Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-11
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| v. shS DSiloCTdliC Slale macnlne Was
staged in Philadelphia last night
when the various Democratic ward
committees held their meetings fol
election of representatives on the
:, city committee. 1t is said that the
partisans of Charles P. Donnelly and
Edgar w. Lank will control the city
committee, although this is disputed
by friends of Judge Eugene c. Bon
,niwell who has been demanding the
withdrawal of Lank and the elec.
ton of j. J. Breen as chairman as
his personal representative.
The city committee meeting will be
indicative of what will happen here
next Wednesday when the state COM
mittee meets. There are some con-
nected with the old Donnelly organi-
zation,with whom the remnants OF
the organization faction are allied
who will refuse to allow Judge Bon
niwell to dictate the chairman, hold
ing that he is only one nominee and
that he should not try to run the
whole show. They will make a fight
to retain Lank. Bonniwell proposes
to make fight against Lank. Some
of the Democratic ward meetings
were held in traditional style, which
means that they were rough.
In regard to the state chairman
ship the Paine er-McCormick faction
will be in control of the state COM
mittee when it meets here. The COM
mittee is largely made up of Federal
officeholders or men whom they
boss and as the Bonniwell people did
not make any fights for the commit
tee places they are by no means sure
of where they will get in event of a
battle. Palmer, Mccormick and
! their crowd are said to be willing
to give Bonniwell tee state chairman
as a courtesy but as the rest of
| the ticket seems to be of their own
| faction they will insist on keeping
control of the machine and refuse
to allow Bonniwell to dictate the
platform.
All Of which tends to another ira
ditional Democratic gathering here
next week.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
of the prospects to-day: Friends OF
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, who
failed to get support from Donnelly
at the primaries, Donnelly remaining
with the McCormick-Palmer leader
ship, have protested against the con-
tinuance of Lank at the head OF the
city committee and have been urging
that James ]. Breen, who was cam
paign manager for Bonniwell in his
primary election fight, shall be
named to the city chairmanship.
They, however, failed to elect enough
city committeeman to dictate terms
and the chances are that Lank will
be reelected when the city commit
tee meets for reorganization.
-Penrose men declined last night
to take seats on the Republican city
committee in Philadelphia when
elected by ward committees. The
Wares control the city committee and
it looks as though the Penrose people
were determined to have their own
organization and to fight the Wares
for the next mayor, which means a
bitter fight for 1919. One newspaper
says: Several leading men in the
Penrose organization who have figur-
ed as Republican city committeeman,
declined reelection to that body in
order that they may continue their
activities in the Republican alliance,
the city committee of the Penrose
men directing the fight against the
domination of the Republican organ
ization and the municipal govern
ment by the Vare-Smith combine.
Thomas w. Cunningham, Harry j.
Trainer, James A. Carey, Blake Nc
Caughn and William j. Campbell
were among this number. Selectman
Trainer made probably the most ag-
gressive speech in announcing his
determination to continue his mem
bership in the Republican alliance"
Prominent Republicans from all
over the state are gathering in Phil
adelphia for the meeting of the state
committee on Friday, when the state
candidates and many leaders will at
tend. Hundreds are expected and
there will be a notable gathering.
There is some curiosity as to what
attitude state administration leaders
will take.
George J. Brennan writing in
the Philadelphia Inquirer has this
to say about one of our fellow
townsmen: Former president pro
tenn of the State Senate, Edward
Beidleman, of Harrisburg, the Re-
publican nominee for Lieutenant
Governor, is stout champion of
home rule for boroughs and third
class cities. At the recent annual
convention of the Pennsylvania As
sociation of Boroughs, he advocated
the enactment of legislation which
shall call for code which will en-
able boroughs and third-class cities to
make their own laws for local self
government. Despite the hostility of
officials of the Brumbaugh admin
istration, who were lined up for the
Ware e-Brumbaugh candidate, John
r. X. Scott. Senator Beidleman
scored a great personal triumph in
the popular vote at the recent pri-
mary election In Dauphin county,"
Efforts are being made to
straighten out the tangle in Allie
gheny county Republican affairs over
the reorganization of the county
committee. The meeting is sched-
uled for tomorrow evening and it
is believed that it will be harmonious
in spite of some rather careless ways
of arranging preliminaries.
In Washington people persist in
declaring that A. Mitchell Palmer
can be the next Pennsylvania
Supreme Court justice If he desires.
1t is said that when the Governor
found some influential men opposed
to C. LaRue Munson that he turned
to Palmer. That was before the
primary. Since then it is said that
Palmer has been considering the
matter, but that President Wilson
wants him to remain where he is.
A. Lincoln Acker was doomed for
Philadelphia's next mayor at the re-
organization meeting of the Thirty
eighth ward executive committee.
Following the meeting, at which Sig
mund j. Cans was chosen to sit in
the city committee, a reception was
held in the headquarters of the
Harry c. Davis Republican Club.
Mr.. Acker was presented with a
bouquet ~of roses and heralded as the
next mayor.