Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-16
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BY tho Ex-Oorurnittecman

the music of the bands of the Shadow
Lawn pilgrimage ringing in their ears
and still feeling the warm glory of the
reflected glory of the presidential can
didate had a rude awakening this
morning when thew heard that Lewis
| Emery. Jr, who led the great fusion
| fight of the Democrats and 1ndepend-
ents in 1906, had come out unquali-
| fedly for Hughes. Democratic bosses
have been fond of referring in the
last few years to the man from Nc
Kean who was the center of the great
est fusion campaign in years in the
keystone State and his declaration for
Hughes was terrific jolt for the
machine.
Mr.. Emery denounces the spine
less policy" of the Wilson administra-
| tion, in such striking contrast to the
Roosevelt way of handling things and
declares the tariff issue shall not be
minimized Mr.. Emery says in part:
Repeated requests and even demands
have been made of the Democratic
Congress for the revision of the I'm
derwood tariff schedule, but every re-
quest has been rejected. Upon this
issue alone in this section OF the state
the Progressive Tariff Democrats who
supported Mr.. Wilson in the last cam
paign will give their support to
Charles E. Hughes. Our people here
regard this q critical hour in the his
tory of America. a critical hour in the
history of the world. Deeds are need
ed, not words. as never before in the
worlds history. The Wilson admin
istration has been tried and found
wanting. 1t is time to end this note
writing administration. Time to
change, and Hughes is the man of the
hour"
Further dismay was brought to
the Democratic Windmill to-day by
the reports from the anthracite re-
gions that Col. Roosevelt's speech in
which he said that Wilson had play
ed second fiddle to Samuel Gompers
| in dealing with Mexico had made a
deep impression. The speech has
caused wide comment. His closing was
striking for the linking up of Gompers
with Carranza. The colonel said: ut
is now announced in the press that
Mr.. Gompers is negotiating with Mr..
| Carranza in order to get him to with
draw the decree. If so, it will only be
until after the election But let all
American ciizens think deeply before
| they retain in power an administra-
ton which tolerates such an Internal
ional alliance as that between Messrs.
Wilson. Gompers and Carranza. and
such management of its foreign af-
fairs as Mr.. Gomper's is carrying on
with the countenance and in the in
terest of Mr.. Wilson"
The Shadow Lawn pilgrimage
was notable for the strange bedfel-
lows it brought together. Charles P.
Donnelly. Philadelphia boss. and Will
| liam j. Bremen, Pittsburgh boss,
kicked out of the Democratic organ
ization by A. Mitchell Palmer, Vance
c. Mccormick and others a few years
ago were all shaking hands with each
other and with the personally selected
federal officials and postmasters. 1t
is said that there were 5000 men in
| the Pennsylvania party and that over
half were officeholders or had hopes
of being officeholders if the admins
tration was strong enough to put
through bills for more jobs.
The Central Democratic club is
estimated by the Democratic putting
machine to have had $50 men at the
greeting. Postmaster Frank G. Sites
and the club banner were up front
and when cheers were needed the
Harrisburgers were there with the
noise. The Central club, through Fred
Huston and Mr.. Sites presented Mrs.
Wilson with a fine bunch of flowers.
-Ex-Chief Justice D. Newlin Fell.
of the supreme court, has sent to the
Philadelphia committee organized to
promote the candidacy of Justice
Emory A. Walling for election for the
full term the following endorsement
of the Erie justice:
II was familiar with the work
of Judge Walling during a period
of many years. when he was
President Judge of Erie County.
His district was a difficult one,
in which new and important ques-
tions constantly arose. His work
was exceptionally well done. L
regarded him as one of the ablest
judges in the Commonwealth"
The candidacy of Judge Walling
for Supreme Court on the nonpartisan
judicial ticket is being endorsed by
lawyers throughout the entire State
The committee which is being formed
in Philadelphia will be comprised of
nearly two thousand members of the
bar.
According to dispatches from
Wilkes-B Barre the registration in the
three cities in Luzerne county shows
falling off instead of a gain as at
first reported. Wilkes-Barre register
the Democratic list slumped. The
same is said to be true in Hazleton.
observers of conditions in Ches-
ter county say that there is little doubt
of the collapse of the fusion move
ment in that county because of the
number of generals in the army. There
are now workers. All are leaders. The
Republican organization is said to be
stronger then ever.
Altoona Democrats are lighting
again. A dispatch from the Mountain
city says: Hardly was it announced
that w. j. Bryan, supposed advocate
of Peace at Any Price" would stump
this district in the interests of W. W.
Bailey, free trader. by speaking in
Johnstown next Friday and Altoona
next Saturday than the ruption be-
tween the two factions of Democracy
here became stirred as never before.
The main bone of contention appears
to be over the placing of William
Beardsley on the ticket for Assembly
through the efforts of A. V. Dively, his
father-in-law and local Bryan leader"
Organization of Allegheny county
for the national ticket and Republican
congressman is going ahead rapidly
and 1t is expected that IL will show q
big majority. Meetings are being held
nightly and many prominent men in
Guiding William A. Magee. public SER
vice commissioner will make
speeches.
Delaware county Republicans
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