Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-07

, ness of the meeting had been trans
acted with machine-like precision and
dispatch and was on the point of ad-
journing when Senator Penrose as
chairman gave the floor to Mr.. Wana-
maker.
Mr.. Wanamakcr's Address
In his address Mr.. Wanamaker said:
Il accept the honor of being a men,
Der OF the committee to notify the next
President of his nomination by this
convention l would like to know
whom the Pennsylvania delegates will
unite upon or use their influence in
the convention for. The haze of the
smokestacks of Gary seems to have
drifted over Chicago. 1 do not wish
to pry into the secrets of the other
seventy-five delegates, but would like
TO ind the headquarters of the re-
united Republican party.
We all wear pretty much the same
shoes, but from the shoulders up it
may be that our chairman can see
farther than any of the rest of us. We
are now less than twenty-four hours
before the opening of this convention
and 1t seems to me we should get be-
hind our leader for the things we want
to do. This will be the greatest of all
national conventions; il certainly
marks crisis. In my boyhood lived
through one crisis and that's enough
for one lifetime.
There is just one thing for Penn
sylvania Republicans to do, and that is
to get together. We can't all have
our own way; we must give and take
After all, l believe that the split in our
party was occasioned more by the con-
tests for leadership than by a division
over principles, and now we are di-
vided into three groups, Republicans,
ProgressiveS and Democrats. There
ought to be no differences between Re-
.tIl lfS, MI
all Republicans. Instead of the differ
ences being fought out among the
leaders, we delegates should get to-
gether.
1T would be dreadful thing If the
party of Lincoln, Grant and Mckinley
is so split that the present Democratic
administration would be continued in
power. We should select our leader
and secure the nomination of someone
we can all rally behind l appeal to
you Pennsylvanians to try to get to-
gether.
81 am not speaking at the request of
your chairman or of any other dele
gate. i am speaking my own mind.
Let US unite on one of the fifteen men
who have opened headquarters here.
Any continuation of this fight will do
harm to the future oil the Republican
party and our nation. Let US get to-
gether to make a Stronger America,
The opportunity confronts the Re-
publican party to make our country
the greatest country of the world, but
we can't do that if we are divided into
factions. If we cannot agree with
each other, it will be signal to the
world that we are not to be listened to
in the matter of peace. Let us unite,
so that the greatest nation in the
world may reach out its hands to the
countries at war. There is an oppor-
tunity for the Republican party to be
great and influential not only in this
country but throughout the world"
Reply by Senator Penrose
Senator Penrose said in reply to
Mr. Wanamaker:
I'VE must all he impressed with
what Mr. Wanamaker has said. A
large number of the delegates to this
convention are uninstructed. There is
no factionalism. There is no obnoxious
effort to force the candidacy of any
one. To-day there is no evidence as
to who will be nominated. Discussion
and controversy is the predominating
element of the situation. In this re-
spect it is different from other conven-
tions, and certainly If there is any
thing in representative government 1t
is condition not altogether undesir-
able, particularly after the tremendous
breach of 1912.
1T have been here since Friday and
I find good feeling all about have
not detected any trace of animosity.
According to the parliamentary pro-
cedure to be gone through with, 1t will
be late on Saturday before the nomi-
nation of a presidential candidate is
reached. Therefore there will be full
opportunity for an interchange of
opinions and discussion as to avail
ability of candidates.
ut is the duty of every Pennsylva-
nian to minEle among the delegates
from other States ond ascertain the
best thought as to the most desirable
candidate. At the meeting of the dele
cation we are going to have I will sub
nit all the information 7 have OBJ
tanned and he governed by your best
Judgment AS for myself, I will vote
for the man upon whom the majority
of the delegates agree, and he will be
elected in November.
This is not convention of leaders
in the ordinary sense of the term