Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-19
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course. is counted on by the Alter
leaders as being ''safe" for the At
torney General. But If there is one
thing Mr.. Griest is noted for in State
politics it is in playing safe
Therefore. Mr.. Griest. instead of
booming Alter with the vigor of an
Organization enthusiast. is sounding
sentiment He wants to find out
what the people really think and Pin
chot leaders say he is being answered {:
Sentiment is for Pinchot three to
one Griest is sounding sentiment be-
cause his own candidacy for re election
is at stake. Last fall Griest's candi-
date for Mayor and twenty -four out of
the twenty seven Griest candidates for
Council in Lancaster were defeated. 1t
was the first knockout of the kind the
veteran leader had received. Hence he
is fixing his own fences, and in the
Fisher Men for Plnchot
Similar conditions prevail all over
the State. say Pinchot men, now that
the Fisher and Pinchot voters are
working together against the candidates
Of the bosses.
Pinchot headquarters got word from
Pittsburgh today that an Allegheny
County Pinchot Committee had been
organized with John y. English chair.
man. English when a candidate last
year for District Attorney polled So.
600 against the united organization
William Finn says that Alter will be
lucky. even with the help Of a united
organization. to carry his home county
by $1,000.
The organization needs bigger ma :
jority than that in the Western county.
1t Is declared. il Alter is to overcome
the rural sweep for Pinchot.
David ID. Davies. who was secretary
Of the Fisher committee in Allegheny
County. is secretary of the PinchOt
committee. Mrs. Mary Finn Lawrence.
daughter of William Finn. is treas
urcr.
\ straw vote taken in the Office and
shop of Paul $. Reeves & Co.,
smelters. 141j-25 Catharine street.
showed 100 per cent for Pinchot. The
Forester has been indorsed by the
Bricklayers' Union of Harrisburg and
also by the Central Labor Union Of
that county. DIR. George Edward Reed,
former president of Dickinson College.
is among the latest accessions to the
Pinchot camp.
Mr.. Pinchot is campaigning In AL
toona and vicinity today. He spoke at
n luncheon held by the League of Wom-
on Voters at noon and will address
mass meeting tonight.
Realizing the tremendous gains being
made in the interior counties by Pin
chot. Senator Ware and his chief whips
are working night and day to lash all
the controlled votes possible into line
for Alter.
Ware leaders are just beginning to
appreciate the fact that the Forester
is going like house afire in the rural
districts.
Consequently they are working TO
roll up n big vote in Philadelphia so that
IL Alter loses in the rest Of the State
Philadelphia $ machine will push him
over the line just as it did in 1910
when John X. Tcner was a beaten can
didatc outside the county line.
Women Prove Fractions
Senator Ware is having troubles in
this intensive campaign. And the
women. as was shown by yesterdays
demOnstrati ion when number of Mrs.
A. Il. Iarmon's followers called on him
and Harry A. Mackey and demanded
their rights" are acting pretty indie.
Those VINO followed Mrs.
Harmon, whom Senator Ware has dcs-
ignated as the Ware leader of the
women, are exhibiting signs of inde-
pendence that were not counted upon
in organization circles.
Then, too. there Is dissatisfaction in
other quarters. notably in tho Thirty
eighth Ward, where the former Penrose
men, under Councilman Cans. and the
Ware men, under Deputy Recorder Ben
ham. are at daggers' points.
With that condition in mind, and
faced by the necessity Of piling up
big Philadelphia vote for Alter, Sena-
tor Ware is giving his personal atten-
ton to the local campaign. Ward
leaders are being called in and urged to