Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
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BY the Ex-CommitteemaH

| by tlo EN-OOI1IuIVteema4 III
In spite OF the stirring in national
politics due to the activities of Mas
saehusetts' warning Republican lead
ers. the New York State Republican
convention and the boosting of the
Cummins and Burton boomers, Penn
sylvania has gone to the front again
to-day because of the effort to arouse
Roosevelt sentiment and the war coun-
Gil being held in Philadelphia by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh, Attorney General
Brown and the Wares. Simultaneous
ly' Senator Penrose is meeting up
State leaders and hearing reports of
the situation in western counties
Much is expected to come from the
Governors weekend visit to Phila-
delphia. His trip to the Quaker City
was rather unexpected here and his
speech last night before the Delaware
County Peoples Rights Association is
regarded as n move which may be full
or political significance To-day the
Governor will meet a number of lead
ers from eastern counties and continue
daily the early part of the week.
Senator Snyder and Speaker Am
! bier. the rival candidates for the Re-
publican nomination for auditor gen.
eral, have started out their papers
and both are confident. Snyder is said
! to have organized railroad men be-
hind him. The Democratic candidates
| nave not come above the horizon.
! While these two men are fighting it
out the plans for the lineup on ma
tional delegates, State committeeman,
congressional and legislative candi-
/ dates Will be worked out and il the
issue has to be settled at the primar-
les it will go there.
George ID. Porter last night issued
a call to independents interested in
changing the order of things in Phila-
delphla to line up with the Republi-
cans. Porter does not seem to mind
| the criticism levelled at him.
The brewers have abandoned the
! tight to examine into political contri-
! buttons and now some of the Demo-
cratic politicians are saying things
about District Attorney E. Lowry
Humes.
A Pittsburgh dispatch to the
Philadelphia Ledger says: Senator
Charles a. Snyder, candidate for the
Republican nomination for Auditor
General, was to-day assured of the
support of Mayor Armstrong, Coroner
Jamison and County Controller Moore
in the primary fight. The support of
these leaders means that the Allie
gheny County Republican machine
will be behind Snyder. Snyder left
for estmoreland county this after
noon.
Alex. p. Moore, editor of the
pittsburgh Leader, which has cap
tion ON the editorial page, Roosevelt
for President in 1916" says to-day re-
garding Brumbaugh's candidacy for
the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent: IF Pennsylvania were to have
a presidential candidate the one man
upon whom all the people would unite
would be p. c. Knox, and if Governor
Brumbaugh persists in forcing himself
as candidate, he will also force the
issue between himself and Mr.. Knox
and lose support for the higher pur-
poses he processes to be concerned
with. While Mr.. Knox would be,
without doubt, the choice of the peo-
pie of this State for the presidential
office, it would be more seemly if
Pennsylvania went into the National
Convention with freedom to act for
the best interests of all and not as de-
manding the nomination of one of it's
sons. PennSylvania's attitude should
be receptive, not insistent, and in the
event that Pennsylvania is to be hon
ored, Mr.. Knox could accept a
nomination free from factionalism and
free from all entanglements and har-
assments."
Local optionists in the Tenth AL
legheny district have indorsed Dr. c.
NJ. c. Campbell, of Oakmont; Repre-
sentative j. r. Wylie, of Williamsburg,
and John W. Hanna, of North Brad
dock.
-Armstrong's Anti-Saloon League
has indorsed b. c. Wick, of Parker,
for Congress; q. B. Lambert, of But
Ter, for State Senator, and II. r. Shelf
field, of Parker, for the Legislature.
William Barnes's tour west to get
support for Root may have a Pennsyl-
Nania visit in it, according to some ru-
mors heard to-day. 1t is said that he
may go to Pittsburgh.
Cumberland Democrats are said to
be fussing over the national delegate
situation. The county wants a dele
gate and an alternate. Lebanon is
after a delegate, too.
The Rubendall confirmation yes
terday ends all hopes of getting the
upper end Democrats to unite in the
next five years.
City Solicitor Connolly, of Phila-
delphia, will be given a dinner by
friends of all parties tonight
Warren Worth Bailey, Johnstown
congressman, having declined to run
as sacrifice for senator it is up to
the bosses to pick a new one. Lynett
and Wilson do not fancy the role any
more than Bailey. Why not Chair
man Morris.
H. Otto Wittpenn, Jersey City's
stormy Democrat, is out for Governor
in Jersey. He is well known to many
in this State.
-Coatesville's mayoralty fight will
be resumed next week
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