Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-11
CAMPAIGN NEARS
ITSLIVELY CLOSE
Governor DenounceS People
Who Attack Him and Pen
rose Makes Comments

Governor Brumbaugh, Senator Pen
rose, Senator Ware and other men who |
are figuring in the Republican primary |
campaign indulged in much talking |
yesterday. The Governor made a |
speech at Reading last night in which |
he denounced the tactics of those who |
opposed him, but did not refer to /
the charges made by Representative
Isadore Stern, of Philadelphia; Sena-
tor Penrose declared that Speaker |
Amber was candidate fo- Auditor |
General as the creature of the Cover /.
nor and the Wares and Senator Ware /.
charged that Senator Charles A. Sny-
der was candidate for the same nom- |
nation for tax lodging purposes.
The Penrose people are claiming
that the fight is over and that the |
Governors boom has collapsed, but
the Ware people insist that it is Pen
rose who is beaten. However, nothins.l
mas come from Brumbaugh headquar-
ters for several days.
Governor Brumbaugh is in Philadel- !
phia and Montgomery counties to-day
and Will go tomorrow to Luzerne
county and to Lackawanna on Satur-
day. In his absence some tons of let
ters and circulars will be put out in his
interest. The Brumbaugh people are
more or less perturbed by the appear
ance OF the Ford stickers and scent
plot to bump the Governor as presi-
Dental candidate. They are issuing
warnings against this new scheme
while at the same time endeavoring to
block the drive being made on the
Governor as a candidate for delegate
at-large.
Governors Remarks
Speaking at Reading the Governor
said
Remember. men of Berks, that
Just because a man has the courage
and conviction to tell the truth he has
to be abused and slandered and lied
ABOUT. Thank heavens, one can sleep
with his conscience. | am not here to
defend anything l have ever done. |
am not ashamed of a single act of my
life. | stand on my record of service
of a life given for the good people of
Pennsylvania.
In Philadelphia Senator Penrose. in
discussing the campaign, said: Il am
glad the parentage of the Amber can
didacy at last has been acknowledged.
For a long time no one appeared will
ing TO stand sponsor for it. 1t is true
an effort was first made to fasten the
candidacy on the Governor. \ little
] TellettOlls NOW over, pIOuSnl 4 ECdlZd-
ton that such an authorship would be
open TO the gravest kind OF suspicion.
Now it is openly disclosed that the
Governor and the Ware contracting
forces are back of the Amber candi-
dacy All attempt at disguise has been
cast aside. If the Amber candidacy
ever had any strength the avowal OF
the support of contractors and of the
Governor would have crippled 1t. AS
matter OF fact. the Amber candidacy
has not been heard of in the State at
large, and stands no show whatever of
Endorsement at the polls"
Senator Edwin II. Ware, when he
learned Of Senator Penrose's comment,
issued a statement in which he said:
1T is evident why Penrose does not
wish to see nominated and elected an
Auditor General who will be friendly
to the Governor and will work in CO.
operation with him, and why Penrose
himself wants to name the Auditor
General"
Governor and Stern
Governor Brumbaugh declined to-
add to his declaration that Col. Kolb
told the truth in the Stern matter. The
Governor also ignored questions about
Stern's threat TO start impeachment
proceedings.
Mr.. Kolb declared DR.. Brumbaugh
as "guiltless as n child" He added /
The Governor has not misused any
OF my money; he does not owe me any
money. He never abused my conf
dence and every cent / gave him for
campaign purposes was accounted
for"
Stern stuck to his guns yesterday
and he refused any information as to
the sources of his information or de-
tails of his proposed action against
Governor Brumbaugh. In political
circles in Philadelphia, it was expect !
ed that within the next "a hours there
would be additional developments of
sensational nature.
Late last night Stern said: Neither
Colonel Kolb nor Governor Brum- |
baugh has denied the deposit, it's pur-
pose or its expenditure. What the
public wants is not evasion, but a I
frank statement of the facts