Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-24
'PoeiEc4 On
P~e~~oqGo~n
By the Ex-C oInmittecman

Inauguration Of the campaign by
the Lehigh county field meetings has
started men interested in politics to
talking about the big gu~bernatorial
campaign for which, after all. the
present contest within Pennsylvania
this "a will be only a preparation.
The election Of the Republican State
ticket is assured. The identity of that
for 1918 is now being discussed. The
Republicans have plenty of available
men. The Democrats will not know
whether they have any men fit to run
until after November. Continuation OF
the Wilson administration would mean
debating the nominee for governor,
as was done when the president pick
ed Vance c. Mccormick in 1914.
The Stale administration forces will
naturally sceF 10 nominate the Re-
pubilcon candidate for governor. so
as to continue positions. influence or
glory as the case may be-. The OPP
position will seek to name one of its
friends. This Falls election and next
winters Legislative session will shape
the contest.
The general belief is that the next
Republican nominee will come from
outside of the two big counties. Con-
gresham John r. K. Scott, of Phila-
delphia, is said to be very willing to
run. Allegheny has E. ". Babcock,
William \. Magee: George Z. Alter
and Congressman S. G.. Porter on its
list of avajlables. Congressman f. R.
Kiess. Of the Wtl!iamsport district,
starts Oft with a strong boost from
the Lycoming county Republican
committee. State Treasurer Robert K.
Young is preferred by many progress
sives. Commissioner w. D.. B. Ainey,
AP S,reGt,Ahav - Dc oIeA q ~ Il 10 Il
is believed. l.. A. Watres, the Scran-
ton banker. will be doomed by an in
1uential number of men. Lieutenant
Governor Frank B. McClain and Sec
rotary of the Commonwealth Cyrus E.
Woods are both possibilities. Senator
William C. Sproul is preferred by
many. EX-Auditor General A. E. Sis
son, of Erie. and General Charles Mil
Ter, of Franklin, are talked of in the
northwest, while Ex-Governor John <.
Tener is mentioned by friends every
where. One of the men much talked of
is Col. H. c. Trexler, the Allentown
guardsman and business genius.
James Scarlet is also talked of by
Danville and Philadelphia people,
commanding the State troops, at the
border, has his friends. Secretary of
Agriculture Patton is given mention
by loving friends in the central Sec
ton, while John NJ. Rose. of Johns
town. may loom up if he wins for
Congress. Congressman D. F. Lafean,
Of York. had a boom, but whether he
will initiate it again is not known.
Jesse L. Hartman, of Blair county, has
also been mentioned as available,
while Frank B. Black suffering from
the usual fate of men elevated to his
office is being talked of for higher
honors. Out in the Western section
they are boosting John S. Fisher,
Crow, of Fayette, is being given bou-
quets by admirers.
Governor B~rumbaugh has been
much in demand as a speaker in the
campaign for the go~vernorship,
is the report brought by DR.. T. George
Becht, secretary of the State Board
of Education. who spent a weekend
with the Governor at his summer home
at Wayne, Me. Last Saturday the CAM
paign opened at Island Park with the
Republican candidate, Carl Z. MILL
ken. Governor Brumbaugh and Ralph
!. Cole, chairman of the National Speak
ers Bureau, as .spellbinders. Governor
B~rumbaugh, except for an occasional
trace of his Illness of the Spring, is in
good health and hopes to be In perfect
condition by the time he returns to
AXE up the direct activities of the
executive office. When not engaged in
speaking or attending to State matters
daily forwarded to him, the Cover
enjoys demonstrating his skill as
fisherman. His successes have been
so marked in his direction that he is
accounted one of the best anglers in
the State of Maine.