Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
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Bosses of the disorganized reorgan-
lied wing of the Pennsylvania State
Democracy will have a meeting in
Philadelphia within the next week or
ten days TO perfect the slate for dele
gates at large which is to be offered
to the Democrats of Pennsylvania as
that favored by President Wilson.
Palmer. who has been sounding senti-
ment, extending olive branches and
shaking hands, is also expected to al
low ii to be known at that time
whether he will be a candidate for re-
election.
The general plan for a "hfty-fifty"
arrangement on the delegates at large
appears to be working out, certain
"grouches" having been gotten out of
the way for the present. The hitch,
however, seems to be over any out and
out Old Guardsmen to have a place
on the slate.
No Democrats have yet been found
who are willing to be shot full of holes
as candidates for auditor general or
State treasurer. Efforts have been
made by State Chairman Morris to
preferred, have not been successful.
The branch siding headquarters here
is also using a searchlight.
Gossip is that w. III. Allen, former
counsel to the State Railroad Commits
sion, may be a candidate for Congress
from the Warren district.
Governor Brumbaugh to-day an
nounced the appointment of Atkinson
Costello, Philadelphia, to be magis-
trate of Court No. 10, Philadelphia,
to succeed ID. S. Scott, resigned. The
appointment is effective at once.
Senator Penrose has been unable
to go to Pittsburgh to-day, but will
visit that city on March Is TO attend
the laying of the cornerstone of the
new city-county building. He will
meet the Western PENNSYLVANIA lead
ers at that time, having arranged for
headquarters in the new William
Penn hotel instead of the Fort Pitt
long his western headquarters.
Speaker Ambler's Montgomery
county neighbors are getting very
busy in his behalf and a committee
announcement of his candidacy has
been made to the rest of the State
Boomers are busy for him in a num-
Der of counties.
j. b. Esser, former Hamburg
publisher, died yesterday at his home
He was prominent in Democratic poll
tics and was q delegate to the last
State convention in 1912, when he
was taken i'll.
DIR. w. F. Eshelman is out for
Republican legislative honors in Car
bon.
The Dauphin county Washington
party organization had another meet
ing last night.
Mayor Smith has signed the sal
airy increase measure for Philadelphia
and there is mingled rejoicing and in
dignation. The mayor does not seem
to mind it.
-Lehighton will have a special
election shortly to vote on a municipal
water plant.
Congressman S. II. Miller, OF
Mercer, who is not a candidate for re-
election has announced that he is
going out of politics because his doc
tor says he must do so.
The Philadelphia transit plans
which have created so much stir are
being revised.
Speaker Clark is to deliver a lee.
ture in Lower Merton. Montgomery
Democrats will give him a reception.
w. Z. Sankey, burgess of Carrick
is out as candidate for Senator in
one of the Allegheny districts.
AS the result OIL luG eleCllO1 VI
Representative NJ. b. Kits, of Erie
as mayor of that city, general shake
up of the Democratic organization /:
planned.
w. I. Stineman, who is candi'
date for Senator in Cambria county, is
a son of the former Senator. Senator
IL. A. Tompkins will likely oppose him
as Democratic candidate.
More than 100 witnesses, includ.
ing Judge John NJ. Garman, Post
master Thomas F. Hefferman, the
chairmen of all political parties, edi'
tors of several Wilkes-Barre papers
Chief James E. Roderick, of the
Bureau of Mines, and others of promi-
nence were subpenaed yesterday by
the Luzerne grand jury for probe
into election methods in LuzernC
county. District Attorney Frank Stat
terry will conduct the investigation a
a special session of the grand jury
beginning on Monday, and he is under
instruction from the courts to uncover
alleged crookedness in elections fol
four years Among those who will
be questioned is Millionaire-For-a Da!
Butch" McDevitt, who will be asked
to name the men who, he says, paiC
him $1,000, in 1911, to retire from the
/ Democratic county ticket, the act tina
preceded his visit to New York city.
FREIGHT CONGESTION