Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-17
WERNER BOOM HIT
UNDER THE BELT
Suddenly Went Down and Out or
Up and Out Just Before
City Committee Met
JONES ADvERTISES FIGHT
Thanks Those Who Had Been Op.
posing Him For Blowing Up
Boom of His Rival

Boom of His Rival
Director George A. Werner for the
craftsmanship of the Democratic city
committee?
This question was interesting many
Democrats to-day and adherents of the
Fritchey-Stucker faction were smiling
behind their hands while the follow
ers of the Mccormick gang were go
ing around looking innocent. Mr..
Werner and some of his immediate
hackers seemed to be puzzled.
OF all the interesting affairs. which
the fighting Democracy of Dauphin
county has staged in it's tumultous ca
reer yesterdays election of a chair
man for the Harrisburg city Demo-
cratic committee was one of the most
entertaining. Until a short time be-
fore the committee met for organiza-
ton Werner was a candidate in full
bloom with Charles B. McConkey, who
is one of the closest to the McCor-
mick throne in Democratic affairs, fig
uring as campaign manager. 1t was
even suggested that Henry B. McCor-
mick, the new division boss, was in
augurating his control of the machine
by backing Werner and the Werner
men were declaring that Warren Van
Dyke, secretary of the Democratic
State committee, was one of the 33
who would vote for Werner. On the
other hand, Howard Jones, the presi-
dent of the Central Democratic Club,
was also candidate in full flower and
had with him a select band of men ex-
perienced in affairs. The Jones fac
lion f0r rn1 - h -
get more than twelve votes and felt
comfortable over the outcome.
Maybe 1t was because some power
in the Democratic councils-or treas
ury-here figured out that 1t would
never do to have it
known that a school
Mysterious director was taking
Power Put part in machine poll
Werner Out tics or maybe it was
because some candi-
date did not want to
have candidate known to be favor
able to him defeated for the honorary
job of city chairman. Anyway, short
ly before the meeting, Jones was told
that the Werner boom had blown up
and that McConkey would make the
speech seconding his nomination. The
word went around that everyone was
to deny that there had been any con-
test for the city Craftsmanship because
d complete harmony" story was
scheduled for the morning rag of the
Democracy. A mysterious power had
eXerted itself and all seemed serene.
But when the election had been ac-
complished with one of Mr.. McCon-
keys best speeches City Chairman
Jones made a speech
which informed the
world that there had Jones Tells
been contest. This the World
speech which is not re- All About 1t
ferred to by the Pa
triot this morning. 1t
my friends for this honor. 1
McConkey, for seconding my nom
ination as well as my friend,
Mr.. Werner, for the magnanimity
shown in withdrawing from the con-
test" Mr.. Jones said that the coun-
try would adjust itself, thereby in
forming the world that there was
something not purely psychological
wrong with affairs and that Candidate
Mccormick had a perfect right to un-
belt to win his election if he chose.
The reference to Mr.. McCormick's ex-
to creep over the faces of the commit
teemen. The rest of the meeting was
devoted to speeches during which
Jesse j. Lybarger hoped out of the
Patriots Forgettery and advertised
the Telegraph's accuracy in political
news by also admitting that there had
been a contest. The remainder of Mr..
Lybarger's speech was devoted to il
liberation and juggling with sesquipe-
dalian words.
Another feature of the Patriots
story of the county meeting is the
lack of any mention of the detail of
the remarks of DR.. d.
w. Shaffner, one of the
Shaffner candidates for the Leg
Speech Not islature from the sec
on Record ond district. The doc
tor is one of the shout
ers for the machine and
is one of the physicians of the board
of poor directors, one of the adjuncts
of the Mccormick machine. The doc
tor probably intended to be humor-
GUS, but his remarks were regarded
as vulgar by many of those who heard
him. The other candidates were very
circumspect even in the stories that
they told to amuse the members of
the county committee. The straight
forward, vigorous remarks of Herr
Moeslein made the speech of Shaffner
sound like an echo from an alley.
Members of the committee in
charge of the drafting of the platform
for the Republican State campaign
will meet in Philadel-
phia late to-day to
commence their work. Committee
The State chat m an to Begin
will preside and the Work To-day
State candidates will
attend. The first meet
ing is for the purpose of getting to-
gether on ideas and about the middle
of next week another session is like
ly to be held. 1t is the idea of the
committee to have copies of the pro-
posed platform in the hands of mem
bers of the State committee for
week before the meeting of the State
committee on July Is at Philadelphia.
That meeting is to be a notable af-
fair as the candidates will speak and
from all over the State
will attend.
Apparently Congressman Palmer
has not been keeping his ear as close
to the ground as usual and is not we'll
Informed on the gen.
eral opinion regarding