Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-31
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BY tho Ex- Committeeman

Men connected with the movement
for a third party In behalf Of Judge
Eugene G. Bonniwelrs candidacy
for Governor expect the Fair Play
name pre-empted yesterday after
noon to be placed upon the Congress.
sional. Senatorial and Legislative ball
lots In two-thirds of the state at the
least and possibly In three-fourths.
The fact that Congress has virtually
agreed upon prohibition for the ma
ton does not appear to disturb the
men behind the Judge q particle.
They are talking as though there
would be rush to adopt their new
part name.
People here are watching with n
great deal of interest the manner in
which the candidates take to the new
party. There are now men on avow-
edly wet" platforms. who have been
shy of committing themselves to the
new venture for fear of consequences
and many of them stood on the other
side of the road yesterday when the
men met here to sign pre-emptons.
These men have been mailed blanks
for prescriptions and nominating
petitions and given to understand
that it Is up to them. Certain ones
are understood to have made inqui-
ries as to what signing UP entails.
1t is expected that in the next
few days there will be quite few
pre-emptions filed by men who did
not deem 1t expedient to send men
here to join in the procession or who
did not care to spend the money for
their travelling expenses. The time
for filing the petitions expires on
Friday
One of the things which is attract
ing attention here is the coyness of
candidates for the Supreme Court.
There have been papers taken out for
seven or eight candidates, but moth
ing in the way of any aggressive ac-
ton has been taken for any of them.
There are about four weeks left in
which to file such nomination papers. |
The Philadelphia Inquirer, which |
reviews the latest Bonniwell enter |
prise at length, has this to say about
the plans of the new third party
men: The defeat of Bonniwell and |
his entire state ticket is, of course, |
foreshadowed by the sentiment in |
form of Gubernatorial Candidate
William c. Sproul and his colleagues |
on the Republican state ticket but
the Importance of the Bonniwell |
move to-day upon congressional. |
senatorial and state representative
districts is not underestimated by
practical politicians. The aim of
Bonniwell is to line up for his ticket |
all who are opposed to the ratifica- !
ton of the proposed prohibition
amendment, and votes which will be
thus attracted to the Fair Play Party |
may defeat candidates for Congress
10 k,,NN
not be on this new ticket. The ticket |
will be a rallying point for liquor
men throughout the state in district
contests. Without regard to party
affiliations, the Bonniwell men pur-
pose to nominate wet" candidates in |
all of the districts for which they
have pre-empted their party title"
Judge Bcnniwell. who come in
during the day from Pittsburgh, said |
last evening that he was entirely |
satisfied with what had been done.
He complained of the manner in
which ]. ]. Breen had handled things
and predicted that there would be
extensive fling of preemptions from
the western and central counties. 1t
is an interesting thing to note that
every Democratic district has been
well, covered
1t required eighteen Bibles yes
terday to get the affidavits taken for
the new Fair Play party. The men
were sworn in blocks.
While the Philadelphia Record
halls the new party as something |
needed to purge Pennsylvania Demo- !
cracy, the other Philadelphia papers
treat it as passing fancy.
To-day Senator Sproul and his
colleagues will speak at Uniontown
where the Fayette county Republi-
can committee has its annual meet
ing. Senator Penrose is expected.
-Disappearance of the Roosevelt |
Progressive party from the list of
statewide nominations because of
Withdrawals of men who had been
made candidates under that name |
by scattering votes, leaves only the
Washington party name as a remind |
er of the great campaign of six
years ago. And this name will likely
fade from the ballot in November. |
1t it were not for the Washington
name and the new Bonniwell party |
the list of parties in the field would
be back where it was ten years ago.
The Roosevelt Progressive party was
one of the four which got on the |
ballot as a result of the Roosevelt |
campaign and which persisted be- |
cause of the scattering vote. The
Progressive party name was the first
to go and the Bull Moose followed
it a few years later. To stay on the
ballot and both it and the Washing |
ton name survived the campaign of
1916. The regular Republicans got
all of the Washington nominations
and almost all of the Roosevelt Pro-
gressive attentions. 1t is probable |
that before long there will be legis- |
lation to put such party ghosts out
of the way at earlier days. The his |
tory of the last twenty years shows
that every time there has been an
independent movement the name
sticks around with a legal right to |
space on the ballot long after the is
sues, ideas or isms which brought it |
forth have been forgotten by the |
voters 1t means use of white paper |
and ink an annoyance in. casting up
columns.