Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-02
STATE COMMITTEE
PLACES TALKED Of
Hoerner and Meyer May Be Can
didates For Reelection at
the Primaries
BECHTEL FOR JUDGE NOW
Joe Guffey Quits the Reorganiza-
ton County Committee
Guardianship
BECHTEL FOR JUDGE NOW

State Committeeman Hoerner and
Meyer are being urged by Republicans
throughout the county to stand for
reelection to the Republican State
committee at the May primary. In
case they agree to run it is not prob
able that there will be any opposition.
The Washington party leaders will
shortly have u meeting to decide upon
a county chairman to succeed DR.. j. FL.
Kreider, who has found that holding
down q nice job at the Capitol and
running for Congress does not give
enough time to run the county COM
mittee. The Bull Moosers will also
name State committeeman.
Up to date the Democrats who We're
going to go after the scalps of Herr
Moeslein and Mayor Royal, when they
announced their candidacy for the
Democratic State committee, have not
come to the front.
According to dispatches from Wash
ington, Judge Fl. o. Bechtel, of the
Schuylkill county courts, has been
brought to the front as
candidate for the new
JSeCnteI States
y :; For in Philadelphia. He is
Judgeship backed by Congress
man X. E. Lee ana a
boom for him is work.
ing hard. 1t is interesting in this con-
nection to note the manner in which
the reorganization bosses, who went
about denouncing Webster Grim a
couple of years ago, are inclined to
smile on his aspirations. The Palmer
crowd is apparently not adverse to
having former foes line up. The
boom for w. \. Carr, of Philadelphia,
is also at work and the Jerseymen are
Insisting that Wescott be sent across
the river to administer Uncle Sam s
jus ;ice for Pennsylvanians
People here who know Judge John
NJ. Garman declare that they do not
think that the Luzerne county judge
will enter the con-
test for the Demo-
cratic nomination Garman May
for Senator against Not Enter
Palmer. Garman the Battle
does not like Pal
mer and hates some
of the people associated with him, but
he is said to have his hands full to
maintain the control of the Luzerne
county committee, which he took away
from the reorganizers a short time
ago. Garman would like to be n cam
didate, but hesitates at the stress of
a campaign, and besides there is moth
ing to prevent him from saying his
say in speeches.
The split in the Pittsburgh Demo-
cracy had funny incident on Satur-
day night when the reorganization
wing met, Joseph +.
Guffey, the nephew of
the colonel who turn Pittsburgh
ed against him in the Reorganizer:
Demo r ic family Lose Guffe,
fuss, e r ing his
resi- g n a I II as the
county chairman. John A. Martin, q
noisy reorganizer, was elected to sue
ceed him. Guffey says that he has
not time to devote to the party affairs
and the Bremen wingsters say that
it is because he sees the reorganizers
are going to get beaten In the pri-
mary and Guffey does not want to beal
the burden. The Bremen wingsters
had their meeting Friday and organ
lied a full fledged county committee
Palmer and Mccormick are due jr
Pittsburgh to meet the reorganization
wingsters to-day and Judge Umbel ano
Bruce Sterling of Fayette, will go tc
see them and discuss the warfare
Whether local option will figure in
their conversations is not stated this
morning.