Evening star., 1922-06-11
KEYSTONE RE|NS
TAKEN ENTIRELY
BY OLD GUARD
Pinchot Has Choice of Lone
Fight or Accepting
Fellowship.
COMMITTEE H0NORS
TO BAKER AND PEPPER
Must Abandon Assessments or I
Run Separately" Says
Ex-Forester.
BY n. O. MESSENGER.

PHILADELPHIA, June 10.-As re-
suit Of the selection by the republi-
can state committee today of w.
Harry Baker to be state chairman
and United States Senator Pepper to
be national committeeman, the organ
ization machinery Of the republican
party in this state is completely in
the hands of the regular, or old-line,
republicans. Consequently. 1t will de-
volve upon Mr.. Pinchot to decide for
himself whether he will cast in his
lot with the regular party organiza-
ton or play lone hand.
This does not mean that Mr.. Pin
chot and his faction are ostracized.
On the contrary the hand of fellow
who for obviously utilitarian reasons,
if for no higher political motives, de-
sire hasmony in the party. The state
committee unanimously reelected
Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton vice
chairman. and in doing so obliterated
factional lines. There are members
of the Pinchot faction on the commit
tee, but in the minority
One important fact should be borne
in mind-today's selection Of the old
line candidate, w. Harry Baker, for
state chairman. was not by the "hanG
picking" progress. This state COM
mittee was chosen at the primaries.
May 16 last. and therefore comes di-
rectly from the electorate. To be sure,
M nj
resenting the old organization, but
the salient point is that If there was
any violent and majority revolution
in the republican electorate. the time
to have shown it was when the pri-
maries were held. from which may be
deduced the conclusion that the re-
publican voters, in the mass, prefer
to run along with the old manner of
management.
Greeted With Cheers.
The difference between the old line
and the progressive style Of manage
ment was graphically illustrated by
Senator Pepper today in his address
to the committee. He said it would
be futile to deny that there are two
elements in the party-those who
rely on organization and practical
methods and those who depend upon
contagious enthusiasm in the pur-
suit of great ideals" This pointed
applause. He did not decry the ideal.
but upheld it, though insisting upon
practical organization as well.
One of the most tumultuous cpl
sodes of the meeting was when Mai.
Reed. the other candidate for United
States senator, declared that he would
abide by all decisions of the COM
bigger than the committee or bigger
than the party" This utterance
brought the hard boiled" politicians
to their feet with shouts Of applause.
Mr.. Pinchot, in addressing the COM
mittee, declared for harmony and for
team work among all republicans In
the next breath. almost. he served
pudiated the policy of assessment of
officeholders for campaign purposes
he would organize his own campaign
committee. He would not accept a
dollar of money contributed by office
holders under compulsion.
The two senatorial candidates,
while rejecting the policy of assess
be trusted with working out a fiscal
policy. Messrs. Pinchot, Pepper and
Reed were all agreed and with evil
dent seriousness and sincerity. in be-
speaking and promising harmony OF
action for all the tickets-governor-
ship, senatorial, national House OF
Representatives and state Legislative.
Deep Feeling Manifest.
That there is deep feeling between
the two factions is indisputable.
How far it will be submerged in
working to a common end, is ques-
ton. The Pinchot faction undoubted-
ly is deeply chagrined over failure to
elect it's chairman. This was
| shown sThen Joseph R. Grundy re-
fused TO agree to make Chairman
Bakers election unanimous.
To the practical political mind the
question is presented how either fac
ton can get along without the other
to avoid losing some of the candi-
dates on the state ticket. It does
not seem to. be on the cards that
Pinchot can be defeated, because the
old line republicans do not want to
let the patronage Of the governorship
go to the democrats. Neither does it
seem credible that either Of the sena-
torial candidates can lose, because
one of them, Maj. Reed, was unop-
posed in the primaries, and the 9TH
er had q smashing majority over his
competitor. But there might'be some
casualties elsewhere down the list of
candidates If the two factions resort
to the knife on election day.
| Notice was served by several
woman speakers that the women's
| vote will have to be accounted for
and that it Is not hidebound. 1t
would seem that more women in the
state committee voted for Baker, the
old line candidate, for chairman than
for Pinchots man. To Mrs. War
burton will fall the task Of concilfat-
ing her sister voters before Novem-
ber, and she Is q good republican.
No precise forecast for the future
in this state IL possible until Mr..
Pinchot demonstrates by word and
deed, whether he intends to fall in
line with the majority organisation
or play for his own hand.