Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-05
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

resentment at the entrance of Con-
gressman Michael Liebel, Jr., into the
open primaries as candidate for
Democratic national committeeman
against Committeeman A. Mitchell Pal
mer is becoming quite heated in Demo-
cratic machine circles and the reorgan-
lzatlon faction now appears to realize
that its right to boss the organization
has been challenged.
According to word that is received
mere, Liebel is to be attacked on the
old time-worn bipartisan plea and
Palmer and his pals will issue a state
ment IN a few days proclaiming how
pure and proper are the motives which
animate the dominant faction. Liebel
Will also have some statements in
which he will state the issues as he
sees them and voice some opinions
about the purity and propriety of the
motives OF the reorganization clique.
The prospects are all for one of the
grand old Democratic rows which have
in years gone by diverted not only the
state but the nation.
Ex-senator Webster Grim's re-
fusal to stay dead politically is dis
turbing the reorganization machine
bosses. They did not put Grim on
their slate for delegate at large and
he insists on running without permis-
sion. w. N. McNair is also insurging
and it is understood that other men
who decline to take orders will do the
same thing.
The visit of Judge Brumm here
Yesterday attracted some attention.
The judge is said to have talked war,
Progressiveism and bird cage ballot
boxes, but neither he nor the Governor
gave out any information about it.
Speaker Charles A. Amber
n ai,,,,
for the Republican nomination for
Auditor General yesterday and an
nounced that he would undertake q
speaking tour of the State at present,
but was confident of victory at the pri-
maries. He declared that the future
welfare of our nation depends upon
Republican success next November
and that this can be accomplished
only by a reunited party" II am con-
Quoting my own campaign and I am
making my appeal direct to the Re-
publican voters of the Commonwealth" a."
he added. IF elected, my single pur-
pose will be to give the State an
efficient and businesslike administra-
ton"
According to reports from Blair
county, J. Banks Kurtz may become a
candidate for Congress on the Repub-
lican ticket. There is also talk of
John NJ. Rose, of Johnstown, taking a
hand.
James w. Kinnear, prominent
Pittsburgh lawyer, may enter the race
as candidate for Congress against
Congressman John NJ. NORM.
Mayor Smith yesterday ordered
work to proceed on the Taylor transit
plans, thus ending the whole contro-
versy over the plans. The city loan
bill was changed yesterday so that it
will carry $114,0OO,000. The transit
and port improvements are in the
same list; the other items are in an
other bill.
Calvin Green, of Lewistown, one
of the candidates for Republican ma
tional delegate in the Seventeenth dis
trict, has sent out n denial that he has
withdrawn. He says he is a candidate
in the interest of harmony.
j. J. Rogan, of Erie, is out as a
candidate for Democratic national
delegate from the Erie-Crawford dis
trict.
The Philadelphia Record to-day
prints a long story about a row in the
State Agricultural Commission because
of objections of some members of the
commission to political activities. As
the matter stands, none OF the COM
missioners has indicated any intention
to resign and the chief fussing appears
to be coming from outside the COM
mission. From the Records account,
the adoption of some pretty hot reso-
lutions was stopped by the appearance
of Secretary Patton, who, it is stated,
poured oil on the waters.