Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-24

WILL STAND PAT
Decide TO Name Their Own
Ticket and Promptly Pick
Out the Candidates

Resolutions expressing desire and
hope for reunion of the Republican
and Progressive parties, the nomin-
alton of a Republican candidate for
President at Chicago who would be
acceptable to the Progressives, that the |
former Washington party men in this
State now enrolled as Republicans
should vote for national delegates
pledged to effect a chanbe in the in
huences which govern the Republican
party and that the Bull Moosers in
Pennsylvania should nominate their
own State ticket were adopted at the
Washington party's State conference
early last evening.
The conference proceeded to forth
with get started on its plan for a State
ticket and in a few hours had a full
slate on exhibition and the word was
going forth to such eX-Progressives as
could be reached that they should not
get overheated.
The most interesting feature about
the whole conference was the attitude
on the Governors fight for reunion of
the Republican party as announced in
his letter to eHnry G. Wasson. One
element favored endorsing the Cover
nor and banging Senator Penrose by
whereby the Senator was referred to
as an influence that did not meet ap-
proVal of the ProgreSsiveS and that
eX-ProgresSiVes now enrolled as Re-
publicans should vote for delegates
who would remove him from direction
of party affairs and no mention made
of the Governor. uring the discussion
one man praised the Governor and
was greeted with noise while another
took whack at him because of his
harmony remarks and was also given
noisy reception.
William Finn, Clifford Pinchot and
Robert K. Young were the men at |
the helm. Finn is credited with call
ing on the ex-Progressives to get busy |
on delegates, Pinchot is credited with
keeping out any endorsement of the |
Governor and Young for staying in the |
middle of the road.
The slate as announced last night |
was as follows:
For United States Senator NAH
Ion III. Meyers, of Cambria county, one
of the Roosevelt delegates to the Re-
publican and Progressive national con-
ventions of 1912. He is general man
ager of the Smokeless Coal Company,
of Johnstown.
Auditor General - Major Isaac B.
Brown. of Erie county, former secre-
tary of internal affairs.
State Treasurer. V. Clark, of
county, former member of
the Legislature.
Congressm n-at-larGe - Robert c.
Bair, of York county; Fred Brenck-
man. of Carbon county; S. Jarvis
Adams, Jr., of Allegheny county, and
Arthur G. Graham of Philadelphia.
The Washington party nominations
will run down the line to the congress
sional, State senatorial and assembly
districts.
The resolutions laid before the con-
ference and adopted were the product
of committee appointed by Chair
man DIETRICH, whose office made him
personally a member; ex-senator Will
liam Finn, of Pittsburgh, member of
the Progressive national committee;
Clifford Pinchot, of Pittsburgh, former
United States forester and close per-
sonal friend of Colonel Roosevelt;
George +. Holmes, city commissioner
of Philadelphia: Mahlon ii. Meyers,
of Cambria county; Fred Brenckman,
of Carbon county, and Charles /. Lam
dis, of Dauphin county.
These resolutions are as follows:
Resolved by the delgates to this .
conference of representatives of the |
Washington party in Pennsylvania:
"First-We hereby indorse the ac-
ton taken by the Progressive national |
committee at its meeting in Chicago [
in January, 1916, and pledge ourselves |
to work for the election of delegates !
to the Progressive national convention |
who will stand steadfast for the prin-
ciples laid down by the national COM
mittee.
I'VE hereby express the hope that
the Progressive and Republican ma
tional conventions at Chicago may be |
able to agree upon a candidate for
President who will be acceptable to
the Progressives.
In the event that there can be no |
such agreement we pledge ourselves
to support the nominee of the Pro- !
gressive national convention.
I'VE declare in favor of the nomina-
ton by the Washington party in Penn
sylvania of candidates for every State
office.
"Second--We affirm with increasing