The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-02

I out of the campaign she managed and she crushed the Leslie-Oliver-Mage Babcock machine. She fought them
 to standstill. She wrecked one of Western Pennsylvania has ever known. To this woman goes a great | deal of credit for the defeat of the Penrose machine and, the nomination 1 the Republican candidate for Cover nor. Attorney-General George E.
 Alter went down to defeat for the Govern orship nomination. His home county of Allegheny was his undo ing.
 Mrs. Mary Film Lawrence by her
 great work cut Alters lead down so
 W1H mueh in Allegheny county that the pull hdm through. Pinchot carried about every one of the sixty-seven counties in the State except Philadel-
 Ghia and nd rottne AilegheHy: hsFo: The mold
 that Pinchot would carry a large ma
 jortty of the country counties, but the
 scheme Was to pile up enormous pluralites in Pittsburgh and Phila-
 delphia so that rural Pennsylvania could not overcome them.
 Then Ware slipped in Philadelphia. He slipped badly. His predicted count. OV % He lost sL a dozeH Wardse Wn the a His
 predicted plurality slumped almost half.
 Then the day after the primary all eyes turned to Allegheny County. It was up to Allegheny County to pro Guard'' leaders contended, that Alter must have at least 6o,0O0 or better to pull him through even on a tight squeeze. On the morning of May 17 Pinchot was holding Alter to a 4O,- 900 lead, with one-third of the coun- l ty to be heard from. All day long as belated districts came in, Pinchot | n cfe lead. When the county was com plete the returns showed Alter car ried Allegheny County by slightly less failed him. "o1d Guard" leaders had estimated he would carry Ale l gheny County iby 100000. but he got | what had been confidently expected | for him. The women did it. Mrs. l Mary Finn Lawrence was the wom- | ans political general
 Brisbane Tells Story.
 Arthur Brisbane. noted editorial writer, in a breezy parag agraph stated | the case correctly<when he said eff ford Pinchot's victory at the primar- ies in Pennsylvania was a woruan's victory: It proves that women judge character. They saw in Pinchot an honest, able man. They paid little attention to the bosses that were against him.
 The "O1d Guard' used printers ink unsparingly. They bought newspa- per space in great quantities.
 Mrs. Lawrence declares that she l. had just $500 for advertising. She says she used it the best she could
 Mrs. Mary Finn Lawrence is a l. WOMANS HAND. laughter of former State Senator Will liam Finn, of Pittsburgh, multi-mil- ionaire contrac ctor.
 A quarter of a century ago "'BilI'' Finn ruled Pittsburgh as Richard |, Troker was never able to grip New ' ork or Brooklyn. Finn was one of the greatest politicians of his day but some years ago they had an up- aeava1 in Pittsburgh one election day. |. and 'sFfnnism'' was dead thereafter. Then, when Theodore Roosevelt start sd Bull Moosing. Bill Finn became he original Bull Mooser in Pennsyl- 7ania and put Roosevelt across in this State defeating Taft. Woodrow Will son won in that fight.
 They can't keep a good man down So when Pnchot started Bull Moosing |, gainst the old Penrose gang. Finn. hrsting for a little political excite t nsnt-and some suspect for revenge gainst some old-tirne foes-h opped n behind Pinchot. Finn and his laughter Mrs. Lawrence is entitled to much of the glory of the victory. Dad" Finn hasn't said a single word rom start to finish. but there's suspicion that he also lid some mighty effective work for Pinchot.
 Finn has come back They wifi nave to reckon with him in Allegheny ,oanty once more