Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-31
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

The break between the State Ad-
mlnlstration and Insurance Commits
sloner Charles johnson last night has
urlVen hopes of harmony in the COM
ing primary into the shades. 1t is
wei vel known that Mr.. Johnson, who is
friendly to Senator Boies Penrose,
waited as long as he could in the
nope that there would be a change
In methods of waging the campaign
IN pehalt or the Governor. but said
the men who are directing the politi-
cal end OF the State Administration de-
cllned to change. Then johnson re-
signed and the accumulated bitterness
OF the last few weeks came out.
The preliminaries to this campaign
nave peen interesting. Announcements
nave Deen sudden and events rapid.
Harmony talk has followed breaches
ana big names have been banded
ABOUT. The newspapers of the State
expect war to follow the johnson re-
signation. The Philadelphia Inquirer
says that bomb was thrown into the
state Administration camp. The
Philadelphia Press predicts a sharp
contest and the Philadelphia Public
Ledger says that Johnson resigned be-
cause he would not be bossed. The
North American says that he resigned
70 ald the Penrose scheme" rather
initiating that it helped and giving
much space 70 the Attorney Generals
passing of the lie. The Democratic
Phlladelphia Record gleefully prints
an the details and editorially roasts
the Attorney General on being trapped
by Montgomery county man.
The Philadelphia Press TODAY
says: From Penrose sources came
! the lntimation last night that Com
missioner Johnsons stand was but the
| lrst OF number of designations of
State officeholders who thus would re-
sent the 'intimation" which they have
oeen subjected to compel Endorsement
| OF the Brumbaugh candidacy. The
Amber followers let it be known that
When Governor Brumbaugh assumed
once he had expressed the determin-
atlon to make appointment of a sue
cessor to Commissioner johnson on
! the ground that he was not attentive
10 duties, that, as a matter of fact
the johnson reappointment was the
last OF those made by the Governor
and that it resulted from special pleas
made by Speaker Amber and Senator
croft that the commissioner be given
an opportunity to make good" These
sources lntimated that representation
mad been made to Johnson subse-
Iquently that the growing influence of
speaker Amber in Montgomery coun-
| ty threatened the Johnson leadership
there"
Speaker Charles A. Amber pro-
poses TO make Statewide trip in his
campaign for the Republican Auditor
Generalship nomination. Announce
ment was made at the Amber head
quarters in Philadelphia yesterday
/ that on Tuesday next he would make
his first visit to Reading and then visit
other cities. Mr.. Amber, however
will hold no formal meeting at this
. 1lN- 20 i.fI
the workers and to talk directly with
them. Chairman Theodore Lane
Bean, of the Amber committee, an
nounced yesterday that formal
| speeches by Mr.. Amber will not be
made until after the primaries and
| then will be conducted under the au-
spices of the Republican State com
mittee.' Amber buttons made their
appearance yesterday.
The Philadelphia transit situation
! is going to cut a big figure in the com
ing primary. 4-arts of Philadelphia
are opposed to the plans said to be
supported by Mayor Smith and the
Mayor is for transit commission.
Men friendly to the Mayor are bitterly
resentbul of criticism. On top of it
the grand jury has again condemned
/ the almshouse.
| Washington the Democratic bosses in
Pennsylvania are up to their old tricks
again. States for the Democrats of
the Keystone State are being made in
Washington, d. c. Incidentally, the
signs of grand old row among the
Democrats over the honor of who
shall sit for Wilson are all hanging
out again. Notwithstanding the booms
| of w. n. McNair, of Pittsburgh and
! webster Grim, of Doylestown, who
fonght bled and died in hopeless
years, the bosses have slated other
men for delegates at large. 1t would
seem that the Republicans are not the
only ones who are going to discuss
family matters this year.
Here is what Washington has to
say about it: Samuel B. Phison, of
Somerset county, for State Treasurer.
and James b. Murring, eX-Mayor of
ICarbondale, Lackawanna county for
Auditor General, will be the Democra-
| tic State ticket in Pennsylvania this
year, according to reliable informa-
ton that reached Washington to-day.
1t is stated that the Democratic or
ganization has agreed upon this ticket,
and will support it against any can
didates who may file nomination pa
pers. But so far as known there will
be no other aspirants for these offices
! Word will go out that these men have
the backing of National Committee
man A. Mitchell Palmer and State
Chairman Roland S. Morris, which
will be equivalent to a summons to
their support. Not only has the Dem
ocratic organization agreed upon a
State ticket, but it has selected the
men it will support for delegates
large to the Democratic National con-
vention. They are Judge Voris Auten,
of Sunbury; Jere S. Black, of York;
William A. Glasgow, Jr., of Philadel-
phia; T. Hart Given, of Pittsburgh;
Senator Wayne Hindman, of Clarion;
eX-Congressman John T. Lenahan, of
Wilkes Barre; Harry S. Dun, of Read
ing; E. ]. Lynett, of Scranton; ex-
Congressman Robert F. Lee of Potts !
Vile; William S. Mcintyre. of Sharon:
Charles D. McAvoy of Norristown, and
State Chairman Roland S. Morris, of
Philadelphia. National Committee
man Palmer will not be a member of
the delegation-at-lar but will go as
a delegate from his congressional dis |
trict.
Pittsburgh papers print the news
about Johnson without comment, the
GaZette-Times saying that the resig- |
nation was protest against the meth
ods of the Attorney General i'm behalf
of the Governor. Scranton and
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