Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-24
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BY the Ex-Committeeman


and making addresses on the work
that Pennsylvania must do to con-
tribute its traditional share to the
winning of the war, Democratic ma
chine leaders were planning to
freeze some aspirants for the Su-
preme Court off the ticket and seek
ing to adopt some means to over
come the bad effect produced by'yes-
terday's organization of rival
Democratic State Committee by the
Bonniwell contingent. The situation
in the two parties was never more
strikingly demonstrated than yes
terday. On one hand men of all
ideas in the Republican party were
working to make the campaign in
behalf of Sproul and his associates
a big success and to insure the
choice of more Republican Congress-
men, while the chiefs of the Demo-
cratic clans were scheming to get
control of the machine and the dele
CATION from Pennsylvania to the
next Democratic national conven-
ton.
Senator Sproul, who received
notable greetings in insurgent Som
| erset county yesterday, goes into
| Cambria county to-day accompanied
by Senator E. e. Beidleman, the
nominee for Lieutenant Governor,
and other friends. AS in Somerset
yesterday, prominent men will meet
them and the lines will be perfected.
! Instead of visiting Blair county to-
morrow as planned the Senators will
go to Eddystone. where Senator
| Sproul will address the visiting Con-
gressmen and prominent men who
will assemble there to celebrate the
making of the one millionth rifle at
the mammoth munitions plant. The
next day he will be in Philadelphia
and on Friday at the Reading fair.
1t is not the intention of the Sem
ator or his colleagues to make
speeches except for the Liberty Loan
next week. They may make some
tours, but the loan will be the first
consideration.
There seems to be little doubt
now that men of every shade of
opinion in Republican affairs, even
the little group about the Governors
office, will turn in and awork for
Sproul. The nominee for governor
has declared that the manner in
which Highway Commissioner O'Eell
has lined up for him is highly gIati-
flying and has commended his party
spirit The Pinchot and other en-
dorsements have shown that the
Republicans are as united as the
Democracy so. much exploited by
Palmer and his pals is split.
Harrisburg people will be in
terested to know that the Bonniwell
meeting yesterday paid a silent trib-
n tho nf 70 Hon
B. f. Meyers, all rising and stand
ing silent for three minutes. 1t
was an evidence of the kindly feel
ing for the aged chieftain felt by
men all over the state.
Judge John w. Kephart, of the
superior court, to-day filed nomina-
ton petitions to be candidate for
the supreme court, entering papers
from practically every county in
Pennsylvania at the office of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth
There were several thousand sigma
lures on the papers, making the
largest number filed by any aspir-
ant for the states highest bench.
There are now seven candidates in
the field and the time for filing
papers expires Thursday.
Judge kephart, who was here
to file his papers, left for Lancaster,
where he will make an address to
the Rotary clubs. The Judge has
been getting about the state con-
siderably and has more invitations
to speak than he can handle.
Democratic state machine lead
ers are all in Philadelphia to-day to
play ''freeze-out" with Democrats
who want to run for the supreme
court. This is being staged under
the auspices of the executive COM
mittee, which was charged with that
delicate duty by the state committee
at its last powwow in this city. The
general belief is that none of the
Democratic aspirants is inclined to
get out.
State Chairman Lawrence H
Rupp is in Philadelphia to-day to
| talk over things with the Demo-
cratic machinists. He has not had
| time to come here but once since his
election, but it does not matter. The
windmill has survived many changes
of party administration.
The Philadelphia Press says of
| the Bonniwell meeting: Democrats
who have supported Judge Bonni-
well during his fight with the Demo-
/ v
to declare further allegiance to the
Judges cause, and before the meet
ing was over it became evident that
| the BonniwelT movement had adopt
ed a new attitude toward the con-
trolling wing of the party, one of
offering the olive branch of peace.
There was a good deal of talk or
| harmonious cooperation and the
| climax came when a committee made
| up OF nine Bonniwell members of
| the state committee brought in a
resolution which contained a clause
urging Judge Bonniwell to name a
| chairman for the campaign commit
| tee. The state committee made a
similar offer last June, when it re-
| fused his demand that he be allowed
to name the chairman of the state
| committee itself. At that time Judge
! Bonniwell took the attitude that in
this chairmanship of the campaign
committee he. was being given moth
ing. After the resolution was adopted
and it would not have been offered
unless an understanding with the
| Bonniwell leaders-the Judge came
| forward and named Lemon Love,
Sheriff of York county, as his choice
! for chairman. In a short speech he
said the proposal had never been Of
ficially made to him before and that
he had never refused to work with
any official body of the Democratic
| party
w. ]. Brennan, the Allegheny
leader presided and among others who
spoke at the meeting were Ex-Sena-