Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-07
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BY the Ex-ComuitteemAn


National Committeeman a. Mitchell
Palmer that Pennsylvania's Demo-
cracy will urge National Chairman
Vance c.. Mccormick for Secretary of
the Treasury has stirred up consider
able comment in the State, because
1t would give Pennsylvania, whose
Democrats failed when they had all
the odds in their favor in the last gu
bernatorial campaign, two cabinet
places. 1t is believed that the Pal
mer announcement is the commence
ment of big drive by the national
administration to get more congress-
men from Pennsylvania and to further
weaken the Republican hold in the
coming gubernatorial election. The
Pennsylvania Democratic leaders have
gotten tremendous lot of patronage
for their own friends and they are
now scheming to get more to keep
their machine in running order.
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times has
this to say about the Palmer state
ment: "Mr, Palmer said he is not
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor of Pennsylvania
but did not say he would not be. He
admits Mr.. Mccormick has said he
would not seek the Office again, but
added: You remember he said that
prior to 1914, but he was the candi-
date, and may be again. If success
full in the campaign to put Mr.. Nc
Cormick in the cabinet there is a
strong likelihood that Mr.. Palmer will
ask the party to name him for Gov
ernor. He thinks the Democrats have
an excellent chance to win in 1918,
remarking that he felt confident the
breach between the Penrose and the
Vare- Brumbaugh factions of the Re-
publican party could not be healed.
He expects the followers of Senator
Penrose TO nominate a Republican for
Governor, and predicts the Vare-
Brumbaugh combination will give aid
to third party movement to defeat
the regular nominee"
-Palmer's statement, coming so
soon after the announcement that Nc
Cormick had an idea of running
against Senator Penrose in 1890, has
been taken by a good many Demo-
Gratis as notice that as far as the big
nominations go the two star perform
ers during the disastrous year of 1914
propose to keep the center of the
stage or to name the men who are to
do SO. In some quarters the position
of the two leaders is considere to be
bossism of a most interesting type.
In this connection it is noted that
all of the men talked of as possible
have been gentlemen OF the highest
type, but any of whom would with
draw the instant word came that the
President of the United States favor
ed someone else. The President die
tated the nominations in 1914.
Senator Penrose's return to Phila-
delphia the end Of the week and the
reconvening of the Legislature next
Monday are being awaited with hope
by the Democrats and interest by
everyone else. The Senator is said to
intend to call for some inquiries.
The Philadelphia Press in an edi-
itiea says: But the solution will
scarcely lie either in withholding State
aid from all privately managed chari-
ties or in taking them entirely under
control of the Commonwealth. Rigid
State supervision and partial control
after an equitable system of State
aid has been devised would come
nearer to being a remedy for the pres
ent acknowledged evils"
Senator Edwin II. Ware and the
twelve members of his party who left
returned yesterday. except Chairman
Harry A. Mackey, of the Workmen's
! Compensation Board, who remained at
the resort. About the only thing we
did not do on the trip was to discuss
politics" said Senator Ware. on his
return. Recorder OF Deeds Hazlett
and myself spent the better part Of
the time horseback riding. The 9TH
ers golfed during the morning and
afternoon and danced at night. I new
er had a more enjoyable trip in my
life and other members OF the party
seemed to be of the same opinion"
Congressman Ware was in lengthy
conference yesterday afternoen with
Mayor Smith but the nature of the
matters discussed was not made pub
| lie. Senator McNichol and ward lead
Nrs in his party who are at st. Lucie.
Fla. are not expected TO return to
Philadelphia until Saturday.
Albert l.. Noise. Philadelphia bus
mess man and one of the favorites ef
| the State machine leaders. Is being
doomed for the vacancy in the ap-
praisership of the port 70 Philadel-
phia- This Is the job made vacant by