Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-10
||O'P[AY|NG'
ROLE
! inchot to Explain What
vMsans by Middle In
Harrisburg
|ARoEs MUD. SINGING

H}p 1on4l Fred Taylor Pusey. chair
ef the Alter Campaign Committee
"a ~ comedy aspect to the contest fol
"a nomihation for Governor today when
61ked rinchot to define his charges
lfsgularities at Harrisburg.
~ especially interesting in the
N the latest disclosures by Auditor
Dl Lewis to the effect that the
Treasury in April Of last year
~ IN apparent cash shortage OF
Than $25 200.
1ea Colonel Pusey proceeds to get
54n under the troubles Of the State
SoanDrer. who nt the time of the al
$SoRed shortage was Harmon kepbart
n ~ who IL now one Of the leading AL
gfes supporters. by asking II the Cover
nor can run the State Treasurer Of
\ ice, which Is All elective office.
iA Plnchot has already answered this by
K Seeelaring that MS Governor he would
Z IKE thorough examination Of the
, Anances of the State and keep a check
"a them, even though. technically. the
eDees Of Auditor General and State
1Seesurer are Independent of the office
q Governor.
Pusey's Statement
Colonel Puscy's statement follows in
part;
"Mr. Pinchot. you have been going
mp and down the State charging IN an
indefinite way all kinds Of criminal Of
lenses, Irregularities. and errors In the
a6airs of Pennsylvania.
I'VE are now In the last week uf ,h"
campaign. 1t is time the people of
Psnnsylvania knew whether your words
elng true, or whether you are just a
political denagoguc and fakcr. Why
don't you cut out gcncralitlcs: Why
don't you give accurate facts and fig
Information. of the things you can
correct and propose TO correct rs Gov
ern0r? Why don't YOU put you. cards
ON the tESle so the people can see
whether you have a real deck or are
enly blufbng?
.Cut out the manufactured stuff. the
paid for propaganda and POISON gas
stun and tell the people what you know.
tf anything, of the affairs of the gov
arnment in Pennsylvania. Tell us what
you have learned or know Of Pennsyl-
vania. from the brief and oc,asiona!
visits you have made to the State in
the last nine years.
DO you know of any wrong doing,
hreeularity or emhezzlcment in any
e1ecutive or administrative branch of
the State government. other than ypur
own, the Forestry Department. over
which the Governor OF PENNSYLVANIA
Las jurisdiction or control?
DO you know which are the execu.
etve or administrative branches of the
0tate government responsible to the Gov
Iernor! DO you believe. if elected Gov.
GgnOr, you can hope to run the Lcgis-
leture. the State Treasures department,
;eAe Auditor Generals department, the
Oepartmcn; Of Internal Affairs and
ether elective Offices of our State gov
ernment. chosen by the people:
Ever Hear Of Any Graf?"
Did you ever know, or even hear.
\ - any graft, irregularty, improper
xavoritism or preference in connection
With any State contract or the expen-
sditure Of any State money in any de.
partment save your own:
Take roads. health. mines. banking.
insurance, constn bulary, agriculture,
weIfare-any Of them. Mr.. Pinchot, |
the people are tired of your mud sling
tug. They want facts. if you have them. /
o<herwise you may expect the peopie, |
~ they will, to silence you on May lG. |
y Have you any constructive policy Of !
government? You have not told us, al
though you nave. in general way, /
attempted to become the beneficiary Of
the commission appointed by Governor
Spr0ul to consider and recommend
needed improvements in State admins.
tratiOn.
''What has been your business. pro-
tessi0nal or governmental experience.
Sutside of your interest in forestry!
You complain of cxtravagunccs and SAL ,
ory grabs and yet your own Depart
ment of Forestry leads all other de-
partments IN the proportion of increases
o. expenditures ana YOU personally
benefited by II $4,000 salary grab.
''Whcre would you economic? Give
~ the details. if you have program.
What recommendations would you make
~ your first message to the Legisla.
ture?
& You say your are honest well. ,
aren't most men honest?
'lsn't George T.. Alter as honorable, ]
fearless and abe rs YOU are? In fact.
lint he far better equipped by knowI-
edge. experience. temperament, judg-
ment and common sense to be Governor
~ PENNSYLVANIA than YOU are"
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