Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-22
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Pennoqeso~io
BY the Ex-Committeeman

| hepuDllcdnS from all over PennSyl-
vania will gather at York next week
to attend the annual convention of
the State League of Republican Clubs
and indications are that it will be one
of the lively conventions held by that
organization. 1t will be in effect the
opening of the State campaign as
State Chairman Crow and the State
candidates will attend.
The convention will last for three
days and Tuesday, the opening day,
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh will
make a flying visit to York to deliver
an address to the convention. Noted
men from various parts of the coun-
try will speak on the other days.
State Chairman Grow will decide
to-day about the date anG place for
the State committee meeting 1t is
likely to be held here on October
or s.
Committeeman A. Mitchell Pal
mer Will go to New England to make
some speeches in behalf of Wilson.
Palmer, who is said to be speaking
by the book, will discuss the eight
| hour law.
The possibility of some appoint
ments to vacant places by the Cover
nor attracted much attention to Har-
risburg to-day. The Governor said
that he was still thinking about a
public service commissioner.
1t is proposed that Candidate
Hughes and his party VIII be enter
tanned at the Union League prior to
the meeting in Philadelphia next
month. The matter of public re-
ception prior to or following the meet
ing has also been suggested, but these
and other details will depend largely
upon the plans of the National Com
mlttee. Special trains from interior
towns in Pennsylvania and South
Jersey may be run for the occasion.
Candidate Hughes is booked to
make an address in Pittsburgh on
Friday, September 80. The arrange
Republican County Committee, of
which. Congressman William H. Cole
man Is chairman. 1t is planned to
have parade of Republican clubs of
Allegheny county and vicinity. Sena-
tors Penrose and Oliver and Sena-
torial Candidate Philarder Chase
Knox are among others invited to
address the meeting, which will be
held in the large Exposition Build
ing.
The Democratic State Committee
1
Day at Shadow Lawn, the summer
White House. No date has been fixed
At the Democratic rally in the Acad-
emy of Music on October 4, Palmer
and ex-Judge Ellis L. Orvis, Demo-
cratic candidate for United States
Senator, will be the other speakers
besides Vice-President Marshall.
The registration commissioners yes
terday received returns of the Tues
day registration from 235 of the Ala
districts of Pittsburgh. They show
an average of 55 to a district, indi-
eating total for the day or 22,70O,
as against 21,381 in 1915 and 21,S7Ol
In 1914. 1t will require $4,000 or
10000 registrations on the final day,
october 7, to bring the enrolment up
to normal. In the districts report
ing the party aff1liations were as fol-
1881; Washington, 27; Socialist, 1s3;
Prohibition. 46; not enrolled. AIS.
The Thirteenth Ward Republican
Committee, of which Charles A. Hill
legas is chairman, held an enthusias-
tic meeting last night in the Home
wood school, says the Pittsburgh
Gazette Times M. Clyde Kelly,
| Democratic candidate in the Thir-
tleth district. although he entered the
Republican primaries with the pledge
that If he failed to secure the nominal
ton of that party he wound abide by
the result. has been trying to get
Thirteenth Ward Republican commit
teemen to agree to support him on
the Democratic ticket. In the pri-
maries Mr.. Hillegas and some of the
members of the committee did sup
port Mr. Kelly for the Republican
nomination. When Congressman w.
III. Coleman was returned the VIC
tor they Immediately became loyal
. a n 1INAn oct. s.~l.A IL.
Hillegas called upon mernpers of the
committee to express themselves and
1t was found the Thirteenth ward or
ganization is standing solidly by the
whole Republican ticket.
According to wora coming from.
Philadelphia there is chance of 7.
]. Myers retiring as a candidate for
the Legislature and being replaced
with Patrick Connor, who sat in the
last House and who was defeated for
a senatorial nomination.
| Plans are being made by Demo-
cratic State leaders for Il meeting or
the executive committee here the first
week in October. The time for filing
nomination papers by independent
bodies will expire on October 2. The
Democrats are working some fusion
schemes and hope to be able to get
the combinations on file before long
| The fine autumn weather got
into the blood of the Democratic
bosses yesterday at a luncheon con-
ference in Philadelphia at which Ma
tional Chairman Mccormick was q
guest of honor and they decided that
Pennsylvania was a debatable State.
According to what was given out these
people decided that instead of merely
working to increase the Democratic
| representation in Congress the ma
chine should work to capture the State
and III for the Dom ncrafin ~,
tional and State tickets. 1t will be
recalled that at the Baltimore conven-
tion the machinists had as their
slogan "Give us Wilson and we will
give you Pennsylvania" They did
not give Pennsylvania and two years
ago they had everything in their
favor and they failed to get within
reaching distance.
The men at the Democratic meet
ing yesterday are said to represent a
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