Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-06


Vania Is in favor of the election of
delegates TO the national convention
unpledged and uninstructed. So far
as am concerned, / am supporting
such candidates for delegate. I have
asked none of them whom he favors
ioi President, l have at this time. in
fact, formed no conclusion of nv own
upon this question. Should he elected
delegate, as 1 expect to be- l will he
open TO counsel with my colleagues
from Pennsylvania and from the coun-
trE at large, and abide by the wisdom
of the majority"
Mr. Dimmick said in his speech:
IF Pennsylvania wanted TO presont
IaNorite son. which. in my opinion,
she should not do, and, in my opinion
VIII not do. there is put one name that
could be proffered with any belief in
poth It's eligibility and it's availa bility,
Knox. -
But Pennsylvania asks not TO die
tale' asks not to dominate, but il does
ASK 10 deliberate. counsel. consult. and
II is Tor that reason that | feel that,
lof the best interests of the party. we
should support the delegates at large
neaued hy Senator Penrose and includ-
nllrnuSp
anu breadth of vision as will go far 10
insure at Chicago a nomination made.
hot win reference 10 local and paro-
chlal desires, but with reference 10 the
needs of this critical hour.
Looking into the future, l would
even 80 step further and suggest
that after the coming contest at Ihe
primaries " il44iielllf il44iiellf happilr cannot he
abandoned on account of its imnor-
lance nationally ami must be decided
dsalhst Governor Brumbaugh by rea-
son or his, as many of us believe. ill
ADVISED candidacy for the presidency,
II men, L say, our Chief Executive will
make as public and reassuring a decla-
ration against Contractor influence in
our poIt1cal life, we will have a basis
not only for a reunited party. but a
party worthy OF the best traditions of
the Commonwealth"
Ihc Governor Speaks
me Bfumbaugh meeting was an
nounced by posters at Pittsburgh as 2
Roosevelt -Brumbaugh meeting. The
Gazette-Times says:
me Governor made no reference
10 his own candidacy for President or
that of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
me Governor confined his remarks
IHargely TO an explanation of why the
National Guard has been sent into
AHesheny county and his hope for a
peacetul solution of any labor troubles
existing here. He also discussed the
lapor legislation passed at the last
session of the Legislature No refer
ence was made to local option"
The Governor said:
The center of this great productive
industrial activity is here in the Pitts
burRh district. Its great and varied
INDUSTRIES are unparalleled. Here hun !
dreds OF thousands of our workers find |
az TINS time ready employment. The I
ueHand was for more men than were
aNaliapie. This economic situation was
stuuelllN changed when, in some in /
stances. the men demanded increased |
compensation and less onerous con- /
ullons of toll. Let there be no mis-
understanding of the States attitude
In all this. 1t has no favorites. II
Knows onl yone duty-that of consery- /
ing NE and property-and il steadily /
has in mind tn ewelfare of it's citizens /
their health. safety, comfort and han,
piness U ia
The statement that the State even
tentatively consented to intervene prior
10 tuesday afternoon, May ., is with !
OUT ioundation in fact. The truth is
that even then when your sheriff asked
IoI alu TO suppress rioting the State
wired for specific details before maxi
ing answer. The sheriff i'm the evening
wired that he could not control the sit
uatlon and called upon the State.
Under the law, then, it was our
duty to act. No one regretted this
more than your executive I need not
give to any man any assurance of nv
interest in the welfare of our working
people. l stand squarely upon my
record in that matter. | believe in
social justice and in the peaceful ad-
lGstment of the differences that arise
from time to time in our industrial
communities. ] want always to see
justice prevail and human rights ade-
quately recognized"
Brumbaugh- Dimmick Committee
There was issued from the Gov
ernor's campaign headquarters to-day
a statement that sixteen OF the Dim
mick leaders throughout the State had
been appointed on the Brumbaugh
Dimmick campaign committees and
that this committee would make an
EFFORT to reach all the Dimmick sup
porters in the State. The statement
includes an appeal TO the Dimmick fol-
lowing to line up for the Governor and
"a reunited Republican party" calling
attention to the fact that Dimmick
refused TO support Penrose two years
ago as moral issue and declaring
that the Senator's reelection was "a
national calamity" Further. il is de-
clared in the appeal that "it would be
fatal to the partyto permit Penrose and
his associated influences to dominate
the national convention and dictate
the presidential nominee"