Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-06
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BY the Ex-CommItteeman

Between the speeches of Senator |
Penrose at one end OF the State and |
Governor Brumbaugh at the other; |
the declaration of j. Benjamin Dim |
mick, former mayor of Scranton, for
Penrose and uninstructed delegates: |
the gyrations of Mayor Smith, District |
Attorney Rotan, the reformers and the !
Ware and McNichol men in Philadel- |
phia, the Democratic factional row
and the throwing of hard names by |
A. Mitchell Palmer and Michael
Liebel, Jr.. the campaign is under full |
headway, with promise OF interesting
exchanges between now and the pri- |
mary day, May 16. In fact, it has
been four years since there was as
much interest in a primary as now,
ano folks have to so back years to find
preliminary campaign as exciting.
The Penrose speech last night was
the worst arraignment that has been
made against the Governor and his
friends and il is understood that the
Governor will promptly fire back at
the Senator Any hopes of harmony
were consumed last night in the Pen
rose broadside and it will be a fight to
the finish with the Senator in the best
strategic position he has occupied in
years and the administration we'll en-
trenched.
The Dimmick declaration last
night was unQuestionably blow to
the Brumbaugh forces, as only a few
days ago the Brumbaugh headquarters
gave out a long statement to the effect
that the Dimmick forces of the sena-
torial primary of 1914 were aligned
with the Governor and going to work
TOR MIN. Last night Mr.. Dimmick de-
clared outright for Penrose and against
the Governor. The Brumbaugh people
say that there is something more to
say on this subject and meanwhile are
preparing yards and yards of pub
licity matter to be turned loose on the !
State next week.
Governor Brumbaugh will make
another speech in Pittsburgh tonight
and will appear in some churches in
Allegheny county tomorrow. 1t was
said here that reports from Pittsburgh
indicated the Governor was we'll re-
ceived and that he had made no mis-
take In going TO that city, but on the
contrary had won support because of
his statement of his attitude.
notwithstanding the silence which
prevails on Capitol Hill about the IN
terview between the Governor and
John G. Cronin, the Philadelphia labor
leader, who has been a member of the
State Industrial Board for almost three
years. 1t became known yesterday that
Cronin had been practically dismissed,
Cronin himself gave out the letter of
| the Governor asking for his resig-
nation, of which everyone on Capitol
Hill had professed ignorance as late as
noon yesterday, and it is intimated in
Philadelphia that the cause of his dis
miSSal was that he had refused to
''t9kR orders and n ha n1
ministration. On the other hand, Il is
understood here that there has been
dissatisfaction with the way Cronin
has been handling work entrusted to
him and that objections TO the size of
his expenses had been heard. Cronin's
friends say that these causes of dis
satisfaction were not much heard of
until after he had refused to Zine
up
Friends of j. Linn Harris. who
was not reappointed a forestry COM
missioner say that had Harris agreed
TO fight for the administration against
Penrose he would have been re-
appointed. No explanation of the rea-
son for not reappointing Harris has
been given at the Capitol.
E. Lowry Humes, United States
district attorney, who is undertaking a
probe of the Pennsylvania Protective
Union expenses in the campaign of
1914, says there is no politics in that
probe.
-Lackawanna county friends of the
Governor say that. Penrose will lose
Lackawanna and also lose in the Sus-
quehanna- Bradford Wyoming Wayne
congressional district Claims are also
being made that the Governor will win
in the York-Adams district.
Monday the Governor will be in
Crawford and Erie counties and then
come back to this city for day. Then
he will leave for a tour of eastern
counties to take the rest of the week.
The Philadelphia newspapers to-
day generally interpret the Penrose
speech as forecasting ripper bill for
Philadelphia in the next Legislature
and the enactment of a commission
form of government bill. The Demo-
cratic Record says that it means q Bit
ter fight and the Inquirer says that The
Senator has forces with him who were
against him few years ago. The
North American handles the matter
very mildly and does not abuse the
Senator. The Philadelphia newspapers
give much space TO the Cronin episode
and quote Cronin as saying that the
| Governor dismissed him at the behest
of Senator Ware. The Senator denies
this.
Speaker Amber will speak at Pitts
burgh tomorrow. Congressman John
Il. n. Scott VIII also be there.
Mayor Smith now says it is up to
the district attorney 10 keep Phila-
delphia police out of politics.
The sentiment among many of the
county leaders," Congressman Focht
said in Philadelphia last night con-
cerning the situation in his district, lis
that Attorney General Brown should
be removed from office. The Gov
ernor, as we know him, does not ap-
pear to desire to stir up factional
strife. but he seems to have been
dragged into it by Brown. There is
little or no sentiment in our section FOR
Governor Brumbaugh's candidacy for
the presidency. The feeling among
the people is that an uninstructed
delegation should be sent 10 the Chi
cago convention. and that it should
throw its strength toward nominating
q man who can win"
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