Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19
Poe;t;ca L.
Ps~~4qeSanio
By the Ex-Committeeman

While Senator William c. Sproul
was shaking hands with the folks
and talking crops at the big Path
Valley picnic in Franklin county on
Saturday afternoon. Judge Eugene C.
Bonniweil, Democratic nominee for
Governor in spite of the bosses, OPEN
ed his campaign with a bang. To-
day men connected with the Demo-
cratic state windmill in this city were
wondering what they were going to
do with such a dreadful candidate
as the judge.
Senator Sproul had a notable well
| come in the Cumberland Valley and
spent a delightful day. 1t was hardly
political excursion as the people
wanted to meet him and were de-
lighted with his personality. Senator
E. E. Beidleman was at the Killing
er picnic and other Republican can
didates were out visiting the people.
Secretary w. Harry Baker, of the
Republican state committee, upon
whom has devolved the work of ar
ranging for the campaign because OF
the illness of State Chairman William
E. Crow, came back from Philadel-
phia after getting things ready for
the formal opening of headquarters
on September 8. Senator Sproul will
speak at Lehigh county's Republican
gathering Saturday and then speak
at the Erie Grange meeting where
Judge Bonniwell is also to speak.
The committee appointed by the
William c. Sproul club to arrange for
a reception to State Senator Sproul,
Republican candidate for Governor
of Pennsylvania, met Saturday and
made preliminary plans for the
event, fixing the date for Tuesday
evening, August 81. Senator SprouI
told the committee that date would
be agreeable to him and that he
would be on hand to greet his
friends and peighbors. His home
folks want to be first in line to boost
his fall campaign.
Judge Bonniwelrs campaign
opening was attended by a number
of the scouts of the Democratic state
machine and while they found some
glee in the fact that the attendance
at the historic Lehigh gathering was
not what it used to be this JOY was
dimmed by the realization that the
drop in the crowds was due to the
cutting out of the beer attraction. In
years gone by beer was free and the
people numerous. The Judge was Wit
riolic as usual and while he did not
mention any of the leaders of the |
faction opposed to him by name he |
left no doubt about whom he meant. |
Congressman Steele and Dewalt,
whom the Palmer Mccormick ma
chine tried to defeat for renomina-
ton, were big figures at the meeting, |
which endorsed the whole ticket.
Much attention is given by the |
Philadelphia Record to-day to the
refusal of the judge to have any
thing to do with the resolutions COM |
mittee of the state committee, which
will have a powwow at Philadelphia
to-day.
Discussing the Bonniwell plans |
for a wet" ticket. the Pittsburgh |
Gazette-Times says: Judge Bonni- |
we'll Is appealing for votes for Gov |
erHor on a platform the principal |
plank of which is opposition to pro- |
hibition. What he is endeavoring |
to do is to break down party lines |
and make the contest a wet and |
dry one. Senator William G. |
Sproul, the Republican nominee. has |
declared in favor of the ratification |
of the prohibition amendment to the |
Federal Constitution. By abandon
ing party lines Judge Bonniwell |
ties to his support. This ticket |
will be headed by Judge Bonniwell |
and it may be that no candidates |
will be put up for either Lieutenant
Governor or Secretary of Internal
Affairs. Asher Johnson, of Mexican |
county, the Democratic nominee for
Secretary OF Internal Affairs, is
classed as a dry The new ticket
will carry the names. of the four
Democratic candidates for Congress-
men-at-Large, Joseph F. German,
Allentown; Fred Ikeler, Bloomsbury;
J. Calvin Strayer, York, and Samuel
r. Tarner. Pittsburgh"
One result of the way Altoona
has been operating under the city
manager system may be some bills
to change the Clark act for a greater
measure of self-government Some
of the third class city experts are
of the opinion that additional laws
Are needed to adapt the Clark act
to the city manager idea. but AL
.N orIa has gone on ahead without
bothering about detail. Greater
freedom of government by the small
er municipalities is regarded in the
state as bound to come.
Judge Bonniwell when in Pitts
burgh last week visited Col. James
NJ. Guffey, who is said to have had |
a hand in thrashing his nephew. Ex-
State Chairman Joe Guffey, when he
ran for the Democratic gubernator-
ial nomination. He saw other Old |
Guard leaders and will return to
Pittsburgh late pext week to spend |
four or five days in Western Penn
sylvania, including Washington and
Greene counties.