Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
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BY the EI-Committeeman

Sharp references to Senator Boies
Penrose, but no criticism of Senator
William C. Sproul, of Delaware. who
has announced himself as a candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for Governor, mark the utterances
of Senator Edwin H. Ware and men
aligned with him in political affairs.
The Senior Senator is made the
target of some exceedingly tart re-
marks and Senator Ware takes up the
! cudgels in behalf of Governor Brum-
baugh. Congressman John r. X.
Scott, often a spokesman for the
| Wares. assails the Pittsburgh con-
ference of Penrose men in unmeas-
ured terms
| Governor Brumbaugh, who has
declined to make any comment upon
the attack upon him by Senator Pen
rose or the statement by Senator
! Sproul that he did not think the
Brumbaugh philippe applied to him,
called men close to him in political
affairs together last night at the
! Executive Mansion, but all declined
to say anything. Attorney General
Brown remarked that every man
present was interested in securing
/ the sentiment of the people so that
the proper kind of a standard bearer
can be named.
! Highway Commissioner J. Denny
/ O'Neil, who is looked upon as the
/ Brumbaugh favorite for the Republi-
can nomination for Governor in the
event that the Governor and his
| friends determine to run some one
connected with the administration,
went home last night without saying
anything on politics. Il may have
something to say later. but not for
the present" said he.
1t is claimed by many men who
are prominent in state affairs that
Senator Sproul has a promise of Ware
support with the understanding that
while the Wares stand behind him in
Philadelphia, they will feel at liberty
to fight Senator Penrose at every
turn and to continue the row in the
Quaker City. Governor Brumbaugh
and his friends are not pleased at the
personal friendship manifested by
Senator Ware for Senator Sproul,
while it is a source of regret at the
Capitol that Mr.. O'Neil does not have
the support of the Wares or that of
William A. Magee, former Public
Service Commissioner.
Much of the stir in administra-
ton circles. is due to the personal
position of Senator Ware, who is
somewhat noted for looking beyond
the current year.
The Philadelphia Inquirer,
which editorially launched the boom
for Sproul and which is backing him
to the limit, has this interesting
statement to make to-day in a dis
patch from Pittsburgh: "As the out
come of the conferences held in this
city during the last twenty-four
hours it would appear that Senator
William c. Sproul, of Delaware
county. will be practically unop-
posed for the Republican nominal
ton for Governor at the primaries
to be held on May 81 next. 1t is
known that there was no agree
ment upon any state ticket by the
active party men who assembled
here to attend the dinner to former
Mayor Joseph C. Armstrong. 1t is
n fact, however. that James +.
Woodward, of McKeesport, who for
a number of years served as chair
man of the Committee on Appro-
priations at Harrisburg. is a local
favorite for the nomination for Sec
retary of Internal Affairs. The mat
ter of the Lieutenant Governorship
and the four places for Congress-
man-at-larse will bet taken up
later"
Senator Ware is quoted as fol-
lows in replying to Senator Penrose's
assault on the Governor: Il first be-
came member of the Legislature in
1897 and am somewhat familiar
with every state administration since
that time. Governor Brumbaugh
has done more toward giving the
state clean and efficient service than
all other Governors com bined. He
also forced part of that Penrose
crowd to join hands with his friends
and he put into effect all the pro-
gressiVe and humane legislation that
Colonel Roosevelt stood for in his
platform. The Governor did more
real good for the people of this
Commonwealth by his legislative
program than was accomplished by
all the legislation passed by other
administrations in the last fifty
years. Governor Brum baugh's pop
/ ularlty was clearly shown when he
ran far ahead of Senator Penrose at
the last Presidential primaries, when
both ran for delegate not
withstanding the fact that the Pen
rose crowd put on the ticket a man
or the name of Brumbaugh. a trick
which stole $4,000 votes from the
Governor"
The Philadelphia Record saws
that there is going 10 he a fight for
the Republican nomination and that
| the old, Washington party element
VIII support the Governor. 1t also
says that the Wares will not be for
any candidate who is not approved
oy the Governor" and then says
the Penrose slate is a challenge.
In thesopinion of the philadaI-
phla Press the Governor and his
friends will take up O'Ne;l on .
dry and pro-suffrage PLATFORM
The Press says that Senator pen
| rose said he did not know What
the Wares proposed TO do.
senator Penrose before ieavins
! pittsburgh declared that he did moi
! belieNe prohibition or suffrage were
| questions to be settled by amend
! ments to the Federal constitution.
/ CONGRESSMAN Scott is quoted nv
! the North American in a Washing.
| ton dispatch as follows: 'I voted
Tor suffrage yesterday and will fight
/ to the end to have it ratified at Har-
rlsburg,' was his defiant reply to the
Penrose decree that suffrage, as we'll
as prohibition, must be showed nm
der in the Pennsylvania legislatures -
The next candidate for governor"
ne continued, must carry on the
] construction work of the last two
| legislatures, which the old marty
leaders have continually blocked
Their opposition to suffrage is mere
| ly continuation of their standpa
tendencies" Evidently the Wares
| mean to make what capital they car
| out OF their stand for suffrage Con