Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-27
BRYAN MIKES IN
A LITTLE POLITICS
Chautauqua Lecturing Tours Give
Him Opportunity to Meet
People, He Says
MAKES PREDICTIONS TOO
Morris Fusion Plans Causing
Trouble in Philadelphia
Palmer Is Anxious
MAKES PREDICTIONS

d. While William Jennings Bryan's
chautauqua lectures are nonpartisan
and really worth going to hear, there
is not much doubt but that the per-
ambulating Secretary of State is keep
ing his hand in politics wherever he
goes. This was strikingly illustrated
yesterday when at the conclusion of
the Bryan tour to the Lykens Valley
the Democratic State headquarters
gave out a ZOO word interview with
the secretary in which he said kind
things about the Democratic State
nominees and funny things about
Democratic congressman.
Bryan dispelled doubts that his lee
turing tours had political slant
when he started off by saying that
from his observation and meeting with
many Democrats and other indepen-
dent citizens" he thought Palmer and
Mccormick a strong team. In addi-
ton to this humorous statement the
secretary said that he thought the
Democrats would elect more con-
gressmen than they have now from
| Pennsylvania. To the dismay of the
| Mccormick gangsters who are trying
| to put over q fusion deal with the
Bull Moosers, Bryan gave the WASH
iington party a back handler when he
said that the present leaders of the
Progressives had received offices from
predatory interests"
The Democratic State machine is
getting ready to quit getting even with
! Ryan men and to settle down to a
hard fight. Even Nc
Cormick is now said to
realize that trying to Ready to
wreak vengeance on Drop the
| p o ical enemies is Contests
only making his task
| harder and II is prob
able that the committees selected to
guillotine the OLD Guardsmen in Phila-
delphia and to do some ripping in
Huntingdon county will be told to
forget what they were named to do.
! The Palmer r-McCormick leaguers in
| Philadelphia are now said be coun-
selling cropping the fights because of
the lack OF interest displayed in the
campaign by men who can get out
votes.
The Philadelphia Record says about
some schemes of Morris: Numerous
snags have already developed to the
plans of the d m o.
cratic State lea r
Philadelphians and the Washington
| IObjecting to party to bring about
Morris Plan fusion in the Tenth,
Seventeenth, Nine
teenth, and Twenty
first Legislative districts, and consider
able doubt is expressed as to the success
| of the proposition. In several of these
sections the candidates named at the
primaries are vigorously objecting to
the suggestions that they withdraw,
while many Democratic workers are
| likewise opposing fusion with the Bull
| Moose men, who are now running a
| lively race with the Republicans in
attacking the Wilson Administration"
The present week promises to be
lively one for all the political parties,
despite the fact that the formal open
| ing of the campaign
will not take place for
several weeks. The Busy Week
D m ocrats will be In Spite of
quite busy. Congress Hot Weather
man Palmer and
Vance C. Mccormick
! are to make several addresses in the
central section of the State during the
latter part of the week. Chairman
Bromley is to appoint the special COM
mittee of the Democratic city COM
mittee. The new Palmer md McCor-
mick League is expected to outline it's
plans, and the contest committee of
the State organization will take a def
mite position in regard to the investi-
cation of the Philadelphia contests
| Inc ReDuDllCaIlS Will nave conferences
of leaders and Lewis and Pinchot will
continue their barn storming.
Democrats in this section who have
been indulging in hopes of fusion in
OF der to help Mccormick were some
what amazed yesterday
to learn that Clifford
PIN C h o t, whom some Mr.. Pinchot
were willing to accept Jolts the
for senator If the Bull Democracy
! Moosers took Candidate
| Mccormick for Gov
This bill has been endorsed by the
the scheme which is behind the bill
means a reversal of the conservation
policies of Roosevelt and Taft. Pinchot
also jolted Democrats by going into
rock-ribbed Lehigh county and MAX
ing speeches in which he whacked the
national administration.
John r. Halsey. one of the repre-
sentative young Republicans Of Lu-
zerne county, was reelected chairman
of the Luzerne county Re-
4 publican committee with
Halsey to out opposition at Wilkes
Lead in Barre on Saturday and
LuZcrne will enter at once upon
an energetic campaign.
Things are very much in
his favor owing to the disgruntled con-
dition of Democratic factions over post
offices. The Democracy in Luzerne
the primary election and 1t is said that
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