Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-13
PoeEcA In
Pe~~Oqeooia
By the Ex-Committeeman

Democratic State leaders are said
to have abandoned all idea of having
any meeting of the Democratic State
| committee this summer, contending
that as long as A. Mitchell Palmer is
still national committeeman there is no
necessity for a meeting. They also
contend that State Chairman Roland
S. Morris was elected to serve until
next May and that there is no vacancy
in the Office Of chairman.
The Old Guard Democrats would
like nothing better than to get a crack
at the reorganization bosses in a fight
in the State committee. They would
be glad to force a meeting II they
could do SO because IL they won they
would be able to dominate the presi-
Dental primaries next year and claim
to be Wilson's real friends and to de-
mand some patronage.
The Philadelphia Ledger in a Wash
ington dispatch to-day says: Senator
Penrose will be most active throughout
Pennsylvania all summer. His motive
is entirely political, but ostensibly he
is accepting invitations to speak at
functions of a. nonpolitical nature. The
reason for this activity is that Mr.. Pen
rose, according to Republicans here,
foresees a fight to prevent him from
controlling the Pennsylvania delegates
to the next Republican national con-
vention. The Progressives of Pennsyl-
Vania, it is asserted, will return to the
Republican party in 1916 and they will
also be lined up against Penrose. 1t
is possible that they will unite their
forces with the revolving Republican
leaders and bring out a new candidate
for President"
The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times says:
EARLY next month the commission of
Postmaster William H. Davis will ex-
pire. Reliable information coming
from Washington, D. c.. indicates that
William D. George, of Sewickley, is
the probable successor of Major Davis
1t is intimated that all he needs to do
to secure the appointment is to move
into Pittsburgh, and it is possible the
Post Office Department will not even
require him to give up his Sewickley
residence. Several Pittsburgh Demo-
Gratis have been seeking the office. but
none of them appears to be satisfac-
tory to the Guffey-Martin organ
ization."
An Ebensburg newspaper says: mo
politician had anything to do with the
appointment by Governor Brumbaugh
OF James w. Leech, of Ebensburg, as
sation Board. The Governor and the
Cambria county member have been in
innate friends since 1855, when the
two met at the county superintendents'
convention at Harrisburg. Brum-
baugh was superintendent of the
schools of Huntington county and
Leech of the Cambria county schools.
At Harrisburg in 1888 Mr.. Leech asked
Mr. Brumbaugh to address the Cam
bria county teachers institute. The
Governor said he had never done any,
thing of the sort and declared he would
be failure. but finally consented to
appear. Thereafter, because of his
throughout the State. John A. Scott,
OF Indiana, another member of the
compensation board, was a member of
the student body at Elders Ridge
Academy at the same time as James
w Leech. Both Leech and Scott later
taught school within a few blocks of
each other in Johnstown."
The Philadelphia Record to-day
says: with their eyes we'll fixed on
the political plum tree, the Bull Moose
leaders are now busily engaged in fix
ing up a slate for the magistrates
places to be voted upon this fall. Pres
ent prospects are not regarded as en-
couraging for the Washington party,
but the Roosevelt element has hopes
of again slipping into the minority
offices. Seventeen magistrates will be
voted for this fall, eleven places being
allotted to the majority and six to the
minority. This will require the nomi-
nation of eleven men by each party
at the primaries in September. It is
regarded as probable that the Bull
Moose nominees also will be placed on
the local option ticket"
A New Castle dispatch says: "Shar-
Ing interest with and probably over
shadowing the congressional fight in
the Twenty-fourth district is the wet
and dry fight being waged in the Law
renee county judgeship contest. The
fight surpasses anything of the kind
ever held in this county, owing to the
feet that Little Lawrence" has been
without liquor licenses for five years.
Party lines have been eliminated. The
vets" place their hopes in Attorney
5. Plummer Emery Judge w. E. Por-
ter and Attorney James A. Chambers
are attempting to corner the dry"
forces. 1t is predicted that 90 per
cent. of those eligible to vote, between
10000 and $4,000, will be registered
for the Fall primaries. The wet and
dry contest means a record vote in this
county, men of all political parties
say"
In letter to Fred D. Gallup, an at
torney of Smethport, John G.. johnson
comes out for the reelection of judges
Orlady and Head to the Superior Court
and adds that, outside of these men.
he knows of no man who would better
fill a tudgeship in the Superior Court
than John ]. w Bouton, of Mexican
county. Judge Bouton's candidacy also
has been indorsed by twenty bar asso-
Citations. including the ALLEGHENY
County Bar Association with 500 mem
bers. Mr.. Johnson's letter to Mr.. Cal
lup follows: I'm the matter of Su-
perior Court appointments, 1 am op-
posed to any change which will inter-
fere with Judges Orlady and Head
who ought to be reelected; but, out
side of these. know no man who. in
my opinion, would better fill a Judge
ship in this court than Judge J. w
Bouton."