Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
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Judge Eugene G. Bonniweii
threat at Philadelphia on Saturday
TO reorganize the democracy of
Pennsylvania from the bottom up
in the event that National Chairman
Vance c. Mccormick, National Com
mitteeman a. Mitchell Palmer and
their fellow bosses do not accept
what the judge considers as the pop
| ular verdict at the primary on the
question of whether the conduct of
the party has been satisfactory. does
not seem to have scared the folks
about the Market Square windmill.
They are calmly going on preparing
the details for the meetings attend
ing the biennial session of the DEM
ocratic State Committee In Pennsyl-
vania. as they term 1t. and confident
that they will continue to run the
machine.
Briefly summed up. the Bonniwell
people have answered the defiance of
Mccormick. Palmer and their satel-
lites by n statement through the
judge as a speaker at luncheon
conference. In the old days the
| Democratic leaders used to meet in
a hotel at Philadelphia and then the
new leaders met in secret in Wash
ington. The Bonniwell people per-
sist in meeting. at luncheon with the
doors open. In any event, the judge
gave notice that IL the reorganization
did not give him the state chairman
ship and allow him to write the plat
form he would submit the matter to
the Democrats of the state. The po-
sition of the bosses is that Bonniwe1l
is only one of six candidates and that
while he may have the state chair
manship as compliment he cannot
have the secretary and the control
OF headquarters and shall not be al
lowed to write the platform.
Bonniwell realizes that the Palm
er-McCormick crew has the state
committee and intends to promulgate
his platform at a mass meeting and
to start a fight in the state committee
and then carry it to the Democratic
voters. II he loses he will charge
treachery and demand a reorganiza-
ton, as Palmer and Mccormick did
after the 1910 campaign.
Precedents are always dangerous.
The harmony in the Republican
party of Pennsylvania evinced at the
state committee meeting in Philadel-
phia Friday is being sharply con-
trasted by newspapers with the row
in the eternally turbulent Democracy
of the Keystone State. There are
many compliments for State Chair
man Crow and Secretary w. Harry
Baker for the success of the meeting.
Senator Penrose, Senator Sproul,
Senator Beidleman and other prom
w. c. Mcconnell, Union county, over
the weekend. They went from the
Schuylkill county Republican meet
ing to the rural districts,
The Democratic city committee
of Philadelphia will fight over the
city Craftsmanship tonight. Charles
p. Donnelly claims he will re-elect
Chairman Lank. Judge Bonniwell
wants Lank to get out.
-Ex-County Solicitor Simon p
Light, was elected chairman of the
Lebanon county Democratic county
committees; Edward Cassidy was
named secretary, and Edward Rank,
treasurer. Resolutions endorsing
Judge Bonniwell for Governor were
adopted.
Reports that Governor Martin
G. Brumbaugh had designated E. j.
Fox, of Easton, for appointment to
the Supreme bench to fill the Mes
trezat vacancy could not be confirm
ed here to-day in the absence of the
Governor. At the Executive Depart
ment it was stated that no appoint
ment had been made and other
branches Of the government which
would have been notified had no in
formation. The Governor is not ex-
pected here until late in the day,
having been in the vicinity OF, Phila-
delphia for the weekend. Names
of a dozen men have been mentioned
lately.
Hopes of Judge w. D. Porter be-
ing on the nonpartisan ballot alone
for Superior Court judge disappeared
to-day when the Bedford county re-
! turn on the total number of votes
cast came in. The judge is shy about
10000 of the number needed to make
him sole nominee. Stephen H. HUI
selton, of Pittsburgh, will go on the
| ballot with him and there is no way
he can withdraw, in opinion of off,
cials at the State Department. The
| grand total of votes cast was 721,-
| 337 which makes a record. Judge
| Porter got 33S,33S and Huselton
162,797, their total being something
over 100000.
Resident Clerk of the House. Will
liam S. Leib, has been given the
compliment of another election as
Schuylkill County Republican Chair
man. He has been chairman for
years and the meeting was marked
by a notable gathering including
Senator's Sproul and Beidleman.
| A Scranton dispatch says: "It
cost Albert Davis $1,93S to conduct
his campaign for state senator. OF
this amount 1,450 was given to the
candidate by his brother. D. ], Davis.
| DaVis' opponent Professor Samuel
Phillips, who is nominated by the
Republicans on the face of the re-
turns, has not filed his account, hav-
ing sent it to Harrisburg by mistake"
Charles B. Lenahan. Democrat,
is the candidate from northeastern
PENNSYLVANIA for a place on the Su-
l preme court bench. He has just an
nounced his candidacy and is pre-
pairing to make a statewide cam
paign for next falls election.
| Mclean Stock was reelected
chairman of the Republican county
committee, of York, on Saturday
and John II. Schum was elected
chairman of the Democratic county
committee. The Republicans meet
ing made it apparent that mum beI
of the former party leaders who had
left the ranks of the regulars" and
allied themselves with the Progress
sive wing have returned and every
thing was harmony. There was nc
opposition to Mr.. Stock. He made
an address, predicting Republican
victory this fall, resolutions were
adopted endorsing the candidates oi
the party, state and county. and
highly comm ending William C
Sproul. candidate for Governor.