Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-08
WILSON NOTICING
REVOLT IN STATE
One Reason Why Warren Van.
Dyke Has Not Landed, Is Re-
ported Disgust at Capitol
PALMER'S STAR SETTING
Penrose Says That the Republicans
Will Sweep the Country
Next Big Election


According to stories brought here
and the officials of the national ad-
ministration are commencing to take
notice of the manner in which men
opposed to the Palmer Mccormick
leadership are shaping up things i'll
Pennsylvania Democratic affairs and
the election of Congressman John j.
Casey as member of the ways AMI
means committee over Palmer's man
LeSher was not without effect.
The fact that Palmer has not yet
landed in Il berth is a subject of gen.
eral comment although it is predicted
that he will be as well treated as
Guthrie, Blakslee and others who re
formed" Pennsylvania Democracy and
promptly took big places.
One of the stories brought here
is that the reason Warren VanDyke,
secretary of the State Democratic
committee, has not been named as
revenue collector for this district is
Palmer leadership have
gotten in behind T. X. VanDyke and
are demanding recognition for his
Democracy, which was as strong when
Bryan ran as when Wilson was q can
didate. 1t is contended by these peo-
pie that the machine Democrats have
had more than enough considering
the awful defeat into which they led
the party last Fall when they had
patronage and everything else in their
favor. 1t is said that the protests
against Warren ana the support given
IT. X. have attracted much attention
among the top-notchers at Washing
ton who are said to be ION to" the real
situation in the Pennsylvania Demo-
cracy at last.
An interesting test of how the
Wilson people feel toward the dis
credited Democratic leaders of the
State will be furnished by the appoint
ment of the subtreasurer at Philadel-
phia. Palmer and his coterie have
recommended John b. Evans, of
Pottstown, and Congressman Casey,
who trimmed Palmer in the Demo-
cratic caucus, and others are asking
the appointment of Congressman Rob-
ert +. Lee, of Pottsville, who fell out
side the breastworks. congressman
elect Dewalt. Liebel and Steele, the
latter Palmer's successor, are said to
he strong for Lee.
Next year there will be a political
landslide, which will restore business
prosperity to the country and will
again entrcnch the Republican party
in power. 1t will mark the disappear
ance of the Progressive party, and the
complete merger of the Republicans
who strayed from the party fold in
1912 with the parent organization. y
This statement was made by Senator
Boies Penrose at Washington Satur-
day night. The situation in which
the Democratic party finds itself In
the Senate" continued Mr. Penrose
with its party lines broken and its
pet administration measure on the
verge of defeat, but accentuates the
situation that exists in the country
Decentralization has overtaken them
They are divided and they are passing
through repetition of many previous
experiences, when their organization
could not hold intact and their lead
ers failed to keep their ranks un-
broken. Although / have been bach
in Washington but a few days since
the election, yet | have had an oppor-
tunity to talk with a number of my
Republican colleagues in the Senate
and / have found every one of then
hopeful of Il Republican victory neXt
year and fun of confidence. They be
lieve that the party have good reason
to feel that way.
do you expect to see Colonel Roose-
welt pack In the party next year
Senator Penrose was asked. "I cannot
speak for the Colonel" said he, "but
we welcome all the Progressives, nc
matter how far they have strayeC
from the fold. There exists no reason
for a division in the Republican party
We have a common enemy to figh-
in the Democratic party. We wan
all the recruits we can get"
The Philadelphia Ledger yester.
day reviewed the seventeen districts il
| which judges are to be elected thi:
Fall and predicted that in all excep
| Philadelphia, Allegheny, Lancaster
/ Northampton and Montgomery liquor
would be the issue. In the Mifflin
Bedford Huntingdon district, mad,
dry" by Judge Woods, the judge will
run again. Other districts in this sec
tion which elect will be Cumberland d
Franklin, Administration and York
Center and Tioga have lively cam
paigns on already. Others are Mer
Ger. Beaver, Westmoreland and Wash
| ington.
DIR. NJ. NJ. Daugherty is now safei,
on the public payroll as postmaster o
| Mechanicsburg. He assumed Office
| last week, but will not start to clear
house for some time.
Friends of Congressman Palmer
! are expressing their pain at. the tardi
ness of the national administra ton il
recognizing his sterling qualities as
patriot by appointing him to a place
1t is intimated that Palmer will bc
counsel to tho Trade Commission, bu
the failure of the administration Il
come to the front is causing some
worry among the true patriots
Tho Philadelphia Record saws
Announcement was made in loca
Republican circles yesterday that tho
several election bills planned L
strengthen the organization grip b,
blowing out fusion, eliminating the
nonpartisan ballot and like shifts
would not be presented by Senator
Crow, in tho Senate, tonight as origi.
! nally scheduled. On second thought
the leaders decided to discuss thi,
drastic legislation with Governor
Brumbaugh and obtain his views be.
fore proceeding on their own account
A halt was called In the preparation
of the several bills, and it is now
thought that some of them, if not all
may be dropped in case the Governor
declares his opposition to any sweep
ing changes in the present election
laws"