Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-09
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BY the Ex-Committecman

A two-column editorial in. the
Philadelphia Inquirer to-day declar-
| ing that Senator William c. Sproul
| possesses in a marked degree all of
the qualifications of the man to be
the next Governor of Pennsylvania
! is generally regarded by men who
follow politics as the prelude to
formal announcement of candidacy
! CY the man from Delaware county.
| Indeed. it may almost be said that
the Inquirer editorial is the an
nouncement for it concludes: Penn
sylvania and all of her people would
get a square deal from Senator
Sproul. and we are delighted to
know that he is a candidate for the
Republican nomination, and like
wise delighted to give him our sin,
cere support"
Senator Sproul will be one of the
! guests at the Armstrong dinner to-
morrow in Pittsburgh, a function at
which Senator Penrose and many
Republicans of prominence will
gather and which will be part of a
general party war council for the
western part of the state.
While it is asserted by the Phil
adelphia Ledger and other newspa-
pers and generally believed that
Senator Sproul has the support of
both Senators Penrose and Ware. it
is we'll known that Governor Brum-
baugh and Attorney General Brown
are not for him and it is we'll within
the range of possibilities of the state
administration putting up a candi-
cate of its own in the person of the
Attorney General or Highway Com
missioner O'Neil, even with the South
Philadelphia leaders and some of
their allies throughout the state
with Sproul. Such a condition would
make extremely interesting the at
ttude of such chieftains as Griest,
NatreS, Magee and Leib. 1t is gem
orally believed that such men as
Eyre, Johnson and Grundy will be
with Sproul.
An interesting feature of the
situation is that Lieutenant Gov
ernor McClain and Auditor General
siyder are in a way receptive can
uldates and that there is a possibil
llF OF Western Pennsylvania leaders
insisting that Senator Crow become
a candidate.
Judging from the prelimina.ies
there nave been few gatherings of
greater political importance in years
'han the Armstrong dinner.
1T is strongly suspected that
is the favorite of the state
administration leaders and Governor
Brumbaugh's personal choice for
Governor. that there is a pretty
thorough understanding between |
Mr. Brown, O'Neif and Clifford PIN |
chot. Pinchot has been here the last
TWO days attending the food confer !
ence and while refusing to discuss !
poiltics and insisting that his pun. !
pose mere Is solely to talk over the {
1ood situation with his farmer and
labor friends, he has been strength !
ening himself with elements which
other leaders have not appraised at |
their real value this year.
Mr.. Brown will likely becom. |
candidate even if the Wares do
come out for Sproul. The Philadel- |
phia Ledger says to-day: "It is vio-
lating no political secret to say that
MIR. Brown is not now as close, polit-
ically, to the Wares as he was before
the last campaign" If he does the
Governor will stump the state on n
prohibition, humane legislation,
labor law and compensation plat
form and in the language of some of
his friends make the Hastings re-
volt look like a side show" In the !
event that Mr.. Brown does not run
it is believed that Mr.. O'Neil will
raise the dry" banner and with |
Pinchot aligned with him, make
typical fight, which could very we'll !
within the range of possibilities, go
beyond the primaries and bring |
about result such as the defeat of !
Beaver in 1882. In that year it will |
he recalled John Stewart ran indie |
pendently and Robert f. Pattison |
became Governor, and was talked of !
as Presidential possibility.
While there are some who re-
gard the appearance of Secretary of /
Labor William B. Wilson, at the |
Jackson Day dinner in Williamsport |
last night as the launching of his |
candidacy for Governor, there are
many people who incline to the be- |
lief that the cards are stacked foB
Vance c. Mccormick, who has been |
hunting what some of his friends |
call IA vindication."
The conference of Democratic |
leaders to make the slate will be
postponed from time to time because |
of Republican developments. Wilson |
would make a fine candidate on a
capital and labor issue, but McCor- /
mick men say his health is not ro-
bust, while they assert the national
chairman is healthy, wealthy and
wise.
Attorney General Browns charge
before the Supreme Court in the
Snyder appeal argument yesterday
at Philadelphia that the Governors
appointments could have been con-
nrmed if he would have agreed to
dismiss the chief law officer of the
Commonwealth recall some of the
sensational things said at the close
of the session. Senator Penrose
pr omptly denied any knowledge OF
any such thing. but Mr.. Brown, i'm
an interview. reiterated what he had
said in court.
Judge John Faber Miller, OF
Montgomery county, has been pre-
vailed upon to become a harmony
candidate after all. Col. Louis A.
Watres and Lieutenant Governor
Frank B. McClain. to say nothing of
Secretary of Internal Affairs Houck,
will also answer to that call.
Calling in of state police for a
Lackawanna county towns Council
meeting would be a'good thing 20
bear in mind next time the Demo-
cratic leaders get together in this
city to discuss the dry" amend
ment. Between the prohibition
amendments and the demand for a
discussion of candidates before the
primary the Democratic windmill
sometimes misses a few strokes.
The Women's party is to meet
in Philadelphia this afternoon to