Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-13
PoeiEcA e.
Pen~a4esamio
BY the Ex-Committeeman

the notice to appear before the state
committee here tomorrow by letters
! to members of the committee in
forming them that he will not come
| here and that he intends to remain
on the ticket. AS Bonniwell owes
his nomination to the Democratic
] voters and won by a decisive ma
! Jority in Il fair fight, for which he
was congratulated by Palmer, there
! is no way the state committee can
| throw him off the ticket. The chances
are that the meeting tomorrow will
be marked by much passionate ora
tory and reputation of Bonniwell,
! together with hard feelings and posi-
| tive evidence of another row for con-
troll of the Democratic state ma
chine.
The Democratic state leaders look
! for large attendance. They are
all coming and they want to make
1T as impressive as possible. The
| meeting will be held at noon and to-
night the big chiefs will be bran
| Gishing their tomahawks around the
Market Square windmill.
In his letter the gubernatorial
candidate indulges in some addi-
! tional attacks on Palmer and opens
| fire on State Chairman Lawrence III.
| Rupp, barely elected to office week.
! In winding up he says DO you
! gentlemen Of the state committee
feel that a pledge-breaker is an au-
curry of honorable campaigning, or
that the man who writes that he is
| Falmer'S intimate was put in the
Craftsmanship to complete the plot
which these unhorsed leaders so
| shamelessly planned? l deny respect
! to committee so ruled and con-
stituted. Your further action under
the Palmer lash will only serve to
place those of you who aid him in
the dishonorable class of Maneer,
Lebo and Wagonseller. Your repu-
diation will come from your neigh
bors and associates"
The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can to-day sums up the situation in
this language: Judge Bonniwell
will not attend the ceremonies Incl
| dent to being read out of the Demo-
cratic party at Harrisburg to-mor-
row. He said so yesterday, and he
has not insisted upon his twenty one
friends in the Democratic State
Committee, headed by Webster
Grim, being present at to-morrow's
denunciation meeting to protect
his platform In stating that he
will not face the Palmer controlled
SoiilllllllSC at maj tllC Juu6C
does not refrain from permitting his
bitter feeling toward National Com
mitteeman Palmer to creep into the
letter. However, he lSade it plan that
| he will not withdraw his candidacy.
AS the Democratic committee has
no means of ejecting him from the
ticket. he will remain, but without
any support from the state COM
mittee."
The judges chief newspaper
hacker, the Philadelphia Record,
says in part: Letters and tele-
grams were received by the nomi-
nee from Democrats and independ-
ents in all parts of the state con-
graduating him upon his reply to
the Palmer charges. 1t is under
stood that loyal state committeeman
will call upon the national commit
teeman to retract his allegations at
to-morrow's meeting. Congressman
Arthur G. Dewalt came here from
Washington yesterday, and follow
ing conference with Judge Bonni-
we'll it was rumored that Pennsyl-
Vania Congressman will shortly hold
conference to discuss Palmer's be-
trayal of his party The Congress
men are said to take the stand that
their chances of reelection are
greatly endangered because of the
treachery of the national committee
man.
While Democratic state head
quarters is still camoufaging the
situation in regard to railroad men
being candidates for Congress or
Legislature, it looks as though it
will be a case of quit jobs or nomi-
nations even for Democratic machine
men. While at Altoona Director
| General McAdoo is quoted as say
| ing:
"It is especially important
while the emergency created by
the war lasts that railroad men
shall have no interests other
than railroad work The order
does not involve the invasion of
| the rights of any one. 1t leaves
| men free to express their opin-
| ions and to vote their sentiments
but a man cannot actively par
ticipate in politics and do his
whole duty as railroad en-
ploye at this time"
Clifford Pinchot, one of the
Roosevelt Progressives who espoused
the cause of ]. Denny O'Neil in the
last primary election for the Repub-
lican nomination as Governor, has
come out for Senator Sproul. He
makes his position known in a state
ment sent out yesterday which reads
as follows: The Republican voter
who did not support Senator Sproul
in the primary election is now con-
fronted with the fact that the Gov
ernorship will go either to him or
to Judge Bonniwell. Under these
circumstances the choice for me at
least is easy. Senator Sproul stands
squarely for the national prohibition
amendment So do I. Judge Bonni-
we'll stands squarely against it. With
me this reason comes first and is con-
elusive. Senator Sproul has COM
mitted himself definitely in favor of
i peace after victory, in favor of beat
ing the Germans first. I would not
vote for any man for any office who
was not, for this must be the last
great war, and there is no other way
to make it so. Furthermore, Senator
Sprouts ability and his great eX-
perience with legislation will stand
him in good stead not only in the or
dinary duties of the Governorship,
but especially in the great problems
which Pennsylvania must face and
solve after the war"
-Philadelphia's Twenty-first ward
electors yesterday filed in the office
of the Philadelphia Prothonotary a
petition to pre-empt the party name
Fair Play as the political appellation
for the party with which they are
affiliated. with other electors. in that
! ward. This is the first local pre-