Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-31
boys may realize that more and still
more help is coming from the home
base.
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

orBdHlzdIlOn OF the Eagles III E'lLLS-
burgh this week is being followed
with the closest attention by the
scouts of the Democratic state wind
mill because it is generally believed
that the details of the plans for the
new Bonniwell machine inside of the
state Democratic machine will be
workeQ out Judge Bonniwell is
said to have met Democratic lead
ers from several counties at Pitts
burgh and to have found much up
port for his scheme to overthrow the
Palmer Mccormick crew.
Judge Bonniwell is also said to
have heard from men in q score of
counties who have agreed to name
committeeman to work in his inter-
est apart from the Democratic state
organization. 1t is believed that the
judge has taken a leaf out of the
reorganization bosses book and is
laying his plans to turn on them
after his defeat in November and to
demand that the party in Pennsylva-
MIA be purged in the interest of re-
form, light and purity, themes up
on which he can probably find con-
siderable editorial matter on file IN
Harrisburg.
Charles B. Lenahan, the Demo-
cratic Wilkes-Barre lawyer, who has
a boom for Supreme Court justice, is
busy In western Pennsylvania and
some of the friends of Justice Fox
are inclined to think that State
Chairman Mclean should keep his
not let the Palmer r-McCormick-ap-
proved justice be sandbagged.
Reports are that Senator Will
liam e. Crow is gaining daily in
strength and that his recovery is no
longer doubtful.
Prominent Central PennsyIva-
ria Republicans will accompany
Senators William C. Sproul and
Edward e. Beidleman to the picnic
at Shade Gap. Huntingdon county,
on saturday afternoon. They will
meet the party here and return from
huntingdon late in the evening.
There will be representatives of Ju-
niata Valley counties at the gather
ing. Next week the two Senators
will speak at the Lancaster County
Republican Committee meeting.
Surprisingly few inquiries are
being made at the State Department
regarding the Supreme Court nomi-
nations. There have been papers
taken out for half dozen men, in
cluding the two new justices. There
is over a month until the time for
hling such papers expires.
In view of the close friendship
between some people at the Capitol
and members of district appeal
board No. 2 at Philadelphia. the
developments in the draft situation
in Philadelphia are attracting much
interest here. The matter is now
before the Federal grand jury, and
in commenting upon the situation
the Philadelphia Record to-day says:
Bronte Greenwood Jr. is chief
clerk of the district board. Walter
willard is chairman, and by care
tully selecting new members to fill
vacancies, it is declared Mr.. Willard
has managed to keep the affairs of
the board pretty well under his
thumb. In this he has had the
assistance of Greenwood, who was
appointed to his clerkship at the
instance of Mr.. Willard. Greenwood
is now described by those in close
touch with certain of the district
board members as inclined to resent
being made the goat for the boards
failure to fulfill it's draft obligations,
1t Is declared that some of the for
mer local draft board members who
are now serving temporarily with
the district draft board will openly
night any attempt made by Green
wood and Mr.. Willard to shift to
minor clerks and stenographers the
blame which ought to be shouldercd
by themselves"
The latest DEVELOPMENT in the
Wilkes-Barre police scandal. which
is commencing to attract almost as
much attention as the Fifth ward
trial at West Chester. is a charge
by the chief of police that the head
or the detectives accepted the gift
OF a piano from woman. The de-
velopments in that city bid fair to
be interesting.
-GoVernor Brumbaugfl, who is in
Maine. is said to plan a visit to
Pennsylvania early next month to
make some speeches and meet some
friends. Rumors persist in many
sections of the state that the Gov
ernor is entirely willing to become
college president when his term
ends and that he has no desire to
return to Philadelphia.
The Fifth ward trial proceed
ings at West Chester have gotten to
thS punt where Ine QetenS0 has
started and it is anticipated that
there will be some lively testimony
in rebuttal.
According to the PHILADELPHIA
Inquirer Postmaster John A. Thorn
ton, according to advIces received
from Washington last night, will
within a few days be reappointed for
another term of four years. The
commission of his initial appoint
ment by President Wilson expired in
October last, and while his friends
have all along been confident that
he would be reappointed, the Presi-
dent'a failure to act IN his case en-
couraged his political opponents to
hope that some one else would be Sc
lected for the place. When he was
nearly five years ago,
Thornton was an active supporter of
the Vance c. McCormick-A. Mitchell
Palmer leadership of what is known
as the reorganization wing of the
state democracy. He has not figured
conscpicuously politically since he
assumed office. but his friends in the
West Philadelphia district where he
resides have continued to cooperate
with the Mccormick Palmer ele-
ment OF the Democratic organiza-
ton"
AriomS of General Foch