The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

ROOSEVELT Will
Fight PEyROSE
Colonel to Take Stump for
Pinchot in Senatorship
Campaign.
THREE-c0RNERED FIGHT
With Palmer as Mr.. Wilson's Candi-
date. President May Enter
Pennsylvania Field.
THREE -CORNERED FIGHT

The light in Pennsylvania against the
reelection Of Boies Penrose to.the United
States Senate Is expected to develop int
campaign of nation wide interest The
Underwood tariff act and other policies
OF the Democratic administration viii be
Kept to the front as issues and at least
three of the candidates for the Senator
ship are conspicuous figures in national
politics. The outcome is also expected
directly to affect the political future of
Col. Roosevelt as well as that Of Sena-
tor Penrose. The fight on Penrose,
probably, will be the most bitter political
contest Pennsylvania has witnessed IN
recent years.
Penrose will be opposed in the pri-
maries as well as at the election. Rep
resentative W. d. B. Ainey, of Mont
rose, Pa, has announced that he Will be
a candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion and has planned Statewide stump
ing tour. Ainey was elected as a Pro-
gressive, but has stood with the regular
Republicans in the House. Penrose ex-
poets to have easy sailing in the pri-
maries. II his nomination is assured
the lineup for Senator will be: Boies
Penrose. Republican,: Clifford Pinchot,
Progressive. and A. Mitchell Palmer,
Democrat.
Palmer Backed by Mr.. Wilson,
In the primaries Pinchot will not be
opposed as the candidate Of the Pro-
gressives- The leaders of the anti-Palm-
er faction in the Democratic party say
they will have candidate against
Palmer and that they can defeat him.
This appears unlikely as Palmer be-
came candidate at the instance OF
President Wilson and the support Of the
National administration is expected to
assure his nomination.
The fight against Senator Penrose will
raLya int, h.,
stump speakers First and foremost Of
these orators will be Col. Roosevelt The
Progressive leaders in Pennsylvania say
they have arranged with the colonel to
spend at least two weeks on the stump
speaking for the Progressive ticket. Col.
Roosevelt will have good reason to in
wade the Keystone State.
Pinchot Is his personal friend and was
one of the most influential figures in the
second Roosevelt administration. Even
Roosevelts enemies concede his strength
IN the keystone State. He carried II by
more than 5000 plurality, over Mr. Will
son. President Taft running a bad third.
II he can defeat Penrose he win again
have demonstrated his strength with the
mass OF Republican voters. which, his
friends believe, will strikingly emphasize
his availability for the Republican nomi-
nation for President in 1916 He is ex-
pected TO attack Penrose in true Roose-
yeitian fashion every time he mounts the
stump.
The candidacy of Pinchot has attracted
much attention esaong POLITICIANS in
Washington.
The understanding here is that he is i
making the race at the request of Col /
Roosevelt The Pinchot campaign will |
be directed by William Finn. who man.
aged the campaign for Col. Roosevelt in
Pennsylvania in 1872. /
In A Mitchell Palmer the Democrats
believe they will have an aggressive can
didate. Palmer is regarded as a repre-
sentative of the Wilson administration
on the floor of the House He has die |
tated, practically, all of the Federal
appointments in Pennsylvania. including
postmasters, and this distribution of
patronage has made him many enemies
He had intended to be candidate for |
governor. but at the request of Presi-
dent Wilson announced as a candidate
for Senator.
Tariff Act an Issue.
1t is the plan of the President to make
the Underwood tariff act an issue He
insisted that Palmer. having been active |
in its preparation. as a member Of the !
Ways and Means Committee, and in
urging its passage through the House, |
was the Pennsylvania Democrat best
qualified to defend the new tariff system |
before the people. Several of the mem
bers of the Wilson Cabinet as well as |
leaders on the Democratic side of the |
House and Senate, and. possibly, Presi- |
dent Wilson himself, viii make speeches /
in Pennsylvania in support of Palmer's |
candidacy.
Senator Penrose has made ii clear that |
he will make his fight for reelection on |
national issues.
Pennsylvania will elect a full State
ticket from governor down, members of
the House at Harrisburg and twenty-five |
State senators, as well as United
States Senator and thirty-six members
Of the House at Washington. There will /
be three-cornered fight all the way
through. as both the Progressive and
Democratic parties, as well as tie Repub-
licans, will have candidates for every
Office.