Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-28
EXPECTED
TO0UTRUN TICKET
An Excessive Vote for Forester
Would Help Him In Enaoting
Legislative Program
APATHY RAPIDLY PASSING

Impartial reruhlicnn leaders who
have canvasscd political conditions
throughout the Commonwealth predicted
today that Clifford Pinchot. nominee for
Governor. will lead the ticket IN the
general election Of November :.
In other words. they said he would
have n larger vote than either Senator
Reed or Senator Pepper, tho other rrin.
ciral candidates.
The significance of this Is that such
election retuns would belof great assist.
nncc IN helping rinchot to pit: through
his legislative program anc probably
help in tho solving Of the problem Of
the srcakership Of the House.
Senate Contests Aid Pinchot
In a sense. tho fact that the Forester
would have the biggest vote would start
him of with the prestigc Of State leader
by virtue Of his leadership IN the popu.
lar vote.
One Of tho conditions which tend 70
swell the rinchot vote and lcprcss the
vote for the United States Senators /,
,h" fact that the newly formed Pro.
crcssivc Party ticket. the handspring of
which Is Congressman at Large VIII
liam J. Burke. has no candidate for
Governor. Therefore. those who VOTE
for the Burke Progressive ticket will
not strike at Iinchot. but will strike at
Senators Pepper and Reed. CT course.
it goes without saying that Senators
Pepper and Reed will be elected even
though they have the joint opposition
g ns,l x,f thn els
party. while Pinchot Is confronted only
by the Democratic ticket.
Apathy Rapidly Passing Away
Apathy in the campaign is rapidly
passing away. There is not rs m,ici,
Of that ancsthetic abroad as the pcs.
smistS make out anI one "r""
state Of affairs is the intensive cam.
pnig,ing going on in Il number Of con :
grcssionnl districts. In dozen such
districts the Democrats arc making a
determined fight. and it is regarded a.
likely that four or five Democrats will
win and thereby increase their repre-.
scntat ion in the delegation at Washing.
ton from one to four or five and pos.
sibly more.
But these congressional fights arc
bringing out the vote and in the end
will have the effect Of increasing the
rinchot vote.
These contests also aid Senators Pep
per and Reed In neutralizing the In =
tiuencc Of the Burke ndherents. For In
the contested congressional districts the
effect Is TO get out larger Republican
,, vote which Is added to the vote in other
districts. Thus. while Republican
candidate for Congress may lose here
and there, the contests force up tho
total Statewide Republican vote.
GreiSt Having Hot Battle
The hottest congressional fight is in
the Lancaster County district. where
the veteran Congressman Grrist is
having the battle of his career. lie Ia
opposed by Mayor Frank &. Musser, of
Lancaster. who has both the Democratic,
and Lancaster Party nominations. State
Chairman I!uker expects Greist to VIII .
he will probably win by a nose. Mayor
Musssr. however. is n Republican,.
Warm congressional fights also fig
ure in the hard coal counties. I.aureur"
II. Watrcs. Republican nominee. is
being hard pressed in Lackawunna
County by Patrick McI.nnc. tn" Dem.
ocra,ic choice. tongres sman Clarence
fought by John j. Casey. Democrat. in
through. The unrest created by the
strike is II factor in the coal counties.
Sometimes tn" party In power is
picked on in cases of this kind.
Democrats are m"nacing tho RE-
publicans In the Columbia -Montour.
Northumberland. Sullican district, where
Representative ]. Clinton Kline is in
danger. His Democratic opponent il
former Judge Herbert ". Cummings.
Another bad spot" for the Rrpubli.
cans is in the normally Democratic
Eerks- Lohish district. where Repre-.
sentative Fred Is. Gcrncrd is sending
out distress signals. William NJ. Croil
las tho Democratic nomination.
Representative William II. Kirk
patrick faces stiff opposition in the
Carbon Monroe Northampton district,
where there is much l,cmocratlc
strrnth and where the Democratic
candidate * Everett Kent.