Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-02
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BY the Ex-CoI1mitteeman

Allison Hill had a big Republican
rally last night at the rooms of the
East End Republican club, Thirteenth
and Market streets, and was held for
were largely represented. Enthusiasm
was strong. The speakers were
Charles e. Pass, Arthur II. Hull, and
| legislative candidates, Augustus Wild
man and j. w. Swartz.
The rally by the Tenth Ward Re-
| publican Club, scheduled for to-mor-
| Monday night. 1t will be the wind
up of the present campaign. The
change was made in order to permit
all Republicans in Harrisburg to
participate in the parade. The big
meeting will follow a short walk
around, and will take place at Sixth
and Maclay streets. Prominent speak
ers will be present.
Cumberland county is in the
Hughes column. In 1912 Taft had
1855 votes; Roosevelt, 3,498. and
Wilson, 5,023. The present Republi-
can enrolment is 6,933, almost 900
more than the combined vote of Taft
and Roosevelt that year and 1900
more than the Wilson vote of 1912.
Farmers are indignant at the arbitrary
change in mail facilities, eight post
offices having been closed. They are
Eberlys Mills, Hunters Run, Longs
dorf, Montsera, Starners, Trindle
Spring and Uriah. Rural routes have
Kerrsville, Newburg, New Kingston,
Allen and West Fairview. Only in
sistent danger calls from local lead
ers have kept the post offices at Bar
nitZ, Huntsdale and Plainfield until
after the election. Congressman A. S.
| af he io,ht lot
will receive a tremendous vote, which
will be increased materially since DR..
J. H. Kreider, Washington candidate
for Congress in 1914, who received
over 5000 votes. is on the stump for
the Republican ticket. 1t looks as
though Senator Martin of the Thirty
first District, would carry Juniata,
Miffiin and Perry by a good margin.
He lost Juniata by 150 votes in 1912.
but won by a 1900 majority. His op-
ponent at that time was Altman, a
strong Grange man and popular with
the farmers. Leiby, now opposing
him, is not we'll known. Chairman
Klines estimate of 1000 majority in
Cumberland is conservative.
With pitiless logic, former United
States Attorney General Wickersham
of New York, fiayed the policies and
methods of President Wilson at a
monster Republican rally last night.
Mr. Wickersham contrasted the char
acters of Wilson and Hughes, 1.-The
one bending like reed to every de-
mand of every demagogue and every
agitator," he said "the other rock
bound to every principle of sound
severe on the European and Mexican
policies of the President, and con-
fidently predicted the election of Mr..
Hughes Other speakers were: Con-
| gressman- -at-Large Mahlon Fl. Gar
land, who attacked the Adamson bill,
declaring it unconstitutional; Con-
gressm en-at-Larg Thomas S. Crago
and John r. *. Scott, Senator Charles
A. Snyder aud Horace w. Schantz,
candidate for Congress in the Berks-
Lehigh district. The meeting was ar
ranged by Claude Il. Reno. former
Progressive county chairman, and on
the platform were many prominent
former Progressives, including Fred e.
Lewis, ex-Congressman at Large,
Reuben j. Butz presided, and the
meeting was preceded by a torchlight
parade by the John Hay Republican
Association.
Charles A. Rittenhouse, of Phila-
delphia, has organized branch OF
the Hughes Alliance in this city, with
Judge G. N. Brumm, former Progress
sive leader. as president. The first
Vlce-preSluent Is Joseph w. Moyer
who was secretary of the Democratic
State Committee fifteen years ago
Former Representative John Robert
Jones, also a Progressive, is second
vice-president, and John Reber is
secretary and treasurer. 1t was an
nounced that the work of the alliance
is restricted to boosting Hughes
Congressman Ware has issued for
/ NAL statement, predicting a great Re.
, publican majority in Philadelphia for
Hughes and Fairbanks. The state.
ment follows: Reports from all sec.
tions of the city indicate an old time
Republican majority for Charles f
Hughes and the entire Republican
ticFet next Tuesday. The people o1
the city have como to realize that the
prosperity of to-day is due to the Eu-
ropean war. They have also been
brought to consider the effect oi
| Democratic rule at the close of tn