The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-17
' CONTEST CLOSE.
IN PENNSYL VANl.A
Late Returns Cut Down Lead
Of Alter Over Clifford
Pinchot.

PHILADELPHIA, May l1.-lhe
. race for the Republican nomination
ssforS governor by George Alter anu
Ss(xffford Pinchot was ORG q u
closest in years. Complete ngures
probably will be necessary 70 n q de :
termine the winner. -
nearly two-thirds OF the
state heard from. Alter was lead
fnG8 by little more than 25,ooo.
5-Frhage returns included all but SIX
Ii districts in Philadelphia. an Alter
u STRONGHOLD and more than one MAJ
If Allegheny County, In winch
SPittsburgh is located and which is
ssthe home of Alter =,
SSss The majority Of the missing DIS
s%tricts are outside OF Phiaueiphit
~ and Pittsburgh, where P1nchot Tau
very strong, and additional hgutr -
arc expected materially to reduce
sSAlter,s lead.
ssss5Ss5EIn the only other important con
test in the Republican ranks, Sen.
sator George Wharton Pepper O
Philad elphia, incumbent Dy ap
ointment OF the governor, Won DS
"a substantial majority over CON
-at-large William j. burke
4 OF Pittsburgh for the nomlnasloh
S5for United States senator to III tne
term of the late senator
sSBoiess Penrose.
Senator Peppers Democratic op-
Sponent will be Judge Samuel :,
2Shull OF Monroe County, VINO VS.
8nnopposed for the nomination.
lsss s@ss5 3 Reed of Pitts burgh. VINO
Wa 60 unopposcd for the Republican
nomination for both the unexplred
terms OF Senator Knox and the f.tii
term beginning next March. Will p
%oDnosed by Fred 8. Kerr, Il omlnate:
sSty 1.-The Democrats for both places.
also without opposition.
sS55sETsSJoh a. McSparren, head OF the
state grange. will be the Demo
cratic opponent in November OF
tlles winner of the Aiter-P1nchot
race for governor McSparreh W. "
2Snominated without opposition
Both sides early today claimed
victory for their candidates in the
REPUBLICAN guberna torial race. but
the Alter estimates We're greatly
reduced. AT late hour last night
they predicted the attorney gen
h erals nomination by 9O.O0o. rms
$ssmorning their estimate was 30.ooe.
Latest returns showed that Plnchof
was leading in sixty-one OF the s,A-
#ty-seVen counties Of the state
Snres received gave Alter lead OF
'525,293. The5vote was Alter 4ot 'tos
and 5Pinchot 3S2.412
sss5S Senator Pepper received the =lars7
sestavote of any candidate q the
Republican ticket. With 4,46. dis
s3tricts heard from his vote stood AZ
40 .OOs against 223,296 for Burke.
StggSThere were close contests IN seF-
eraI scongressional and legislative
:Sdistricts. but the count was slow
iabecauseSof the interest in the tight
for tha Republican bernatorial
NON ination. The veteran members
the lower house went down U
$defeatin Lackawanna County. ihev
swera Fred C. Ehehardt- the Oldest
member in point or SER
ss8s1yiceE of the House, Hugh a. Daw-
s#son, and w. w. Jones: Apparsntis
SFwo won len captured Republican
for the leslSla'ure'
Miss Helen Grimes. KnoSville. Al
#1erIeny County, and Martina Spen-
Ger Of Philadelphia. Six women
were named by the Democrats Tor
tI,e legislature and two for repre-
santatiyes in Congress. The con
3tSressional nominees were Ellen
Davis lin the second district aEd
lane e. Leonard in the twenty
seventh.
u, sually light, the only statewide
contests being for lieutenant-goy-
#enor and secretary OF internal. al
fairs.
@tricts out of 1884 give after 4zo'-
534 and Pinchot 4o1,9lS.