Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-05
DEMOCRATS P[AV
DELEGATE FIGHTS
Jefferson Day Dinners to Be Occa.
sions For Launching Booms
For National Honors
PITTSBURGHERS ARE COMING
Discussion of Nonpartisan Re-
pealer to Be the Big Thing on
Hill on Wednesday

Although Jefferson's birthday ami
versary has come and gone the ma
| chine Democrats of the State propose
to make him the goat again by hold
ing some Jefferson day dinners to
launch candidates. for national dele
| gate next year.
the State bosses are not afraid any
| body viii come out as a delegate for
any candidate against President Will
son. but they are afraid that the Old
Guard may take advantage of the dis
gust VITA the machine and enter the
lists as delegates for Wilson, too, and
throw the reorganization gangsters
into the mud.
This week in Philadelphia the ma
chine men will have Jefferson din
ner at which the President will be
lauded and attempts made to ascer-
tain who has any schemes in the air.
The Westmoreland County Bar
Association has endorsed Superior
Court Judges Orlady and Head for re-
election. Other counties have been
active in the same direction.
-Lycoming county's Democratic
committee reelected Chairman Harris
Spots without bloodshed on Saturday.
Representative Vickerman, who is
the chief aid to Chairman Williams
for local option, publishes a newspaper
in Allegheny county. He is an ener-
getic member and has handled some
important work in behalf of the bill.
Senator Ware is out for a million
dollars for Philadelphia's port. He
will press for it and the appropriations
committeeman are hunting where to
get it.
Judge Henry Neil, of Chicago,
who is the author of the Illinois moth
ers' pension plan, is coming here this
week to address members of the Legis-
lature on the subject. The amount of
the appropriation has not been work
ed out.
Among the varied accomplish
ments of Representative H. w. Gro
mer is record of three years service
in the Eighteenth regiment.
Representative Milliron appears
to have taken the place of Charles A.
Snyder as the teachers friend in the
House. He was school teacher for
twenty years.
Representative Fred Boyer, of
Philadelphia, is a lawyer and is one
of those who do not subscribe to local
option or woman suffrage.
Representative w. NJ. Mearkle, of
Allegheny, is a member of the Bar
of Cumberland county. He studied
law at Dickinson and entered the bar
at Carlisle, later removing to Pitts
burgh.
w. n. McNair, of Pittsburgh, who
ran against Heinrich Houck last cam
paign, was here on Sunday for a short
time. He came to visit his old home
in Middletown.
Representative S. A. Whitaker of
PhoeniXville, is being talked of as the
next senator from Chester county. His
service in the House has been able
and he has attracted much attention
by his level headed way of dealing
with things.
According to rumors William
Finn may look in on the scene this
week. He will not attract as much
attention as he did two years ago.
Then he was somewhat of a boss.
This time he will be a mere specta-
tor.
The full crew bill is due to be
acted upon by committee tomorrow if
there is not too much excitement. The
bill will be reported out.
Considerable interest is being
aroused by the coming of the dele
cation of Pittsburghers to the Capitol
on Wednesday to protest against re-
peal of the nonpartisan ballot law and
lit is expected that many of the men
active in crusades of a few years ago
will be here. Recently q meeting was
held at Pittsburgh under the auspices
of the Allied Boards of Trade at which
the law and the bill were discussed.
The speeches made have attracted
some attention because of what was
said about the lawmakers. According
to the Pittsburgh Dispatch: "Adolph
Edlis, a candidate for county treasurer,
was in the audience signifying his
sympathy with the movement in op-
position to repeal as was ]. f. Ma
| lone, a candidate for council Both
had been sent by boards of trade which
are opposing repeal M. j. Ehrenfeld
! in short address referred to the
members of the Legislature as
wooden a sentiment (which
was later endorsed by Attorney George
w. Allen, former member of the
House. Mr.. Allen made the assertion
that not more than 10 per cent. of the
members know what is going on