Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-27
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By the Ex-Committecman

AS soon as the Governor disposes of
the election bills now on his desk a
call will be issued for meeting of the
Democratic State committee for the
election of national committeeman.
1t is expected that A. Mitchell Pal
mer Will accept the position of justice
of the Court of Claims at Washington
on June l, reports to the contrary not
withstanding. and that he will then re-
sign as the official burden bearer of
the Democratic patronage hunters in
the keystone State. The boom for
Vance c. Mccormick, which was being
exhibited around Washington last win
ter, will then be displayed as the Presi-
dents own, in the opinion of a good
many Democrats. and a fight for the
late candidate for Governor will be
made.
Up to date no one has been spoken
of for the place outside of McCor-
mick and Congressman John ]. Casey,
of Wilkes-Barre Casey is the man
who put a crimp in Palmer's plan to
have Congressman ]. V. Lesher, of the
Sunbury district, succeed him as men,
Der of the ways and means committee
and has never been overly friendly
with the bosses of the State machine.
If Casey decides to go into the fight
ii will be a real one.
Some of the Democrats are said ITO
feel that Mccormick should be given
the honor because he was so badly
defeated last Fall and that with him in
the place there would be some chance
of the party debts being paid before
the presidential campaign starts.
Cumberland county people are
commencing to sit up and talk about
the judicial election scheduled for that
county and about the time of wheat
harvest there will be flock of candi-
dates for the nomination. AS the nom
partisan judicial law repeater did not
get very far in the Legislature, the
nomination will be on a nonpartisan
basis. and some tall politics will be
played over the river.
State Chairman William z. Crow
is the guest of Scottdale Elks at
Fayette county reunion to-day.
Friends of Charles H. Wolfe, for
mer mayor of Williamsport, say that
he is being strongly backed in all four
counties of his district for the Repub-
hcan nomination to succeed Congress
man Edgar r. Kiess.
The contest for the Republican
nomination for Auditor General ap-
pears to be attracting a good bit of
attention among men active in party
affairs and there is a disposition to
keep the Bull Moose element which Is
endeavoring to get back in some dis
tricts without showing many signs of
repentance from making any trouble.
Senators Charles H. Kline and Charles
A. Snyder are both candidates for the
place and James F. Woodward, the
chairman of the House appropriations
committee. is being talked of both for
Auditor General and State Treasurer.
j. Lee Plummer. of Blair county. one
of the well-known Republicans of the
state. will be a candidate for State
Treasurer. No Democrats appear to
think enough of the nominations on
their side to talk about It.
Conferences on the Philadelphia
mayoralty are about due to start. The
usual independent movements will be
heard of, but it looks as though the
Republican organization would go
back without much trouble.
Judge Cameron, of Tioga, will be
a candidate for reelection this year,
as will Judge Terry. of Wyoming.
Speaking in Philadelphia yester-
day, Senator Penrose predicted that
there would be harmony in the Repub-
lican party in the Philadelphia mayor
atty campaign this Fall. The senator
is quoted as saying: 1T is important,
however, that we should have no fac
tional contests on the eve of a presi-
dental election. Harmony of action
is therefore likely to prevail. The
tickets Will be elected in all counties
of the State normally Republican, and
so strong is the anti Wilson and anti
Palmer sentiment in many of the
Democratic counties that there are
good prospects of the Republicans
electing all or parts of their tickets in
these counties. A trip through Cen
trail Pennsylvania last week brought
me in touch with the people of a
dozen counties and everywhere l found
Republican prospects bright and the
active Republican workers greatly en-
couraged."
State Chairman Roland S. Morris,
of the Democratic State committee, is
expected home from Europe next
week. Trouble will soon start
-Jucge James German. one of the
original members of the Philadelphia
municipal court, has resigned in dis
gust at the failure of the Legislature
to enact suggested laws. His successor
will be named shortly.