Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-10
ROOSEVELT UPSET
WORRIES MACHINE
Mccormick and Palmer Had
Counted on the Colonel Keep
ing His Speaking Dates
FOCHT'S GREAT ADDRESS
Discusses Americas Opportunity at
the Perry County Reunion
and Wins Praise
FOCHT'S GREAT ADDRESS

Colonel Roosevelt's declination to
speak at Scranton on Labor Day, as
announced through the Colonel's letter
in the Telegraph on Friday, has caus-
ed Bull Moosers and Democrats much
dismay. The Democratic machine
noisemakers are going around saying
that there is nothing to it and the
Progressive windpipes beginning with
the deep bass of Lewis and ending
with the shrill treble of DIETRICH are
putting forth the sound that it does
not matter.
AS a matter of fact the refusal of
the Colonel to speak at Scranton has
knocked the Bull Moose plans for the
first part of September into a cooked
hat and has caused some of the Dem
ocratic strategists to consider re-
modelling of their campaign plans.
| The Democrats counted on Roosevelt
making a great splash on Labor Day
and continuing his speech making.
The Co1oners use of the phrase If
in talking about coming into Penn
sylvania has upset many things. Then,
too, the Democrats are confronted
with doing something to overcome the
effect of McCormick's failure to get
even the Democratic boosters work
ing.
| EX-Congressman Benjamin K.
| Focht, of Lewisburg, made great
speech on Americas opportunities in
the present Euro
pean crisis at the
| annual Perry coun- Focht Makes
ty reunion at Blain Great Speech
| on Saturday. T h to Perry Men
| c gr sman re-
| sponded to the ad-
dress oe welcome at the opening of
the exercises and for more than an
hour held the attention of 1900 peo-
pie by his address on America with
| its freedom of conscience and life
Mr.. Focht is noted as a speaker, but
the European war gave him oppor-
tunity to so into many matters and he
surpassed himself. winning much
commendation. Mr.. Focht refrained
from stump speaking, which was in
sharp contrast to some of the men
who followed him B. S. Duncan, the
Democratic county chairman; Vance
C. Mccormick, Democratic candidate
for governor, and Frank l.. Dershem,
Democratic candidate for congress,
also spoke.
A story from Philadelphia is to the
effect that efforts to bring about fus-
ion between the Democrats and Bull
Moosers have not been
abandoned, and that
Still Hone men with Mccormick
| to Arrange are trying to do what
For Fusion they can to save him
! from one of the worst
| beatings a man ever got
| in PENNSYLVANIA In the Philadelphia
story II is stated: Recently the work
of irving to affect fusion between the
Democrats and ProPressives has been
given to Farmer William T. Greasy
of Catawissa, the Democratic nominee
| for lieutenant-goVernor. He has been
prominent in so many fusion and anti
| Democratic movements that he is pc
culiarly qualified to do business with
men of all parties. Greasy, 1t is stat
ed. is advocating Pinchot for senator;
Mccormick for governor and William
Draper Lewis for acknowledgements
Congressman Palmer is not specially
| opposed to such a plan. 1t is a we'll
known fact that he is anxious to leave
| the Democratic ticket and accept a
place under President Wilson as a
federal Judge The only Democratic
candidate who is expected to oppose
fusion with the Progressives is Will
! liam n. McNair, of Pittsburgh, the
nominee for Secretary of Internal At
fairs. He is a Ryan man, and be-
lieves in straight Democracy with no
entangling alliances. His nomination
was a shock to the Palmer Mccormick
people, who felt that the $50, 900 they
expended during the primary cam
paign would pull through the entire
reorganizers' slate.
DR.. Horace Hoskins, for years one
of the torchbearers in the cause of
Democratic reform and recently one
of the sharpest critics
of the tendency of
Mccormick, Pa | m mer Hosl1ins
and Morris to try and Playing
outdo the f a Gus Bosses
bosses of political his
tory. issued a mani
festo at Philadelphia on Saturday
which has not been referred to by the
Market Square beagle, DIR. Hoskins
talks about the determined stand of
| a brave little band of Philadelphia
Den, ocrats for reform and how in sea-
son and out the battle went on and
then talks about the disposition of
certain Democrats now in the saddle
through cash. f1attery and office to run
! the machine. The doctor remarks
casually on the recognition of recent
converts when it came to passing
around the pie and announces that
there will be fighting. This means at
least three factions to the united and
barmonious' Democracy in PhfIade