Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-26
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BY the Ex-Committceman

Republican party in various parts of
the state will probably have con-
siderable business in Philadelphia in
the days Immediately following
Thanksgiving, according to some
things which were heard to-day
about the Capitol, and it is believed
that as result of the inquiries a
number of men of influence in the
party are making in their counties
and cities at present there may be
| some definite lines laid for next
years campaign in advance of the
nomination of a state ticket. Seua
tor Penrose and his friends have
been sounding out sentiment in the
state and preparing for battle royal
with the Ware people, while the state
administration leaders are getting
lines on the trend of political forces
and preparing for some active times.
| Ordinarily there is not much do
ing about framing up states for pri-
mary battles before Christmas, but
this year some kites may be flown
early
Senator Sproul is expected to
make an announcement of some
kind soon and friends of Lieutenant
Governor Frank b. McClain are pre-
pairing to launch a boom for him as
a man from the east who can unite
| factions. In the western end or the
state eX-Speaker George e. Alter is
being much discussed as the man
Allegheny can offer to bring union
of the party. Alter is declared by
these western men as q logical can
didate because of his well-known To-
cal option opinions and because he is
aligned with no faction. In the
northeast friends of Louis A. Watres
! say the same thing about him.
James T. Woodward, McKeesport
| legislator, is planning to travel
around the state in the interest of
his boom for secretary of internal af-
| fairs which he says is looking we'll
His friends are much interested in
the attitude of Secretary Houck, who
has a boom for governor under glass
in Schuylkill and Lebanon.
The Huntingdon Globe, one of
the most influential Republican
Weeklies of the state, says: For
some time the name of Congress-
man McFadden has been associated
with the gubernatorial possibilities
of the 1918 campaign. 1t is the con-
sensus of opinion that if the Re-
publican party is to win next year,
1t must place in the field a clean cut,
able, honest man, under whose ban
ner there must be united support and
not factional division. The very
minute we set into an intensified
factional contest and the welkin
rings with the hue and cry that the
candidate is the servitor of this, that
or some other wing of the party, we
invite trouble, if not disaster. From
this aspect of the case Mr.. McFad-
den Looms up as a remedial force
NO capital letter in the whole alpha
bet from A to u can impute to Mr.
McFadden any factional alignment
lie Is simply an old-fashioned rock
ribbed Republican, and that's all
there's to it. The Bradford county
farmer, banker and statesman comes
from good Scotch-Irish Presbyterian
stock, and stoutly upholds the faith
OF his forefathers. We are not boom
ing him for governor, but we rise TO
remark that Louis T. McFadden pos
sesses qualities and qualifications
that would make him an ideal Re-
publican candidate and a sure win
ner in the event of his nomination"
Two interesting things about the
Democrats of Pennsylvania cropped
out yesterday. The Democrats have
been trying to get harmony so that
the party can take advantage of any
republican split and try to make
good on its promises to the Presi-
dent for so many fat Jobs for Penn
sylvanians who are cogs in the ma
chine. One of the things was the
roar that went up over the assault
made in the Dauphin county courts
by the counsellor of the Democratic
machine men on the soldier vote and
the challenge of the right of the men
! in khaki to take part in elections.
There are no allegations of frauds
here, just a plain attack on the right
| of the soldiers to vote.
The other thing was the at
| tempted Irritation of Michael j.
| Ryan with Vance c. Mccormick. Mr..
Ryan is the Democratic member of
the Public Service Commission and
likes the place. Mr.. Mccormick de-
| feated him for the nomination for
Governor and what some of Mr..
Ryan's hackers then did to McCor-
mick was a shame.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
sends this under an Atlantic City
| date line about the Ryan olive
branch: ITO Vance G. Mccormick,
chairman of the Democratic Ma
! ttonal Committee, Michael j. RYAN,
a member ofSthe Pennsylvania Pub
lie Service Commission, accorded at
the Traymore to-day the distinction
of being the most logical candidate
of the party in Pennsylvania as the
successor to Governor Brumbaugh.
He said: Mccormick has demon
| strated his strength already as a
Gubernatorial candidate with his
party. The further honors that Pres
! ident Wilson has conferred upon him
as a member of one of the most i'm
portant commissions this country has
sent abroad is bound to strengthen
him further. If the war continues,
| when Pennsylvania next selects its
gubernatorial candidates it is quite
certain his name will be very serious
| ly considered Mr.. Ryan was asked
If he cherished any ambition person.
ally in the direction of the Govern
orship. He dismissed the thought
with a wave of his hand and for
emphasis added: Not the slightest q"
Upon the decision this morning
hinges the result of the Town Meet
ing party's fight for an accurate
count of the vote at the last election,
says the Philadelphia Record. Should
the election court fail to open the
boxes the contest will be taken into
a quarter sessions court, but in this
event, it is claimed, the Ware attor-
neys would be able to delay the pro-
ceedings for several months and
even two years. T.. L. d. Roach, of
the Committee of Seventy, declared
| yesterday that within a few days
nearly two-score arrests would be
made in the city of persons who will
be charged with committing fraud at
the recent election. Mr.. Roach an
nounced that the affidavits upon
which the warrants will be issued
have been prepared and that the ar
rests will take place before Wednes-