Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-01
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Pe'.~oqesa~ia
By The Ex-Committeeman

People at the State Capitol appear
to have turned a very cold shoulder
| to the National party whose leaders
held a conference at one of the ho-
tells here on Memorial Day when
| everyone else was otherwise engag-
! ed. O'Neil men declare that they
have no idea that their favorite
would take up with the National
party even if he decided to run inde-
pendently as is most unlikely; the
Prohibition state chairman asserts
that his party is not aligned with the
| new organization and other men say
that II has no standing in the coming
election because il does not even
have the right TO the name. Friends
of Clifford Pinchot say he would not
listen to any proposal that he be a
candidate for governor.
The National party seems to be
chiefly number of people who are
trying 10 start something and have
picked bad year. H. A. Bomberger
and H. S. Bomberger, two of the men
identified with the recent confer
ence have figured in various crusades
in the last few years. Last year they
had meeting, but not much came
of il.
Capitol Hill has become wonder
the state administration does not
deem il polite to refer to the result,
people connected with the depart
ments take it as a cue to be regular
and the Sproul- l-Beidleman-Wood
ward ticket has a very strong fol-
lowing in the big gray State House.
The administration has given up the
idea of cleaning house and the fear
and trembling of a few weeks ago
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talk. Fear that any removals would
make martyrs and jeopardize present
placeholders who are friends of the
Governor caused this change of
plans. 1t is certain, however, that
some of the men who were strenu-
Gus for O'Neil will have trouble in
January.
Mr.. O'Neil is expected to make
a statement soon and the idea is that
it will refer very much to the legis-
lative situation and probably enun-
ciate some of the views the late cam
| didate is known to hold regarding
prohibitory legislation in advance of
the amendment. Mr.. O'Neil was cha
grined at the showing made for him
in some counties, but intends to keep
himself in the public eye as much as
possible.
The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can to-day says: IF the National
party operates in Pennsylvania it
will have to get new name, as the
| National Party" title has been pre-
empted by the Beidleman organiza-
ton in Dauphin county. Doctor
Prugh said that the Prohibition party
had no relation with the conference,
and that he did not know that it
was being held to prepare a state
ticket. Chairman Coates was unable
to interest any of the hackers of
Highway Commissioner j! Denny
| O'Neil in his party. They made il
plain that the defeat of O'Neil at
the primaries was sufficient, and that
| they dot not intend to try to finance
another state campaign. While
| O'Neil's ambitions to be the next
governor have been shattered, he
will have his name on the ballot un-
less he resigns. He received the
Washington party nomination, stray
votes having been cast for him in
almost every county"
Expense accounts of candidates
| for statewide nominations in the
| primary of May 81 are commencing
| to arrive at the State Capitol and
| with them are a number from aspi-
rants for district nominations who
do not appear to understand that
they must file with their county au-
thorities. w. S. Aaron, candidate
for Copgress-at-Large. accounted for
s1,104.67, of which $1,000 was given
to the O'Neil campaign fund. T. H
Atherton certified to expenditure OF
sS5O.07: Fred E. Lewis to S112.97;
Lex y. Mitchell to S471.79. Stephen
II. Huselton sent an affidavit that he
| spent less than $50 as did G. P.
| Aarons and G. r. Bateson, candidates
for Republican nomination for lieu
tenant governor; J. Washington Lo-
que, F. E. whittelsey and Cora NJ
Bixler, the latter candidate for So
cialist nomination for Congress-at-
Large. The time for filing expense
accounts expires on June 5.
1t is probable that the State De-
| partment will arrange for the frs
| drawing of ties between candidates
for legislative nominations on Fri.
day of next week. There are quite
a number due to the scattering vote
Judging from what the Philadel-
phia Record. says the Palmer-Mc-
Cormick leaders have made up theiI
minds to accept Judge Bonniwell and
all he stands for. The judge is going
to run the machine and the reorgan-
izers will step down from the seal
because the voters have told them to
do so. They will surrender the state
headquarters and do everything they
forced Guffey and Dewalt to do six
or seven years ago.
The expected clash in police
management in Philadelphia seems
to have arrived and an order OF
Superintendent Wilson for transfer
of a police lieutenant has been torn
up by superintendent Mills. Mayor
Smith has refused to stand for sal
lary increases and there is little COM
fort anywhere.
/ 1t is said that Bowman and
Rhen, who lost out for the Repub-
lican legislative nominations in Leb-
anon. will run independently.
According to Pittsburgh news
papers the friends of Col. ]. NJ. Cuff
fey are making no bones about the
way they mean to run il in on Joseph
f. Guffey and the reorganizers who
threw out the colonel some years
ago.