Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-26
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BY the Ex-Commitseeman

Radical third party men, who de-
cline to go along with anything that
the Republican conventions do, and
the Democrats who are urging them
on for reasons obvious to everyone
but the aforesaid third party men, are
having a hard time getting an organ
ization started in Pennsylvania. The
men who were leaders in the Roose-
velt movement have come out for
Hughes and the rank and file of the
progressives have followed the Col
onel. Only a small number of ir-
reconciables and some men who are
mad even at Roosevelt are whirling
about trying to make a fuss in Penn
| sylvania. Practically all the support
they are getting is coming from
Democrats.
The effort to recall the men elected
to the Washington party State COM
mittee has gone to pieces and the men
who insisted upon forming local
committees have found very little en-
couragement anywhere. In Philadel-
phia Washington party officeholders
have decided to keep a skeleton or
ganization alive for business purposes
next year, but in the anthracite regions
there is nothing doing and in western
counties the Bull Moosers or four years
ago are Republicans now.
1t is expected that some of the
bunch which made the recent confer
ence here a tempestuous gathering
will try to make trouble at the ma
tional progressive meeting next month.
Democrats of the State organiza-
ton trend of mind, who are already
much disturbed by the fuss which has
been caused by the dismissal of Post
ms Sfa Of
are further ruffled by Ryerson w.
Jennings, Philadelphia Democratic
leader for years, who now says that
he is former Democrat" The Phila-
delphia Ledger says of the matter:
| These points developed when a note,
addressed to the editor of the Public
Ledger, was received last night in
which Mr.. Jennings referred to him
self as a former Democrat This note
was as follows: AS a former Demo-
crat was very much interested in the
performance at the Democratic City
Committee, Tenth and Walnut streets,
the other night, when A. Mitchell
Palmer and Charles P. Donnelly were
the principal speakers. This thought
occurs to me: Which was the lion and
which was the lamb?' OF course Mr..
Jennings had reference to the fact
that Mr.. Donnelly in his speech
pledged verbal support to the Palmer
leadership for the coming campaign,
and that Mr.. Palmer. in his speech,
pointed out the rosy future should the
city committee roll up an old-time
vote. And, of course, Mr. Jennings
was touching upon the one-time and
bitter factional enmity between the
/ two. Commenting further Mr.. Jen-
nings said: Politics makes strange
bedfellows. When it was suggested to
Mr.. Jennings that he was popularly
known as a Democrat, he replied: II
haven't talked about it much, but I
have parted company with President
Wilson. Not enough Americanism. He
is a little hyphenated. He was not
stiff enough in his demands. I have
a son on the Mexican border. If there
had been real Americanism II would
not have been necessary for him to
have gone there. If Roosevelt were
President it would not be necessary
He was asked if he would have voted
| for Roosevelt had he been nominated.
Yes he replied. I would have voted
for him, worked for him and con-
tributed to his campaign. But Per-
/ kins and the others in their confer
ences at Chicago with Old Guard Re-
/ publican leaders laid a trap for him
and the result was Hughes. OF course
Hughes was a good Governor. But
/ then Wilson also was a good Cover
nor. Wilson has not sized up"