Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-13
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By the Ex-Committeeman

The passing out of the Washington
party State committee, the official
organization of the progressive party
In Pennsylvania, is expected to be fol-
lowed within a short time by with
drawal OF most. If not all or the State
candidates. William Finn and his as
sociates have let it be known that
they will not support any third party
movement and are not taking much
more than casual interest in the for
nation of the proposed Progressive
League.
Except for radicals and some who
have been infiamed by the Democrats
In their resentment at the return to
the fold of men who followed Roose-
Welt four years ago the action of the
progressive party conference here on
Tuesday appears to be generally ap-
proved. In some sections the radical
element has been sulphurous, but it is
expected that the next good thunder
storm whl cool them off ana that they
will swing in for Hughes and form
progressive leagues to furnish outlets
for their perennial protests.
The withdrawal of candidates from
the State ticket is expected to be fol-
lowed by wholesale changes among
local tickets as the men who were
named by the Bull Moosers do not
see much use of keeping up the fight.
What the Dauphin county progress
sives intend to do has not seemed to
interest Finn very much thus far and
1t is noticeable that none of the men
active four years ago is taking much
over them.
Mayor Smiths harmony program
seems to have attracted Statewide at
tention. The Public Ledger says that
1t is preliminary to harmony in the
Legislature and the Philadelphia Rec
ord sa,s that it is a move to control
the State, revising the story that the
Wares plan to have John r. K Scott
electel- governor to succeed Governor
The latest dope was that
lie Service Commissioner Ainey for
governor. The mayor is to be Sena-
tor and Congressman Ware mayor of
Philadelphia-if it works out. It is
also said that Harry A. Mackey, chair
man of the compensation board, is to
be the next district attorney of Phila-
delphia.
The movement for new law gov
erning first-class cities, popularity
known as the proposed Philadelphia
city charter. took form in Philadel-
phia last night when George Burn
ham. jr., presented a draft of an act
to abolish the two city councils and
substitute a small council of twenty
one. The plan is to follow some fea-
lures of the Pittsburgh plan, but the
mayor and other officials would not
be disturbed. Another idea is for a
city manager to be under the orders
of the mayor and who would work
close to the controller. A number of
prominent Philadelphians are inter
ested in the movement and it is under
stood that it will have strong sup
port in the next legislature.
1t has been decided in Philadel-
phia that in spite of the dissolution
of the Washington party State COM
mittee there were chances that the
party could get registrars
in that city. The board of commits
sioners appointed by Governor Brum-
baugh just before the Chicago con-
vention will have its first sitting on
July 81 when the subject will be
threshed out. The Bull Moosers in
Philadelphia insist that they are on
the map no matter what the State
committee did.
The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
says: Further conferences of politi-
cal committeem with Mayor Smith
yesterday were followed by additional
evidence of a getting together of the
local Republicans who have been at
odds in a factional way. Senator Nc
Nichol and Senator Ware Doth talked
with the Mayor prior to his departure
from town to-day to be gone until
Tuesday next and each seemed to be
entirely satisfied with the situation
Mayor Smith, like many other Re-
publicans and Progressives through
out the. United States" said Senator
McNichol, lis eager to bring about the
election of Hughes to the presidency
and he is working to that end in seek
ing to promote party harmony. have
great expectations in this direction and
I believe they will be fulfilled" Sena-
tor Ware appeared to be in fine
humor and spoke in the most optimis-
tic manner regarding the outlook for