Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-03
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Pennsylvania's Democratic SKATE
committee will hold its biennial re-
organization meeting here probably
on June IS, four days after the meet
ing of the Republican state commit
tee in Philadelphia. State Demo-
cratic leaders are expected to an
nounce the date for the meeting to-
morrow, but it was stated to-day
that it would not be held before the
seventeenth. Selection of chair
man will be up to Judge Eugene G.
Bonniwell, the gubernatorial candi-
date and prospects are that there will
be a contest over the platform as
some of the reorganization leaders
while willing to go along and sup
port Bonniwell, object to the fur
ther humiliation of having a wet
plank in the platform.
The Republican state committee
will re-elect Chairman Crow and
Secretary Baker, hear an address by
National Chairman Will H. Hays and
the state candidates at the meeting
i'll Philadelphia. Senator Penrose,
the national committeeman, will like
ly speak, too.
The Prohibition state committee
will meet here Wednesday to outline
it's course of campaign.
These are the days of reorganiza-
ton of county committees and it is
noticed that while the Republican
committees are generally endorsing
Sproul, Beidleman and Woodward,
the Democratic committees in reor-
ganiZation counties are not showing
much anxiety to go on record in IA
vor of the Bonniwell ticket. Every
one OF the Republican committees
which met Saturday gave ringing en-
dorsement to the state ticket and the
Philadelphia city committee is ex-
pected to do the same thing in a
short time. People here look for
Highway Commissioner ]. Denny
O'Neil to issue his statement this
week. Governor Brumbaugh may
ment, but the Governor is said to
be disinclined to do any talking.
--Some prominent Republicans
were reelected at meetings of coun-
ty committees. Among them were
Fred T. Mcdonald, chairman OF the
Chester county committee, who was
unanimously reelected, although
the state administration worked hard
to accomplish his overthrow at the
primary; Caleb S. Brinton, as chair
with George d. Frey and Harvey
Line as secretaries, this being an
other county where the state admin
istration made a drive; Joseph Z.
McClay, of the Franklin committee,
who was reelected although he is
just going into the Army; William II.
Orr, of the Blair county committee,
and Horace w. SchantZ, of Lehigh.
w. c. Alexander took the place OF
the veteran, Thomas H. Garvin, in
Delaware county, where j. Harvey
Smith succeeds J. Lord Rigby as
vice ce-chairman.
-Lancaster's county committee
will re-elect Samuel Diller.
There was no bloodshed at the
Cumberland Democratic meeting, II.
G. Zullinger, of Mt. Holly, taking up
the thankless task of chairman
which r. w. PETER laid down with a
sense of relief. There is the old fight
on for control of the Democratic ma
chine in Lancaster county. w. j.
Coulter and P. Edward Clark are the
opposing candidates. Revenue Collec-
tor B. L. Davis is the storm center as
usual.
The Lackawanna official returns
show that David Phillips was nom
mated for Senator by the Republic
ans. He is a brother of Roswell
Phillips, newspaperman and also a
school principal.
1t is said that some of Mayor
Smiths retrenchment is aimed at
Superintendent Mills, but this is
denied.
Snyder county is on the crest
of an election contest that may in
volve every ballotbox in the county
says a dispatch. Judge Johnson and
Associate Judges Keller and Field
issued a rule Friday upon c. w.
Knight, Democrat, and John I.
Woodruff, Republican, to appear be-
fore the court Thursday of next week
and show cause why the ballotbox
in Selinsgrove borough should not
be opened and the votes on the
Democratic ticket recounted.
-Berks Democratic County Com
mittee has elected Roy S. Mabry, of
Longswamp township, as chairman
over Joseph +. Morris, of Reading,
by vote of "a to IT. Ralph Mat
thews was elected secretary to sue
ceed Alfred Gunkel, and Howard
Koch was reelected treasurer. Res
olutions were adopted indorsing the
national administration and state
ana local IlCKeIS.
Asher Seip. who was the man
ager of Henry J. Steele's successful
campaign for the Democratic re-
nomination for Congress in this
district, was elected chairman of the
Democratic County Committee with
out a dissenting voice at Easton on
Saturday. The Palmer faction find
ing it did not control the committee,
decided not to put up a candidate.
Congressman Steele made an adj
dress.
Senator Horace w. Schantz,
who at the May primaries was re-
nominated without opposition, at the
biennial meeting of the County COM
mittee was reelected the Lehigh Re-
publican county chairman for the
fourth term on Saturday. The meet
ing of the new County committee
was held in the rooms of the John
Hay Republican Association whose
headquarters are the official home
of the Republican party of Lehigh
county. The May primaries produced
less than a score of changes among
the committeeme.i. Prominent
among the gathering was Samuel
Mitchell, of Catasauqua. the nestor
of the Lehigh Republican County
Committee, who has served for thir-
ty-eight years with energy and f.
deity and never lost a war ticket
George p. Psotta, of Allentown:
Aaron j. Harter, of Heidelburg, and
Harvey ]. Wenner. of Fogelsville,
were unanimously reelected the
secretaries.