Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-25
INQUIRER SAYS
IT'S BEIDLEMAN
Philadelphia Paper Declares
Dauphin Man Will Oppose
the Ware Choice

The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
| predicts that Senator Edward f..
Beidleman. of Harrisburg, President
Pro Tenn. of the last State Senate.
will be n candidate against Congress
man John II. X. Scott or anyone else
for the Republican nomination for
acknowledgements. The Philadel-
phia North American to-day says
that EN-Mayor Benjamin Dimmick. of
Scranton, is being much mentioned.
The North American says that If
Mr.. Dimmick Is not n candidate. then
| Senator Edward T.. Beidleman is
considered the second choice. Labor
interests are said to be for him to
run on account of his activity in the
state Legislature in behalf of the
H'orkingmen's interests. With State
Senator Sproul. candidate for Gov
ernor. coming from the east and
James l.. Woodward, candidate for
the Republican nomination for Secrc-
| tary of Internal Affairs, coming from
the west, Beidleman's friends say
that the Harrisburg man for Lieu
tenant Governor will sfill out a we'll
! balanced ticket The attack upon
| Scott by Senator Penrose Saturday,
and Senator Wares reply. which was
the signal for an out-and- out fight
all along the line. brought to Phila-
delphia yesterday many upstate
county leaders. Senator Penrose con-
ferred with them and with local in
dependents. While no statement was
given out, it became known that
within a day or two a candidate with
the endorsement of county leaders
| from all parts of the state will come
! out against Scott"
| THAT there will be a determined
! and thoroughly organized campaign
tc prevent the nomination of Scott is
certain" says the Inquirer Senator
Fenrose has been urged to lead the
! fight against the Scott candidacy not
only by the stalwarts who recognize
/ his leadership in the party organiZa-
ton. but by independents who favor
/ Sproul for Governor but who are
aligned against a continuance of Ware
domination of the local Republican
| organization. Former Lieutenant
Governor Louis A. Watres and for
mer Mayor ]. Benjamin Dimmick. of
Scranton; former Auditor General f..
\. Sisson, of Erie. and Congressman
at-Large Thomas $. Gregg, of Greene,
are among others also mentioned for
the Republican nomination for Lieu
tenant Governor by those opposed to
Scott"
busy day yesterday, while Senator
Sproul rested on his oars after his
Swarthmore speech. The Commits
sioner made five speeches in churches.
two in Montgomery county and three
in Philadelphia, one of which caused
Tow between some church members
before >the Commissioner spoke. Mr..
O'Neil also issued a statement in
which he attacked the sincerity Of
Senator Sprouts declarations in his
| announcement.
Bring the boys home from France
to dry Pennsylvania" was the slo-
gan iterated by Mr.. O'Neil in his
speeches. His subject was announced
as Pennsylvania Part in the War"
but Mr.. O'Neil confined his comments
almost exclusively to fat-footed
declaration favoring national prohi-
! bition and statistics covering the re-
| suits of tie traffic in liquor.
The Philadelphia Press prints this
account of the row referred to:
! When ]. Denny O'Neil. state High
way Commissioner and candidate for
! the nomination for Governor. went to
| the Columbia Avenue Methodist
| Episcopal Church, Twenty-fifth street
! and Columbia avenue, yesterday aft
ernoon to deliver an address on pro-
] ilDltlOH, " lie lOutlu lndl ms pTeSellCe
! had precipitated a disagreement be-
! tween the pastor the Rev. DIR. Z. w.
Fart, and a member of the congrega-
ton. Before Mr.. O'Neil arrived at
the church DR.. Hart read an anony-
nous communication from "a member
of the church for thirty years." in
which the church was criticised for
! allowing politicians and ballotboX-
/ suffers" to speak in the sanctuary.
! In the letter the writer asserted that
! Governor Brumbaugh is a crook. Il
dent give snap of my fingers what
| the congregations of other churches
think of me sor this church." said DR..
Hart to. the congregation. 81 am try
| ing to serve God. When Governor
Brumbaugh was a candidate for the
Governorship he spoke in this
church.