Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-15
FORMER BULL MOOSER'
FRIGHTENS MACHINE
Charges of Maladninistration
at Harrisburg Backed bv
Audit of Treasury Books.
ho>sr< Serve Notice on tI,, tn p,,
durc Votes Nerrs>nry
To Win.
o., Rnbcrt i U.nJc,

nli"d Ncwa STAFF corroSDyrdc-,
FiilLADEiriiIA, May Ii-GinorJ
fnichot nationally known progrcs-
siv" leader Of tn" old Bull Moose"
fhith. promises 10 com. into rhii.
d"Iphia with majority In tho bitter
sub"rna;orial campaign jus, com
pi"i"d. fiHcho;, seeding to smash
ihe 'ar-tamed Republican machino
OF P"nnsy!vania. has attracted the
interest anu concern Of old.,inc polt.
;cians throughout the country.
It's all over nov hut the voting
Tuesday and tho counting th.r.-
"iier II Pinchot wins tt will be tho
second tim" in two weeks that po-
iitical machines. heretofore believed
impresnab!", Viii have teen shat
tered by the now independence OF
the voting public. Indiana's primary
oiasted tho powerful machine Of
Senator NeW. on very rare occa-
-ions indeed has the great political
thrcsher. constructed by tho late
senator pcnrpse in pcnnsviyania
failed 10 produce Us expected har-
vest. This year. however. IN the
Gubernatoriai primary fight. the ma
chine Is wahbling. 1t has lost many
useful nuts and bolts. !, will nor
produce it's normal output. II. in
deed, It docs not break down en-
;ircly.
bitter Campaign.
Philadelphia IS the field where II
Will meet It's greatest test. VIA,
Philadelphia will produce under the
supreme efforts of the organization
leaders will determine whether
l'inchot or Attorney General George
l. Alter, the machine candidate"
vii! be the party nominee.
Not in many years has Peunsylva-
h'a experienced campaign like this
ono. For bitter personalities. whis-
pcred propaGa nda. disclosures of al
legged maladministration of the State
government and the 100 per cent &c.
uvitv Of state officials behind Al
ter. tho campaivn probably has
never seen its equal here.
That tho dramatic rush Pincho,
mas mad" in the last four weeks has
hcen turned is the claim OF The
Alter Organization. 4; the same
time, however, the organization lead
ers, within the last twenty four
hours. hav. served motto. to tho
Philadelphia machine that il will
tahe tho Quaker city to make Al
ter's victory decisive.
Pinrh"t Aggressive.
From the outset pinchot has been
on the offensive. Alter on the de-
fcnsive. For months the state ad-
ministration has been under fre be-
cause Of the condition OF tn. State
finances. In the last week Pinchot
has added fuel - these fires through
disclosures following an audit of the
state Treasury. All this. coupled
with the general administration rec
ord and the personal animosities of
diffcren: lesser leaders against Gov
"rnor Sproul. has been shouldered
upon Alter in his effort to carry
on"
This unhappy situation may ac-
count for the fact that Alter de-
clincd To respond to request of
tho United News that he state CON
cisely why wish To be Governor
Of Pennsylvania" Such are the di-
tons and tho general pulling and
hauling going on among tho ma
chine leaders around him that per-
haps Alter isn't sure he does wish
to be Governor.
Wants House Cleaning.
Pincho,. however. in response TO
an identical request, gave the writer
tins statement
II want to be Governor OF pennsyl-
vania to let in the light and clean mp