Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-30
MORRIS STARTS To
REJECT QUAKERS
Democratic State Chairman Calls
the Inside Ring to Meet in
This City on July9
CHANCE TO THROW THEM OUT
DIETRICH Gets Reply From DR.. Dixon
About Political Activity
Democrats Camping

If any charges are to be filed against
the Democratic city committee of Phil
adelphia, opportunity to make them is
afforded by the call for a meeting of
the executive committee of the State
committee to be held in this city on
July 8. State Chairman Roland S.
Morris last night authorized issuance
of the call and the notices are going
out to-day. No notice of any intention
to hale the Philadelphia city commit
tee before the inner council OF the
State organization has been filed, how
ever, and at the State headquarters
the statement was made to-day that
the matter is entirely in the hands of
the people in Philadelphia who are
opposed to the manner in which the
Philadelphia committee is conducted.
The meeting fixed for July 8 is
stated to be for the planning of the
campaign, but 1t Is not denied that If
the men who are denouncing the COM
mittee headed by b. Gordon Bromley
desire they can prefer charges. The
State candidates will be here to talk
over the campaign plans and the
auxiliary committees on finance, pub
licity, etc, may be designated. This
meeting will be the first for the eXecu-
tive committee since 1t was increased
from nine to twelve members, three
new divisions being created.
The presence of eX-Congressman
Arthur l.. Bates. of Meadville, in the
city yesterday started rumors going
that he was being
considered for the
Public Service COM Public Service
missionership, vacant Vacancy Now
because of the death of Big Interest
of Judge Nathaniel
Ewing, of Fayette
county. The names of a number of
men have been mentioned from time
to time. among them those of eX-Judge
Harold Mcclure. of Lewisburg; eX-Sen-
ator John S. Fisher. of Indiana; Major
Everett Warren. of Scranton; eX-Con-
gresham NJ. f. Lilly, of Towanda;
Walter II. Gather, secretary of the
Governor; Cyrus +. Woods, of Greens,
burg. former president pro tenn. of the
Senate and minister to Portugal; James
Z. Barnett, Washington, former State
Treasurer. and A. II. Gaffney, of
Mexican county.
IT is an open secret among Demo-
Gratis that Candidate Mccormick and
Morris have been itching for a chance
to throw out the Phil
adelphia city commit
Chance at tee ever since they got
Last to machine. They would
Bump Foes their fingers on the
have done 1t long ago,
but they feared the
row that would he kicked up if they
cast out men who were elected by the
people. The disposition of the con-
tests few nights ago is said to offer
an opportunity for review" and the
refusal to accept the platform may
he an excellent ground on which to
base charges of "disloyalty." This
would be considered by the bosses as
reason for throwing out the commit
teemen elected by the people and sub
stituting men appointed by the ring.
However, il the Philadelphia city
committee is guillotined 1t will be con-
sidered a perfectly proper and patrio-
tic duty, Just like the bolting of the
Democratic ticket by Mccormick in
1910 was all right-from his stand
point.
A Nevin DIETRICH, chairman of the
Washington party State committee,
got a hot comeback from State Com
missioner of Health Dix
on on the charges that
men connected with the DIETRICH
department of n health Gets Hot
We're active in Republi- Answers
can politics. 1t turned
out that the men against
whom DIETRICH had lifted up his voice
had not personally secured signatures
to petitions and that one man was
paid fees for such time as he did
work and that the State had really
very little of his time, anyway. Moth
ing was said by the commissioner
however. about some friends of Det-
rich who are in State service and who
are out on the political firing line,
morning, noon and night, shouting for
the Big Bull Moose and working for
Pinchot.
Members of the two Democratic
clubs in this city have planned two
very different stunts for the summer
months. The members
of the Central Demo-
Clubs Plan cratic Club will spend
Busy Times their spare time drill
This Year ing, as President Chair
man Jones does not in
tend that the club shall
lag behind the city committee in show
ing the city how he can liven up a
campaign. The West End Demo-
cratic Club will spend the month off
and on in camp along the Conodo-
guinet creek. The members will go by
squads and the camp will be named In
honor of Candidate Mccormick. There
will be contests in blocking precincts
lining up voters and other practical
work.