The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-16
TRY TO GET THE
JUMP ON PINCH0T
Democrats Open Pennsyl-
vania Campaign Dur
ing Hot Weather
ISSUE CALL FOR COIN
Pinchot Resting Up in Prep
aration for Strenuous
Summer Struggle

HARRISBURG. Pa, July Is
renrsylvania IL going to have ite
0rst midsummer campaign for the
goyernorship IN more than 40 years.
Thp new managers of the demo
cratic state committee have decided
=, hegiu speeches on July Is and to
gaep going until November. Clifford
y.uchot's plans are TO open the re-
publican campaign In August. Be-
tween the two parties the Keystone
. state will have more politics than IL
i+s had for a long time. For 4
,1uple OF decades the politics, with
fho execution Of n year or two, have
been more or less factional. Now
they are on party lines and there are
not going to be very many dun mo-
ments.
While Pinchot IS taking n vaca-
'Iou off the New England coast pre-
paratorv to meeting men from all
over the state and outlining his leg
islative program at his home near
Milford, the democratic managers
WIN send John A. McSparrsn, his
democratic rival, out to talk to the
farmers. Pinchot will probably take
10 the rural counties within month
Roth candidates are showing a dis
position to stay out of the big
cities Tluchot wants TO hold his
big lead upstate and McSparran
wants to shake Il. Pinchot counts
on the votes Of the cities coming to
him naturally. McSparran believes
he can make such stir In smaller
communities that Il will affect the
cities.
Democrats Open Campaign.
The democratic executive commit
tee at It's meeting here decided 10
start the campaign next week and
10 have a high party conference
here next Thursday, at which a gem
eral attack on the republican con-
duct Of affairs for 80 years will be
launched. clifford Pinchot has taken
the edge Of this somewhat by call
ing for a legislative investigation OF
financial affairs and by pledging
himself 20 carry through reorgani-
7aiIon OF tho state government,
which was the keynote of his sue
cessful primary campaign against
the state organization. He has made
common cause with the republicans
who want to clean house on Capitol
HIll. and the republican organiza-
tlous in various cities and counties,
while holding aloof since the pri-
mary. are showing signs of falling
into line.
Gov. william c. Sproul. whose ad-
ministration has borne the brunt OF
a number Of attacks. has sent a let
ter TO heads OF departments OF the
state government asking chiefs TO
give all information desired by Pin
chot and dis associates on his COM
mission TO study the state finances
Pinchot made ten-strike by his
stand against assessment OF office
holders and its effect has not been
lost upon party leaders.
Want $4,000 Fund.
While the republican campaign of
financing has not been announced,
having been held over for a couple
OF weeks for selection OF committee
men TO look after the money end,
the democrats have come out with
call for $4,000 in small sums from
the rank and file of their party No
one expects them to be able to con-
duct the extensive mail advertising
and speaking campaign to reach
every voter they promise for that
sum, but it's a good talking point
owing to the big sums PinchOt had
~ sn@rd 20 heat the state crgen!:c
ton which backed Atty.-Gen. George
F.. Alter in the primary with tens Of
thousands Pinchot sent a postcard
TO every one of 1000, 900 voters, an
unhclrd OF campaign stunt.
one of the unusual features OF
the democratic campaign is appear
ance in the leadership OF sons and
grandsons OF men who filled high
places when democracy dominated
Pennsylvania, one is a grandson OF
governor of the fifties, and another
son of Col. James Kerr. who fig
ured much in Pattison days, and
: backed by Bryan I'm 1908. became
national committeeman. Palmer.
Mccormick, Morris and others who
were chieftains in the Wilson days
are unheard OF now.
The gubernatorial campaign is not
70 be the whole show, however, there
being signs of lively senatorial cam
balgning already.