Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
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revolt against National Committeeman
Palmer and his pals will get together
and decide upon the man to run
against the Monroe county lawyer and
how to wrest the State committee
from State Chairman Morris.
Privately it is intimated that Nor
ris is afraid of the present commit
tee and that the reason why he has
avoided anything like a State COM
mittee meeting since the uproarious
session in 1915 was because he feared
mat an attempt would be made to
throw him out. Morris and his friends
nave little hope that they will be able
10 hold the State committee and will
concentrate their attention on national
delegates which will attract Wilson's
personal notice and help Palmer, if
anything can.
Presence here yesterday of Rep
resentative ]. w. Vickerman, of Allie
gheny, the Governors right hand man
on the floor of the House in the local
option fight, j. Denny O'Neil. the Rev.
q. w. Shelton and other prominent
local optionists of Allegheny, caused
rumors of a visit to the Executive
Mansion to get about. 1t is under
and other things with the Governor.
Democrats in the York-Adams
congressional district appear to be
getting ready for another good old
fashioned scrap such as is now the
rule in the Pennsylvania Democracy.
They have been losing right along and
seem to be determined to make the old
citadel of Democracy debatable
district. A. r. Brodbeck, beaten for
congress sometime ago, is a candidate
again, and S. Forty Loucks will be
given run for the nomination.
School Superintendent C. w. Slime is
also a candidate.
Democrats in Berks county are
said to be favorable to letting Con-
gresham Dewalt have another term.
DeWalt will be q candidate.
-Coatesville's mayoralty contest
will close next week. The hearings
are on again.
Reading Democrats will take a
band TO the Democratic national con-
vention.
Owing to shortage of money the
new Philadelphia commissioners are
having hard time to reorganize their
Offices. Some dismissals will be made.
Clifford Pinchot, who was so thor
oughly beaten as a candidate for
ChlItu pldISS S6ldlOT III GenlSylNanla
in 1914, has not been heard from for
long, long time.
License court work is now COM
mencing to attract attention all over
the state and the way remonstrances
are being piled up is worth noting.
John Gallagher. Jr., Chester My
ers, Clyde Il. Stewart. Joseph Shermer
and Patrick Holleren. members of the
Braddock Election Board on trial,
charged with conspiracy to count more
ballots than were legally cast in the
First ward, Braddock, at the Septem-
Der primaries, were yesterday after
noon acquitted by a jury. The costs
or the case were placed on Allegheny
county. After hearing the testimony
in the contest of w. B. Kirker for the
prothonotaryship, to which David
Johns was elected by small majority,
the entire bench of Common Pleas
court threw out the vote of the Brad
dock ward. This decision turned the
tide in the fight and elected Kirker.
The resignation of Dr. c. p. Hen
ry as head of Readings health bureau,
because, so he said, the department
has become political, and communi-
cations from the Taxpayers League
protesting against the payment of sal
aries of Councilman William Abbott
| Whitman, ST., because, it was claimed,
his campaign expense account was il
| legal, caused considerable excitement
at yesterdays meeting of City Council,
Which has been in an almost constant
squabble since taking office. The pro-
test against Mr.. Whitman drawing his
salary had been threatened since ii
was found that his campaign state
ment filed at the courthouse was not
itemized. and he filed an amended
statement. when Councilman Ruth, in
charge of finances. threatened to hold
up the pay unless he did. 1t was de-
cided to lay the entire matter over for
| Investigation and DR.. Henry's resig-
nation was also held over.
The Philadelphia North American
to-day unbosoms itself this way:
| with factional lines in the Republi-
can organization being rapidly drawn
to the breaking point, both the Ware
and the Penrose wings are making
| overtures and bids to the shattered
fragments of the Franklin party
which was led to defeat by George d
| Porter last November. Porter has re.
Gently aligned himself in politics Will
Senator Penrose. During his term as
director of public safety, Porter's lean,
ing toward the Ware wing of the ma
chine was very pronounced, and a
one time his political lieutenants as
serted that Porter had reason to ex
pect the Wares to line up for him wher
he ran for mayor. Therefore, Porter:
friends thought that the Wares woult
take care of him. in some suitable
manner when the Ware political stal
took the ascendency and Mayor Smitl
aligned himself with the downtown
contractors.
The Huntingdon Globe, the home
paper of Governor Brumbaugh, in ar
editorial on the national situation
speaking, as Howard T.. ButZ suggests
'as the wee small voice in the wilder
ness" places the Governor in the flelC
as an available selection for President
I'VE present him." says the Globe, mo
as q factionist. but as a Republican
We believe that the alleged
jealousies and contentious would dis
solve very speedily if all Pennsylvania
would get under the banner of native
son so distinguished and truly repre-
sentative of Pennsylvania s interests a
is the Governor of the Commonwealth
We are not conversant with his view
and wishes in the matter to the slight
est degree. So far as our knowledge
goes, he has been observing "a stric
neutrality in the factional bickerinG
we read about and has confined him
self wholly to the discharge of hi
official duties at Harrisburg, meeting
| each emergency as it arises day aftel