Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-15
Poeitic4 i~
Pe'e~e4Go~io
BY the Ex-Committeeman

mltteeman and alien property Gus
todian, is going to take from his
Ilabors at Washington and for his pro-
longed sojourn in Philadelphia. 1t is
nothing more or less than the activ-
ity of friends of Ex-Judge James Gay
Gordon in boosting him as a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for Governor.
Some. time ago there was much
talk of Democrats opposed to ma
chine rule calling upon Michael ].
Ryan to leave the Public Service
Commission and lead his party in the
coming gubernatorial contest, his at
titude since the last election having
been such, in opinion of his friends,
as to test the sincerity of the dom
inant faction in it's professions that
1t is for a united party. Mr.. Ryan,
however, is said to have other ambi-
tions than running for Governor, al
though he says he is thoroughly in
terested in the work of the Public
service Commission to which he has
peen giving assiduous attention.
About two weeks ago the Demo-
cralc bosses had scheduled a con-
ference on the banks of the Potomac
to make slate for the Democratic
voters of Pennsylvania. 1t was not
held and the bosses said that they
We're awaiting the outcome of the
Republican scrap which the Demo-
Gratis believe will give them the state
as occurred in 1882 and 1890. How
ever, about the time that the Poto-
mac conference was called off there
were reports that along the Delaware
and the Schuylkill there had arisen
a demand that James Gay Gordon
be called upon to lead a reunited
party, it being contended that if the
bosses were at all sincere in their
profession of party unity was their
sole desire they would take the ia
nous attorney over whom they had
run their roller in 1912 and who had
taken it with unusual cheerfulness
and lined up behind Wilson.
The bosses would like National
Chairman Vance c. Mccormick to
seek ''vindication." Such candidacy |
would insure campaign funds.
According to Pittsburgh people
Commissioner ]. Denny
O'Neil will not announce his candi-
dacy this week, but will wait until /
the twenty-fifth when a big dinner
is to be given in his honor in, Pitts !
burgh. For some days there have
been reports that Mr.. O'Neil would |
announce this week. The postpone |
ment of the announcement is notI
without interest. Senator Sproul is |
not likely to say anything until Mr.. |
O'Neil says something.
Senator Ware added to the in |
terest in his position last night by
asking why Senator Penrose, who
did not vote at the Republican pri- !
mary, should pick a slate. This is |
in line with the Ware announcement |
that Penrose and his forces can not /
vote at the Republican primary and
means fight to that end.
The Philadelphia Senator said
last night that he was being bonn
barded by friends of O'Neil with re-
quests that he support him. He is |
also being urged by Brumbaugh ad- |
ministration men to line up for
O'Neil.
In this connection it is inter
esting to note, as was done yester
day, that Senator Ware has not said
he is against Sproul and that the
continued efforts by mail and other
wise to get him to declare for O'Neil,
show he is not for O'Neil.
The big dinner to David II. Lane,
Republican city chairman for years, |
at Philadelphia last night, attracted
statewide attention. Coming so soon
after the Armstrong dinner, with
which it is said to have Wed in elab-
orateness, it was a sort of Ware rally
in Philadelphia. However, nothing
seems to have developed from it
except renewed proof of the solidity
of the Ware organization in Philadel-
phia.
Governor Brumbaugh continues
confident that he will be able to name
his own successor. The Governor is
building a platform on which he in
tends to go to the people. 1t is be-
lieVed as soon as O'Neil announces
he will be for him.
The Philadelphia Press in AM
editoriel rage review of the .guber-
natorial situation says: 1.-THE visit of
Colonel Roosevelt here on Wednes-
day and his associations with SEN
ator Sproul have brought the ex-
President into prominence with re-
gard to the campaign which he
might not otherwise have had. The
Progressives say his visit to Sena-
tor Sprouts home and the Sun Ship
building plant, of which the Chester
senator is the head, were merely ac-
tions of social character which
have no political significance. The
Penrose men say, however, that such
an aStute politician as Roosevelt
would not get himself into any situa-
ticn where his actions would acquire
political significance unless he were
deliberately trying to make the i'm
pressions his actions brought out
Secretar,' Of Labor William b. Will
son is D Nz1ger being considered as
the posS Democratic candidate
for Governor of Pennsylvania in the
next campaign. 1t is understood
that several reasons exist why he
will not enter the primaries.
Neither Vance Mccormick, Demo-
cratic National Chairman, nor A.
Mitchell Palmer, Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman. wishes to
lead the fight. Both were candi-
dates four years ago, Mccormick for
Governor and Palmer for the SEN
ate, and they feel they have done
their duty ny the party"
District Attorney George W.
Muse, of Lawrence County has made
John b. Tinsel, former post office
inspector, his county detective.
Senator Elmer Warner, of Car
bon, is a candidate for re-nomina-
ton.
A Media dispatch says: "Al-
ready there is talk of Senator
Sprouts successor in the State SEN
ate. 1t can be said that ]. Lord
Rigby, of Media, will be a candidate