Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
PoGt;ca IN
Pe~~oqeSo~io
BY the Ex-Committeeman

Senator Penrose and Congressman
w. w. Griest spent yesterday on a
cruise off Atlantic City. The senator
Philadelphia until midsummer. when
he will go west.
Friends of Judge j. M. Bouton, of
Mexican county. are getting busy in
his behalf. The election of the Mexican
county judge is expected to be rather
an exciting event in that part of the
State.
E. A. Jones, late Second Deputy
Highway Commissioner is actively
working to be nominee for county
controller in Lackawanna county. He
hlled the office for over a dozen years.
The Bucks county Republican COM
mittee will meet Saturday afternoon
and Northumberland Frank B.
McClain will be speaker.
In spite of the fact that the Phila-
delphia Washington party city COM
mittee has announced that it proposes
to nominate a whole city and county
ticket this Fall Inc that some of the
men active in Washington party cir
Giles in Pittsburgh and Scranton are
commencing to stretch their arms and
talk about battling. reports indicate a
gradual increase in the number of men
who are returning to the Republican
party. In some localities this Is be-
ing done in the face of efforts being
made by Democrats to induce the
wandering ones to throw in their lot
and be part of the united and har-
monious" party of which so much
used to be printed in this city.
The way the progessives return to
the fold is interesting. They say that
.|lT0NnrnOr RTIIm haIIOh has signed hills
which embody their ideas and that
therefore the Republican party has
adopted their planks M it is no use
wasting effort. This has been said
here in the last fortnight by at least
a dozen men who were noisy in the
progressive ranks two years ago. Only
the other day William Wilhelm, one of
the out and out progressives, remarked
that the Governor was progressive and
that coming from the head of the
Progressive League is extremely signi-
ficant.
All that is needed is an
ment hat William Finn does not see
any further use to maintain a separate
organization. When that comes there
will be a break in the last line. And
from all accounts Finn seems to think
that way.
The first announcements in the in
teresting judicial contest that is ex-
.pected to be made in Cumberland
county this yea came on Saturday
when John w. Wetzel and E. NJ. Bid
die, Jr., declared that they would run
Several more are expected to throw
their hats into the ring. Mr.. Wetzel
ran against Judge Sadler ten years
ago and has been attending very care
fully to fences ever since. In fact, he
has never lost sight of 1915.
while the election of judges will
be nonpartisan this year there is no
question but hat there will be some
evidences of the split in the Democra-
tic party in a number of counties. 1t
is a bit too early for the Democrats
of the State to get to fighting over
Bryan and Wilson, but it is bound to
come. The Nebraskan has a lot of
sincere admirers in this State, men
who have been for him since 1896 and
who did not see in him any elements
of greatness until the Baltimore con-
vention and who resented anything he
might have to say about Pennsylvania
politics until 1912. When this break
occurs it will be worth watching to
note the alignment of the Old Guard
element.
Another funny thing about the
Democrats is the silence of the men
who were d~enouncing about one week
ago the newspapers which printed
stories that Bryan was about to resign.
Seven days ago people who talked that
way were called m Now some of
the folks who protested would like to
call Bryan names.
The Dauphin county Democratic
committee will line up behind the
President when it meets here to-mor-
row to elect a chairman and organize
for the unpleasant campaign which
faces the machine this Fall, 1t is said
that some mischief makers may try to
bring in Bryan. but the reorganizers
will have enough men there to see
that no resolutions likely to emphasize
the split get into the records.