Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-17

By Associated Prcss 70 Every Evening.
Philadelphia. May IT, GiForJ
Pinchot. has apparently won he
Republican nomination for gov
ernor on tho fare ~ unofficial zoe
turns" Harry Baker. secretary -
the Republican Cor0mlttceman de-
clared in statement iagued .his
afternoon.
Unless Allegheny gives a larg-
er majority that my advices indi-
cate then there IS no doub. .hat
Pinchot carried the state" tho
statement said.
Philadelphia. May f7.-Ro'urrs
from 5.G93 districts. out ~ -.a2t
in the state. gave Atforney Con
eral George r. Alter for tho re-
publican nomination for governor
at yesterdays primary a majority
of 22.29l over clifford Pinchot.
Figures including 1924 out p
430 in Philadelphia and 070
out Of 1915 in Allegheny which
includes PittsburF gave Alter
427 SOB and Pinchot 405.212.
Returns from 500 districts out
Of 1874 for the Republican noni-
nation for United States Senator
10 fill the unexpired term of ne
late Boies Penrose gave Senator
George Wharton Pepper a major
ity Of 190,419 over Congressnnan-st
large w. 7. Burke. The totals were
Pepper, 434.sOs; Burke. 244,3s9.
Senator Peppers Democratic op-
ponent at the November election VIII
be Judge Samuel r. Shull. Of Monroe
county. who was unopposed for he
nomination.
David a. Reed. Of PittsburE. whc
was unopposed for the Republican
nomination for both the unexpirec
term Of the late Senator Phnander g
Knox. and for the fun term beginning
next March. will be opposed by Fred
p. Kerr. Of Clesrf1eld. nominated by
the Democrats for both places, also
without opposition
John \. McSparran. head of the
Pennsylvania state grange. will be
the Democratic opponent. in Novem-
Der. OF the winner OF the Alter-Pin-
chot race for governor. McSparrar
was nominated without opposition.
Both sides early today claimed vic.
tory for their candidates in the Re-
publican gubernatoriaI contest. but
Alter supporters had reduced their
estimates materially. Until a ate
hour last night they predicted the
attorney generals nomination by a
margin Of 100000. This morning
their estimate was below 10000.
Latest returns showed that Pincho,
was leading in sixty-one OF the sixty.
seven counties in the state. Alter
was ahead in Allegheny. Dauphin
which includes Harrisburg: Delaware
the home Of Gov. Sproul, who support
~ N4C aNtpt l4GS EtictGA. dgetNt. fua
home county Of Senator VIM. r. crow
and Republican State chairman
Greene, and Philadelphia counties.
Senator Pepper received the larges:
vote of any candidate On the Republic
can ticket.
For lieutenant governor. the Repub-
Leans nominated David =. Davis. o-
Lackawanna county. and for secre.
tary OF internal affairs, James r
Woodward Of Allegheny county.
There were close contests IN severa
congressional and legislative districts
but the count in those counties wa
slow because Of the interest in ths
fight for the Republican gubernator
ial nomination.
Three veteran members OF the lowe,
house of the legislature went down ?,
defeat in Lackawanna county. The,
were Fred =. Ehrhardt. The eldest Re.
publican member in point Of servic,
the House; Hugh \. Dawson and "
W. Jones.
Apparently two women captured 4
Republican nomination for the legl
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