Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-08
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By the Ex-Committeeman

Three answers to the Penrose
speech within "a hours, claim by
Penrose headquarters that the bat
tie Is over and the governor. routed,
threats to take Mayor Smith, of Phil
adelphia, into court and some active
campaigning by Democratic rivals
coupled with rumors that men con-
nected with departments of the State
government are to be given orders TO
line up have served to start off the
week before the primary with a whirl.
The primary election will be held on
Tuesday and indications are that the
lighting will be kept up until the polls
close.
Senator Penrose's speech drew fire
| from Attorney General Brown and
Senator Ware on Saturday and last
night Congressman Ware made Wig
orous attack on the senator, whose
headquarters proceeded to put out a
statement which added to the din. In
the midst of it all the governor is out
In the western end of the State, talk
ing to his supporters, local option
lists, employers and strikers so that
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania
does not want for excitement.
Senator Ware in his reply to the
senator said that the Penrose "rav-
ings" were those of a loser, denied
that he was in the garbage business
and said that his contracting was out
in the open. Attorney General
Brown declared that for Senator Pen
rose to talk patriotism was sacrilege
and denounced him for intimating
that politics was being injected into
the Public Service commission, deny
ing that he had "coerced" the gov
ernor into staying in the fight The
attorney general wound up with q
blast in which he said that the gov
ernor and not Penrose would head
the delegation to Chicago. Congress-
man Ware in his statement charged
that Penrose was responsible for all
the ills of PENNSYLVANIA, blamed the
1912 split on him, praises the gov
ernor as being a true friend of the
people and said that the candidacy of
Penrose men against Amber, Scott
and Lafean proved that the senator
did not have the best interests of
the party at heart. The congress
man also declared that Penrose
could not carry a ward in Philadel-
phia and assailed him personally. The
whole thing resembles. from a verbal
standpoint the row over the Repub-
lican mayoralty nomination in Phila-
delphia in 1911.
-Penrose headquarters last night
put out statement which drew caus-
of prophecies in 1912. This state
ment declared that reports from
every county in the state indicate a
collapse" of the Brumbaugh move
ment; declared that Penrose would
head the delegation to Chicago and
that political trickery of underhanded
kinds had been tried and blocked.
The Penrose people also claimed SO of
113 state committeeman, So commit
teemen or a majority not being op-
posed. The statement also contained
this significant remark The unin-
structed delegates to the Chicago con-
vention will be free to favor the candl-
date for President who will best meet
the demands of the country as the
party's standard bearer be he Colonel
Roosevelt, Justice Hughes, Philander
Knox, Elihu Root or any other great
Republican designated by a majority
of the convention"
Congressional candidates state
ments filed at Washington show that
the Fifteenth district is the scene of
much spending of coin. over ST.
200 has been spent in behalf of A.
NJ. Hoagland and Congressman Kiess
has spent $500. b. K. Focht has
spent STA, Senator Knox and Judge
Bonniwel have not spent anything.
Ex-Judge Orvis has not filed any state
ment, according to reports.
Palmer and Libel INDUCED in
some more criticism of each other on
Saturday. Libel is in Pittsburgh and
says that he does not care what Pal
mer says about the national commit
tee refusing to seat him If elected and
intimating that he proposes to make
Palmer and his pals an issue before
the Democrats OF the State
A Bellefonte dispatch indicates
that things are going to be warm in
that county. The dispatch says:
Governor Brumbaugh's abrupt repu-
diation of ]. Linn Harris as a men,
ber of the State Forestry Reservation
Commission was no surprise either to
to show that the Governor is leaving
nothing undone to win his fight
against Senator Penrose. Some time
ago the Governor virtually offered
Mr.. Harris a $4,000 a year appoint
ment If he would turn in for him
against Representative Harry B. Scott,
of this county. 1t was reported that
the appointment was to have been
that of Forestry Commissioner, as sue
cessor to Robert S. Conklin, of Colum-
bia, whose term expires In about a
month. Mr.. Harris declined the offer
because he had been one of the men
responsible for Mr.. Scott's candidacy
two years ago and was the county
chairman who helped to elect him
1t is now expected that Mr.. Harris and
his partisans will fight harder than
ever for Penrose."