Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-17
IS
PLEASING To ALL
Republicans Gained Immensely,
But the Others Grin and
Make Statements
THE RYAN MEN PROMISE FUN
on Saturday Night Ex-
pected to Be Very Interest
ing to Citizens

registration of Wednesday in Philadel-
phia, Pittsburgh and Scranton shows
that the Republican party was the
only one to make any gains worth
mentioning, the Democrats and Bull
Moosers are expressing the greatest
satisfaction with it. Just why no one
can understand.
TIE Republican enrolment was 12,-
900 in Philadelphia alone, indicating
the strength of the back to the party
movement. The Democrats enrolled
but $3.50 and the Washingtonians only
1,29O. In Pittsburgh several thousands
OF Republicans enrolled and the DEM
ocratic and Washington figures are
very small. In Scranton the Repuh-
licanS gained 3S2 and the Democrats
about held their own.
Yet, the funny part of it Is that
Penrose says it shows the return to
the party and Dimmick says he Is de-
lighted with it, while the Democrats
at the annex to the Windmill in Mar
ket Square say 1t means the election
of Mccormick. The Bull Moosers said
it was fine.
Prospects are that there will be
some red-hot speeches at the meeting
of the Ryan Democrats in Chestnut
Street Auditorium to-
morrow night, when the
anti machine faction Ryan Men
will carry the war into Planning
the home city of Nc to Speak
CormlcK. For days men
are understood to have
been working here on material to en-
tertain folks in Harrisburg. The Ryan
people plan a demonstration for him
when he arrives tomorrow evening
and the Mccormick men are just as
inoustrially trying to decry the whole
movement. John E. Jenkins, men,
toned for Lieutenant-Govern has
announced his candidacy and will
join the Ryan party here to-mor-
row. The Ryan people put out large
banner for their favorite where it
can be seen from the railroads
According to the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger to-day, Clearfield county
gave Michael J. Ryan and his cam
paign party most
cordial reception every
Democrats place they stopped
Warning yesterday. This is j
Everywhere county where the Nc
Cormick party spent
several days, and 1t
would appear that some of the stories
sent about the enthusiasm for McCor-
mick can be duplicated about Ryan
Mr.. Ryan charged in his speech that
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
Farmer" Greasy, reorganization can
didatei for Lieutenant-Govern and
Collector of the Port Berry had ac-
cepted money from Senator Hall and
from Colonel ]. M. Guffey. Mr.. Ryan
gave no dates nor would he elaborate
on this statement by telling when OF
why money had been given. He said
that the men who were going up and
down the State accusing him of being
allied with the "Old Guard" had been
recipients of the bounty of these two
members of the "Old Guard" The
Ryan party will be in Centre county
to-day and tonight, and in Williams
port early tomorrow. The McCor.
mick-Palmer caravan is touring in the
home district of Congressman Palmer
who is in trouble. Yesterday meetings
were held in Carbon and Monroe coun-
ties and the Palmer faction candidates
were displayed alongside of McCor.
mick and the whole kit given the
blessing of Secretary of Labor Billy
| Wilson. According to the Patriot
there was great enthusiasm every
where, although exactly why all the
heavy artillery should be concentrated
in Palmer's home district is not clear
in view of the statement that there
is no Ryan sentiment over that way.
Democratic machine bosses are
keeping discreetly quiet about the
scandals over the postmastership
hold-ups and not
word has come from
the Windmill about Machine is
the Snyder county Grinding on
scandal or anything These Days
else which has shown
up the methods en-
ployed by the gangsters. 1t is even
denied that anyone knows where Will
son Bailey, the collector, Is to be
found. The bosses are understood to
have decided to back Judge Thomas
j. Prather of Crawford county. for
Superior Court, Notwithstanding the
fact that judges and lawyers all over
the State without regard to party have
endorsed the nonpartisan candidacy
of Judge Trexler. The Democratic
machine has apparently forgotten all
about the nonpartisan judicial act for
which it was SO loud last year. 1t Is
a great machine and when one studies
1t the methods are the same as those
of the people who were denounced as
arrogant, perfidious bosses.