Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-25
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By the Ex-Committeemaa

the gubernatorial nomination, and
his colleagues on the Washington
made slate will make no active cam
paign for the honors of the Penn
sylvania Democracy until after the
Liberty Loan campaign is ended, re-
gardless of what may be done by
Judge Eugene G. Bonniwell and his
personal liberty" hackers, and as
to the future of the Guffey cam
paign, it was stated this morning.
that will depend upon whether the
people of the state are much con-
cerned with politics this spring. The
Democratic aspirants went home
last night after arranging for bring
ing the question of finances for the
campaign to the attention of the
Federal jobholders in a thorough
manner. The naming of A. Mitchell
Palmer to be chairman of q fac
tional campaign committee is to
be notice that the national admin
istration is behind Guffey and the
rest of the machine slate, and. that
if necessary the President may take
a hand.
In the face of this move by Guffey
and his people, Judge Bonniwell will
spend the latter part of this week
in Pittsburgh. Arrangements have
been made for n gathering of west
ern Pennsylvanians interested in the
cause of personal liberty" or
whatever else the movement of the
liquor men inside of the Democracy
may be termed to be held in Pitts
burgh, along the lines of that in
Philadelphia last Saturday.
The row inside the Democracy Is
on. but the Guffev people seem to
be so confident that they are not
going to get any more excited than
the general public.
Both Senator William c. Sproul
and Highway Commissioner J. Dem
ny O'Neil the leading rivals for the
Republican nomination for gov
ernor were in the northeastern sec
tion yesterday. The Commissioner
went to Susquehanna and adjoining
counties to look over his political
fences. and is said to be confident
of strong vote as the insurgents.
who abound in that section, will
likely be for him. The Senator's
visit was a trip to Scranton. where
he has many friends and where he
held a reception. There was no
meeting scheduled or any demon
stration. His visit, like that of
O'Neil to the northern tier, was to
meet people.
1t is an interesting thing in con-
nection with the Sproul visit to
Scranton, where Mayor A. T. Com
nell few days ago declared for
O'Neil, that w. t. Connell, the in
fluential chief of the same family
and twice mayor of Scranton, de-
clared that he was with Sproul to
the finish and for Beidleman, too.
While these two candidates were
busy in one corner of the state.
Robert p. Habgood was fixing fences
in the other end and seeding a few
fields where he hopes to make n
harvest.
Congressman John r. X. Scott
came to town last night on his wav
to Pittsburgh where he will consult
with William 4 Magee and other
friends the rem 'nder of the week
end hobnobbed so much with O'Neil
and Magee men who were here that
the idea got abroad that the time
was coming when the Wares would
be out for O'Neil. 1t is an interest
ing fact that Scott got the dates
for O'Neips visits and speeches
from ONeil headquarters men yes-
terday and will probably be found
speaking from the same platform
with him soon. Whether Scott
will declare "dry" or not Is therefore
the interesting question. The Pbila-
delphia Press thinks that eventually
the Wares and Magee will be for
oNeil, but the Philadelphia Record
to>day gives prominence to the much
discussed reports from Philadelphia
that the Wares, who will be busv
enough at home because of the
smith administration and the vice
and other disclosures, have a divi-
sion among their own leaders about
governor. 1t points out that Lane
and Mackey are classed for SnrouI
and that Martin, Knight. Seger and
other men are for the Delaware
man either openly or because he has
declared he will abide o., the de-
clsion of the primaries. O'NeiI has
not made a positive declaration. but
intimates that his friends will settle
that for him, if he is defeated.
while Scott was here last night
he met Mayor Daniel L. Keister oF
this city. an old legislative collea eue
who being antagonistic to Senator
Beidleman because of local politics
announced that he was for Scott for
lieutenant governor. TIE Mayor re-.
marked upon the cordiality which
always prevailed between himself
and the Congressman.
-O'Neil men, and Attorney Cen
eral Brown, too, maintain that Audi
tor General Snyder's inquiry into The
truck purchase for the Highway De
partment is a scheme to annoy and
harass, but the Auditor General Isst
night said that it did not look that
way when he was continuing fhe
matter. He said that he did moi
think he would have all he wanted
with which to go oo for a month.
The North American gives con.
siderable space to-day to the asser-
| ton that Senator DAVID Martin had
served notice on Senator Ware that
he was for Sproul and that otbe,
men, including Lane. has done the
same thing. 1t also plays up the cru
sade being made by some upstate
O'Neil men to get the Governor 10
fire" Samuel I. Spyker, of Hunting.
don, as counsel of the Compensation
Bureau. The raid on Spyker has
been engineered by some small FRI
who are insisting that the Governor
will have to dismiss even his per.
sonal appointees.
In regard to the movement fol-
| Sproul among Ware leaders the
! North American says: Senator Ware
| repeated his much discussed state.
ment that he intends to let mem bers
of the Republican city committee
and the ward leaders upon whom he
depends for support share the re.
sponsibility of selecting candidate
for whom the Ware organization in
Philadelphia will work at the pri.