Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-25
SERIOUS CHARGES
ON POSTMASTERS
Philadelphia Newspaper Says That
Appointees Are Made to
Stand and Deliver
MAY LEAD TO BIG SCANDAL
Bull Moosers Name Garland For
City Chairman; Daniels
Feelings to Be Saved

Democrats in this city, especially
those who have aspirations toward
federal appoin ntments, were consider
ably perturbed to-day by serious
charges made about postmastership
appointments in nearby counties by
the Philadelphia Ledger. 1t has been
well known that the Democrats for
tunate enough to get federal jobs have
been asked to come across with con-
tributions, but rather startling stu
alton seems to have been unearthed
in southern counties State Chairman
Morris is out campaigning with Vance
C. Mccormick and no one at State
headquarters could comment.
The Ledger says in part to-day:
"Postmasterships in York and Adams
counties, Pennsylvania, comprising the
Twentieth Congressional district, have
been bartered and sold under the Will
son Administration. Candidates for the
offices have had to sign agreements
promising to pay 8 per cent. of their
salaries to the support of the Demo-
cratic State and county organizations.
Jobs have been put on the political
auction block and knocked down to
the highest bidders.
This in substance, is the outline of
a system of political practices unearth-
ed by the Public Ledger in an investi-
cation of conditions in the two coun-
ties. Facts substantiating this whole
sale auctioneering Of postotfices have
been laid before the postal authori-
ties in Washington by citizens OF York
and Adams counties, who have filed
attidavits with Postmaster General
Burleson. These facts have been con-
firra6 hu rafIl ipuaafipn ion
LAS a result of the exposure, ap-
pointments of postmasters for vacan-
cies occurring in the district have
been held up at the order of Mr.. Burle-
son. Appointments have already been
made at Hanover, New Freedom, Dali
lastown and Wrightsville. Two of the
four new postmasters frankly confess
ed to a representative of the Public
Ledger that they had signed papers
agreeing to pay SIS year to the sup
port of the Democratic organization.
The appointments held up are at
York, Gettysburg and Delta"
The city committee of the Washing
ton party came into being with a row
last night. The Bull Moosers have
never had a city COM
mittee, always running
their campaign with Garland to
county C m m tee, be Pilot
which was bossed by For Moosers
Doc Kreider. Now the
doc is a candidate for
Congress without opposition and he
wants a city and county committee
to work. Tho county committee is
well In the hands of Ira j. Mosey and
last night the city committee picked
Samuel III. Garland as it's pilot. This
selection occasioned fight. r. NJ.
Dunlap and d. e. Taylor were report
ed as also named for chairman, but
Garland got the votes. 1t is said that
friends of c. f. Lands are boosting
him for Congress, but as yet his candi-
dacy does not appear to be worrying
Doc Kreider.
Politics have reached the bubbling
point in the Fifteenth Congressional
district where Washington party men
of Ly C o m n 6 have
started movement to
Stokes Has name Congressman e.
Hoped Into r. Kiess, Republi-
the battle can on their ticket.
kiess is po u a r
throughout the district
and the Bull Moosers of the middle
of the road persuasion have started a
boom for M. It. Stokes, the Couders-
port editor, for the Washington nomi-
nation. Stokes is militant Bull Moos-
er and very interesting fight is fore
shadoWed. 1t looks as though the
Democrats would nominate ]. J. Rear
don, former district attorney of Ly-
coming, although some would like to
get John f. Stone, of Coudersport, in
to the race.
The West End Republicans will have
yrh 40
sixth annual banquet of the club will
be held at the club
house up Third street
The speakers will in Club Dinners
clude number of Will be Big
prominent men and it Occasions
is expected that the
campaign will be given
q big boost by the event. The Gen.
trail Democrats are arranging for their
big dinner in honor of Jefferson and as
there are still some federal plums to
be dished out in this section, there will
be no trouble to get folks to the din
ner. Secretary of the Navy Daniels
can be assured that there will be no
songs like those at the Carabao din
ner to jar his Cverwrought nerves
| The marching squad of the club will
/ be on hand to eject any diner who
may forget that the Secretary Is hu-
man.
Cumberland county Democrats are
being stirred up by a very entertain
ing scrap over the legislative nomina-
! tions. Representatives
Barner and Burnett
Cumberland are out for renomina-
Democrats tion, but there are
are Warning some Democrats who
are unkind enough To
figure out that they
did not cut very much of a swath last
session when they had a chance and
to be impressed with the idea that a
change would be good. The friends
of the two members are trying to off.
set this feeling and are working hard
A. M. Bowman, of Camp Hill, Is max
| ing an active canvass for a nomination
and DIR. Peters, of Boiling Springs
also has the bee. These two candi-
dates are going 1t alone. The Repub-
licans are letting the fight develop.
The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times says:
Democrats are beginning to think
the Palmer Mccormick organization
is playing politics with
tn federal judgeship
vacancy in this district. Pittsburgh
The appointment of a Views of the
successor to the late JuggIery
Judge James s. Young
was expected last week,
but there are reports now the position
will not be filled until after the May
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