Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-30
BIG PARTY MEN
HERE FOR CONTEST
The Wares First of the Leaders
to Reach the City; Wood
ward For Baldwin


The contest for the Republican
nomination for the speakership of the
1917 House of Representatives, the
high point of interest in the organiza-
ton of the Legislature next Tuesday,
was enlivened to-day by arrival of
numerous members of the general as
sembly and of party leaders. The
hotels filled up rapidly during the aft
ernoon and headquarters were
thronged.
The headquarters of Richard ].
Baldwin, Delaware, and Edwin r.
Cox, Philadelphia, which have been
open for several days, issued state
ments claiming victory and disputing
each others assertions. George w.
Williams, Tioga, who is also candi-
date, is expected here late in the day
Congressman w. s. Ware and Sena-
tor E. Fl. Ware, of Philadelphia, were
the first of the big party leaders to ar
rive and wentto the Cox headquarters,
later calling upon Governor Brum-
baugh at the Executive Mansion. Pub
lie Service Commissioner Magee and
other men active in the Cox candi-
dacy also arrived during the day.
Governor Brumbaugh made no state
ments to-day and declined to say
whether there would be any more re-
movals of State officials.
Senator Boies PenroSe is expected
during the evening and will go to the
Baldwin headquarters which will also
be visited by Senator w. C. Sproul,
Delaware.
The Allegheny members will caucus
on Monday afternoon according to
James F. Woodward. of McKeesport,
the chairman. A number of other
county caucuses will be held on Mon
day
Headquarters of both Baldwin and
Cox fummed with activity to-day and
the Incoming members were met at
the station in many instances and
hustled to the rooms, the Cox people
having the best squad of scouts known
in long time. Frequent announce
ments were made by Congressman
John r. X. Scott to the effect that Cox
was gaining and he predicted the col
lapse of the Baldwin boom every half
hour.
At the Baldwin headquarters the
Delaware man authorized the state
ment at 1 o'clock that his lines were
unbroken and that Curtis e. Cook, of
York, who deserted to Cox early in
the week was the only man who had
been taken away from his list. Bald
win was very confident and said that
his estimates held good.
Representative James +. Woodward,
of Meckesport, the home city of In
surance Commissioner O'Neil, came
out flatfooted for Baldwin, this after
noon, dealing O'Neil a slap in doing so.
Woodward was chairman of the ap-
preparations committee in the last ses-
sion and will be chairman again if
Baldwin wins. There have been
threats by the Cox men to back Fred
c. Ehrhardt, of Scranton, for the
place.
"I am for Baldwin" said Wood
ward. The abuse and villifcation
put out by O'Neil is the reason"
Woodward said that he had been
importuned to vote for Cox, but would
not and he predicted that Baldwin
would have from Il to 10 votes from
Allegheny in spite of the claims of the
Cox boomers declared Woodward
was dreaming.
While the name of William S. Tunis.
former legislator from the Harrisburg
district and a stationer of this city
has been heard in connection with the
succession to Mr. Rambo it was stated
to-day by friends of the Eighth warder
that he was not candidate and did
not want his name used.
Another story which gained Gre
dence during the morning was that the
superintendency would be given to q
man from Lancaster county in return
for the five votes from Lancaster for
y
Vile, a member of the State Commits
sion of Agriculture and a close friend
of Congressman w. w. Grest. has
been talked of to-day as a possible ap-
pointee. 1t was also reported that the
place had been talked of for Luzerne
county man.
In this connection it seems TO be
pretty generally understood that the
appointment of a superintendent of
public printing and binding to succeed
A. Nevin Pomeroy. the first of the
victims, will come along right after
the Legislature organizes because OF
the printing supervision demands
EX-Congressman Anderson II. Walters,
publisher of the Johnstown Tribune.
a Bull Mooser of the rampant type, is
being pushed for the place. and an
other job is said to be in sight for
A. Nevin DIETRICH, chairman of the late
Washington party state committee, the
original center of the guessing contest
on the $4,000 job. Walters is strongly
backed by Progressives, who are very
much cultivated by the administration
forces.