Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-01
FACE OR FIGHT HINGES
ON NEGOTIATIONS

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Il ON NEGOTIATIONS
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thing in the name of the Governor who
is on a speech-making tour of Lacka-
wanna and Luzerne couhties.
Will BE Fierce Contest
II the negotiations fail il is assum-
ed that Attorney General Brown will
come here early next Week and put
the plans for the campaign into oper-
alton, in which event it bis intimated
that there will be some explosions on
Capitol Hill. Certain departmental
chiefs, 1t is said, will not consent to
turn their people into a political fray
with an immense amount of State
business to attend to. Then again.
some of the people at the Capitol are
said to resent the Bull Moosers going
into their districts in the name of
party unity and and starting trouble
when they have all plans made to
avoid fight
on the other hand If there is to be
a fight it is believed that Senator Pen
rose will force the fighting and there
Will be a strictly Penrose slate made
and put out. He has been assured of
support of many potential leaders and
the campaign will be a relentless one,
according to the Philadelphia reports.
The Chance of Harmony
The Philadelphia Inquirer says of
chances of harmony to-day:
'While the developments of the last
twenty-four hours. including the de-
signation of State Insurance Commits
sioner Charles Johnson and the sensa-
tional response of Attorney General
Francis Skunk Brown, would appear
to indicate that there will be a battle
to a finish, there are those, usually well
informed. who believe that complete
harmony at the Republican primaries
upon all essential issues is not un-
likely.
"There is a proposition under con-
sideratiOn that Governor Brumbaugh
shall be accorded an unopposed com
pHmentary Endorsement by the Penn
sylvania delegation for the nomination
for the Presidency. With this IN
view friends of the Governor have in,
dicated tneir readiness to withdraw
all opposition to any question of the
leadership of Senator Penrose in the
State organization"
Penrose Ready
1t is said that Senator Penrose /.
not only ready to start the campaign
but that he will put 1t on persona
bdSiSs tNuIilOiS say IC Will run lOl
national committeeman and chair.
man of the delegation at Chicago anC
declare for men for State offices and il
favor orofrenomination of of Congressman
at-large Crago and Garland ant
against Congressmen-at-large Scot
and Larean.
Washington dispatches say that tn,
congressman at Washington will be
gin to line up within a few days anC
~. L
| Governor and his friends will endea
vor to be neutral or will go over to tn,
Penrose side.
| Scott and Lafean are said to be mel
whom the Ware Brown forces ar,
anxious to save from the senator
wrath. 1t is said that Isadore Sobel
/ of Erie. and John Connell, of Scran
ton, will be taken up by Senator Pen
rose in their place if the negotiations
fall short
Protest Is Wide
So wide is the protest against tn,
/ factional developments within tn,
Republican party that the leaders ar,
said to be hesitating over a furthe
split at this time. 1t is reported to
day that peace negotiations are oil
and that these contemplate giving Gov
ernor Brumbaugh the vote of the Stat,
for President and Senator Penros
the place on the national committe
and chairman of the delegation at tn,
| Chicago convention. These are tn
only real issues at stake, If they cal
be termed issues, and once adjuste,
there would seem to be little left owe
which to have a controversy. 1t
known that Governor Brumbaugh ha
been striving for peace and he has no
hesitated to declare that his only pur
pose is to bring about a union of tn
elements which were represented il
the split of 1912. Others than tn
Governor, however, are understood t
have gone far beyond the origina
plan in an effort to unhorse Senate
Penrose as the party leader in tn
State. This is said to have precipi
tated the trouble. the Senator's friend
having urged him to resist any move
ment looking to a weakening of tn
Republican organization in Pennsyl
vania.
There is little doubt that many Re
publicans on both sides are loollin
toward Chicago as the place wher
harmony is to be enthroned. Whethe
the one person upon whom all ele
ments will center is Colonel Roosevelt
remains to be seen, but there are un
dercurrents which appear to indicat
a trend in that direction even anon
strong Taft men of four years ago.
Senator Penrose was placed i
antagonism to the party sentiment O
his State in 1912 and those who ar
close TO him do not hesitate to say tina
he will be guided by the wishes of tn
Republican voters this year wthou
regard TO personal preference. Gov
ernor Rrumbaugh has more than one
stated that he has no desire to stan
in the way of party peace, especial
in the matter of the Presidency, an
those who are doing their utmost I
bring about party harmony see no rea
son under the escircumstances for
serious division in the State organ
ization.
Some significant rumors were afloa
to-day seeming to indicate that an ad
justment Of the difficulties is at han
and that both sides will compose thei
differences in a mutual agreemen
Those recalcitrants who persist i'm dc
ing the things that make for party di:
ruptlon are not receiving much eT
couraSement in the reports from a
quarters of the State. With practic;
unanimlty Republican newspapers al
counselling harmony and unity of az
tion.
1t is no secret that one of the pul
poses OF the contest has been a div
sion OF Republican strength at Oh
cago between factions and the intim;
ton is thrown out that friends of Co
onel Roosevelt do not want Senate
Penrose to control the delegation
such way as to make it possible
override the Republican sentiment
the convention. Friends of Senate