Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-02
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

pected 10 really start the delegate
campaign on Its way with a bang the
headquarters of the Brumbaugh cam
paign committee to-day issued an in
teresting statement regarding the
alignment of forces. At the same time
the Palmer and Liebel wings of the
Democratic party put out some mate
| rial about each other, the burden of
the Palmer diatribe being that Liebel
| is no Democrat and the charge of
l.iebel being that Palmer is a boss.
The statement OF the Brunibaugh
campaign committee is in part as fol-
| lows:
"A movement was announced to-
day which Will result in recruiting for
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh in the
campaign for a reunited Republican
party, the army of 10000 Republi-
cans in this State who supported j.
Benjamin Dimmick, of Scranton,
against Boies Penrose in 1914, in the
| fight for the Republican nomination
for United States Senator when Pen
rose was branded as a moral issue"
throughout the counties of Pennsylva-
MA Representative citizens from all
parts of the State, who were enlisted
in rolling up 200 votes for DIM
mick two years ago, have now enlisted
behind Governor Brumbaugh and will
use effective means for bringing into
the movement for a reunited Repub-
licanism the strong Dimmick element.
In Allegheny, Lawrence, Philadelphia,
Westmoreland, Blair and Franklin
counties, and in Lackawanna, the
home county of Mr.. Dimmick, the SEN
timent is already being crystallized for
Governor Brumbaugh. The move
ment has spread over one-half the
counties of the State, and ultimately
Will embrace the siXty-seven counties.
"Dimmick followers, who have en-
rolled in the movement, declare that
the issue remains the same to-day as
1T was two years ago. Those who have
enlisted in the State wide campaign
to recruit the Dimmick men come
from the populous counties. among
them: Philadelphia, Allegheny,
Lackawanna, Franklin, Indiana, Mer-
Ger, Snyder Northampton, Warren,
Lycoming, Butler, Blair, Clarion, Sus-
quehanna, Northumberland, West
Jefferson, Washington, Wayne, Somer-
set, Huntingdon. The representa-
tives of the Dimmick sentiment
throughout the State joined in a call
to the men who backed Mr.. Dimmick
in 1914 to rally behind the Brum-
baugh standard for a reunited Re-
publicanism in Pennsylvania.
Behind this call are the following
representative citizens, who were Dim
mick leaders in their respective sec
tions two years ago: David II. Ran
kin, Westmoreland; f. r. w Searle,
Susquehanna; William A. Culbertson,
Franklin; II. C. Jackson, Wayne;
George L. Maitland, Philadelphia; d.
j. Thomas, Lackawanna; Thomas w.
Jones, Allegheny ]. S. Heisler, North
ampton; c. M. Smith, Warren; l..
Mayne Jones, Jefferson; W. r. Johns
ton, Allegheny; l.. S. McJunkin, But
Ter; c. B. Latshaw, Franklin; George
A. Mitchell, Butler; Joseph Upperman,
Franklin; Ira McJunkin, Butler; e. j.
Kummel, Northumberland; George NJ.
Bridgman, Philadelphia; Alexander
L. McVicker, Washington: S. A. Sny-
der, Snyder; Charles J. Harrison, Som
erset; l. P. Patch, Blair; J. T. Rimer,
Clarion; George j. Colledge, Snyder;
w. E. Schnee, Lycoming; Edward H.
Cloud, Montgomery; David Rhine,
Huntingdon; c. c. Benscotter, Jeffer-
son; d. B. Forsyth, Allegheny; Robert
l.. Wallace, Lawrence; ]. b. Morrow,
Mercer; r. E. Mcclure, Indiana.
John r. Halsey, former Repub-
lican chairman of LuZerne and well
known to many here, is a candidate
for Republican national delegate in
that county and is making a lively
contest. Joseph Fleitz, brother of the
Lackawanna leader, is opposing him.
Fractional feeling is running pretty
high in Philadelphia over the regis
tration frauds. The latest move has
been to attempt to show that Senator
Salus does not live in the Fourth ward
at all. but that he lives in German
town.
Speaker Amber last night de-
clared that the charges made against
him by the Citizens Republican
League were lies and asserted that if
George d. Porter was behind them he
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Speaker was very angry at the state
ments made concerning him.
Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, is
showing some signs of being philoso-
pher. Yesterday he commented upon
the rows in Philadelphia and said in
the course of his conversation: This
is a political scrap and that is all there
is TO 1t, and | am not going to get
mixed up in it any more than | can
help. 1 will take cognizance of charges
of police, firemen and officeholders be-
ing too active in politics and inter-
fering with people when these charges
are made by responsible people. But
when YOU have men riding around
town in automobiles, without any
visible means of support, spending
money freely and being paid for at
tacking people, why of course this is
simply political scrap and I cannot
pay any attention to these people"
Judge Baldwin, in Beaver county,
fixed TO s as the hours for bars and
banned treating
Pennsylvania Bryanites are TAX
ing comfort because the lecturer will
be a Nebraska alternate.
Efforts are being made to get Geo.
w. Allen, former member, to with
draw from the senatorial contest in
Allegheny county. Allen refuses to
say what he will do.
Factory Inspector Gibney, of
Reading. who is in charge of the
Brumbaugh headquarters in Berks,
has been sending some very encourag-
ing reports to this city. The Brum-
baugh people count on a good showing
in Reading.
Mayor Smith is out with a call for
all ward leaders in Philadelphia to
support the loan bill.
Headquarters will be opened to-
day by the Republican committee that
will have charge of the fight in Allie |
gheny county for the unpledged dele |
gates to the Republican national con-
vention. Chairman Samuel c. Jami- |
son Yesterday announced the names of |
the committeeman, one from each !
legislative district. These, with the |
three officers, make a committee of
fifteen.