Evening star., 1922-05-18
LEAD OF P|NCHOT
OVER ALTER STILL
STEADILY GAINING
Returns From 1852 Districts
Out of 1884 Show 6,842
Majority.
BY the Associated Press,

| PHILADELPHIA. May 1S-A
steady increase in his lead over At
torney General George E. Alter for
the republican nomination for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania was main
tained today by Clifford Pinchot, for
! mer state forester. VINO was promi-
| nent i'll the progressive party move
ments led by Theodore Roosevelt in
1912 and 1914. Pinchot jumped into
the lead early last night. when about
1000 of the. 1894 districts in the state
from Tuesdays primary, and nearly
every additional district heard from
during the night increased his ma
jority
Returns from 1882 districts out of
1884 election districts in Pennsyl-
vania in Tuesdays primary so far
tabulated show majority of 6.S42
for Pinchot over Alter Pinchot's
total was 49S.353 and Alters 491, ,511.
Lead Expected to Grow.
Pinchot obtained his lead from dis
tricts outside of Philadelphia and AL
legheny county. in which Pittsburgh
is located. and as most of the missing
districts aEa-in sections where Pinchot
showed the greatest strength his ad-
vantage was expected to grow as
more returns were received
Outside of Philadelphia and ALLIE
gheny Pinchot's vote in the 1908 dis
tricts was 324.51S against 190.037 for
Alter. The latter carried Philadelphia
by s3.04s. and in Allegheny, with a
few districts still to be heard from,
he had a lead of 43.794. the total vote
in these two counties being: Alter,
297.766, and Pinchot. 170,924
Alter. according tho npoficio1
turns. carried only seven of the sixty
seven counties in the state. in addi-
tion to Philadelphia and Allegheny,
the latter his home county They
were Dauphin, in which Harrisburg is
located; Delaware. the home of Gov.
Sproul; Fayette. Greene and Elk.
Alters Supporters Concede.
Alters supporters have conceded
Pinchot's nomination, and estimate
today of his margin of victory ran
from ten to twenty thousand.
Women played big part in the re-
suit. Hundreds of them were in the
thick of the campaign in all sections
chot.
Pnchot women's committees were
organized in nearly all the large ci-
ties. and many of them toured the
state in his behalf. Mrs. Pinchot. in a
statement today, said IL was the wo-
men who had brought about the vic
tory.
Thanks Woman Workers.
1T is impossible to express what we
owe to the woman workers." she
said. 1T Is the thousands who faith
fully performed every possible serv-
ice that has brought victory. 1t was
not only the leaders, but those in
the everyday walk of life, who went
from house to house in town or
county. canvassing for Mr.. Pinchot
that brought about the final result.
1t is springtime and there has been
many a postponed housekeeping that
my husband might ride to victory
Zone thing has been very noticeable.
The women work entirely on prin-
ciple If they think a certain candi-
date the right one and a man who
stands for the proper ideals. they will
spare nothing to make him successful.
The men cling to parties and ties of
friendship, but the women have
proved by their wholehearted support
that they believe in clean honest gov
ernment."
Pepper Has WalkOver.
United States Senator George Whar-
ton Pepper had a walkover in the
only other contest in the republican
party, defeating Representatives.
large William j. Burke for the nomi-
nation for the unexpired term of the
late Senator Penrose by a big ma
jority. Unofficial returns from
- So,,ontoa-tt, D,-o