Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-02
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

The thing which is interesting men
who follow politics IN this State is
what the Governors partisans intend
TO do at Chicago. The anti-Penrose
men have not said a word about their
plans and have taken steps to open
headquarters at Chicago and to make
noise for the Governor disregarding
the effect of the Philadelphia meet
ings. The Governor and his close ad-
visers have not said a word since the
election of Penrose as national COM
mitteeman or since the caucus on
chairman was held, but 1t Is suspected
that they will be heard from about
Monday or Tuesday in Chicago. The
delegation is to meet Tuesday and 1t
Will then develop how the Ware con-
tingent will act.
Among the possibilities are a re-
fusal to abide by the caucus on the
ground of some charges which are
limited at. Some of the Philadelphia
newspapers intimate that there will
be some attacks made on Penrose
party management and an effort to
line up Bull Moosers in a demonstra-
tiop against him.
Congressman William S. Ware will
head the Brumbaugh delegates and
will probably make the speech at Chi
cago presenting the Governor as
Pennsylvania's favorite son. The
Philadelphia Record says: Whether
or not the factional fight in the State
organization is carried to the floor of
the convention depends largely on de-
velopments in Chicago. 1t Is known
that the hackers of the Governor
would like to embarrass Senator Pen
rose by carrying the fight against him
to the floor of the convention, but such
move will be held in allegiance until
the true strength OF the Governor 6
position is determined. At the most
the Governor will have less than one
third of the &c delegates from Penn
sylvania and the number which his
hackers are counting on now may be
decreased materially by the time the
convention opens"
The special train bearing the Re-
publican Organization men to Chi
cago will leave Philadelphia on Sun
day morning and pass through here
shortly after noon. 1t will have most
of the Penrose men. The Ware Brum-
baugh men will travel either on that
train or go separately as they see fit.
Governor umbaugh, who is to speak
a. Gettysburg on Sunday, will leave
here Sunday afternoon or evening,
accompanied by Secretary Ball. The
Governor will be at the Lexington
Hotel The Republican organization
people will be at the Congress.
The ProgressiVes will leave here
Monday afternoon and two special
cars have been arranged for them to
travel to Chicago.
Ross II. Shiffen, we'll known here,
was appointed deputy city treasurer of
Lebanon yesterday. He succeeds
Thomas a. SDapplar deDufN for YEA rs
Postmaster Jacob II. Mause, of
Bloomsbury. is being attacked on
charges of political activity by DR.. l.
l.. Rabb. who lost out in the recent
Legislative primary.
Much interest is centered in coun-
ty committee meetings next week.
The Allegheny county Republicans
will meet tomorrow and the Phila-
delphia committee on Wednesday. In
Lackawanna and Luzerne there will
be meetings next week.
Governor Brumbaugh, who jolted
Philadelphia. by declining to reap
point Clinton Rogers Woodruff a
registration commissioner and by
throwing out the two Democratic
members gave the Scranton Democrats
the same kind of a jar. He refused
to reappoint the Democratic commits
sioners and declined to accept the sug-
gestions of the Calpin-Nealis people.
He named Michael A Rafter and
Anthony p. ODonnell, picking them
from field of twenty.
A contest with many peculiar ele-
ments, has arisen over the election OF
Democratic national delegates in the
Thirtieth Congressional District, and
in all likelihood it will find it's way
into court and may result in recount
of the vote cast for at least two of the
candidates. The figures of the official
returning board gave one of the two
delegateships to Martin F. Howley
whose majority over John J.
Gallagher was but two votes The
election of Howley and John j. Nc
KClVey as the delegates from the Thir-
tieth District is said to have been
certified to by the county commission
ers last Saturday and sent to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth. Now
il leaks out that on Monday Jacob T.
Born and other Democratic support
ers of Gallagher protested Howley's
election, claiming that Gallagher re-
ceiVed nine votes more than the fig
ures of the returning board gave him
w. s. McClatchey, chief clerk of the
Allegheny commissioners office, is
said to have received the complaint
investigated, found 1t was just and in
structed a clerk in the office to cor
rect the returning boards figures. A
change of one vote in the First Dis
trict, Third Ward, and eight votes in
the Second Ward, Wilmerding, was
said TO have been made giving
Gallagher a majority or seven votes
over Howley and making Gallagher
one of the two delegates from the dis
tIict.
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