Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-29
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BY the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Highway Commissioner ]. Denny
| O'Neil's declaration yesterday that
ne was In the fight for the guber-
material chair in earnest and to the
rnish and that as far as he is con-
cerned there will lie no harmony IS
taken to mean that the McKeesport
man is getting ready to make a cam
paign that will be worth watching.
From intimations reaching here yes
terday it has been learned that the
pressure from upstate and west tern
Pennsylvania leaders on the Phila-
delphia chieftains has been of such
d character as to effect a peace PRO-
tocol with the candidates 10 be
agreed upon later.
Mr.. ONeiPs statement was read
with the greatest interest at the
Capitol and the fact that he issued it
when the Governor and Attorney
General were out of the city was
taken to mean that he proposes TO
make his battle regardless of what
the Wares, Magee or other friends of
the state administration may do or
say. Certain Democratic newspapers,
which have been cheering O'Neil on
are insisting now that the Philadel-
phia North American and the Wares
will line up for O'Neil On the other
hand the Philadelphia Record the
Dig Democratic organ, says: There
Is growing sentiment that the rival
factions will unite on Senator W. C.
Sproul of Chester as the guberna-
torial candidate. = Pressure is said
to have been brought to bear by
upstate Republicans to have the
factions here bury the hatchet IL
only until after the gubernatorlal
campaign Is over"
United States Senator Penrose
spent yesterday in his office, but re-
matned noncommittal on the gu
bernatorial situation. Most of the
upstate leaders who were in
Philadelphia over the weekend to
confer with Penrose have left the
city. Representative James f.
Woodward, of Allegheny, who has
announced himself as the candi-
date for Secretary of Internal AZ
fairs, went to New York, as also did
State Senator w. E. Crow, of Union
town, the Republican state chair
man, but the latter is expected to
return TO labor in the interest of a
harmony program.
Mr.. O'Neil's statement is given
prominence by some of the Phila-
delphia newspapers as confirmatory
10 their first impression that ONeil
would not stay out of the race no
matter what happened. The COM
missioner left to-day for Philadel-
! phia where he will address the an
nual meeting of the Anti-Saloon
League and which his friends are
working to get to endorse him. To-
night he will carry the war into
| Chester city, the home of Senator
! Sproul, and make a speech.
The O'Neil statement set forth
! that as far as he is concerned there
will be no harmony. The Phila-
| it. says: "Mr. O'Neil said there is
no harmony now and will be none,
and that the state is to see the big
| gest campaign for the Republican
| gubernatorial nomination since
| 1912. He said he is in the fight to
the finish and that this fight will be
| for principle. He said: 1t is right
against wrong, the home against
that which would destroy it. Why
cry peace when there is no peace ?
! This is an irreconcilable conflict
which must be settled now. The re-
ports of conferences in Philadelphia
have no effect on my candidacy be-
cause my bark has been launched on
the political seas and will remain
there until the battle of ballots is de-
cided. 1t would be we'll for the al
legged harmoniZers to scrutinize the
rest of the state before attempting
to speak for the millions in the
! Keystone Commonwealth
Fire Marshal G.. Chal Ports ef-
fort to stiffen up his service by call
ing upon the men whom the law re-
quiz es shall act as deputies is eager
ly seized upon by certain Democratic
newspapers as an effort to create a
! machine by 1900 appointments
| Most OF the criticism comes directly
from machine Democratic sources
and Democrats have the Federal
Administrations performance in US
ing appointments to make a ma
chine to hide. Hence the attention
given to Port for carrying out the
| laws demands.
The Philadelphia Press, which
has been paying considerable atten-
ton to the situation among the DEM
ocrats, has this to say about Phila-
delphia Democratic affairs: "a ru-
NOR has developed in the Democratic
ranks that Postmaster John A.
Thornton would be refused reap
pointment and be succeeded by
James l. Blakslee, now Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General. Mr.
Thornton's new commission has not
yet been received, and this has giver
impetus to the talk, which has beer
heard for some time. The action is
supposed to be in line with the pur-
pose of A. Mitchell Palmer, dispen.
ser of Federal patronage, to strength.
en- the lines of the Wilson Democrats
in their hope of naming and elect.
ing a Governor in the next cam.
J paign. 1t was also announced yes.
terday that Collector of Internal Rev.
enue Lederer, whose politics are Of
the Palmer brand. had appointed
William II. Belcher, a former magis.
trate, as Deputy Collector. Mr.
Belcher is a leader among the Pal
mer Democrats in the northwestern
section of the CITY,"
ii w s. Aaron. Altoona merchant