Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-12
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BY the Ex-Committeeman


cratic State Headquarters here now
regard it as a foregone conclusion
that while Judge Eugene C. Bonni-
well will not attend the meeting of
the Democratic State Committee
here on Saturday, his friends will
| be here to make as much trouble
as possible for the managers of the
state machine. The big point now
being discussed among the leaders
of the faction which has titular con-
troll is how far they can go with
| Bonniwell.
The way the matter stands now.
National Committeeman A. Mitchell
Palmer has repudiated Bonniwell,
although Bonniwell was nominated
| by direct vote of the Democratic
voters and by substantial majority
| over the Palmer Mccormick candi-
date, and Bonniwell has repudiated
Palmer demanding that he get out
of the party. Honors seem to be
even and as usual when such a con-
dition prevails among the Democrats
the machine is jingling in every
joint.
Secretary Warren .VanDyke is ar
ranging for the meeting here on
Saturday and State Chairman Law
renee II. Rupp-will be here to-mor-
row to take up his burden.
| While this is going on Senator
William c. Sproul is going right
ahead with his campaign. He will
speak in Bucks county Saturday and
Roosevelt men, Finn menn and even
| Brum mbaugh men are coming out for
him. Ex-senator E. f. Blewitt, of
Lackawanna, a Democrat, is openly
for Sproul and it is expected his
| lead will be followed by other prom
| inent Democrats.
| Speaking at Philadelphia yes
| terday, Mr.. Blewitt said "As I look
at the gubernatorial situation, Sem
ator Sproul is without question the
man Pennsylvania needs in the Exec
utive Mansion at Harrisburg during
the next four years.
"As to my own party, it has been
'gassed.' The Palmer Bonniwell
fiasco has disgusted the better ele-
ment of the Democratic party in this
| commonwealth. 1 am not in poll
tics and do not make the assertion
in narrow, partisan sense. l am
merely stating what I regard as a
fact. My belief is that the think
ing, substantial men of my home
county, Lackawanna. are behtnu
Senator Sproul, and I am sanguine
he will be elected by a big ma
jority."
caused here to-day by the attempt
mans newspaper to belittle the Bon
niwell charges as "old stuff" This
is in line with the shrieks that al ose
Few days ago against the Demo-
cratic Congressional candidates VINO
arc Claiming that the Palmer-Mc-
Corn1ck course imperils the
chances in November, which is
nothing more or less than an effo"+
to stave off the use of the timo'
hoEore6 demand for "a sincere re-
ora nization" of the party which -
con ing after the election this fall.
The Ronniwell people have been en-
Gcavoring to take a leaf out OF the
Palmer book and Palmer has been
try ing to prevent them from taking
it ly denouncing Bonniwell before
Pcnn.we ell could denounce him. In
the rlidst of it all the silence of the
Dauphin County Democratic COM
m; ;tee is interesting to note.
Deputy Attorney General w. III
Keller is considering the propoS.-
tons presented in the War Depart
ments regulations against the voting
of soldiers in the field under state
laNs and it is probable that Witntn
few days ne will have his opinion
in the hands of Secretary of the
Commonwealth Woods.
Mayor Smiths new Board OF
Recreation did not lose much time
in electing z. r. Gudehus, former
Thiiadelphia newspaperman, as su-
pcr:ntendent of recreation yesterday.
Within an hour after the Mayor had
nar1ed Judge Raymond MacNeliie.
Il. ); Meagher. Edwin o. Lewis and
other pronounced adherents to take
the places of men who refused to
take orders, Gudehus had been
elected.
Pittsburgh, councilmen are hs.V-
ing somewhat of fuss over who
shall succeed President Kerr. The
president is in the army and there
is question among members as 10
who should be elected and how.
Charles b. Lenahan, of Wilkes
Barre. candidate for the Supreme
Court nomination, has been swing
! ing around the circle lin Western
{ PENNSYLVANIA. Mr.. Lenahan is one
of the half dozen Democrats aspiring
to the place and does not seem to
care whether his candidacy from
the home county of Major George
r. Mclean matters or not.
Folks about the Democratic
state windrill are having more or
less of a busy time duckingT the
barbed inquiries of Democratic leg
! ,siative candidates as to whether
they must get off tickets. The head
quarters gays that it has heard
nothing. but the candidates want to
know why. The Railroad Brother
hood men affiliated with the DEM
ocratic state organization are in
clined to have some opinions of their
own about the order.
Another interesting problem is
whether the order will affect VIII
liam ]. Burke. Republican candidate
for Congress- ss-at-Large. Mr.. Burke
is a Pittsburgh councilman, but is
one of the Brotherhood chiefs, be-
ing carried as an active railroad
man.
Lone as q Housing Problem