Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-19
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Men nominated for State offices on
/ the Washington party ticket have let
their partisans know that they will
net take any steps regarding CAM
peign preparations until after the
meeting of the Progressive national
not surprise a good many people if
the whole Washington ticket would
withdraw. This, of course, is con-
tingent upon what attitude the
Colonel takes.
Friends of William Finn and
others influential in the Pennsylvania
organization of the progressives are
predicting that about July l there will
be a sudden cessation of Progressive
activity and that the State commit
toe will be called to formally ratify
what the national committee does in
New York. One of the possibilities,
1t was pointed out here to-day, is
tha. when the State committee meets
the Progressive candidates may with
draw and the Republicans be en-
dorsed. However, there are reports
that the Progressives may make de-
nands for representation on the
ticket. This may be done through
presidential electors.
The district Washington nomina-
tions will depend largely upon local
feelings, but with the State organiza-
tion out of 1t the candidates could
not expect to make much headway in
a presidential year.
The Republican ticket was given
hearty approval by the Republican
county committees of Schuylkill and
York on Saturday. The Schuylkill
committee reelected William S. Leib
as county chairman with some compli-
ments for his service and at York the
Progressive element went right back
into the fold and helped elect Mclean
Stock in place of r. S. Stable. The
meeting at Pottsville was harmonious
and enthusiastic, the attendance being
larger than in years. While the COM
mittee of resolutions were busy draft
/ ing the resolutions, State Senator c.
A. Snyder, candidate for Auditor Cen
eral, addressed the members of the
committee, numbering over $50 pres
/ ent, and his remarks were greeted
with much enthusiasm. He declared
| that President Wilson does not rep
resent the best in American citizen
ship and he proved his declaration to
tho satisfaction of the committee
when he cited the weak policy of the
administration in reference to Mexico.
/ The other speakers were Cyrus NJ
/ Palmer, John E. Sones, present men,
bers of the Legislature, who are candi-
dates for reelection; B. j. Yost, of
| Tamaqua, and Congressman r. d.
Heaton. The Progressives of Schuyl-
kill county are at sea. When William
Wilhelm, was interviewed last night
as to the plans of the Progressives in
the campaign in that county, he ad-
mitted that he did not know. Mr..
Wilhelm has been identified with ma
tional organization of the Progressives
and his admission is significant.
Vance c. Mccormick, the new
Democratic national chairman, left
to-day for Washington where he will
discuss the opening of the campaign
with the President and then announce
his plans. Mr.. Mccormick will likely
go from Washington to New York
where he will meet with the leaders.
A. Mitchell Palmer, the Democratic
national committeeman from this
State, will meet him in New York.
The new chairman's mail was filed
with letters of congratulation to-day,
but there were no additional contribu-
tions, the So bill of Saturday sent from
Philadelphia being the only one re-
ceived thus far.
Governor Brumbaugh is expected
to take up the question of the new
highway commissioner and the in
surance commissioner this week. The
Governor, who spent the weekend in
Philadelphia, will be here to-day His
time will be largely taken up with
military matters, but there will be
some things doing in the way of
politics.
-Ex-Judge Robert Gray Bushong.
of Reading, one of the Republican
delegates from the Berks-Lehigh dis
trict and one of the leaders in the Re-
publican organization which is being
developed in that county, is being
mentioned as a possible candidate for
lieutenant-governor in 1918. Judge
Bushong made quite an impression
amcng the Pennsylvanians at the Chi
cago convention as a level-headed
young Republican.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch says: Mrs.
Frank M. Roessing, vice president of
the National Woman's Suffrage Asso-
cietion, predicts that the action of
the Democratic National Convention
upon the suffrage question will cause
the defeat of President Wilson, unless
the Democratic Congress redeems the
party before the end of the present
session. The action of the Republican
convention upon the question was