Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
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BY the Ex-Committeeman


Folks around the Democratic
State windmill do not appear to be
very much disturbed by the reports
that back of the candidacy of Judge
Eugene G. Bonniwell, of Philadel-
phia, is u well developed boom for
William G. McAdoo for President.
From what they say, they look for
Mr.. Palmer to get all of the Key
stone State delegation on a favorite
son plea and they are in fair way,
from present indications, to realize
that hope. The Bonniwell candi-
dacy is not considered in the really
dangerous class, but more in the
manner of a floating mine. The
boom for National committeeman
that is being closely observed from
every listening post until the Sterl-
lng-Guffey differences on the same
G. Dewalt, of Allentown.
Dewalt has u faculty of coming
back. as the men who sent him to the
political guillotine when the Penn
syIVanla Democracy was reorganized
IN 1911 now realize, and they would
just as soon live at peace with him
as in war. They are not quite sure
whether Dewalt is really running for
National committeeman or whether
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his district, in which event they
would like to know where he will
throw the strength he has in the
state. Dewalt is regarded by some
OF the men around the windmill to
be more likely to have McAdoo be-
mind him than Bonniwell. He has
managed to get elected to Congress
three times and with two Berks
county men in the field for the DEM
ocratlc nomination this year, he may
be able to effect some com promises
which would take him out of the
Statewide fight.
One of the most interesting of
the bits of Democratic presidential
gossip that is going the rounds is
that William Jennings Bryan is being
groomed by some of the men who
were against him a few years ago.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
prints a story that the Nebraskan,
who has homes in North Carolina
and Florida as we'll, was the guest of
honor at a rather select Democratic
dinner. The Philadelphia Press,
which generally reflects the Palmer
viewpoint in Washington dispatches,
says that Palmer will wait until the
President is formally not candidate
before announcing any ambitions of
his own. 1t adds that Secretary Joe
Tumulty is backing Palmer Thus far
Palmer does not appear to have
gathered up many delegate signs
outside of Pennsylvania, but once the
President decides that he will not be
candidate he may be looked for to
be pretty busy individual.
The Philadelphia Press says edi-
torially regarding Democratic affairs
in this State: 1T has been made
evident that the faction of the DEM
ocratic party in this State which At j
torney General Palmer does not have
on his preferred list intends to throw
it's support to ex-Secretary McAdoo
for President, and get as many dele
gates as it can for him. Ever since
Judge Bonniwell shattered the Pal
mer slate at the Democratic pri-
maries last year a fight has been in
prospect. 1t is to be made for an
anti-Palmer National committeeman
not only, but on Palmer's Presiden-
tial boom as well. We shall have
merry times for nothing, as it isn't
matter of much consequence whether
Palmer or McAdoo can carry the
Pennsylvania delegation; neither can
carry the State election"
w. Harry Baker, secretary of
the Republican State Committee, has
made reservations so that Pennsyl-
vania's delegation to the next Re-
publican National convention will
have the same headquarters that it
had during the convention of 1916.
Mr.. Baker was in charge of the ar
rangements for the convention three
and a half years ago and is disposed
to take time by the forelock and get
things well in hand.
Signs of the approach of the
presidential delegate campaign are
already to be seen about the State
Capitol. Numerous inquiries have
been coming to the new bureau of
elections in the department of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth as
to the time when the blank petition
will be available and apparently
there is going to be no lack of candi-
dates among the Democrats. The
State organization Democrats have
already looked up the law and are
now engaged in industriously pre-
pairing to boost candidates for dele
gate in the interest of Attorney Gem
eral A. Mitchell Palmer. The scouts
who were out to see if any men were
apt to run for delegate who would
not be for Palmer have to start all
over again because of the National
committee place row. Present in
dications are that the Palmer men
will have more trouble with those
who want to be delegate at large
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