The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
PINCHOT WINNER
OF NOMINATION
FOR GOVERNOR
Late Dispatches Indicate
He Has Beaten Alter
George Wharton Pep
per Has a Long Run for
United States Senator

United States Senator
Philadelphia, Pa, May 17.-Gifforo
Pinchot has apparently won the Re-
publican nomination for governor OF
Lnnsylvania on the face of unofficial
.Ireturns, w. Harry Baker, secretary
OF the state Republican committee,
declared this afternoon. Baker said
that unless Allegheny county gives a
larger majority than his advices indt-
cate, no doubt but that inchot has
carried the state. Pinchot was op-
posed by attorney general Alter.
First Returns
Philadelphia, May 17-(By the AS
sociated Press. .)-Unoficia returns of
the vote from 5,591 districts out Of
1884 in the state for the Republican
nomination for governor, cast at yes
terday's primary show that Attorney
General George Alter has lead over
former Forestry Commission Clifford
Pinchot of 23,616. With six districts
missing in Philadelphia and figures
from 1,070 out of 1916 districts in
Allegheny county which includes
Pittsburgh, Alters total in the state
is 425,5 and Pinchot's 401, ,91S.
Figures from 4,746 districts in the
state out of 1884 for United States
senator to fill the unexpired Penrose
term. gave George Wharton Pepper
425,S and Congressman-at-large W.
J. Burke 234,214.
Results Very Close
Philadelphia, May 17.-(By the AS
soeiated Press. THE race for the
Republican nomination for governor
of Pennsylvania at yesterdays pri-
mary election between Attorney Gen.
eral George E. Alter and Clifford Pin
chot, former state forester, was one
of the closest in years. Complete fig
ures probably will be necessary to de-
termine the winner.
With nearly two-thirds of the state
heard from early today, Alter was
leading by little more than $4,000.
The returns included all but six dis
tricts in Philadelphia, an Alter strong
hold, and more than one-half of Allie
gheny county in which Pittsburgh is
located and which is the attorney gen.
erals home. The majority of the
precincts are outside of Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh and Pinchot ran very
strong, and additional returns are ex-
pected to very materially reduce AL
ter's lead.
On the other important contest in
the Republicans ranks, Senator George
Wharton Pepper, of Philadelphia, in
cumbent by appointment by the gov
ernor, won by a substantial majority
over Congressman-at-Large William ].
Burke, of Pittsburgh, for the nomi-
nation for United States senator to
fill the unexpired term of the late
Senator Boies Penrose.
Senator Peppers Democratic oppo-
nent at the. November elections will
be Judge Samuel E. Shull, of Monroe
county, who was unopposed for the
nomination.
David A. Reed, of Pittsburgh, who
was unopposed for both the unexpired
term of the late Senator Philander C.
Knox and for the full term beginning
next March. will be opposed by Fred
B. Kerr, of Clearfield, nominated by
the Democrats for both places, also
= without opposition.
John A. McSparran, head of the
tate grange, will be the Democratic
opponent in November of the winner
the Alter-Pinchot race for COVER
or. McSparran was nominated with
-csout opposition. Both sides were claim
ing success for their candidate in the
gubernatorial race but Alter support
ers had reduced their estimates ma
terially. Until late hour last night
they predicted the attorney generals
nomination by plurality of 150,0 ,000
This morning their estimate was
100000. Last estimates showed that
Pinchot was leading in 81 of the 67
counties in the state. Alter was ahead
in Allegheny, Dauphin, which includes
Harrisburg; Delaware, the home Of
Gov. Sproul. who supported the attor-
ney general; Fayette, the home coun-
ty of Senator VIM. E. Grow, Republic
an state chairman; Green and Phila-
delDhia counties.
Figures received from 5,O65 dis.
tricts out OF 1884 in the state gave
Alter lead Of 25.293. The vote: AL.
ter. 407,705, and Pinchot. 382,412. Phil
adelphia, with six districts missing,
gave Alter 1886. and Pinchot IT.
279, and 664 districts out OF 1916 in
Allegheny gave Alter 74,2S2 and Pin
chot 36101.
Senator Pepper received the largest
vote of any candidate on the Repub-
lican ticket. With 4,467 districts
heard from, HIS vote stood at 405, ,003
against 223.296 for Burke, lead for
Pepper Of 181,807.
For lieutenant governor the Repub-
licans nominated David J. Davis, OF
Lackawanna county, and for secretary
Of internal affairs, James F. Wood.
ward, of Allegheny county.
There were close contests in sew
eral congressional and legislative dis.
tricts, but thee count in those coun-
ties was slow because Of the interest
In the fight for the Republican guber-
Material nomination