Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-10
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mittee, as the official end of the Pro-
gressive party is known in Pennsyl-
vania, will endorse Hughes and Fair
banks and the Republican State ticket
Tomorrow afternoon, but it will not do
so without battle between the men
who see the situation as Colonel
Roosevelt views it and the men who
are always for third party. In some
parts of the State the radical end is
lining up to conduct a fight for its own
irrespective of what the State or
ganization may do and this accounts
for the pre-emptfon OF the Progress
sive name in number of districts.
The State committee meeting is not
scheduled until afternoon. but there
will be numerous conferences during
the morning at which a plan of cam
paign will be announced. William
Finn and other leaders, who are now
among the Republican cenferees, If
not leaders as yet, will be here during
the morning to tell the rest that 1t is
best to return to the party and work
for its success as the Colonel is going
to do.
Little trouble is expected over the
national ticket, but some may balk
on the State ticket. However, the
majority of the party chieftains are
committed to the policy of returning
to the party and there will be only a
small number who will dissent.
Democratic National Chairman Vance
c. Mccormick, who spent Sunday at
his country home near this city, left
this morning Tor New York, where he
will at once begin preparations for the
formal notification of President Will
son, which will take place the latter
part of this month or early in August.
1t is likely that the ceremony will take
place at the Presidents summer resi-
dence. Mr.. Mccormick expects to
make some announcements regarding
the publicity and other places within a
short time, according to what has been
learned here. He will spend the sum-
mer in New York, with occasional
trips to his home here.
Democratic State Chairman Mclean,
who was in Washington last week see
ing national officials, will pay peri
odical visits to the State headquarters
in this city during the next six weeks
and then the headquarters will be
made the chief center of party activity.
The state chairman is paying visits to
various sections of the State and will
soon announce the committees which
Will have charge of the financial and
other features Of the campaign. The
executive committee will have a meet
ing here before long.
-Philander c. Knox will open the
Republican state campaign with an
address at the Lehigh county Repub-
lican meeting on August 26. 1t will
be notable gathering of Republicans.
The friends of Colonel H. c. Trexler,
the Allentown Republican chieftain,
will make it an occasion to boom him
for Governor.
Committeeman Palmer will speak
at the opening of the Lehigh Demo
Gratis campaign late in August.
County Treasurer Brumbaugh was
elected chairman by the Blair county
Democratic committee without blood
shed on Saturday. There were har-
mony speeches and all kinds of talk
about standing together.
e. C. Rogers. recorder of Sus-
quehanna county, has succeeded Judge
H. A. Denney as chairman of the
Susquehanna county Republican COM
mittee.
-Ex-Judge r. G. Bushong is likely
to be the Republican county chairman
in Berks for the next year. He repre-
sents the younger element of the Re-
publican party and has a strong fol-
lowing.
Concerning the meeting of the
Washington party state committee
here tomorrow, the Philadelphia
Ledger to-day predicts the whole Re-
publican State ticket will be endorsed
and says: Mergers in the matter of
legislative and other local candidates
will be attended to by the district
leaders, and except in those Instances
where the third party candidate has a
fighting chance it is not believed there
will be any trouble about arranging
harmony. The leaders announced,
however. that any Washington party
candidate who desires to make the
race in November against the Repub-
lican nominee will be free to do so.
Mr.. Finn said he did not think those
who held only the Washington party
nomination would care to make a fight.
He said he looked for a harmonious
meeting tomorrow, which meant that
he feels his program of merging with
the Republicans will be completely
adopted"