Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
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B. Ainey, OF Susquehanna county, the
chairman of the Public Service Com
mission, for the Republican nomina-
tion for Governor is to be sprung by
State administration partisans il the
results of the primary election show
up the way the Brumbaugh headuuar-
ters staff is now claiming. Chairman
Ainey, who was a candidate for a time
In the United States Senatorial pri-
mary two years ago, has been most ac-
tive in the campaign in behalf of the
Governor and made speeches with him
as well as participating in the war
councils.
The Brumbaugh headquarters which
Increased Its claim to national dele
gates to forty-four last night. will
make another claim to-day and 1t in
timated that 1t will make further
advance in the list. The headquarters
is getting long distance telephone re-
ports from county seats regarding
votes where returns have thus far
been incomplete. No names have been
given out, however. In a number of
instances it is understood the claims
are based on personal assurances" to
the Governor
There is a possibility that In the
event OF the Brumbaugh- Ware forces
being successful in their scheme to
throw the election of a national COM
mitteeman into the PENNSYLVANIA dele
CATION to Chicago instead of having
the election made by the State COM
mittee. that they will endeavor to have
Congressman w. W. Griest stand as
candidate. The Congressman has not
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The Penrose forces will be for the SEN
ator. Rumors have been that the ad-
ministration would be for either Con-
gresham w. S. Ware or Attorney Gen
eral Brown.
If the claims of the Brumbaugh
headquarters are borne out by re-
turns in the next few days the Cover
nor will be boosted for chairman of
the State delegation at Chicago.
Evidence is piling up that the
whole fight made by the State admin
istration forces at the primary was for
control of the State organization with
the national committeeman as the
Inch pin. The situation is much like
that which prevailed four years ago
when the Democrats thought they
were going to win and wanted to be
able to handle the patronage. Hence,
the statements being made by the
Brumbaugh headquarters that dele
gates are claimed who will stand with
the Governor in all matters of business
to come before the Chicago conven-
ton" The Penrose forces have the
State committee. Even the Brum-
baugh people admit that, although
they say that there are some plants
on the list. The Brumbaugh people,
as was pointed out yesterday, are try
ing to work out a plan to throw the
election of national committeeman
into the delegation to Chicago. The
Penrose people say that this cannot be
done under the laws and the rules of
the party. The Brumbaugh people
Will make fight over ii and thus the
factional quarrel will be prolonged.
The incomplete nature OF the re-
turns and the general dissatisfaction
with the primary laws are the big top
les of conversation. 1t will be a repe-
tition of two and four years ago all over
again 1t will be two weeks before
anything can be officially learned
about results in some counties and the
demand for a new system is growing
stronger every day.
Governor Brumbaugh will soon
announce some appointments. 1t is
believed that there is something to the
gossip that Frank Black, of Somerset
county, member of the State Agricul-
tural commission. will be named as
highway commissioner.
The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can in the course of a two-column edi-
| torial review of the recent primary has
the following to say:
Governor Brumbaugh won a State.
wide Endorsement for the Republican
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honor was greatly diminished by the
! fact that no other name was on the
ticket Also he achieved the distinc.
ton of infiicting the first defeat upor
Penrose in a contest by popular vote
This was the more remarkable because
he was opposed by the combined
forces of the machine and liquor, anC
because in a primary fight the organ
lied vote has a greater advantage thar
in a regular election campaign. Turn.
| ing to the other side of the count, il /,
found that Penrose clinched his con,
/ troll of the State organization anC
strengthened his position as the par
tvs representative. He elected a large
majority of the State committee
which, under the present law, will
name a national committeeman. HI
will be privileged to sit in the nationa
convention this year as a regularl,
elected delegate, and for four years
thereafter will be Republican nationa
committeeman from Pennsylvania
We were not supporters of Governor
Brumbaugh in his campaign for elec
ton to his present office; we have criti
cised him severely; in this fight III
showed himself by no means a cour
ageous or inspiring leader; whereas
liz he had had half as much force anC
fidelity as his ablest adviser, Attorne!
General Brown, he would have swep
the State and broken the hold of Pen
rose completely"
Congressman A. Mitchell Pal
mer last night issued a statement from
his home in Stroudsburg in which h,
declared that fights should cease ant
the verdict of the Democrats at tn
primaries be accepted. Palmer called
for complete party harmony.
Sentiment for a reunion of tn
Republican party does not appear t,
be working very well. The talk O
Mayor Smith of Philadelphia as leade
does not even please Smith.
4 -Mifflin county Bull Moosers sc
cured only seventeen votes. A Sun
bury dispatch says: John T. McMul
len. Shamokin. defeated of nomina
tion for Republican candidate 70
State Senator in the 27th District, com
posed of northumberland, Snyder ant
Union countries, was the first to fl