Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-23
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BY the Ex-Committeemnn

senator Penroses reported state
ment at Washington last night that he
had not said that Theodore Roosevelt
would be acceptable to him as Pres
idential possibility following so close
~ upon the reports from Pittsburgh
that the Senator was not as violently
opposed to him as of yore, took prece-
dence as a topic to-day over the de-
Velopment of the Brumbaugh cam
paign and the possibilities of the Bull
Moosers' State conference.
Pittsburgh people give the same
idea as that conveyed by the Pitts
burgh Dispatch in its article of yester-
day morning. Mayor Armstrong is
quoted by some people as saying that
Penrose is softening toward Roosevelt.
On the other hand Senator Penrose
said at Washington: 81 have given no
statement that Roosevelt would be
acceptable to me and | certainly do
not want to he quoted on every desul-
tory rumor that is given out"
Bull Moosers here to-day appeared
to be somewhat miffed that the colo
mel should he mentioned in connec-
ton with the Senator at all and at the
Brumbaugh headquarters comment
was avoided. There have been ru-
mors that il was one Of the Brum-
baugh managers plans to throw the
Governors strength to the colonel if
opportunity arose.
The presence here to-day OF ].
Denny O'Neil, the former Allegheny
county commissioner and leader of the
| Governors local option fight in West
ern Pennsylvania, caused a report to
! be circulated that he was here in re-
sponse to a request of the Governor
to discuss delegate matters The Gov
ernor Is known to be anxious to avoid
having Public Service Commissioner
Magee involved in a battle for dele
/ gate. The Penrose forces in Allegheny
county are also said to be willing to
| have the commissioner become a dele
gate without a fight as a compliment
| to him.
The Brumbaugh headquarter last
night announced that the name OF
the committee in charge would be
THE Campaign Committee for a Re-
united Republican Party" The head
quarters was busy last night and to-
day on petitions, but no list of the
names of the men who will be run
will be made public for some days.
| When it is given out the names of the
committee in charge of the Cover
nor's campaign will be announced
The Governor will head the list OF
delegates
Mayor Smith, OF Philadelphia
has taken up the question over the
transit plans in Philadelphia with
considerable vigor and is having in
vestigations made which he believes
will settle many of the matters which
4 have arisen. The mayor says that
the people shall have what they want
| -Representative c. A. Rowcll OF
Philadelphia, will not be a candidate
again. Herman l.. Hecht former
member, will succeed him.
| Congressman II. ]. Steele, of Eas-
ton, is out for denomination by tho
Democrats. His friends are not those
Of a. Mitchell Palmer.
/ The Philadelphia Record prints
this interesting item about Philadel'
phia politics.: "The plan of the Ware
followers to raid at the May primar-
les all of the wards now controlled by
leaders affiliated with the Penrose- Nc.
Nichol wing of the Organization viii
not receive the full encouragement
of Mayor Smith. One ward i'm which
the Mayor will not permit factiona
strife for the purpose of taking the
! leadership away from q McNicho
lieutenant is the Twelfth, where Re-
gister of Wills James B. Sheehan holds
undisputed sway. In a conversation
with some friends yesterday the
Mayor made the assertion that he
would neither brook any interference
by outsiders with Sheehans conduct
of Republican affairs in the Twelfth
ward nor would he sanction or aid
any attempt to oust Sheehan as leader
of the ward
Men identified with the machine
wing of the State Democracy are in
sisting that there will be plain sailing
on the slate for delegates at large
Notwithstanding the story that Web
gter Grim, of Bucks, candidate for gov
ernor in 1910, has aspirations to run
for delegate. A man well versed said
to-day: THE Democratic State lead
ers have agreed upon a slate of dele
gates at-large to the Democratic ma
tional convention in st. Louis. The
following men have been agreed upor
as candidates: A.. Mitchell Palmer
Monroe; Judge Voris Auten. North
umberland; Jere Black. York; VIII.
liam A. Glasgow and Roland s. Nor.
ris. Philadelphia; I. II. Given, Ale.
gheny: Senator W. Wayne Hindman
Clarion; William Mcintyre, Mercer
Robert E. Lee, Schuylkill; John L