Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-20
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

say tnat IL means the beginning or
the end of the domination of the
party in Pennsylvania by the So
called reorganization clique. which is
headed by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien
property custodian; Vance G. Nc
Cormick, Democratic national chair
man and chairman of the War Trade
Board, and other eminent Federal
jobholders.
For weeks. in fact, ever since the
strenuous meeting of the Democratic
state committee people have been
waiting to see what attitude would
be taken by the men nominated by
the Democrats at adirect primary.
Most OF the candidates are men who
were backed by the banded bosses
and at odds with Judge Eugene C.
Bonniwell, nominated in spite of the
efforts of Palmer and his pals. Now
these men, nominated at state
wide primary, have apparently lined
up with Judge Bonniwell, who has
refused to have anything to do with
the platform makers, contending
that the platform was settled at the
primary.
All candidates on the state
ticket with one exception. former
nominee for lieutenant governor,
failed to put in an appearance. The
meeting was called for a conference
of the committeeman with the can
didateS with a view to agreeing up
on a platform which they all could
recommend for adoption by the state
committee, which is scheduled to
meet some time before September 1.
Mr.. Bonniwell, who sent letter say
ing that he had been nominated up
on platform which he had submit
ted to the voters prior to the primar-
les and that he proposed to stand up
on that platform also indicated that
1t was not the business of the COM
mittee to interfere with him.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
that the other candidates followed
Judge Bonniwells lead" and says the
much advertised and reorganized
Democratic party in Pennsylvania is
split up the back" over the liquor
issue. The Philadelphia Press says
that the belief Is that the platform
builders met the prohibition issue by
passing the buck" and the Evening
Bulletin in addition to saying that
Bonniwell "spurned" the platform
makers, engaged headquarters for his
own campaign in Philadelphia. which
Is taken to mean that he will ignore
the state windmill in this city. The
Record says: mo action of the reso-
lutions committee will compel Judge
Bonniwell to swerve from his course,
and he will continue his campaign
along the lines laid out following the
historic meeting Of the state commit
tee whom everything possible was
done to wreck his chances of cleo
ton"
One of the members of Chair
man Rupp's platform building crew,
predicted that the platform would
be acceptable" to every one but
Parke H. Davis, of Easton, said
frankly he did not know what would
happen. The contents of the paper
were kept secret by the members. 1t
was declared that George S. Mclean,
chairman of. the state committee,
would be notified that the subcom-
mittee is ready to report and that the
platform will be announced at a
meeting of the organization to be
held some time next week in this
city.
The fighting judge remained in
his chambers in City Hall during the
meeting, announcing in advance that
he would not attend and that he had
mailed the committee a copy of his
platform. In this he had the support
of Samuel r. Tarner. of Pittsburgh,
another of the Congress- -at-Large
candidates, who, after a protracted
conference with Judge Bonniwell.
that he too would be noticeable at
the meeting by his absence. Judge
Bonniwell's stand is also said to have
the support of j. Calvin Strayer and
Fred Ikler, the other two candidates
| for Congress-at-Large, who failed to
| put in appearance, and of Asher R.
Johnson, of York, candidate for Sec
retary of Internal Affairs.
General Harry c. Trexler and
| Colonel e. NJ. Young were in Phila-
delphia yesterday in order to COM
plete arrangements for the visit Of
| Senator William C. Sproul and the
| other candidates on the Republican
state ticket. to the annual meeting
of the Republican County Committee
which will be held at Neff's near AL
lentown, next Saturday. General
Trexler, who has for years been ac-
lively Identified with the National
Guard. and is one of the most infiu-
| entail Republicans in the eastern Sec
| tion of the state, confidently predicts
! the reelection of H. w. Schanz, who
is the first Republican to be chosen
to the State Senate in the history of
Lehigh county, and who now aspires
to succeed himself. Senator Sproul
is expected to attend the reception
of the Sproul Campaign Club of
i Chester tonight to honor Howard E.
Hannum. secretary of the club, who
has Joined the United States Army.
| With the assertion that mo crime
strikes so deeply at the heart of the
people as the crime against the bal
| lotbox," Judge James ]. O'Neill
1 charged the grand jury at Scranton
yesterday making sweeping jnvesti-
cation of the May primary election
fraud involving the nomination for
State Senator. and to not hesitate to
return true bills agaihs any persons
| gully of perpetrating the frauds. Vic
tor Burschel, former county commits
sioner, was appointed foreman. The
! grand jury went at once into the
probe of the ward. where counterfeit
| ballots were voted. John Voight,
foreman of a local printery, and en-
ployes of w. w. Jones, Republican
candidate in the Fifth Legislative
District, and part owner of the Oly-
plant Gazette. with job printery at
tached, were among the witnesses.
Genuine Patriotism