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SWEEPS
P .nnSYLvAhIIA
Defeats Alter For Republican
nomination Fer Governor.
SEVERE SHOCK To BOSSES
Attorney General Carried Only Five
Counties in the State-Pepper and
Reed Named For w. S. Senator

Philadelphia. May rs Sweeping
over The stale un Il iiiaI wave of re-
seutlurnl against ,Ni~tin. conditions
in the commonwealth. clifford I'incfot
Pike county forester Won the Republic
can nomination for governor in Tues
days primary eirrtiun 10y i plurality
lIHu rNeHlua!l; Nilt be in excess OF
%n,WM This MAS admitted by w
Harry Baker. secretary uf the state
rUnnlit1te.
An Indication nf The manner in
which HE forester swept through the
state is found in The fact that he car
ried ~ out of The GO counties. His
opponent, Attorney General George +
Alter. Won in his home county Of Nile
ghenN. but by ANA iorty AWAY below
predictions: he Won in l'hlIhcir:ii;i
with n similar retS rlion. In addition
tn these he carried Dauphn, f'ayeti,
and WeStmoreland. All other counties
rolled up nai"r;:t-. f.'r pinchot which
continued =, .c",.>, a. IL. licureS >trn
ed int" ,,.r..;l ,artrr~
Pin,h,,t'> Victory VA, r"ncrGcd b!
SecrrlH"N H:;:ilei' ami G"Vrr!lnr SprnlI
I.:.trr HE iinl,i;f!er. accompanied by
Mrs iinclir1 visited Baker ri the
headquarters "f The state committee.
where th"N Wrr, told The "r@anZa! ;Gn
would be >"l!diy behind him i'll his
tiGEtt for election against John A. Ne
SiarrHn. the choice Of HE Democrats.
Victory prrchcd upun the htIlnerS al
l'inriinl bAcaIi>t Of L r0lul,:naii ion al
peculiar circumstances thai made The
sllan@r>l Kind of political htdftInWS
He capitalized itle women Vote: he
made the most nf the progressive sen
timenI still lingering in the state since
the days of Colonel Roosevelt. and
finally he Joined hands with Joseph
Il. irundy. president of the Penn>yI
Vamia Manufacturers Association
whose oWn candidate. John :. Fisher
was forced out of the race by Govern
or Sprnul and The senatorial combine
. Governor Snroul lost his home com
lY Of Delaware. despite his truce with
The m:tcliiup OF John j. Mcclure. il
Tue city % Chester. In the city Alter
went over with Il fair ma .inritN. bnt IN
HE country districts Pinchot SWept
everything and quickly overcame lii,
lead piled up by the Mcclure or@aui
Zatinn.
Senator Eyre not only lost Cheste.
county To rinchul, hut he wis defeat
eel himself in his fight or the state
committee. Eyre was one of the sena-
al
Sproul in his effort 10 pun Alter over.
Up in Schuylkill county the machine
of State Treasurer snyder and Paul
ll"uck WAS routed, despite the fact
.tlat on the final day of the campaign
Alter toured the county and delivered
impa>Sioned appeals for support.
Lieutenant Governor Beidleman and
Secretary Baker did little better than
hold their own in Dauphin county.
They managed to turn in a ma iority
hut il was mere fraction of what
they expected for The attorney gen
eraI.
As for Philadelphia. Senator Ware
received the surprise of his life when
he saw the Alter lead dwintile below
100000. Prior TO rhe election Ware
leaders confidently predicted Alter
would carry The ciTy hy at least 12J.-
600. and they We're locking for 40. 900.
senator George Wharton Pepper
won The Republican nomination for
the remainder of the PpnroSe term
over Congressman William !. Burke
by Il ma joriIy of 2lO.0OO
Because of the support he received
from organized labor and the elemen1
of service men di>Sat listed with Pep
ror'> stand ON the bonus, Burke pollei
Il surprisingly large vote But at &c
time did ii Threaten the senator. and
II was apparent from the beginning
chat Mr.. Pepper would he nominated
by :; large majority.
Major David Reed. of Pittsburgh
had no opposition for the unexpired
portion of the Knox term. For the
full term of six years his opposition
was negli gihe and he romped away
with The nomination.