Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
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BY the Ex-Committecman

Democratic bosses of the reor-
ganization wing of the Pennsylvania
Democracy were sitting UP to-day
specializing as to what United States
District Attorney e. Lowry Humes,
of Meadville. is trying to celebrate.
Humes came out in what is regarded
as an announcement of his ambition
to be a candidate for Governor on
Tuesday night and eliminated Vance
c. Mccormick. About the same time
Congressman Guy E. Campbell, one
of the Pittsburgh accidents, declared
for Acting State Chairman and Pe-
troleum Administrator Joseph +.
! Guffey as the choice of western
Pennsylvania Democrats. Humes is
not down On the program for recog-
milton this year. The bosses want
him to play corner policeman ana
prevent the brewers from contrlbut-
ing TO campaign funds. Neither Is
he to be spokesman for the Demo-
cratic National Chairman.
From all accounts the reports
which were started early in the week
| to the effect that If Vance c. Nc
| Cormick would not consent to be a
candidate no one else in the eastern
| counties should be considered and
! that the west should be recognized
got Humes and his friends excited
and they crossed the wires about the
| time Campbell was extolling the Vlr-
| tues of Mr.. Guffey, who is the head
and front of the great public utilities
! of Pittsburgh which are now occupy
| ing so much attention of the Public
| Service Commission.
There is some difference between
| the Humes statement as published
IN Pittsburgh and the censored form
| in which ii appears in the morning
organ of the Democratic machine In
1 this city. This is the unexpurgated
reference to Mccormick in Humes
statement: II had hoped that Vance
McCorm: ck might be candidate,
| and in his candidacy L felt that COM
plete unity would be found among
| all the progressive elements in the
state. If, as report indicates, he VIII
not allow his name to be considered,
| Il is necessary that the sentiment OF
the Democrats of the state should
be Diet, rmined, in order that the most
available and strongest candidate
should be nominated. While l have
declined at this time to even con-
slider becoming a candidate, yet. in
view of the urgent demand that mas
been made upon me by prominent
Democrats residing in almost every
county in Pennsylvania l feel that
| owe it to them to carefully con-
slider the matter"
The practical end of the DEM
ocratic machine in Western Penn
sylvania wants Guffey if Mccormick
or some other wealthy man will not
run. Humes has antagonized many
people, while Guffey is a pacihcator
Of hnD6 nf a LOT of
utilities in Pittsburgh would have to
be. Campbell owes his election to
Republican treachery and is trying
to make himself solid with the DEM
ocratic machine powers so that II
things do not work we'll for. re-elec-
ton he can land something nice and
soft.
The Democratic windmill here is
running in q well-oiled way so that
there will be no squeaks about the
machinery as it is not considered
good time to make a call for con-
tributions from the numerous job
holders, many of whom have just
gotten their appointments. But the
time is coming and it is going to be
an expensive campaign.
-O'Neil boomers here were in
clined to be quite enthusiastic to-day
over Governor Brumbaugh's decla-
ration before the representatives OF
the states organized Bible classes
that he would not support and
neither would any one connected
with his administration support any
candidates who we're not pledged TO
national prohibition. However, there
were some who saw in the declara-
ton a whack at some OF the men
aligned with the Governors Phila-
Iaxr hnnT1
for the dry amendment. The Gov
ernor's statement included candi-
dates for state and legislative Of
fees and there are Ware congress
men and legislators and Magee leg
islators who are rather sensitive
about the dry amendment. Friends
of these men were saying to-day that
the Governors position had been DIS
counted, but at the same time the
bluntness of the Governors remarks
gave food for thought There were
some who thought that the Govern
or was serving notice on some of his
allies who persisted in remaining
wet that they had better get into
| line.
Senator Ware is claiming that
his wing will elect thirty-seven or
thirty-eight of the forty-one legis-
lators from Philadelphia.
Senator David Martin is respon-
sible for ending congressional ambi-
tions for Senator Samuel w. Salus,
whom Senator Ware now says is too
valuable a man not to be in the
state Senate. Uncle Dave answered
the boom for Salus for the j. Hamp-
| ton Moore congressional seat, in
northeastern Philadelphia, by say
ing that his people were satisfied
with Mr.. Moore. The Ware statement
means Salus will stay in the State
Senate and there is a place for Con-
gressman John r. K. Scott to alfght
on the Congress-at-large ticket at
! any time he decides that he does not
want to run for Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
THE fact that none of the Phila-
delphia newspapers has come out
for O'Neil is much commented upon
as is the fact that Pinchot, Lewis
and other big Bull Moosers persist
in remaining quiet. On the other
hand only two of the Philadelphia
newspapers are out unreservedly for
Sproul.