Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
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BY the Ex- Committeeman


In spite of the flamhoyant manner
in which the newspapers controlled
by the Palmer Mccormick machine
are treating the action of the Demo
| cratic state committee here last Sat
urday, there are some signs of nerv-
business apparent about the Demo
cratic state windmill on Market
the folks are afraid that there may
! be an accounting demanded by the
influential segment of the party not
| interested in who bosses the dele
cation from Pennsylvania to the next
national Democratic convention
Deep-seated disgust is being display
ed at the brawling of the leaders and
the fact that the Democratic national
chairman is one of the leading dis
turbers of party peace in Pennsyl-
vania is much commented upon.
There is little doubt but that the
decision of Judge Eugene C. Bonni-
we'll, the nominee for Governor in
spite of the bosses, to have his own
state committee, was a blow to the
people at the windmill and the meet
ing at Philadelphia on Monday will
be closely watched. The effect of this
Bonniwell move will be to give Penn
sylvania two Democratic state COM
mittees and to dim the prestige of
the official end of the party and all
that pertains to it in the eyes of the
nation.
Senator Boies Penrose, who was
here last night on his way to Pitts
burgh, manifested considerable
amusement at the plight of the Of
fetal leaders OF the Democratic
party. The Senator left for the West
to-day accompanied by Senator Ed
ward E. Beidleman and Auditor Cen
Sproul starts for Pittsburgh from
Philadelphia to-day.
Judge Bonniwell is out on the
stump already and is saying plenty
about his opponents for the party
leadership.
Regarding the campaign of the
Republicans in Pennsylvania this
fall, the Philadelphia North Amer
lean, which has carried the dry"
standard for years, says: Voters of
the state will be asked to support the
Republican nominees this fall upon
the platform of Senator Sproul, can
didate for Governor. No separate
platform will be made up by the
state committee as has been done in
other campaigns. This decision be-
came known yesterday as the re-
suit of conferences Of the state lead
ers, the party nominees and a large
number of the state committeeman
during the. last few weeks. When
the state committee met here last
June, it was decided that a platform
should be drafted by the resolutions
committee, of which John r. Halsey,
of Wilkes-Barre, was the chairman.
This was to be submitted to the
nominees and state committee at a
subsequent meeting. State Chair
man Crow has been i'll at his home
in Uniontown for several weeks, and
the recent order of Secretary Nc
Adoo removing railroad employees
from active participation in politics
has prevented Halsey from calling a
meeting of his committee, as he is
counsel for the Lackawanna Rail-
road. The Republican nominees
finally decided that they would be
we'll satisfied to go to the voters
upon the platform of Senator Sproul.
This pronouncement of Sprouts
views was given early last spring at
West Chester before the primaries.
The Philadelphia Democratic
city committee will meet next Mon
| day night to choose a successor to
ex-Congressman ]. Washington Lo-
sue as Democratic candidate for Con-
gress from the Sixth district. Mr.
| Logue won the nomination both for
| lieutenant governor and district con-
gressman in the recent primary. He
! has withdrawn from the congress
| sional race and will run as candidate
| for lieutenant governor. Among the
| names most prominently mentioned
! to succeed Mr.. Logue in the con-
| Loughlin, a young lawyer of the
| district, which is safely Republican
The Philadelphia Press to-day
says: That the Republican state
committee is welcoming closer rela-
tions with the Progressive and in
| dependent wings of the party is indi'
ca ted by the appointment yesterday
| of two new members of the com
ncittee's subcommittee on finance
They are Thomas Robins, close
friend of Colonel Roosevelt whc
sought nomination as congress
man-at-large in the recent primarie:
but failed to get it, and Powell
Evans, known as a Republican, witt
| independent tendencies, who was al
active supporter of Mayor Blanken
burg"
/ Assertion was made by Judge
Bonniwell in recent speech thai
pa1roar and McCorOoipk had fhey