Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-14
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By do Ex-Comnrftteeman

While the Republican leaders. of
Pennsylvania are meeting in Phila-
delphia to-day to organize their
| state committee for campaign that
will be as decisive in election of
state ticket as the recent primaries
were in nominating it and to hear
their national chieftain, the leaders
/ of the rival factions of the Keystone
State Democracy are in conclave pre-
pairing for bitter struggle for con-
troll of the state machine. The con-
trast between the two organizations
is very striking. The conditions pre-
vailing are indicative of what will
happen in November.
The Republican meeting will be
addressed by National Chairman
/ Will H. Hays, a progressive; Senator
William C. Sproul Senator Edward
E. Beidleman and their colleagues on
the state ticket, will be present and
men of the elements which were
lately locked in hot party struggle
4 will be together. j. Denny O'Neil,
State Highway Commissioner, and
opponent of Senator Sproul, left here
last night to attend the meeting.
The situation in the Democratic
! party is remarkable for storm sig
nails. 1t is the most exciting outlook
since the days of 1911 when the Pal
mer- r-McCormick crowd put them
selves into power by throwing out
men who in. turn routed them at the
| primary last month. The present con-
trolling bosses declare that Judge
! Eugene c. Bonniwell is only one of
six nominees and that while he may
name the chairman he must end
there. Judge Bonniwell and his fol-
lowers assert that the popular vote
in the Democratic party last month
: demonstrated that the party needs a
change of leadership and that the re-
: organization bosses must undergo re-
organization.
The meetings in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh will be preliminary
TO the assembling of the Democrats
here next Tuesday for the state COM
, mittee meeting on Wednesday.
: The lovely Democratic situation
| is thus summed up by the Phila-
adelphia Record, the big Democratic
organ: "A third party ticket, with
Judge Eugene C. Bonpewell at the
head, loomed up yesterday as the
result of the braZen attempt made
here on Tuesday by a small group of
ar-Democratic chiefs, led by Ma
: tional Committeeman a. Mitchell
Palmer, to prevent the gubernator-
ial nominee from conducting a sue
! cessful campaign. Although the
Democratic state committee meets
next Wednesday in Harrisburg, II
t is certain that the delegates will
have no voice in the business of the
conference if the Palmer-Guffey
plans are carried out.
-"EX-Congressman ]. Washington
Logue won the nomination for lieu
, tenant governor over Howard o
Holstein by only 210 votes, but he
a has been persuaded by Palmer and
=, Guffey to embarrass Judge Bonni.
we'll by remaining on the ticket. The
= alleged leaders also selected George
H. Mclean, of LuZerne, for state
chairman, without even learning
FL Judge Bonniwell's views concerning
the slated man.
l. 1t is certain, however, that the
n Palmer-Guffey-M Mccormick outfit will
have no voice in the framing of the
e platform upon which Judge Bonni
we'll will conduct his fight. Last nigh
the nominee entertained at his home
v two Democratic candidates for Con
ress-at-Large and several friends.
n The county committee of tn,
o in Schuylkill county was reorganizeC
: at Pottsville yesterday by the elec
tion of DR.. L. c. Robinhold of Au
o burn, as county chairman. DIR. Ro
: binhold is a member of a famil,
which has long been prominent il
" county politics. He will have a
- his assistants NJ. ]. Fleming, of Ire
mont, and A. P. Tabor, of Shenan
r doah.
Republicans polled 532,0S7 of tn,
717,S56 votes reported cast in the
j, primary of May 21, according to of.
u ficials of the State Department anC
t the statement of the total vote polleC
in Bedford county is expected to in.
&c crease this figure according to of
e ficials of the State Department, whC
have been working on the officia
s. computation. This is stated to bt
If the largest number of primary votei
known.
a William C. Sproul, who receive
h 353,711 votes had 203, ,252 votes owe
J. Denny O'Neil and also won tn,
q, Washington party nomination. Mr.
10 O'Neil was the Roosevelt Progress
sive party choice because he got it
J. IL votes. He will withdraw. Sen
.. ator Edward E. Beidleman an,
." James f. Woodward are also Wash
Id ington party nominees for the office
:. to which Republicans nominate,
10 them, while Fred E. Lewis wa
Id nominated for secretary of interna
affairs on the Roosevelt Progressiv
III ticket.
is The official count was finished to
day and the totals checked and is
lie sued.
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugl
who has been reported as havin
picked upon a western Pennsylvani
sd attorney for supreme court justic,
er declined to make any statemen
T. about the matter to-day. Report
l. that an appointment was imminer
ut were heard, but the Governor ha
10 nothing to say. Neither would h
r discuss the appointment to the va
cancy on the Public Service Com
mission. which 1t is understood III
commissioners wish him to fill a
re soon as possible, or the vacancies O
* the State Board of Public Charitie