Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Senator l.. T.. Beidleman said to-
day that he is receiving promises
of support in his contest for the
Lieutenant Governorship nomina-
ton from many parts of the state.
Not long since n number of labor
leaders in Philadelphia rendered
him an impromptu reception at
Philadelphia and promised him the
friendly consideration of labor.
Throughout the mining regions the
Senator's friends expect he will run
strong, due to his long record of
beneficial mine legislation in the
years he has served in the House
and Senate.
The Senator's friends in Philadel-
phia are numbered by the thousand
and among those who have signed
the many nominating petitions re-
ceiVed from that city, are the sigma
lures of large number of the most
influential Republicans of that city.
Allegheny county is also lining up
strong for him and he will get a big
vote there, his friends say. particu-
! larly from the laboring unions.
The straight Republican ticket
committee has been organized in
| Pittsburgh. 1t will work for the NOM
I ination of Senator William c. Sproul
for Governor; Senator +. e. Beidle-
man for Lieutenant Governor, and
James L. Woodward for Secretary
of Internal Affairs. The meeting was
attended by Mayor Babcock and a
number of city and county afficials
and men prominent in Republican
politics. Senator Charles H. Kline
was chosen chairman and r. f. Big
ham secretary of the committee.
Headquarters will be opened shortly
and n n nonnnoipn nd for
these three state candidates.
State Highway Commissioner
O'Neil, candidate for the Republican
nomination for Governor, who left
day for a tour of Carbon. and
Wayne counties, and will arrive in
Philadelphia Saturday noon, for a
three-day stay, made a statement be-
fore leaving Harrisburg in which he
said: Il am taking my campaign di-
rect to the people of Pennsylvania.
There is not thing in my life or my
public record on which l am not will
ing to stand or on which l am un-
willing to face the citizenship of this
Commonwealth. l have told the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania that l am oppos-
ed to Penroseism and the German
Alliance domination of Pennsylvania
politics, and l, in turn, am being
opposed by these two political agen-
cies, which are now circulating all
sorts of slanderous and poisonous
stories concerning me. They are un-
able to prove one. My opponent has
let it be known that he will not be
seen much on the stump. l take this
occasion to tell the people of Penn
sylvania that he is afraid to go on
the stump"
The Franklin Repository says:
1T is very amusing to see a few
people around here oppose the can
didacy of Senator Sproul on moral
grounds when such well-known Phil
adelphians as James Dobson, Alba
Is. Johnson, c. Stuart Patterson, John
Gribbel, Nathan Folwell, Dinner
Beeber, Howell Cummings, Effing-
ham B. Morris, Hampton l.. Car
son, Howard b. French, George
Wharton Pepper, William NJ. Coates,
Morris l.. Clothier, A. Lincoln
Acker, DIR. Edward Martin, r. X.
Cassatt, Joseph E. Widener, NJ.
Hampton Todd, George w. Elkins,
James Crosby Brown, Joseph Wayne,
Jr., J, r.. McAlister, Francis b.
Reeves, Samuel b. Stinson, J. Bar
ton Townsend, and eighty others
equally as prominent, affiX their sig
natures to call to the Republicans
of Pennsylvania to support Senator
Sproul at the primary on account of
his superior qualifications, his emf
nent fitness and capability, his in
tcGrity and experience, his judgment
and strength a man who will meas
ure up to the demands OF the day
and lead all Pennsylvania to meet
fully the requirements of the first
state of the Union"