Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-10
PeeiEca Il
Pe~~eqeso~ia
By ti,e Ex-Conanaftseeman

rather strongly against the favorite
| of that clique for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination last month
and because the decision was only
on governor and not on other offices
the crowd which is in control
through the old commission to
cleanse the party and the presiden-
tial patronage seems inclined to buck
| on the popular verdict.
Judge Eugene G.. Bonniwell the
wet" candidate for. governor, has
declared that he wants state and To-
cal chairmen who are in accord with
his views. This is regarded by the
reorganization leaders as asking too
| much and while there is a DISPOSE
tion to let him name the state chair
man there is strong opposition to his
manifest effort to dictate the plat
form. And here is where the strange
combinations come in.
The first move of the Bonniwell
forces is being made in Philadelphia
where the judge wishes to replace
City Chairman Edgar W. Lank with
his personal campaign manager, J.
j. Breen. Lank is backed by the
Palmer Mccormick leadership which
is being supported by Charles p
Donnelly, the old-time leader whom
the reorganizers threw into the dis
card, but who declined to stay there.
Heretofore Donnelly and Bonniwell
have been close friends. In the west
ern end of the state the old Guffey-
Bremen crowd, who were forced to
knuckle under by the new GuffeyI
crowd, have Joined hands with the
Bonniwell forces and are preparing
a drastic reorganization of their
own prescription. In Lackawanna,
Luzerne and Erie counties, where the !
Palmer Mccormick leadership built
up machine by. Federal patronage |
there are signs that the reorganiz-
ers will also be reorganized.
And all signs point to a strenuous
meeting in Harrisburg on the af- |
ternoon of June 19 when the state |
committee will reorganize.
w. Harry Baker, secretary of
the Republican state committee, |
publicans of the state at the meet !
ing of the state. committee in Phila- !
delphia on Friday. The state candi- !
dates and leaders OF every county !
and city will be there. The Wares |
expect to take part as will many
of the men who supported ]. Denny !
O'Neil. The presence of viii II. |
Hayes, the Republican national
chairman, will add much to the
occasion.
State Chairman b. f. P. Prugh, |
of the Prohibition state committee. !
is busy working on the returns of |
the last election and getting ready |
to invite a number of men who are
not connected with his party to kind
ly retire.
--Lackawannas official return
came in to-day. There are still two
counties to file returns at the Capt.
tol.
Tho Insider writing in the Phila-
delphia Press says Judge Bonni-
wei has openly expressed dissatis-
IL ction with the Democratic State
Committee as working body. lie is
credited with a desire to reorganiZe
Il alonE what he terms increasing
its efficiency as n vote-getting ma
chine To do what he demands
would mean practically handing ovo-
the state organization. to him. If
he insists on this, there Is likely to
he q knock down and drag-out tight.
for the Mccormick Palmer crowd
would see in 1t only an attempt to
destroy their work of the last sew
eral years and put the old line ele-
men. of the party In the saddle In
their place. Similarly, insistence on
tile part of the Bonniwell forces,
would be likely to bring on a fight.
although the reorganizers might
iconceivably be less interested in this
than in the matter of the judges
getting control of the organization,
which is life and death to them.
| They will have logical arguments to
back up their refusal of assent to a
wet" plank, chief of which will be
that the Governor is not the whole
ticket"
While the PHILADELPHIA city Re-
publican committee is getting ready
to meet without much fuss and
feather and the ward committees
will tonight have lovefeasts there
are signs of disturbance in Pitts
burgh. why're the Pittsburgh Gazette
| Times is taking exception to the
plans for the county committee
meeting on Wednesday. 1t is claimed
that the time and place are not well
advised and that Mayor Babcock,
whom Il has supported through thick
and thin, has been making some
dickers with Max G. Leslie. The
plan is to make Senator Charles H.
Kline chairman.
Democratic Old Guard men
| nave complete COntrOl Oh lne beThS
county Democratic committee and
the reorganizers have been kicked
out of power. The same thing is
being predicted for the anthracite
regions. Palmer and Mccormick
have not been able to help their
henchrnen. either.
| Sunday papers say Clifford Pin
chot financed campaigns of some
legislative candidates in his ances-
trail part of the state. Pinchot is
credited with wanting to break into
regular politics and to be willing to
pay to do 1t.
Charles A. Amber. State Insur-
ance Commissioner, and the head
and front of the late anti-Johnson
movement in Montgomery. has an
nounced his intention of supporting
the candidates chosen at the primary
in May. Amber was an aspirant for
the State Senatorial nomination. his
successful opponent being Assembly,
man James s. Boyd, OF Norristown.
1T is generally admitted that Boyd
will have a walkover at the Novem-
ber election, his strong run through
out the county astonishing adherents
of all political beliefs" says the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
WON'T "CTAY DIT"