Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-20
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By the Ex-Committeeman

the Brumbaugh campaign headouar-
ters last night that Governor Martin
G. Brumbaugh would vigorously prose-
cute his campaign for election of ma
tlonal delegates and the statements of
Attorney General Brown that the con-
test would go to a finish, there was
much comment all over the State to-
day upon the apparent failure of the
efforts of Mayor Thomas P. Smith, of
Philadelphia, to secure a compromise
with provision for his personal friend,
speaker Charles A. Amber. The in
terest aroused by these we'll authenti-
Gated moves was increased this morn
ing by declaration by Frederic w.
tieltz, former Deputy Attorney Gem
efal, and influential in Lackawanna
county politics. to the effect that after
al Governor Brumbaugh stood for
theodore Roosevelt in PENNSYLVANIA.
The Fleitz statement was received in
| various ways. The Philadelphia North
American says that a vote for Brum
Deugh is vote for Roosevelt, and the
Philadelphia Record says that the Gov
ernor is what it terms "a mask for
i. X. The Fleitz statement in part
says
After consulting with Governor
Brumbaugh and Attorney General
Brown. decided not to file my petition
as candidate for district delegate to
the national Republican convention
from Lackawanna county for the rea-
son that both former Lieutenant Gov
ernor Watres and Mayor Jermyn had
| filed their nomination petitions for the
same office. together with an affidavit,
promising that, If elected, they will go
to the Chicago convention to vote for
ana use every possible effort to nomi-
nate the person receiving the highest
number of votes for President in the
! district. Governor Brumbaugh is be-
ing actively and earnestly supported by
the true friends of Roosevelt in Penn
! sylVania, because they are convinced
that If the national delegates are
elected or controlled by those opposing
Governor Brumbaugh they will be
used in the Chicago convention against
the nomination of Roosevelt.
"Of course, there will be attempts
| made in many districts to elect unin-
structed delegates on their bare prom
lseS to support Colonel Roosevelt and
II these men are so elected, they will
be only pawns in the game of his oppo-
nentS to defeat the former President
| for the nomination; but the voters will
| not be deceived or hoodwinked by
these clumsy tactics, nor fall into the
trap thus cunningly set, but can rest
| satisfied that the best interests of
! Colonel Roosevelt will be promoted by
supporting the declared Brumbaugh
candidates"
Henry Ford has reiterated that he
is not a presidential candidate in Penn
sylvania.
"A New York dispatch to the Phila-
delphia Ledger to-day says: "The fac
tional fight in Pennsylvania between
| the Penrose and Vare- -Brumbaugh
camps of the Republican organization
{c tefY
| bers of the national Republican COM
mittee in so far as any possible effect
| 1t may have upon the success of the
Republican party at the presidential
election" The dispatch also said that
! Penrose was being urged to make
| peace, but the Senator emphatically
denied these reports in Philadelphia
last evening.
Senator Penrose is reported to
! have told friends that as far as he is
concerned, it is a contest to the finish.
Among the men who filed elev-
/ enth-hour nominating petitions were
! V. *. Corbet, candidate for Republican
state committeeman from Cameron;
| Hugh r. Eastburn, candidate for alter
/ nate Washington party national dele
| gate from the Bucks Montgomery dis
| trict, and E. V. Kennedy candidate for
| alternate Democratic national dele
| gate from the Luzerne district.
! A red-hot fight over national dele
gates is brewing in the Nineteenth
! Congressional district.
| philadelphia newspapers are print
ing a great deal about the Mayor and
! his bonding company, but the Mayor
seems to be more disposed than ever
to do business Just as he has been.
He holds that he has done nothing
! indictable.
-Brumbaugh campaign headquar-
I fSV.r L. ,sr-I,N
which it was stated that upward of
! 10000 electors signed petitions for the
candidates on the Brumbaugh ticket
gave the Governors lieutenants cause
! to rejoice to-day OF these about
$4,000 alone signed papers filed in
behalf of the Governors presidential
candidacy: 10000 signers We're on the
petitions for candidates for delegates
at large, and 10, 900 more on those
| for alternate delegates at large. The
rest were on the district delegate and
alternate district delegate petitions
and those for State committeeman,
! altogether most creditable showing"
Governor Brumbaugh has been
booked to make local option speech
| in Blair county and one in Huntingdon
late this month.
The Philadelphia Ledger says that
citizens committee may be formed
to get after Mayor Smiths bonding
company activities Robert S. Bright,
a late Democratic candidate for Con-
gress at large, called meeting yes
! terday.
Fur is going to fly in Philadelphia
! between John r. K. Scott and Joseph
! McClaughlin over Republican nomi-
nation for Congress at large.
The Democratic brick throwing
| contest has started in earnest. In a
statement issued last night A. Mitchell
Palmer. national committeeman
| charges that his rival, Michael
Leibel. Jr., is an Old Guard Democrat,
against Wilson and various other
dreadful things.
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