Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-06
PeGit;co H.
Pe~~a4Asa~ia
BY the Ex-Committeeman

brother ofsGeorge S. oliver, presi-
dent of the Pittsburgh Chamber of
commerce. as a member of the
:, Pittsburgh city council yesterday, in
the face of opposition of Mayor E.
V. Babcock and friends of Senator
Max G. Leslie, is quite the most in
teresting features of the weekend in
Pennsylvania politics. 1t has possi-
nN't'es which are as broad as the
defiance of Mayor-elect j. Hampton
Moore Us Republican leader of
Philadelphia by Senator Edwin II.
ware at the meeting of the Repub-
/ lican city committee, which was dis
counted to certain extent
There has been plenty doing in
keystone State politics this week
which started off with Senator Boies
Penrose in serious state of health,
but he Is now out of danger and get
tlng ready to go away for q rest
! until after Christmas The Senator
| Is under orders to leave State and
! National matters severely alone. An
nouncement that Governor William
G. Sproul was to be one of the two
Governors invited to address the Re-
publican National Committee at it's
| open session in Washington next
week was something which caused
much discussion of the Pennsylvania
! Governor in othep states. The Gov
ernor has been given the Penrose
proxy for the committee meeting.
Then came the split In the Wilson
cabinet and reports that some of the
Presidents advisors were not in
| clined to recognize A., Mitchell Pal
mer's leadership. This caused the
rear guard of the anti-Palmer forces
to perk UP and talk about next Mays
/ Democratic delegate elections.
The Ware speech at the Repub-
lican city committee meeting i'm
Philadelphia has been looked for
lately. Congressman Moore has not
been paying much more attention to
the Wares than to the independents
in selection of his cabinet and there
have been mutterings from both
sides. incidentally, it may be noted
that, in spite of the Ware objections.
the Philadelphia city charter does
not hurt so much. The city office
holders are legislated out of politics.
but Ware has most of the county Of
hces and there is nothing to prevent
them continuing to function as
very strong machine. At any time
there is the chance that the new
mayor may recognize a Ware man. |
Moore is n capable politician, who
served as city treasurer of Philadel- |
phia and knows the game, having
ambitions withal.
Relative to the Moore-Vare tilt |
in Philadelphia the Record of to-
day says:
Senator Vare's address before |
his Republican City Committee, on |
Thursday was discussed at great !
length yesterday in political circles. |
The speech was interpreted by many |
leaders as a challenge to the new !
Mayor to a show down fight for con- |
troll of the city organization. Dur |
ing the day Mr.. Moore made the fol- |
lowing statement:
The headlines made it appear |
that Senator Ware and Mr.. Lane !
have issued challenge to the |
Mayor-elect. 1 do not so interpret |
what was said at the City Commit |
tee meeting yesterday. The sugges- |
ton that there should be a reor- |
ganization of the Republican City |
Committee is not new. 1t was made |
by me during the campaign and is |
now being seconded by Senator |
Vare.i I am in favor of a reorgani- |
cation of the committee so that it |
shall be thoroughly representative |
OF the Republican party, but am |
not worrying about any challenge. |
as the representative of all the peo-
pie and he will perform it fearless |
ly and without dictation. He is now |
selecting directors who are in SYM
pathy with him and his purpose to
give the city a clean administration,
1~f !" will continue on that line |
until the task is complete
This Interpretation of Senator |
Wares speech was later indorsed by |
Senator Ware.
"'Mr. Moore's understanding of |
Republican City Committee said |
Senator Ware, is entirely correct |
There wasn't any challenge to him
or anybody else.
My reference to the city en-
ployes was for the purpose of keep |
ing a lot of good men out of trou-
BILE by warming them to comply |
with the new charter law"
The Philadelphia Press Wash
ington dispatch to the effect that i
Congressman Arthur G.. Dewalt will !
be candidate for Democratic Ma
tional committeeman against James |
I. Blakslee, assistant Postmaster
General, who is seeking the mantle |
of A. Mitchell Palmer, has created |
some stir in Democratic circles. 1t |
comes right after the reports of |
cabinet dissensions and may be the |
start of an anti-Palmer faction |
move. There have also been stories
that Joseph f. Guffey, who fell in |
between in the recent gubernatorial |
primaries, would like consolation in |
the shape of the National committee |
seat.
Governor Sproul will leave Hot !
Springs within a few days on his |
die of the week at Washington and !
will not get here in time for the |
opening of the Constitutional Com |
mission, as he will address the Ma
tional committee.
The Governor will have to name |
two judges and two water supply |
commissioners soon.
Federal announcement of the |
candidacy of A. W. Duy, the Column
bia county Republican leader for |
Congress in the Sixteenth district |
has heartened the Republicans in |
that section and he will start an en-
ergetic canvass. Duy came within 160
of defeating Congressman John V.
Lesher, and even Democrats now ad- |
nit that Lesher is pretty close to |
the line.
Col. George Nox Mccain is re-
suming his upstate surveys in the !
Philadelphia Evening Ledger after
much writing about possibilities of
dire conflicts growing out of the last
Legislature. He says that State |
Chairman William E. Crow is a
political pacifist' and that the |