Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-29
HOLD
MUCH ATTENTION
Republicans May Not Adopt at the
Meeting to Be Held Here
Next Wednesday
PALMER PASSES 1T ALONG
Makes Morris the Burden-bearer
For the Importunites of the
Democrats

This year the resolutions to be
adopted by the State committees will
take the place of the platforms which
used to be adopted by the State con-
ventions, now done away with, and
naturally there is a great interest be-
ing taken in them The Washington
party, 1t is understood, will rest on its
declarations at the January conference
land the Democrats will probably adopt
series of resolutions declaring for
Wilson and the tariff without blinking.
The Prohibitionists always have a
platform ready at any time.
Just what will be done about the
Republican platform is problematical
and there is gossip that the adoption
of resolutions may not he taken up at
the meeting of the State committee
next Wednesday.
| Three State committees will meet
here Wednesday and one, Thursday.
The Prohibitionists will meet at 10
a. m. in Ridge Avenue Church; the
Republicans at 11.30 a. m. in Chestnut
Street Hall, and the Democrats at
| 2 p. m. in the Board of Trade.
!
committee will meet.
Congressman Palmer, Federal dis
penser of patronage in Pennsylvania
and candidate for the SenatorShip
against Senator Boies
Penrose, admits that
he is weary of being Palmer to
used as a football by Keep String
ambitious Democrats OIL Offices
of the Keystone State
who wish to serve
| their country in good Federal jobs
' with large salaries attached. Palmer
| last night announced that from now
until after the November election he
will confer upon State Chairman Ro-
land S. Morris the power to handle
all offices yet to be handed out in the
State. He says that he will give all
names submitted to him by Chairman
Norris his approval and will send
them to the President personally. The
fact is that the patronage distribution
| has been so unsatisfactory to Palmer
that in almost every appointm ent
made to date in Pennsylvania party
workers have been disappointed and in
great many cases they have refused
to assist the reorganization Democrats.
In the primary campaign many of
these workers enlisted under the ban
ner of Michael J. Ryan, the opponent
of Vance c. Mccormick for the guber-
material nomination. These men, as
rule, sympathize with the old guard
| Democrats and refuse to accept the
| White House made ticket of Palmer
and Mccormick.
Five more counties filed their official
returns of the primary election at the
| Capitol to-day, and it is believed by
officials at the State
Department that they
Five More will be able to certify
Counties to the election of con-
Have Filed siderably more than a
| quorum of members of
each of the State COM
mittees by next Wednesday. The
Philadelphia and Allegheny county re-
turns will probably be late. The coun-
| ties filing to-day were Bucks, Clear
field, Chester, Washington and Centre.
The work of tabulating is progressing
slowly, owing to the numerous groups
which have to be handled separately.
| Another interesting feature of the
legislative nominations has come to
! light in the discovery that James F.
/ Woodward, of McKees-
port, former member
of the House, is the Woodward
Democratic as we'll as Does Well
the Republican nomi- i'm Ninth.
nee in the Ninth Allie
gheny district Mr..
Woodward was a member for several
terms and was twice chairman of the
appropriations committee. He ran for
all three party nominations in his dis
trict and was beaten for the Washing
ton by small margin. 1t is probable
that Woodward will be a formidable
candidate for the chairmanship when
he comes back in January. The
Greasy machine failed to defeat
Charles A. Shaffer, of Berwick. for
Democratic denomination at the pri-
maries in Columbia. county. Arthur
Greasy ran against Shaffer. but the
Berwick man was too swift for him.