Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-30
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By the Ex-Committceman

Clifford Pinchot's personally con-
Quoted movement to organize a
movement inside of the Republican
party for election of national dele
| gates in accord with the ideas he
| holds and styles progressive"
| seems to have struck a snag as a
result of the final session of the con-
ference in the Penn-Harris yester-
| day afternoon. After it had been
| we'll organized and committees
| named to organize the movement
word was given that Senator Miles
Poindexter, of Washington, an
nounced as the star orator, would
not be here and right after that the
men at the conference got into a
| wrangle because some people had
! not put in the invitation list.
If any plan to boost Pinchot as a
| candidate for United States Senator
was intended it did not get any
| where and nothing was said about
it. Pinchot himself declined to dis
cuss it before or after the meeting
and while many of the men at the
meeting gossiped about it among
themselves everyone was waiting for
| some one else to start it.
For days there have been rumors
going the rounds that big progress
sives were not in sympathy with
Pinchot's movement and that they
not only discouraged his plan to take
the center of the stage in Pennsyl-
| vania but did not cheer over his pro-
posed national conference of pro
gressives." The general opinion
seems to be that Chairman Will H.
Hays Is running the party all right
and does not need much assistance.
In any event the failure of Senator
Miles Poindexter to get here added
to this talk.
The close of the conference was
stormy. Several of the men objected
to the declaration of purpose as not
containing enough peace material
and it was finally ironed out, but
in the course of the discussion sew
eral men took occasion to say that
they did not propose to have the
progressive" movement used.
Robert c. Bair, of York, de-
clared that the progressive move
ment" must not be "hamstrung by
a factional fight in Philadelphia
which may extend to other counties
and Magistrate Robert Carson
charged that the men who engi-
neered the conference left off the list
tried and true "progressives" and
intimated that factional influences
were behind this action. Chairman
A. Nevin DIETRICH denied any such
intentions, but Carson returned to
the charge so vigorously that the
meeting was hurriedly adjourned.
The general impression in Har-
risburg is that the small showing
made by Pinchot among the Bull
Moosers and the absence of the COM
me fN1tY ma @F L,
was disappointing to the former for
ester. 1t is believed, however, that
the group around him will insist
upon keeping him in the limelgiht
and that there will be considerable
noise between now and the delegate
election next year, that is If any
thing will be heard above the
din and crash of the contending
Democratic factions which have al
ready started to tomahawk each
other.
Capitol Hill is awaiting with
considerable interest the appearance
of Clifford Pinchot as a member of
the State Forestry Commission. Mr..
Pinchot qualified a short time ago,
but has not yet attended any meet
ing. The Commission is scheduled
for its monthly meeting tomorrow
ent 1t is probable that he will start
an extensive inquiry into the methods
of the department, which by the
way, have been gone into very thor !
oughly by Governor William c..
Sproul lately during his considera-
tion of the appropriations for that
branch of the State government.
What is interesting people is how
far Mr.. Pinchot will want to go in
changing the system in the depart
ment and what will be done. The
Forestry Department has a number
of plans for expansion this year and
will locate some reserves in west
ern counties.
Candidates for associate Judge
Alag nominating petitions are be-
coming numerous at the Capitol.
Among those filing are William r.
Roche, McVeytown, Mifflin; Kiah C.
Mott, Meshoppen, and Dexter w.
Stark, Tunkhannock, Wyoming:
Randall Bisbing. East Stroudsburg.
Monroe, and w. Harry Rhodes,
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