Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-22
SPROUL HAILED
IN PITTSBURGH
Philadelphia North American
Commends Speech; Scott
and Mackey Duck

Pennsylvania will do its part in
the national crisis with whole heart
and with the spirit of patriotism
which has characterized it from the
days of 1875 and is too big a state
to be governed in a mean, narrow
or factional way" declared Senator
William c. Sproul, speaking at the
banquet of the Native Sons i'm Pitts
burgh last night The senator was
the chief speaker. Chairman Harry
ton Board, and Congressman John
r. X. Scott, Ware leaders, who had
wired acceptances and in one case
sent an advance cor of a speech,
he was sick.
The Philadelphia North American
says 1900 people greeted the sena-
tor. while the Public Ledger says
that there was q notable gathering,
including Secretary of Internal Al
fairs Paul w. Houck, State Chair
man Grow, Representative r. p.
Habgood, of Mexican county, candi-
date for governor; John S. Fisher,
of Indiana and many prominent
men.
The Inquirer says: Mayor e. V
Babcock and practically the entire
city administration, including Il
quorum of the City Council, con-
trolled by supporters of former Ma
yor William A. Magee, were on
hand at the banquet last night and
many of the officials were among
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pay their respects during the day.
Allegheny county officials. headed
by Chairman A. c. Gumbert, of the
county commissioners, and Magee
supporter, were practically all on
hand, while Magee himself absent,
has not yet taken a stand. To-day S
meeting emphasized the western
trend toward Sproul, and as far as
Allegheny county and Pittsburgh are
concerned, made it just little plain
er that if Magee himself, in defer
ence to Governor Brumbaugh, should
finally line up behind State High
way Commissioner O'Neil for COVER
nor, he would lose eighty per cent.
of his supporters here, who would
go over to Sproul. Sproul sentiment,
rapidly solidifying in the west, the
senator himself improved upon ut
last nights banquet, when, despite
the temptation of the flattering re-
ception given him, steered clear of
politics in his speech entirely"
OF the speech the North American
says;
HE commended the humane laws
which have been passed in Penrsyl-
Vania, and said that the state can
not take any backward step in this
direction and that. with its infinite
resources, it's availability to mar
kets and it's favorable situation in
regard to costs of production, it can
afford always to be a leader in those
progressive movements which look
toward complete justice to those who
toll with their hands and minds that
the community might be great and
prosperous.
Senator Sproul said that the one
tremendous issue before the people
of Pennsylvania more than any 9th
err state in the union, is the co-or-
dination of all our activities in the
great task of winning the war.
"If America should not be success
full in this way" he said, "other is
sues will matter little, and we must
subordinate every ambition, every
enterprise and every activity toward
the ultimate end of seeing our nation
Upon the issue of the war and how
our people meet it depends our very
existence as a nation, and whether
we shall be as we are now, free
people. or whether we shall be gov
erned by an autocrack or by what is
worse, anarchy and disloyalty."
HE said that Pennsylvania is the
most self-contained Commonwealth
in the world in that it has nearly
every material resource needed in
modern life, including food, fuel
metal and constructive materials
and ranks among the great states of
the world, being greater in oopula-
ton, in wealth and in general inn
portance than mary of the nations
Such a state should be an inspiration
for it's own people, and it's public
enterprises, it's public spirit and its
government should be upon broad
generous and progressive plane.
I'm place of Scott was substituted
General A. ]. Logan. recently retired
by the War Departm ent as com.
mander of the Fffty-sixth Brigade
formerly the Second Brigade. Penn
sylvania National Guard, at CamI
Hancock, Ga. He was given a warn
welcome to Pittsburgh. and there
was talk of him for some office or
the state ttCkaf with Cnraul