Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-25
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Republican newspapers generally
regard the speeches and incidents
connected with the dinner rendered
to Highway Commissioner ]. Denny
O'Neil at Pittsburgh last night as
| indicative of a fight to a finish. and
the zeal with which some of the
| Democratic newspapers, notable in
Harrisburg. are press agenting the
| Highway Commissioner tends to a
suspicion that the Democratic ma
chine managers hope that it will be
such a bitter contest that it will go
| beyond the primaries and enable
them to reap advantage which, owing
to their own family fights, they
would otherwise not possess this
year.
Mr.. O'Neil has stated his platform
and is in the field with the blessing
of the most potent factors in the
state administration and assurances
that if he wants it he can have the
open endorsement of Governor
Brumbaugh. The Governor practical
ly gave it last night in a letter he
sent to the dinner and Attorney Gen
eral Brown certainly committed the
administration. 1t now remains to be
seen whether the Ware interests,
which boost the Governor on all oc-
casions, will follow suit and whether
Congressman John r. K. Scott, one
of Senator Vares closest friends,
will hitch his boom for Lieutenant
Governor to that of O'Neil or go II
alone, trusting to developments. Ana
since the O'Neil candidacy is now in
fine working order there is consider
able interest in what win be the next
ma Of il,
who says that he will be candidate,
but not of a faction.
The manner in which the news
papers regard the O'Neil dinner is
significant. The Democratic Phila-
delphia Record says that the state
administration puts its o. *. on the
Highway Commissioners candidacy
and the Public Ledger says that the
boom was launched Ito the accom-
paniment of send offs" from the
Governor and Attorney General. The
North American says that it is war
on Penrose to the bitter end. other
Philadelphia newspapers print
straightaway news stories about 1t as
do the Pittsburgh papers.
William Draper Lewis declara-
ton that he opposed factlonal can
didate for Governor and that he dld
not think much of the factional
contest at this time was not much
commented upon at the Capitol. Gif-
ford Pinchot, who was declared by
an O'Neil press agent to be ike
ly at the dinner, turned up In
Harrisburg yesterday TO make an
address to farmers. He was a day
late, but that did not matter. He
did not make any excuses and no
one asked for any. He spoke on
agriculture and slipped out of town
without making any political state
ments. 1t is suspected that Pinchot
still has hopes. The O'Neil men
have been looking for him to declare
for the Highway Commissioner.
The Philadelphia Evening
Ledger almost nightly insists that
Vance c. Mccormick is to become
the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, a view generally shared by
Democratic workers here. And 1t
may be added that there are hopes
that he will run among Democratic
leaders, bosses and workers all over
the state. The year 1914 has not
been forgotten.
The Town Meeting party lost its
case to have the contest bond re-
duced. The Town Meeting men are
not very enthusiastic about pros
poets and it is probable that they
will go back to the Republican party
and be welcomed.
Senator Sproul, in n speech to
State Lumbermen at Philadelphia
yesterday, said that this was not a
time to throw rocks, but to stand
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The North American says they
"cheered him as the next Governor"
The Philadelphia Record COM
ments upon the fact that Philadel-
phia leaders, except Congressman
Ware, are not going to Florida as
usual this winter.
Mayor Babcock appears to have
things in good shape in Pittsburgh
and his administration to have
started off at last
The Scranton Republican says
that the belief of people in north
eastern Pennsylvania is that Palmer
will name Mccormick. Palmer has
influential connections in Lacka-
wanna county. The Republican
says that Congressman John r.
Farr is expected to run again and
that Ex-Mayor E. B. Jermyn, Rob-
ert Jones, c. P. O'Malley, Ex-Rep-
resentative Albert Davis and John
Bowen are talked of for senator
and that Representative Hugh A.
Dawson, one of the best-liked men
in the House, will not run again.
Representative David Fowler, Fred
C. Ehrhardt, w. w. Jones and w. f.
Davis will seek reelection as will
NJ. ]. Ruddy, the lone star Demo-
Graf of I,ackawanna
Western newspapers are still
talking about Senator WILLIAM e.
Crow, the state chairman as can
didate all can line up for, while
there is considerable newspaper
support for Auditor General Charles
A. Snyder.
The Philadelphia Inquirer in a
discussion of the Schuylkill Con-
gressional situation says: For Con-
gress, the Republicans have but one
choice. and that is the incumbent,
Robert d. Heaton, of Ashland. He
will be nominated without opposi-
ton. and will also be elected, prac-
tically without opposition, for the
Democrats have none to place up
against him, who can draw any
strength. A number of names are
mentioned for the Democratic NOM
ination. Among these is Charles
Ditchey, of Shenandoah, who re-
Gently retired from the office of
Sheriff He is out of job.
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