Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
DEMOCRATS WAR
ON POST OFFICES
Congressman Indignant at the
Manner of Handing Them Out
at National Capital
ANGRY AT BURLESON NOW
Penrose Makes Some Comments
Upon His Ideas on Election
Law Amendments

Democratic leaders and congress-
men-elect are venting their wrath
against President Wilson, Postmaster
General Burleson and Congressman A.
Mitchell Palmer over the manner in
which the post offices in Pennsylvania
are being doled out to strengthen the
dlScredited machine. 1t is expected
that post ONCE appointments will be
made at the rate OF forty a day from
now until Palmer's term ends
Apparently Democratic congress
men and conEressmen-e elect do not in
tend to stand for much more and are
arranging to lay their case before the
president. Postmaster General Burle-
son, former colleague of Palmer, is
being sharply criticised for telling
n-elect Nj. Liebel, of Erie,
that he did not pay any attention to
congressman until they began their
terms. Similar statements are report
ed to have been made to others and
Congressman Casey, of Wilkes Barre,
has been openly flouted
The worst break the administra-
tlon has made was in listening to Pal
mer and forcing through the appoint
ment of a. J. Palm as postmaster at
Meadville. Palm was formerly con-
nected with the machine headquarters
and runs a paper at Meadville. Con-
gresham Liebel charged that the had
supported Bull Moose for Congress
against the Democratic candidate, but
Burleson did not care.
Machine dictation forced the nam
ing OF these poStmasters: A. {. Knepp,
Northeast; Preston l.. Peters, Saegers-
town, and Thomas McCobb, Cochran
ton; John c. Barclay, Clearfield; Gran
vile S. Rehrig. Lehighton; b. c.
Lamberson, McConnellsourg; Robert
Lesher, northumberland; Thomas
Wood, Muncy; a. j. Young, Pen Argyll;
John Nj. Bedker, Stroudsburg; John
eastman, st. Mary's; 7. f. Warner,
New Oxford, and w. j. Johnson, Bris-
tol.
1t is reported that Palmer is GO
ing to open an Office in Philadelphia
and associate himself with n number
of big lawyers in New York and Phila-
delphia in addition to keeping his office
at Stroudsburg. However, he will
probably be government counsel in so
many cases during the rest of the Will
son administration that he will not
have much time for clients.
The Philadelphia post office ap-
pears to be under fire these days and
the Democratic control has not
helped it any.
lANbNl IEtitnNlcul MS DtGI GleCl-
ed chairman of the Reading Democra-
tic committee.
Judge Orvis at Bellefonte granted
27 licenses and held up six
A boom for Judge John NJ. Gar
man, of the Luzerne county bench, for
Superior Court, was launched at a
county dinner served to the Judge and
a number of his friends at Dallas last
night.
Tho avept Ht-as dasigpatad os , cI,;,Iy
en- and waffle dinner and was not sup
posed to have been a political gather
ing. but before all the chickens and
watties had disappeared, James II.
Shea, a lawyer and lifetime friend of
Garman, launched the boom.
There were a dozen or more
speeches in which Garman was urged
to come before the people. The judge
has not said that he will or will not be
a candidate.
Senator Penrose made these COM
ments on election laws in Philadelphia
Il certainly favor a bill to
prevent fusion. The people should not
be compelled again to view such a
spectacle as that which marked the
last campaign when DR.. Lewis with
drew as the Washington party guber-
nominee after the voters had
sonally, l feel that a candidate should
go into the primaries under his own
party colors; that then he should re-
main on his designated party ticket
and not withdraw in the interests of
some other candidate of some other
party. The voters of any party have
right to decide such matters for them
selves. Candidates should stand by
their nominations; abide by the de-
riSipn n the With t.1
to the Legislature in general, the Sen
ator said tnat because of his recent ILL
ness and the tense situation at Wash
ington' that he had not been able to
keep in close touch. He said that re-
ports he had received indicated that
everything was proceeding most har-
that the Legislature and
the Governor would cooperate, and
hat finally the pledges of the Republi-
,an party would be redeemed.
The Philadelphia Record to-day
says: Senator Penrose's declaration
On Saturday upholding the Brum-
)augh veto of the padded payroll items
Of the general deficiency bill is eX-
pected to end the talk among mem
oers of the Legislature of a movement
10 appropriate these contingent funds
n defiance of the Governor. The
action OF the Senator in putting down
The threatened revolt against the Gov
ernor is understood to have been vol
IDtary on his part, as 1t is stated that
the two men nave neither met nor
been in communication since the in
luguration. The movement to pass
.he vetoed items and thus create a
break between the Executive and the
Legislature had not proceeded far be-
vond the talk stage, but fears were ex-
pressed that the legislators might take
advantage OF the absence OF Senator'S
Ware and Crow at the next
meeting on Monday evening, March l,
o rebuke the Governor for slashing
he patronage. Senator Penrose's op-