Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-05
.P|NCHOT WAGES WAR ON
PENNSYLVANIA BOss|sM
Hopes to Wrcst Cubcrnalo-
rial Office From Machine
Candidate.
WOMEN DECIDING ia CrOI,
Alter. Ring Champion, CInIms Nomi-
milton. with Philadelphia for Him.
Prrss OF state Throwing Power for
Progrcssirc Republican In Contest.
lily robert j. ncnder.


CHORD pinchot. to smash the RepuD
!ican state machine and win the
Pennsylvania gubernatorinl no,nina
,ion. probably viii DO decided. After
three-day trip through Pennsyl-
vanla this conclusion stands out. and
1, apparently Is tho view OF most
Republican leaders.
For that reason Pinchot will make
his final drive there on tho owe o.
the primaries And ono OF the big
Gcst cards mp his sleeve. appearance
.: senator l.enrOnt. OF Wisconsin. on
behalf Of the antimachine candidate.
Is scheduled for that city during
the last flw days.
Philadelphia IN nusbrnr"
Philadelphia. Ike Indianapolis. has
tho reputation OF being sufficiently
boss controlled TO swing an cleo
ton ono way or another Tn. In
dianapolis vote was the fear OF Al
bert Bevcridge in Indiana. The
Philadelphia vote IS the bugbcar of
piuchOt
rinchot. making "a whirivind per
Eonal canvass OF tho state, IS cam
paigning In Pennsylvania exactly ns
H"vcr!dGc d!d in Indiana. Such ~
tho terrific finish he So making dur
ing tho last ten days that he told
me: My only tcar now is that the
speech making progta'n arranged
for me viii KIN the candidate before
he can nn!sh Tho contest"
Men and women speakers attached
10 his heahpuari"rs ure pouring into
every county and city OF rcunsyl-
vania. The Bcvcr!dec victory had
been counted upon, IL u came 10 pas.
as N" big talking poin, oi tile mai
days II Indiana can overthrow
boss control. why can't pcuusy!yania
do likewise" is the Plncho, slogan
from now on.
Is "f snmc type n. New.
on thG other hand. Attorncy-GoE-
era! G"ors. Alter. who IL opposing
r!nchot tor ia. Republican uomiua-
ton. Is not only the same type OF
."r"rnIa," rolttieian as senator
Harry Scw, % Indiana. but he Is
carr iar on much N, same sort OF
campaign II" Is making some
speeches wiil make mere from nOw
"n-but much 81 his campaign mat
ter - puJ out by his friends. one
of these. statement bearing on
huw tho State could rails" money to
meet the $40 1000 GG0 dencit which
Goyoruor Sproul IL leaving as a
heri'ng" to his successor. advocated
more money from Inheritance taxes.
How bitter the fght has become may
h" seen in Tn" headlines which greet
I'D this statement
Alter would hay" more people
die" on. Philadelphia newspaper
hlazpurd forth III IT'S headlines. KIM
the rich and saw the stat" from
Bankruptcy" the paper added. may
yet he the banner OF Attorney Gen
crai Alter"
All against Machine Leader.
Every Philadelphia newspaper.
Republican, and iGd"pcnhcnt alike.
ar" aghung Alter. y majority OF
the Pittsburgh Republican news
papers are for Alter In Indiana.
Senator New had all but one OF INC
big Indianapolis newspapers. Ecv-
.ridgc had bat four nf the influential
publications in tho State, and one OF
these. the Goshen NcwS-T Times. "a
smaller newspaper. boasts the record
OF returning from Elhhart County
onc-,"uta of Bevcridgc's state ma
jority.
Alter In Pennsylvania is tho ropu-
lar type OF politician. Huge az frame.
white haired with benign express
sion. kindly eyes aud deep. reason
ant voice. hc would attract attention
In any crowd.
pinrhot Full OF Energy.
as hir arounh ana is as ncrvously ac-
tive when sitting or standing as Alter
is passivciy quiet. Alter Is letting
his friends do the work Pinchot.
Ike BevcridSe. is doing II for him
self. | sat In at meeting P!nchot
had with his own STAFF at Pittsburgh.
Radiatiug confidence and obviously
s;raininG his nervous energy 10 its
utmost productive capacity. the tall.
Ia. tH,,ry
witt speed and decision which
could not but attract attention.
"No pcrsonalitics-but drive. drive,
drive ut machine rule" is his purpose
in the closing days of the campaign.
Don't waste time answering lies"
he directs. lust keep them on the
rum
I'VE are sure. OF every county in the
State. with the exception OF Phila-
deiphia, Allegheny Gnc!udinE Pitts-
burgh) and Dauphin Including lIar-
risburg. the state capital. where there
are some 5000 pay rolf votcs). Md
things look better daily IN these
counties"
both Candidates I'm Pittsburgh.
Some one suggested he change his
plans previously made for Il Phila-
delphia speech. May II, so as to per-
init of accepting a BOY Scout invita-
ton IN l'lttSbuTSn, which Npu'h ~ i'S
him and Alter together on the same
PLATFORM. Pinchots eyes cleaned
and he smiled broadly.
THAT suits me fine We'll switch
the date II 80 possibly can he done.
Now, what's the next thing
So the conference went, Piuchot
shooting kilograms this way ana
that 10 workers al over the State as
suggestions we're put up TO him and
approved.
Alter Makes Mig Claim.
The chances FOR Pinchot TO win
are not so favorable as those which
led me TO predict Bevcrdge could
overcome the ODDS favorinG New in
Indiana. Alter says he will carry
Pennsylvania by 200 900. Harry
Baker. secretary of the State Re-
publican machine. says Pinchot will
not carry five counties.
Pinchot is making Il direct appeal
to tho women. He has declared a
sentence of death on all saloons and
bootleggerS' activities.
Aiding Pinchot is his wife. who
says. II put myself down as Cornclia
l{rycn Pinchot. housewife and politi-
CLAN"
u Mrs. Pinchots activities have re-
suited In her coming in for attack