Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-17
Peeiic4 ;n
Pe~~Oqesa~io
BY the Ex-committeeman


that his brother. CONGRESSMAN William
Ware, will not be a candidate for dele
sate-at-large to the Republican ma
uonal convention at Chicago. This is
taken as an indication that the threat
ened factional fight in Philadelphia
VIII not be permitted to develop and
that the air is clearing rapidly on the
national delegate question. Senator
ware in formal statement said:
The Republicans this year dare not
nominate the type of man who does
not appeal to the Progressives. They
trled that experiment four years ago
ana found it could not be done. If
there Is such Il split again this year,
we may as well prepare for four years
more of Wilson.
MY thought is that a man should
pe nominated who is a regular Re-
publican and at the same time an
advocate of the best principles en-
bodied in the platform of the Progress
slVes L am in favor of q man who has
actively supported advanced social and
industrial legislation, but who rejects
such ultra-radical doctrines as the
referendum and recall
Says the Philadelphia Record:
There is talk among the Democrats
that Secretary of Labor William B.
wilson may be put up to oppose Mr..
Knox in the fight for the senatorship.
His candidacy, it is admitted, would be
q 1orlorn hope, without the slightest
chance for success, unless another
wide split should come in the Repub-
hcan ranks. 1t is not believed that,
under these circumstances, President
wilson would like member of his
Cabinet to run
William ]. Bremen, a lawyer of
Plttsburgh, probably will be the candi-
date put forward against A. Mitchell
Palmer for the Democratic national
committeemanship by the regular
democrats of Pennsylvania. While the
nnal decision has not been reached
among the regular leaders as to
whether Bremen is the best man to
lead their fight against the Palmer
faction, members of the PENNSYLVANIA
Democratic delegation in the House at
washington are convinced that his Sc
lection is practically certain. Along
with this disclosure came the informa-
ton that the regular Democrats are
certain to put forward a candidate
against State Chairman Roland Nor
ris. The candidate for the State chair
manship has not been agreed upon,
however. The fact of oVershadowing
importance in connection with these
disclosures of developments in Demo-
cratic politics in PENNSYLVANIA is that
the Old Guard is primed and ready for
clear-cut fight to regain control of
the party machinery in the State. The
nsht VIII be aimed at ousting Palmer
ana Morris from the official leadership
or the party in Pennsylvania and the
redemption of the party from the
policy of antagonism and disruption
which has been in evidence throughout
the wilson administration. Recent
conferences among Democratic con-
gressmen from Pennsylvania produced
the opinion that the candidate for ma
tional committeeman ought to be Sc
lected from this list: William ]. Bren-
men, Pittsburgh; Michael ]. Ryan,
Philadelphia; Congressman John J.
Casey. Wilkes-Barre; Michael Lebel,
Jr;, OF Erie and Arthur G. Dewalt.
AlIentoMn. eX-chairman of the Demo-
cratic State committee. Most of the
delegation favor Bremen.
According to statements by A..
Nevin DIETRICH, of Chambersburg, sec
retary of the Washington party state
committee, the Pennsylvania delega-
tlon TO the Progressive national con-
Nentlon at Chicago will consist of
forty-five delegates. The Progressive
party rules, he states, provide for one
delegate at large for each senator and
each congressman at large, at least one
delegate from each congressional dis
trict and an additional delegate from
each district in which more than
5000 votes were cast for the WASH
ington party ticket at the last presi-
Dental election. Mr.. DIETRICH said that
he expected complete delegation
from this state and that the Pennsyl-
wanna ProgresSives were in harmony
with their national committee. Dis
tricts which are entitled to extra dele
gates are the Eighth Bucks Mont
gomeryD, Tenth Lackawanna), Elev-
enth (Luzerne), Thirteenth (Berlks-
Lehigh), Seventeenth Huntingdon
Miffiin = Perry Juniata Franklin Full
ton -Suyder- Union), Eighteenth (Dau-
hin-Lebanon-Cum and Nine
teenth (Bedford- Blair Cambria).
signatures to nominating petitions
for nominations to be made and dele
gates and committeeman to be elected
at the May primary may be secured on
and after February IS, one month
from tomorrow. The department of
the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
which has charge of nominating pc
titions, is preparing to issue the petit
tions. but the number this year will be
limited as far as possible to actual
needs and allowances for any which
might be spoiled.
KNOX FOR THE SENATE
tFrom the New York World.1
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