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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1914
Page
9
The Telegraph Printing Co publishes each evening except Sunday from the Telegraph Building at 216 Federal Square. J Stackpole is press and treasurer, F R Oyster secretary, M Steinmetz managing editor.
The Patriot accuses the Democratic and Washington parties in Pennsylvania of sharing no aims despite similar methods. It argues Wilsonist democracy seeks power and reform while Palmer and McCormick seek Washington party votes, warning Progressives and Bull Moose voters may desert. The piece labels Democrat pursuit as honey for the Progressive fly.
Dispatches from Peking say English use in China is expanding rapidly with millions adopting the language. The piece notes Chinese logic and ideograms shaping concise communication and suggests English could spread alongside American institutions and culture in Cathay.
An essay on language change and a note on progress in English usage open the page. The State’s appropriation for the Federal Building advances after Kreider and Penrose efforts, with a focus on parcel post space. A public conscience column warns of social vices and praises reform efforts as vital to national renewal. Harrisburg faces tree destruction versus Buenos Aires tree planting, urging a shade tree commission or empowered official action to curb mutilation.
The piece explains how a night crew guards a Derry street reconstruction site with red lanterns, patrols, and careful lighting to prevent accidents. It notes the extensive safety operations and the value of equipment under watch, plus updates on Dr. R. C. Shaw and local political and civic news.
Pinchot tours Seventeenth district this week while Penrose plans June and July speeches in Sunbury Huntingdon Johnstown and Pittsburgh. Palmer and McCormick push western counties in July despite opposition to start dates. Dimmick declines independent bid but stays with the Republican ticket. Moore Scolds Palmer over tariff remarks and Lehigh Republicans back the party's slate. Senator Penrose predicts a Republican landslide in November.
Judge J H Reed of Pittsburgh spent days at the seashore while Dr Nathan C Schaeffer addressed Lycoming county teachers in Williamsport. Dr C P Hexamer of Philadelphia, a familiar name, was reelected president of the German American Alliance. J C Hayden, retired coal operator, turned 80 as a band serenaded him. A Merritt Taylor, Philadelphia Rapid Transit commissioner, relinquished money making chances to study transit issues for the city.
The Wilson tango dedicated to the present administration moves with patterns of progress and hesitation. One step forward, two steps back, then a side step marks the routine.
Washington reports at nine this morning that an assault on Burn Side was repulsed at midnight. Front lines show little activity with nightly skirmishing to probe positions and assess changes.
From the Telegraph June 8 1864 the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of Good Templars assembled in Harrisburg today. Gas consumers who fail to pay last quarter's bills by Friday will face darkness with gas flow halted unless they accept penny dips as a substitute.
Citizens urge The Telegraph to press officials for action. They cite locomotive whistles at Enola yards, motorcycles racing in uptown streets, and unsafe traffic in Wildwood Park drives. Residents call for immediate rules to curb nuisance and prevent accidents.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger exposé argues that modern primaries reward money over merit. It notes the Democratic governor hopeful spent about $33,000 on nomination costs and similar sums by others, calling the system scandalous as expenditures cover only nominations and the real campaign remains unfunded.
Isn't it a pity That we'll lose so soon Many of the roses That we have this June? Seems to me that this year We've so many more Than we've ever been blessed with In the years before. In the town and country Everywhere one goes Every little garden Has at least one rose. If you're fond of flowers Take some trolley rides. See the wealth of roses Blooming on all sides.
The platform is assailed for sycophantic praise of a national hero and for pandering in the campaign, with a dragged in Colombia clause to please Roosevelt. It omits support for extending the discredited primary system, signaling a drift away from the Washington party rather than firm conviction.
The piece highlights rifts within Philadelphia politics with Dimmick aligned against Democrats and the Philadelphia organization seeking its own way. It notes retirement plans of Charles P. Donnelly, ongoing Bull Moose tensions, Montgomery County pushing for woman suffrage, and Congress receiving mail on a trusts speech. It frames party tensions as rising earlier and quotes a moral aphorism from Matthew 6:38.
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