Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11

that county officials should act.
Writing in the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin on labor move
ments in politics, Penn" says:
Such movements have never made
/ much headway, however, in Ameri-
can politics in past years. AS rule
their existence has been noisy and
brief. The results which they have
produced have been altogether out
of proportion to the largeness of the
commotion in which they have had
their origin. Long ago careful and
intelligent labor leaders often reach
ed the conclusion that in a nation
like ours Labor" is more likely to
lnJure than benefit itself when it
goes into politics as a distinct party.
whenever it has done so, it has
been found difficult to hold it to-
gether after the first flush of en-
thusiasm has subsidized"
Republican campaign head
quarters in Lackawanna were OPEN
ed in Scranton by a meeting of the
county candidates and general of
f1cers of the county committee.
County Chairman r. A. Zimmerman,
who presided, reported that the out
look for success is ext tremely bright
Il nave been in touch with leaders
OF the party in all sections of the
county and have had conversations
with hundreds of the rank and file
and they all are confident that we
are going to win November by a
good sized majority" said he.
-George j. Brennan, writing in
the Philadelphia Inquirer, makes
this interesting observation on sane
Democratic tendencies: "A. Mitch
ell Palmer and his colleagues of the
| Executive Committee of the Demo-
! cratic National Committee, who, at
their Atlantic City conference a few
days ago, seriously discussed n
proposition for the abrogation of
the two-thirds rule along with the
unit rule by next years Democratic
National Convention, are simply fol-
lowing in the path of other party
leaders who, when they came under
control of Federal patronage. sought
to use that power to continue them
selves in the saddle. 1t is the old
story of the 'fns' and the "outs" of
the office-holders and the office
seekers, and when the Democratic
national delegates are chosen the
issue will probably be put up square,
ly to the Democratic voters and
then be fought out first in the
Democratic National Committee and
then upon the floor of the. National
Convention. With an army of Fed
eral office holders TO rely upon,
Palmer and the others of the ad-
ministration coterie would have no
difficulty in naming the next presi-
dental ticket could they set aside
the two-thirds rule and have the
convention require but n majority
vote to name the candidates"
Prediction that Senator Boies
Penrose, among the seniors in the
United States Senate. and not only
the leader of the Republicans of
Pennsylvania, but one of the most
influential of the elder statesmen in
the narty's organization, will be a
war horse of reform, is made in an
extended article written for the New
! York Times by c. r. Michael, q
Washington correspondent and for
years engaged in newspaper work in
Philadelphia and this city. IIo
builds his story upon the victory
won by the Senator in the Phila-
delphia mayoralty and says: "Phila-
delphia for years dominated the des
tinies of Pennsylvania politics and
big majorities. have always been
given to the Republican tickle,
through the control of contractor
leaders. Durham, McNichol, and
finally the Wares. The first two are
dead, but the system inherited by
Wares, street cleaning and utility
company contractors, was still pow
erful until their sway was slightly
weakened with the election of Gov.
ernor Sproul. In the last primary
I'm Philadelphia which nominated
Representative J. Hampton Moore
supported by Senator Penrose anC
reformers, they went down to defea
and with them tho machine bull
upon municipal contracts, the con
tror of officeholderS and assessmc n
of police and fremen."
The Times says: "In an inter
view, given after his return from
the Philadelphia campaign agains
the contractor leaders, Senator Pen
rose expressed great qualification
i over the overthrow of the machine
assured the country that Pennsyl
. vania and Philadelphia would be
come models for State and municipa
| governments, anu dQQcu InaC n
wanted to devote himself to impor
tant problems affecting the welfar,
of the people-to be known as
statesman rather than q pplitica
boss. That Mr.. Penrose can TAX
front place in the Sena'N IL he dc
votes himself to legislation as assid
uously as he has to Pennsylvania
politics, is the belief of his associ
ates who look upon him as one o
the ablest and strongest men in tn
Senate. So after one of the longes
and most varied careers Penroso
honor man, at Harvard, during tn
college days of President Roosevelt
| is striving to make for himself
record as q statesman"
, The Prohibition party is dis
cussed by the Philadelphia Press a
something about to disappear.
: : says In an editorial: "The Prohibl
{ ton party seems to have waste
very valuable time at its recent con
vention in debating the question @
: to be or not to be. It is really 0
very little Importance whether fh