Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-03
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Pe~na4eSa~io
BY the Ex-Committeeman

Reservations made at Harrisburg
hotels indicate that many of the
prominent Democrats of the Palmer
Mccormick faction of the Pennsyl-
vania Democracy will be here for the
meeting of the State Committee to-
morrow when the platform Is to be
adopted. Most of them will be here
late tonight and they will be in sucl,
force that the people at the state
headquarters do not look for much
trouble at the session of the commit
tee. which VIII begin at 2 o'clock and
Is expected to end in an hour or so.
Major George r. Mclean. the
state chairman. will be here tonight
from Washington and will be accom-
panied by number of men promi-
nent in Democratic affairs. National
Chairman Vance c.. Mccormick is
expected to be here, but it is not GER
tain. National Committeeman A.
Mitchell Palmer will be here late to-
night
Thus far Major Mclean has given
no indication of retiring from the
craftsmanship and people at the state
headquarters do not expect him to
do so. The suggestion made by Judge
Eugene c. Bonniwell in his letter to
A. V. Dively that Henry c. Niles be
made compromise chairman was not
we'll received here because 1t did not
seem to be definite. The headquar-
ters managers would like to avoid a
split, but they intend the overtures
to come from Bonniwell to be in con-
crete form.
Judge Bonniwell is not expected
to be here.
N
party was pre-empted for nine dis
tricts to-day, six of them being Phil
adelphia legislative districts. The
name was taken for the Tenth Con-
gressional district by p. F. Calpin,
E. B. Scott, Patrick Ruane, N. d.
Rosenfeld and Michael O'Connor. OF
Scranton. The legislative district
pre- -emptions were Third. Tenth.
Fourteenth, Fifteenth. Sixteenth and
Twenty-fourth Philadelphia; First
I,ackawanna and First Schuylkill.
What is expected to be a show
down meeting of the State Commits
sion of Agriculture is scheduled TO
take place Thursday or Friday or
this week, the date not being
definitely determined, but it is believ-
ed that the question of chief OF tho
bureau of markets will be settled az
last. This job has been bone or
contention for months. e. Is. Dor
sett, named at the direction or the
Governor, was confirmed after long
wrangle and when 1t was suspected
that the Governor was no longer In
terested IN him. 1t is now intimated
that many men influential in Repub-
lican affairs are anxious for the Sc
lection of Dorsett. Secretary of Agri-
Dot r- n =
able to Dorsett, but some of the
members of the commission are not.
Governor Brumbaugh is not OK
pected ID return to Harrisburg until
late this month. The Governor has
generally remained away until Oc-
tober, but il is said to be his pl9n
to come here late in September and
then go to Philadelphia for time.
Nothing to indicate when the ap-
pointment of judge for Westmore-
land county will be made.
President Wilson has not only
made a barrel of trouble through his
appointment of an Allentown post
master not favored by Congressman
Arthur G.. Dewalt, but he has stirred
up Lancaster Democrats tremendous
ly because he appointed James j.
Huebner, a Republican, to the post
mastership of Lititz borough, to sue
ceed the late Warren E. Buch, an
appointee of the Wilson administra-
ton. The jolt to the Democracy has
been felt even in the camp of the
state leaders. The appointment hung
fire for months because of hitch in
the matter of a civil service exam
ination that resulted disappointingly
to the friends of the Democratic as
pirant, c. F. Pfauts. Mr.. Huebner
scored the highest average among
the candidates.
Western Pennsylvania is sitting
up and taking notice of the charges
of Democratic graft that were made
by Senator Ponrose at Uniontown on
Saturday. The senator called for
election of the entire state Republi-
can ticket this fall to gain a Repub-
lican majority in congress and to
prevent further squandering of tho
governments money. Senator Pen
rose stated that if the Republicans
have the next House the harmful ex-
penditure of several million dollars
for the so called Creel bureau of in
formation will be largely curtailed,
if not entirely stopped. Now, stated
the senator, il is impossible to even
secure information concerning the
peTSOnnel anu SApSiidiluLS VI tiNlo
very questionable department Graft
of several hundred million dollars in
aircraft construction was especially
emphasized by the senator. William
c. Sproul, candidate for Governor,
dwelt upon the inefficiency of the
Wilson administration, declaring that
the best interests of the country de-
manded the return of the Republi-
cans to power, so that there would
be a real peace, a positive peace and
not a pacifst peace. Addresses were
made also by E. E, Beidleman, can
didate for lieutenant governor; E. V.
Babcock, mayor of Pittsburgh, and
J. F. Woodward, of McKeesport, can
didate for secretary of internal af-
fairs.
General E0ch and the Bible