Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Friends OF State Senator William
E. Crow, chairman of the Repub-
lican state committee, were surprised
to-day to learn that he had been
stricken with appendicitis last even
ing at his home in Uniontown and
had been rushed to hospital there
where an operation was Immediately
performed. Attending physicians say
that his condition is very favorable
and his recovery is expected within
a few weeks. Senator Crow has many
warm friends in Harrisburg who to-
day showered him with telegrams of
sympathy and hopes for his early
recovery. w. Harry Baker, secretary
| of the state committee, who has
charge of all the details of the cam
paign, will look after the chairman's
work during his absence, and it will
be in good hands. Senator Crow has
given a large part of his time to the
duties of his office both before and
since the May primaries.
Judge Bonniwell, Democratic
nominee for Governor, is making a
determined effort to build up a good
working organization for himself
throughout the state and at the same
time place a bomb under the care
fully constructed Palmer-McCor-
mick state machine. The judge
wants nothing from the Palmer Nc
Cormick crowd, chiefly because the
Palmerites want to hold on despite
their drubbing of last spring and
the judge feels that anything they
would offer to do for him would be
mere pretense and therefore he is
safer outside tho n ri hraa STU rlrc
than within. But while he wants
nothing from the organization he is
very anxious to have the workers
with him and last night he addressed
an open letter to them asking all
precinct and division committeeman
to Join in the construction of an
efficient organization" which of
course, means that he wants them
to desert the Mccormick banner for
his own.
Tt has been made to appear"
Judge Bonniwell says, that, having |
fbeen nominated, l refused to avail
myself of the assistance of the party |
organization. No statement could be
farther from the truth"
Judge Bonniwell says he was de-
MED the privilege of consultation as
to who should be state chairman to
conduct the campaign. He refers to
the fact that the present state chair |
man is about to go into the govern
ment war service and also refers to
a declaration that the state chair
man will appoint an acting chair
man. Certainly no argument is re-
quired to persuade you that no salts
factory or proper work can be had
under these circumstances" says the
nominee.
The action of the state commit
teemen. Judge Bonniwell declares,
constitutes a deliberate notice to him
that he need look for no loyal sup
port from them. He concludes by
asking the local committeeman to
sign an enrolment card pledging
Willingness to participate in an or
ganization that shall Loyalty support
all Democratic candidates"
The League to Enforce Peace has
tossed it's hat into the political ring,
although its officers take pains to
state that the campaign is absolutely
nonpartisan.
The League has addressed letter
to Democratic and Republican lead
ers in Pennsylvania, beginning with
the national committeeman and state
chairmen and including the mem
bers of the state executive commit
tee and the county chairmen. This
letter urges that the political con-
ventions held this summer and fall
pay attention not only to winning
the war and making the world safe,
but to keeping the world safe by
shackling German military despot-
ism forever. 1t urges the insertion in
every convention platform of a
plank favoring the entrance of the
49,
tions to Safeguard the Fruits of Vic
tory"
I'm his letter to the Republican
and Democratic leaders Campaign
Manager Boyd says:
Each of the two major political
parties at their last national con-
vention adopted a plank in their re-
spective platforms favoring the par
ticipation of the United States in in
ternationally organized machinery
to preserve the future peace of the
world-in other words-a league of
nations to enforce peace.
THE President of the United
States favors this idea. Ex-President
Taft leads our organization in a cam
paign to make the idea a reality. AL
ready sixteen state Legislatures have
adopted concurrent or joint resolu-
tions of approval. The declared pur-
pose of this organization is to burn
into the soul of American manhood
and womanhood the consciousness
that the world must be made safe
for democracy by the defeat of Ger
many and German militarism: that
II must be kept safe by league of
nations. These are two supreme
duties each essential to the other
and both essential to the cause of
human freedom. To this goal there
is only one way. 1t lies through bat
tie and bloodshed to victory.
-"Our platform is enclosed. Un-
doubtedly you endorse it's sentiment.
Your party is preparing to hold its
state, county and congressional con-
ventions. Should not the platforms
of all these conventions contain a
declaration demanding war to VIC
tory and favoring the entrance of the
United States into a league of ma
tions to safeguard the fruits of that
yictory?"