Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22

sent the Capital City in the Legisla-
| ture with credit and honor.
Therefore, we renew our alle-
glance to the principles of the Re-
publican party. We pledge our sup
port to the best interests of the ma
ton. We commend all of these can
| didates to the voters of the county
as men who will acceptably fill the
several offices for which they have
been nominated and we pledge this
committee to work zealously for their
| election"
Mr.. Kreider Speaks
After adopting resolutions, Chair
man Horner introduced a number of
the local candidates, beginning with
! Congressman A. S. Kreider, who got
! into the meeting late by reason of
a tire punctured on his way from his
home at Annville Mr.. Kreider
spoke very seriously on the necessity
of laying politics aside and the i'm
! portance Of supporting the admins
tration in every proper win-the-war
measure. He called attention to the
| fact that Republicans in Congress-
have supported the President in his
war program even more wholeheart-
edly and devotedly than the Demo-
cratic Congressman.
But" said Mr.. Kreider, IT do
not agree that the Republican party
should be a dead letter during the
war period, and the Democrats don't
practice that doctrine except in dis
tricts where they hope to defeat Re
publican candidates"
| EIe went at length into this phase
of the political situation, showing
that politics" is not adjourned"
| Exyhn he s,.NA 80 I,o
Democratic party are not affected.
Mr. Kreider said Democratic office
holders are hiding inefficiency behind
the cloak of military necessity, and
that much is being concealed that
the public ought to know. He re-
ferred to the inability of persuading
the President to dismiss inefficient
cabinet members, and said the only
way to overcome the difficulty is to
publish from the housetops the in
efficiency of the administration-not
for the purpose of promoting the
interests of the Republican party,
but for the purpose of winning the
war.
Mr.. Kreider criticised the ap-
pointment of the inexperienced DR..
Garfield, for the sole reason that he
supported Woodrow Wilson in 1916,
and the selection of a superintendent
of explosives in Pennsylvania of a
man who never did anything previ-
ously except "sell rootbeer over the
counter"
The Congressman's references to
Senator Sproul and Senator Beidle-
man were received with great ap-
plause.
David ]. Bechtold, candidate for
the Legislature, was the second
speaker, thanking the workers for
| their support and saying that Ger
| tain propositions will come before
Us and l want to assure you that we
| VIII handle them in a way to bring
neither dishonor nor discredit on the
party"
Ira E. Ulsh, Mr.. Bechtold's run
| ming mate, seconded his colleagues
| remarks.
Senator Fox Speaks
| Former Senator John e. Fox, now
city solicitor, an old war horse of the
Republican party in Dauphin county,
was present by special invitation, al
! though not member of the COM
mittee, and was asked to speak,
Senator Fox delivered one of his
Enthusiastically eloquent addresses
| dwelling at length on the harmony
| now existing in the party and paying
! a high tribute to the candidates. HA
said that the Republican party will
| be a great factor in the winning of
the war, no matter who may be in
the saddle at Washington.
The Senator's pledges of support
| and complimentary references to the
candidates were received with ap-
plause, especially his endorsement
of Senators Sproul and Beidleman
| and Congressman Kreider.
William largest Speaks
William M. largest, deputy attor-
| ney general, was the next speaker.
/ He confined himself chiefly to plea
for party effort this year to make the
victory that now seems certain over
Whelming. He talked of the coun-
try's war aims aad the necessity of
| laying all else aside to make America
! successful and dwelt at some length
on the necessity of preparing in a
political way for the great readjust-
ment that will come up after peace
| is attained.
Mr.. largest criticised the slogan
that returned President Wilson to
| the White House-"He kept us out
of war"-when all thinking people
knew the country was going into it.
The speaker made particular men
ton of the regard in which the law
yers of Dauphin county hold Senator
Beidleman, saying that there is not
a man at the Dauphin county bar
who will not say that Edward e.
Beidleman ever did anything but
that was in conformity with the
highest traditions of the legal pro-
fession."
Ovation For Mr.. Beidleman
| Senator Beidleman, who spoke
net, received an ovation that did
not subside for several minutes. He
greeted the committeeman as his
''close friends" and there were cries
of That's right, all of us!"
"A true Republican is true Amer
ican, and a true American knows
nothing but his duty" he said, in
speaking Republican Pennsylva-
MAS great part in the war.
Il do not believe he said, I'VE
should bitterly criticise the admins
tration and / do not believe we
should express an opinion except as
it is backed by honest belief" On
that ground he blamed President
Wilson for not declaring war on
Germany when the Lusitania was
sunk, thus ending the war before