Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-18
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Talk of Senator Boies Penrose as a
possible chairman of the Republican
national committee next year which
would mean that he would direct the
next presidential campaign, has inter
ested people from one end of the State
to the other. The news that the
senator was being considered was sent
out from Washington on Saturday and
appears to be predicated upon the fact
that National Chairman Charles D.
Hilles does not want to undergo an
other campaign with the further sup
port that men of national influence
have been impressed with the manner
in which the Senator conducted his
successful campaign in Pennsylvania
against very heavy odds
The late Senator NJ. S. Quay was
national chairman in 1888 when
Benjamin Harrison was elected and
Cleveland defeated for reelection on
tariff issues, which are uppermost in
the minds of many people to-day.
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh
and Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart will
be speakers at the closing rallies in
Philadelphia this month. They will
speak for Thomas B. Smith for
mayor. The announcement has caused
liIuCu "dlllHS among Lne alleSed re-
formers and set the Democratic news
papers off on another tangent Mayor
Blankenburg will come out on the
stump for George D. Porter and the
Franklin party will try the fantastic
idea of an endless chain of postcards
for their candidate.
-Suffragists are commencing 70
liven up the campaign in both ends
Of ha CAnN Nn
meetings and do various things to
make their cause stronger. Unques-
tionably the suffragists have gained
very much in the last few weeks.
According to Norristown people
Judge John Faber Mill, who was ap-
pointed Judge in Montgomery by Gov
ernor Tener, has gained immensely by
permitting opposition to him to get
election is more of a cinch than. ever
The supreme court has ordered
some recounting of Democratic ballots
in Lackawanna in the contest over the
county controller nomination. The
judges had refused a hearing on the
Durkin petition, but the court has
ordered one.
ID. Clarence Gibboney is out
against Porter in Philadelphia in a
red hot letter. He does not seem to
he impressed with his qualities as a
reformer.
Congressman B. K. Focht, of
Lewisburg will speak in the Fall cam
paigns in New England States. He
was asked to lend his aid in several
districts.
Speaking at Pittsburgh on Satur-
xtrI1n he
fight for denomination as Republican
candidate for county commissioner on
a platform of Statewide interest, said
he would not run independents~-As to
the future he said: II believe my de-
feat will only tend to arouse the peo-
pie and hasten the end. Revolutions
never move backward. All great steps
forward come up from the common
people. They can always be trusted
to settle all great questions right, once
the issue is clearly understood. 1 ap-
preciate the confidence and good will
of the thousands of voters who have
signed petitions requesting me to run
for commissioner at the November
election, but / am sure it would be a
mistake for me to do so, as a move
ment is now under way to clean up
this State and wrest political control
from the booze barons' and their al
lies. and, under these circumstances, I
believe it is my duty to devote my time
and energy to advancing this move
ment. I have no intention of retiring
from active politics. I have enlisted
for the war. and if no other candi-
date is willing to go before the peo-
pie and make a Statewide fight for
the principles for WHICH I stand. I will
at the proper time, announce my can
didacy for such an office as will give
the people of this great State an op-
portunty to express their will on the
most important question now before
the American people, a question that
will continue to be before the people
until they finally settle it,"
A Sunbury dispatch on the North
cumberland County Republican situa-
ton says: From all sides committee
men are sending reports to headduar-
ters here announcing more activity
than ever in the party ranks. Chair
man J. Irwin Steel is very hopeful ow-
ing to the way things looks as are sll
the candidates. Some of them are
old-time campaigners and say they
are quite positive the country will go
largely Republican next month. The
liveliest kind of contest is being
conducted by Sheriff John. Glass, Re-
publican. to jump into the treasurer
ship. the best kind of an office in the
county. He was chosen Sheriff four
years ago and proved so popular that
his friends prevailed on him to try
and land the treasurership. He is be-
ing opposed by former Justice of the
Peace J. p. Mccormick. Shamokin. He
is Democrat. Glass supporters pre-
dict he will win by big majority"
CARNEGIE AS A FISHERMAN
Andrew Carnegie is a keen and en-
thusiastic fisherman. There is little of
the art of rod and reel that the Laird
hasn't at his fingers end. In the sum-
mer just passed he went fishing every
day or so in his steam yacht Ell Placita
angling for cod and haddock mostly and
usually enjoying his big catches. There
were several days when he hooked and
landed from twenty to forty big fish. At
other times he took long rides in his
automobile or played over his private
golf course.
THE PULSE AND THE THROAT