Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
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By the Ex-Committeeman

By the Ex- Ex-Committeeman
Men interested in the revival of the
Democratic party in Pennsylvania as
good. strong opposition force have
almost given up hope of getting the
warning factions together and the pro-
posed harmony slate for delegates at
large has not proved popular even
with its sponsors. Several of the men
said to have been suggested by Com
mltteeman A. Mitchell Palmer are re-
ported TO have declared that both fac
uons should so into retirement and
allow the Democrats of Pennsylvania
to select new leaders.
Inc truth is that between appoint
ments TO positions in the federal serV-
ice. hling of post offices and the
Juggling of rural delivery routes Pal
mer and his pals have managed to get
the national administration into as
much dlsrepute with the mass of
Democraue voters as they are them
serves. The Democrats in the state
accordlnS TO what is being said and
printed. are for Wilson. but they do
not like his self-appointed,' but un-
stone State.
As pointed out by the Philadelphia
Record yesterday, the party has trouble
getting men to sacrifice themselves
Years ago that was regarded as party
duty.
Reuben II. Trach. legislator from
northampton county, has resigned as
deputy treasurer of that county.
DIR. J. I. Butt has been elected
health officer of Allentown.
Mayor Smith has declined to be-
come mixed in ward committee fights
IN Philadelphia. City Solicitor Con-
nelly also says he is a neutral.
-Congressman S. Taylor North, of
PunNsutawney, has announced his can
didacy for reelection.
A dispatch from Hazleton to the
Philadelphia Ledger says: Judgment
for S165.10, with interest from June /,
1915, was given by Alderman IL. w.
Heidenreich in the suit of Henry w.
Jacobs. manager of the Pennsylvania
Brewing Company, against Representa-
tive w. l. Adams, of Beaver Brook.
The money was loaned to Adams, it is
SAID, to pay campaign expenses. Jacobs
swore that he had loaned Adams
money at various times and had taken
judgment notes as security. He de-
clared that the Pilsenheim Brewing
company held some of the notes of
Adams, and after the hearing former
District Attorney j. II. Bigelow in
formed George Harris, counsel for Ad-
ans, that the legislator had got close
TO $4,000 from the Pilsenheim concern.
Adams was not at the hearing"
Fred T. Macdonald. Republican
county chairman of Chester county.
has been appointed a bank examiner
This is regarded as taking him out of
the race for senator. Ex-senator O.
r. Thomson is believed to have the
call.
The Philadelphia Record of to-day
says: The return of United States
Senator Penrose from Washington yes
terday led his followers to believe that
the senior senator's threatened decla-
ration of war on the Brumbaugh-Va
alliance would soon he forthcoming.
Senator PenroSe declined to announce
his plans. however, and declined to
comment on Congressman William s.
Wares statement. issued on Sunday,
that Governor Brumbaugh was his first
choice for the Republican nomination
for the presidency. influential Inde-
pendent Republicans and Washington
party workers, who are about to af-
tiliate themselves with the Penrose
camp, assert that Senator Penrose ac-
cepted the congressman statement as
a challenge to his leadership and that
he assured them before he left for
Washington that he would make a
public declaration"
In court at Pottsville yesterday
Judge Brumm widened the scope of
the probe into the alleged frauds in
the Lost Creek division of West Ma
hanoy township last November. He
decided that he would ascertain by
counting the ballots from this district
what was the vote cast for every
county official. The box having been
opened yesterday, the count proceeded
all day, under tellers appointed by
court In deciding to enlarge the
scope of the investigation Judge
Brumm said the developments may
cause court to throw out the vote of
the entire district. This would elect
P. j. O'Neil as county poor director
instead of Michael Brennan, who has
been sworn into office. 1t would also
elect Thomas Cosgrove and Frank Ed
monds school directors instead of
Thomas Donahue and Thomas Mccoy,
who have been sworn in.
Congressman Benjamin X. Focht,
of Lewishurg, one of the active men in
the Pennsylvania delegation in Con-
gress, to-day announced his candidacy
for Republican denomination and
friends in the eight counties of the dis
trict have lined up for him. The con-
/ sressman swung the district back to
the Republican column in 1914 and
will make a strenuous campaign such
as he is capable of doing. Mr. Focht
is standing on his record and in his an
|nouncement says: throughout my in
cumbency as your congressman l have
/ always striven to be promptly respon-
! siVe to the popular wish, and to ascer-
| tain the will of the people l have made
/ it my business to become personally
acquainted with a vast majority of the
splendid citizenship peopling the eight
great counties constituting the Seven
/ teenth district, which l have the honor
/ TO represent. In the presence of the
| fast moving and swiftly changing
events in the world and our country |
/ feel assured that with problems so
grave before us you do not desire a
break in the continuity of your repre-
sentation in Congress for any uncer-
! tainty."
Men interested in politics and in
the advance of the temperance move
ment in Pennsylvania are watching the
developments in license courts this
month and plans for the local option
campaign for election of members OF