The Washington times., 1922-05-21
.P|NCHOT WON
BY TEAM WORK,
WIFE ASSERTS
Extravaganza and Boss Con-
troll Were Issues on Which
Fight Was Waged.
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involved in those irregularities. Every
form Of juggling with the accounts
was resorted to in order to hide these
transactions. Such disclosures, con.
flrming as they did the suspicious
which many citizens had already
entertained, had a very material cf-
feet upon the campaign although
they were not in any sense used for
political purposes.
Fight Against Bosses.
The second issue affects very
low vitality of the Republican par
| ty of Pennsylvania-the question
| Of boss control. whether the party
is to be controlled by a small group
acting for their own selfish inter
ests or whether 1t Is to be deliv'
! cred to the rank and file Of the
Republican voters for the good OF
the whole. No charge has ever
been made against Alters charac-
ter. He Is everywhere conceded TO
be personally an estimable man;
at the hands Of a group OF the
boses he forfeited his right to
be considered as q servant OF the
people. and in placing his head in
side the collar put himself forever
in the class with the men who
were backing him.
! Alters candidacy picked as he
was for one purpose-that of do
feating the man who had already
shown himself to be the popular
candidate-was a clear challenge 10
the direct primary law. and the
nomination OF Pinchot a striking
vindication OF II. II is being 80
accepted everywhere.
General Alter was a man whom
they were confident OF controlliDp
and whom they thought they could
count upon to see that the spoils
were divided equally among them.
The other candidates were cyni.
cally and brutally swept aside with
out being consulted and in the last
hours of the day for filing petitions.
Alters was decided upon. and sc, 900
names were ostensibly filed in his
petitions from every county in the
State. Mrs. Barclay Warburton.
vice chairman OF the Republican
State Committee OF Pennsylvania,
issued a statement denouncing the
methods by which this deal had
been put over and telling the
women that neither she. as their
representative. nor any other WON.
en- had been included in the nego-
tiations that Ied 10 this nomination:
that 1t would be impossible for a
candidate 40 chosen TO act for the
best interests OF the State. Sena-
tor Fisher then withdrew on ac-
count OF the most magnificent self
abnegation. saying that he did so
in order that the forces OF decency
and good government should not be
divided. This left the issue clear
between the hand-picked boss can
didate on the one hand. and
Pinchot. on the other. representing
the rank and file OF the Repub-
lican voters.
| Work Of the Women.
| In the three weeks that elapsed
since Pinchot had announced his
candidacy, the women everywhere
had been getting together to work
for his election: and the nomina-
ton OF hand.picked candidate
which was so clearly aimed to de-
feat Pinchot only spurred them
with renewed efforts.
Almost over night they built up
an organization throughout the
State in every county. city, town
ship and borough. down TO the
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campaigning was done in which
practically every voter in the State
was interviewed. Almost all meet.
ings scheduled to take place before
the primaries for any purpose
whatsoever were covered with liter.
ature and whenever possible tele.
phone campaigning was instituted
TO follow up voters already pledged.
Women got automobiles together
to take the voters to the polls. In
fact every method legitimate was
used In this campaign to which the
women went as into a crusade
giving up their house cleaning and
household tabs on a slogan OF clean
house at Harrisburg which must
come first
Women and men worked shoulder
to shoulder equally on every com.
mittee: each one put over their own
share Of work in the most magni.
ficent spirit Of cooperation and
team play that has ever been seen
The newspapers OF Pennsylvania
rallied to the Pinchot cause in the
most extraordinary way and were
large factor in the final results.