Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
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By the Ex-Committeeman

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Harrisburg on Thursday for the 'in
gathering" The State committeeman,
the county chairmen, the county and
district leaders. the prospective office
holders and the Democratic post
masters will all be here and the needs
of the financial end of the campaign
to make Pennsylvania Democratic"
VIII be explained. AS it is not expected
that those present will come up" with
anything like what the chief machin-
lists would like to have, it will be de-
clared that the plan to turn the Key
stone State over to the Democratic
son and one more slogan will be
thrown into the loft of the Market
Square windmill where "Give us Will
son and we will give you Pennsylva-
mia" reposes.
1t is expected that the meetings here
VIII be interesting to all Democrats
who attend. The State committee is
making some trial spurts with it's plan
to raise big campaign fund and it is
| inquired out that the men in charge of
the lin gathering" will find much en-
couragement here. especially after Ma
tional Committeeman A. Mitchell Pal
mer and other Democratic arclights
address the meetings.
The folks at the windmill say that
the meeting set for Thursday is to
notify the men nominated at the direct
primary Of their fate and talk of the
Democratic bosses being gathered here
on the eve of the postmasters' conven-
ton is deprecated as leading to unkind
thoughts. 1t is explicitly denied that
the hat is to be passed or anyone held
up. OF course, any of the postmasters
or others who happen to be in town
and who care to make voluntary con-
will \,
their names put on the roll of fame,
which, as Senator Penrose showed In a
| recent speech, leads to rewards ac-
| cording to the size of the gift.
The plan for big Thursday really
begins on Wednesday. when Mr. Pal
mer and other Democrats will address
the windup session of the postmasters
and speak at their banquet in the
evening. The assemblage of Demo-
cratic leaders in Harrisburg on that
| evening is merely incidental. The rea-
son so many will have reached town
before the postmasters get away is be-
cause the program for the 'in gather
ing" starts off with morning confer
ences between the big chiefs and the
little chiefs and roll call of the
finance committee. Then the county
| chairmen from all over the state will
sit in secret conclave. State Chairman
Joseph F. Guffey presiding. At this
conference the chairman will be told
to hold down expenses unless con-
| tributors come UP. At Q o'clock the
candidates tagged at the primary will
be given surprise party and told of
their nominations. Ex-State Chairman
Roland S. Norris will be the breaker
of the news. Secretary of Labor Will
liam B. Wilson, Mr.. Palmer and others
will speak. At s the division chair
men will meet. 1t will be great day.
People here to-day were much in
terested in the dispatch from Lam
caster that in resigning the Democratic
county craftsmanship at yesterdays
meeting of the Lancaster county
Democratic committee Revenue Col
lector B. F. Davis stated he did so "by
direction OF certain government au-
thorities." 1t was generally supposed
when he announced his intention of
retiring from active politics that it was
the condition upon which his con-
firmation as collector. recently, was
made. william B. Schneitman, of
Elizabethtown, was elected his sue
cessor.
Montgomery county Republicans will
try to Guido the big Chester county
Republican campaign opening on this
coming Saturday. The event will be a
mass meeting to be held in Robinson's
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Collegeville. Chairman Styer. of the
Republican county committee, sent out
invitations to-day to Republican vigi-
liant committeeman all over the county
asking that they not only attend, but
also bring a large delegation of their
neighbors. Senator Penrose and other
speakers of national repute will ad-
dress the meeting and the issues of the
campaign will be forcefully pro-
claimed" declares Chairman Styer in
his letter, which continues: "The es-
pecial purpose Of this meeting is that
1t shall be get-together meeting at
which the Republicans of the whole
county can see and meet the candi-
dates"
Powell Evans, Philadelphia inde-
pendent and head of the Hughes AL
lance in this State. is out with letter
in which he assails the President. He
says the Wilson bid for support as a
Progressive is bogus.
The declaration of Walter George
Smith. one of Philadelphia's eminent
men, lifelong Democrat, that he
will support Hughes. set the Demo
cratic windmill twirling to-day. The
Smith declaration coming right on the
same day as the Pinchot declaration
was held not to be nice because Demo-
cratic postmasters are to meet here
this week and to be made welcome
about the windmill, especially the
finance committee office.
Congressman w. S. Ware is out in
a long statement in which he says that
the recent Democratic Congress did
much for Philadelphia, notably for
the navy yard.