are renouncing him as the
candidate of the Washington party,
while the demand for Democratic en-
| dorsement of Pinchot is growing daily.
Pinchot is said to have been told by
Roosevelt and the party leaders to
stick and President Wilson insists on
Palmer standing pat.
Bearing in mind that Vance c. Nc
| Cormick is the nominee of the Wash
llngton party for Governor, it is inter-
esting to note what Pin
chot said about his col
PinChot league. A. Mitchell Pal
WhaCl1s mer, Democratic candi-
Palmer date for the office for
which Pinchot is also a
candidate. Here are a
| lteW gems Il have stated on every
occasion what is the fact that Pal
mer has no chance to beat Penrose.
and, therefore, l can not and will not
Withdraw In protectionist
Pennsylvania the surest way to elect
Penrose would be for the other pro-
tectionist candidate to withdraw
These men are strongly con-
IVlnced that Pennsylvania must have
at Washington a representative who
Will stand for a tariff that will bring
prosperity to our workers and bust
of Democrats have come to me per
sonally, including Democratic county
chalrmen, to express their surprise and
regret that Mr.. Palmer has not with
drawn from the race, and their hopes
that l would be elected
The Washington party is the majority
party in Pennsylvania. The Democra-
tic party is a minority party.
Furthermore, the Democrats are hone
lessly divided. Large numbers of them,
as is well known, will vote the Pen
rose liquor ticket this year.
Mr.. Palmer cannot poll even the nor
NAL Democratic strength"
Democratic State Chairman Roland
5. Morris has resumed his "conversa-
tions" at the Democratic State wind
mill in Market Square,
the conditions in the
State being so disturb Morris Has
ing that the chairman Much TO
found it necessary to Worry Over
come here two days
a week instead of
Thursday, which was formerly the re-
ceiVing day. Mr.. Morris expects to
meet number of county leaders from
various parts of the State, but it is
not good form at the windmill to say
who they are. They might be photo
graphed by rude Republicans on their
ocratic conditions are unpleasant to-
day. There are many Democrats who
despise Vance c. Mccormick for ac-
cepting favors at the hands of the
followers of Roosevelt who belts Will
son every day and there are many
Null Moosers who are objecting to the
persistence with which Palmer clings
to the Democratic ticket. The genial
chairman has much to worry over and
the outiool. for peaceful meeting of
the State committee next week Is
rather hazy to-day.
In Philadelphia there was a meet
ing of some Washington party ward
committees last night and steps were
taken to demand that
Palmer get off the
Schemes to ticket for senator. The
Get Palmer p h 1 | a d e D hia Bull
on Ticket Moosers are talking as
though they h ad a
right to demand some
thing and folks are wondering
whether the meeting of the Democra-
tic State committee here Tuesday Is
not to force Palmer off by presenting
some oarefully manufactured senti-
ment. The Bull Moosers have been
appalled, at the weakness shown by
their party in New Jersey and Della
ware and think that If Pinchot runs
alone it means obliteration.