Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-27
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ne DeHuOCTatlC GeOrRanlZatlOn ma
chlne was oiled up, fired up and footed
Yesterday in Philadelphia and then
started out on it's way to race the
rehabilitation machine for the pink
nag of leadership of the Pennsylvania
Democracy. This all occurred within
a few hours after a meeting of re-
organization leaders and the challenge
OF Congressman Michael Liebel, Jr., of
Erie, to contest the national commit
teemanship with A. Mitchell Palmer,
the present leader, was formally an
nounced as accepted.
The meeting in Philadelphia yester-
day of Palmer and his pals was in line
with those previously held by the re-
organization faction 1t was secret,
slimly attended and prolonged, with
the invariable accompaniment of a
bombastic statement. In addition to
| following this course Palmer also let
1t be known that the reorganizers had
slate to oppose the slate put out by
the rehabilitators. Everything that the
rehabilitation faction said about the
reorganization faction was hurled back
and plans made for a strenuous cam
paign.
According to Philadelphia papers,
the reorganiZers agreed to support
these candidates at the May primaries
Senator. eX-Judge Ellis l.. Orvis, of
Center county; Auditor General, James
~ NhOA llllt Val bOnudlt, oldle Treas
urer, Samuel r. Philson, Somerset; !;
Congressmen-at-large. Jacob b. Waide-
Itch. Lehigh; Thomas Ross. Bucks;
John j. Moore, Luzerne, and Joseph T..
kinsley, Philadelphia; national dele
gates-at-large, ex-Judge Noris Auten,
Northumberland; Jere S. Black, York
Henry J. DUNN, Reading; r. Hart
Given, Pittsburgh; William A. Glas-
gov and Roland S. Morris, Philadel-
lphia; Senator w. Wayne Hindman,
| Clarion: eX-Congressman Robert T..
| Lee, PottsVille; eX-Congressman John
I. Lenihan, Wilkes Barre; E. ]. Lynett,
Scranton: Charles d. McAvoy, Norris
town, and William S. Mcintyre, Mercer.
"A Chambersburg dispatch saws:
Senator Penrose, Congressman Focht
and State Senator G. A. Snyder passed
through here this morning. The party
| stopped here half an hour with Re-
publican County Chairman DIR. ]. 2.
Maclay. Senator Penrose said nothing
on the political situation. When asked
a question about Governor Brumbaugh,
Penrose said: He'll be here soon, ask
him A dozen organization men called
or the party, including NJ. X. Burgner,
| d. L. Greenawalt, "A. NJ. Ritchey and
others. Charles AZ Amber. candidate
| for the Republican nomination for
Auditor General, was in Chambersbrrg
I tlllc CIV ClllllS at TIC I1pltl w
| lie was visited by numerous anti-Pen-
rose Republicans and was introduced
by Senator John w. Hoke."
The Pittsburgh controversy over
the fees for municipal experts has been
ended by Mayor Armstrong signing the
bill to cut the fancy figures.
-Birdsboro yesterday held a special
election and approved a $50,000 loan.
The results in Massachusetts were
the talk of the State yesterday and the
general impression was that the
chances for quite a number of unin-
| structed delegates to Chicago were
| good In this city the Brumbaugh
| people vigorously declared that such
Interpretation was erroneous because
! there was some uncertainty about
Roosevelt's candidacy and that there
| were many features which did not
have a parallel in Pennsylvania.
The Lancaster county delegate
pledge contest, which will involve the
| declaration of Messsr. Smith and Mar
| tin, will be watched closely all over
the State. 1t is to be heard here to-
morrow and will furnish the first on
portunity for court action on the
| declaration.
! William Draper Lewis name will
go on the ballot without pledge. His
withdrawal was too late.
--McNichol men showed that they
had what the Philadelphia Public
Ledger calls "a firm grip" on the city
Republican organization yesterday. II
appears that there was a question as to
who was to be counsel for the organ
ization and in response to telephone
calls Representative Isadore Stern was
supported by a majority of the city
committee. Chairman Lane was in
formed by twenty-five of the forty
eight members that unless he desig-
mated Mr.. Stern there would be a
special meeting of the committee The
Ware men called the matter a flash in
! the nan