The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-24
BLAZE NEW TRAIL
IN PINCH0T RACE
Voluntary Contributions
and Auto Tours Smash
Traditions

HARRISBURG, Pa, july "a
Both the republican and democratic
state committees OF Pennsylvania in
tend to experiment on conducting
| the fall campaign in tho most oN-
teusively organized state In the union
on "A basis of popular subscriptions.
clifford plnchot has won out In his
refusal to sanction assessment Of Of
ficeho,ders and tho republican state
official body has changed the meth
DDS of thirty years. falling IN line
with the proposal that tho people be
invited Co contribute, but that no big
individual or corporate subscriptions
high in the thousand. dollar cloas be
accepted. Tho democratic organiza-
/ tioE has no office holders TO assess
| 10 N wanted To and has pertorcc to
| take what lts finance committee can
raise and candidates contribute.
some Of the old-lihc politicians, &C
| customcd to 90 after the money In
rs larr" sums ag possible, are Won
| doring how tho cash viii be secured,
but Mr.. Pinchot seems TO be confl-
| dent % success.
Another out-of-thc ordinary plan
| for the campaign. and this Is true
| OF both parties as well, is that the
candidates will make automobile
tours into every county II might be
said they propose To 60 into each OF
| the more than 500 townships and
/ the $50 horoughg as well as the 40
| cities into which PCnnsylvania ~
| divided.
Invade New Areas.
itineraries which would have ap-
! pHllcd candidates Of another EcucT-
alton are being laid out and the
automobile win take nominees
whore they have never been seen
before. Both Mr.. pinchot and John
! A. McSparran, the democratic can
didate, thoroughly understand the
rural end Of campaigning, both he
| Ing Changers and both accustomed
to speaking at crossroads.
While the prepoudcrauco OF re
publican voters In peunsylyaniA and
the fact that republican organi2a-
tions In cities are falling In line for
! PinChut after making come faces
makes Il pretty certain the forester
candidate win win. McSparran IL
"A vigorous speaker and an aggreE-
sivc personality. He is handicapped
| however, by the fact that clifford
pinchot stands ledgcd to clean
house on Capitol hill, which is tho
democratic stock in trade az well,
pinchot has the further advantage
very issue, having trounced the
state administration, most OF tho
state organization, the big city or
gani2ations and various influential
leaders at a direct primary.
Mr.. pinchot proposes 10 use the
disclosures about the way tho state
treasury was conducted as a basis
OF plea for his own election and
while some of the oldtimcrs are
shaking their heads in fear over
what the results Of trensury auditf
may do to the republican vote, the
forester says the wants the whole
truth told, so the people may know
about II ana commission him tc
straighten things up.
Strong with Women.
Behind Mr.. pinchot are somo o
the most practical politicians n
Pennsylvania and some of the mos
ardent reformers. who who wan
those who have been carrylnI
things with n high hand o. Capt.
tol hill cast down and men who be
lieve the state government needs tC
be revamped. He ~ having his owl
study made OF the financial and ad
ministratiye situations and in gen
eral is strongly supported by th'
women, who contributed materially
TO his victory at the primary
Tho republican platform viii no
come out until lato In the summer
and will emhody many OF Mr.. PIN
,h0ts ideas on state affairs ans
those Of Senator George Wharton
Pepper on on national matters. Th'
democratic platform is already out