The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-06
Pennsylvania.
BATTLE IS ON
GOVERNORSHIP
Clifford Pinchot Running for
Republican Nomination of
Anti-organization Basis =
Pick Two Senators.
DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL
BY MARK SULLIVAN

Indiana primary out of the way, we
can now look forward to several fair
ly crowded weeks Of similar tests of
political sentiment in widely separated
states.
The first comes in Pennsylvania, a
week from next Tuesday. In Pennsyl-
vania two senators are to be chosen.
These senators will be the permanent
successors, until the ends of their
terms, at least of Penrose and Knox.
But it is not in these senatorial
choices that the largest interest in the
Pennsylvania primaries lies. The big
fight in Pennsylvania is ON the gov
ernorship, and the chief reason for its
interest lies in the fact that Clifford
Pinchot is candidate Pinchot is run
ming for the Republican nomination
for governor on an anti-organization
basis
The Republican organization in the
state wobbled good deal in the early
stages of the fight and made several
abortive and in the judgment of poll
ticians, seriously laundering moves.
At one time there were as many as
FIVE organization candidates for the
nomination.
In due course, however the organi
zation pulled itself together and show
cd enough power of discipline to elm
mate all but one, so that the fight Is
now a square one between Pinchot
and the organization candidate, Alter.
Pinchot's Support.
While ii is correct to describe the
fight as one of organization candidate
versus anti-organization candidate, it
is also fact that large and power
ful wing Of what used to be the Re-
publican organization is now in state
of disaffection. and under the leader
ship of one of the most powerful of the
old organization chieftains, is support
ing Pinchot
1t. is because Pinchot will have the
bulk of the old Roosevelt votes in
Pennsylvania, the old Progressive
Vote and the vote of Republicans with
tendency toward independence, plus
a considerable portion of what was not
long ago an integral part of the or
ganization--it is because of this that
Pinchot is believed to have chance
of winning far beyond what would
normally be the case in a state where
the organization ordinarily manages
! things so successfully as it commonly
1oes in Pennsylvania
Democratic Harmony
In Pennsylvania, in connection with
the governorship, 1t should also be
said that tie Democrats have pulled
themselves together and have agreed
upon one man, McSparran, who is uni
versally described as the best they
could have chosen. Because of this
the Democrats believe that they may
have some chance to elect their can
didate for governor in November This
is in the nature Of things a very lone
chance. 1t has been so years since
the Democrats elected a governor in
Pennsylvania
AS regards the Pennsylvania sena.
torships. it is generally conceded. even
by the Democrats themselves, that the
men who get the Republican nomina
tion also will carry the election and
will be the successors of Knox and
Penrose
AS regards one of the senatorships
The one fro mthe western end of the
state. this situation also has simplifieC
itself to the point where there is bu
one candidate comparatively youns
LAWYER named Reed. who is a member
of the same law firm of which the late
Senator Knox was the head.
Reed Capable
Reed certainly will be one of the
next senators from Pennsylvania, anC
everybody. including the Democrat,
leaders, concede that while he is
comparatively young man, he ha!
great ability, and has it in him Il
bulk as large in the senate, after h,
has had experience as any of the vel
known Pennsylvania senators of tn,
past.
4 As regards the other senatorship
there are two candidates: One i
George Wharton Pepper. who was ap
pointed last January to take the plac
of Penrose until the end of the pres
ent session. Against Pepper there i
one candidate. a representative of raj
road labor, named William j. Burke
Burke is now one of the congressmeI
at-large from Pennsylvania. He
an effective campaigner and ha
shown himself in the past as havin
q considerable personal following.
Is commonly believed, however. tha
he will not be able to make a success.
full fight against Pepper.