Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-20
ONLY QUESTION OF
MAJORITY FOR WHOLE
REPUBLICAN TICKET
[Continued From FYrst Pagel

that Colonel Roosevelt may be able to
galvanize the third party into some
thing like life when he comes into the
State next week. If he comes. but the
more conservative members of the
third party are rather doubtful
whether he will be able to arouse any
enthusiasm for the fusion ticket. One
of the most lamentable errors of the
Washington party leaders was the
withdrawal of William Draper Lewis
as the party's candidate for Governor.
The suggestion that this deal between
Finn and Mccormick was in the in
terest of decent politics is not having
any weight with men who understand
political movements and the alleged
fight for good citizenship" by the
fusion crowd is proving a rather up
hill performance. AS a matter of fact,
the third party vote will be tritiing
when the returns come in on election
night. Those men who were honestly
back of the Washington party are dis
gusted and discouraged and most of
them are lining up for DR.. Brum-
baugh and many of them for Senator
Penrose.
Post Card Game
It is expected that some effort will
be made to flood the State with cards
bearing the signature of Colonel
Roosevelt and asking support of the
FUSION ticket during the last day or
two before election. This ruse was
tried once before and was more or less
successful. but many things have hap
pened since that campaign, and any
attempt to conjure with the name of
Roosevelt is bound to be a failure.
As matter of fact, the Colonel Is
not pulling for himself this year, and
even those who still admire him are
not going to be swept from their feet
by any whirlwind tour of the State in
the interest of free trade Democrat
and Clifford Pinchot. whose canvass
has degenerated into a semi-farcical
campaign. Indeed, Finn and Pinchot
are Banking altogether upon the
Roosevelt name and they are destined
TO be disappointed in the results.
PaImer's Sheer
Nor has A. Mitchell Palmer strength
ened the Democratic cause in his
letter to Judge Brumm, the Schuyl-
kill county jurist, who insisted upon
his withdrawal in the interest of
Pinchot. In this letter the Democratic
candidate for United States Senator
hit the Washington party this sting
ing blow in the face:
Il am sure, as an obserYant and
intelligent man, you will soon see
ludl MT. IilGllOl uOtS not nave Il
big enough party behind him to
give him a chance of election. and
your only hope of defeating Sem
ator ,Penrose Is by supporting
me-"
This statement by Palmer has still
further enraged the Washington party
men who hoped that the fusion deal
might in the end mean something to
the third party. But since Palmer has
absolutely declined to withdraw, thus
spurning and repudiating the sugges-
tion of Finn, who made the dicker
with Mccormick, there has been a
further disintegration of the Washing
ton party forces.
Brumbaugh's Popularity
Dr. Brumbaugh's canvass OF the
State. as l have learned in every COM
munity visited, has had u tremendous
effect upon the voters. His manifest
sincerity, his strong presentation or
the real issues, his splendid grasp of
the needs of the State and his appre-
citation of the achievements of the
Republican party, together with his
straightforward advocacy OF local op~
tion, have made him a remarkably
popular and acceptable candidate. In
my judgment he will carry four-fifths
of the counties of the State and be
elected by the largest majority of any
candidate for Governor in many years.
McCormick's unfortunate break in
appealing to preachers and other lead
ers OF civic Righteousness to turn their
pulpits into politicl rostrums has re-
acted against him and everywhere
there has been resentment and the
strongest sort of criticism. DR.. Brum-
baugh's high Christian character has
made the Mccormick appeal particu-
larly offensive to many good people
and even those who were lukewarm
in the campaign are now outspoken in
support of Brumbaugh.
McCormicl's Weakness
Thousands OF men out of work, bust
ness greatly unsettled as the result of
Democratic legislation at Washington.
MCCormick's arbitrary and abusive
attitude toward his rivals in the uri-
mary election. and his still more
abusive course in this campaign has
weakened him as a candidate and the
prediction is freely made that he will
be the worst defeated man that has
ever run on gubernatorial ticket.
Progressive leaders are now work.
ing for DR.. Brumbaugh and instead
of the third party proving a factor in
the campaign 1t is likely to cut little
figure, most of the Washington party
men having gone over to the Repub-
lican side. Dr. Brumbaugh himself
tells me that he is absolutely con-
fiaent of the result and he is having
real enjoyment in meeting the people
face to face and discussing with them
the issues of the campaign.