Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-02
Day Attacks
Alter Candidacy
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This. TO me. is the only and the great
Cs; drawback.
ANY man. no matter what his past
record. personal or in Office. who would
allow himself to be put up as candi-
date in the way Mr.. Alter was. through
tie contractor forces of the State. Is
not man who can be trusted. The
Republican machine is n wonderful or
Plantation. but it has its lines so tightly
drawn around the candidate that It
advocates that he is absolutely pledged
70 do what he is told
"Tle machine has its hands out for
the road contracts. for tho offices in
state and county departments and in
any other way in which State money
can be spent. Its Governor, il elected.
viii have 10 hand out the contracts.
Is that the way in which the woman
voter who you say is non partisan
and an Independent will wish her tax
money to be spent?
agree with you that to the worker
tools are necessary. but they must be
good tools. You do not mention IN your
letter MIR. Alters connection with the
prohibition question. 1t is on record
that it was through Mr.. Alters influ-
ence upon the Governor that the Mar
tin bill of last year was turned down
and the Woner act introduced and
passed.
The Woner act has not proved itself
success. It wus passed for the liquor
interests and has proved to be their
grcatcst friend. 1t is so worded that
III Congress should change the alcoholic
content allowed in liquors to II higher
percentage. the act would change auto.
matically. Is this the kind of Iegisla.
ton that will absolutely prohibit the
liquor traffic?
Mr.. Pinchot- Unfettercd
AS for Mr. Alters opposition to
| suffrage. that is n past question except
for the fact that the opponents of won
an suffrage and the opponents Of prohi-
bition are practically the same. I in
Sist that at the present time the Ques-
| ton is not solely that Of fitness. but of
| the voters OF the State who nre back
Of the candidate, and surely the Re.
! publican Organization throughout
| Pennsylvania that is back OF Mr.. Alter
! IS not the organization that we should
| follow.
Clifford Pinchot is an entirely un.
bought. unpledged candidate with the
highest record for efficient. economic
administration in both Federal and
State service and with no discredit Of
! tho Organization to cast its shadow
over hia career.
Good News for PincI,ot
Charles +. Wright. former State
! Treasurer and Republican leader of
! SuSuehanna County. came to the city
today and reported to Pinchot head
quarters that the Forester is running
FAR ahead of Alter in the country dis
trlc:s for the Republican nomination
for Governor.
When Senator Penrosc was alive Mr..
Wright was one of the recognized State
4 Republican leaders.
/ IF Senator Penrose were about. :"
said Mr.. Wright. ''he would laugh at
the antics Of the p;gmy bosscs who are
travelling about in his shoes. They seem
to think no one is Republican unless
he is lined up with the so-callcd Or
ganzation--thnt you are outside the
reastworks.
That is foolish. And the answer ls
that the real Republicans in my county
and in other counties, including men
who followed the leadership Of Penrose,
are working for the nomination OF
! pinchot. and they are confident he will
! be nominated and elected.
The nomination of Mr.. Pinchot will
can Party. Personally. ] have q
friendly feeling for Mr.. Alter, but his
nomination would be wonderful spur
~ the Democrats. The way to get a
Republican victory in November and to
defeat John A. McSparran, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor. is TO
nominate Pinchot.
I'r to Voters TO Show Strength
y hope that the real Republicans
OF Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will join
with the Republicans in the interior of
the State and make Mr.. pinchot' $
nomination certain.
'In n good many ways il is ND To
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to 90 to
the polls. May lf, and show the
strength they undoubtedly have
Mr.. Wright intimated he had heard
from strong Alter leaders that the cam :
paign OF tho bosses IL In bad shape and
that they are becoming desperate,
Alter headquarters in the Bellevue :
Stratford issued long statement
eulogizing the Attorney General They
also announced that Mr.. Alter has been
indOrscd by number Of prominent men
Among these Gre Samuel NJ. Nauclain
president OF the Baldwin I,ocomotiv,
Works. who announced that he had re
fused to join the Pinchot campaign: W
Freeland Kendrick. Receiver of Taxes
and a Ware leader, and Murdoch Kend
rick, who was chairman of the Moor,
Campaign Committee in the las
40 sal al,