Evening star., 1926-05-09
BIG PINCHOT VOTE SURE TO AID
WARE IN RACE AGAINST PEPPER

In Philadelphia the Ware leaders are
claiming as high as 200 900 pIuralit"
over Pepper. though some of them
put it az low ss 100, 900. But Pepper
Is a Philadelphian and he has Il host
of friends there. His campaign under
the leadership of w. W. Roper. IA
nous Princeton foot ball player and
coach. and Cyrus Wood is being car
ried on vigorously. Thirty seven Of
the forty eight wards are pretty well
conceded TO Ware. In the other eleven
there is a real fight. and some Of them
will go for Pepper. it is believed. To
win Ware must go out of Philadelphia
with at least 125 900.
P,nchot Hopes Discounted.
In 1922. when Pinchot was running
FOR governor against tn, orga MIA tion
candidate, George F.. Alter. the COVER
nor polled about 119 900 votes in Phil
adelphia The prediction is made that
a great number of the voters now will
go 10 Pepper. Indeed. the estimate Of
the vote which will be cast for the
governor is placed in some quarters
as low as 25, 900 or 35, 1000.
The PinchOt leaders in Philadelphia
do not admit anything of the kind and
| some Of them are claiming az high as
75, 900 or 80, 900 votes for their candi-
date. If the governor does receive
that many votes, It will go hard with
Senator Pepper.
An estimate made here by a Pepper
Fisher leader is that Senator Pepper
will go down to Philadelphia with a
least $50. 900 over Ware. and that his
plurality may be higher. Again the
Pinchot vote bObS up as the uncertain
quantity But II is insisted that Sena
tor Pepper has made great gains In
his recent swing through 80 OF the
western counties and that Pinchot has
lost ground correspondingly.
A Fisher leader estimates that Fish
or will go TO Philadelphia with $4,000
plurality over Beidleman. He is op-
rimistic All kinds of claims are being
made by the various ma nagers regard
ing what the Beidlema Fisher vote
will be in Philadelphia. Fisher has
strength there. which the Beidleman-
Ware combina ton must overcome. But
the Beidleman n people believe that he
will run with great strength in Phila
delphis and approximate TO consid-
cradle degree the vote cast for Ware.
Rumors Growing Fast.
The period Of rumors of deals has
set in, they are flying thick and fast,
Beidleman or his supporters are rep
resented as trying TO trade votes for
Ware to the Pepper people for votes
for himself. Such story was pub
lished here in the morning news
papers, but was emphatically denied
TO me by one OF the men charged with
trying 10 help Beidleman made the
! deal.
} There are rumors too. that Max
Leslie. Pittsburgh orga nizatiOn leader,
is at heart for Beidleman, although he
mas announced himself for Pepper and
: Fisher and was with them on the
platform here last night, and that
when election day rolls round many
OF the Leslie controlled votes will he
found for Beidleman.
The Pepper and the Pinchot leaders
talk constantly Of expected efforts of
the gang" in Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh to stuff the ballot boxes or 10
/ prevent. the independent and Opposi
ton voters from getting TO the polls
in time to vote. through the simple
| :, expedient OF having their own fol
= lowers take the full limit Of time al
. lowed each voter in the rush hours
, Efforts are being made by the Pep
per people in Philadelphia TO have the
number Of polling places increased in
some of the wards and districts 10
prevent such practices. One thing is
sure the number Of watchers on
hand will be large in every district
where any attempt to pull rough stuff
may be feared.
Betting Grows Brisk.
The betting Is brisk on Fisher and
; Pepper. and since the bets are heing
covered il may be said to he equally
brisk on Reidleman and Ware.
| Mostly II is even money on the
result throughout the State. though
in some cases the odds are demand.
} ed and given on Fisher and Pepper
, One man ] met here. an arden,
Fisher supporter. has bet $50. his
| candidate will win, which shows Il
certain amount of confidence.
, The corollary Is. however. that the
r people who covered his bets are
equally sure of Beidleman.
: The Ware supporters are insisting
that the race has narrowed down tC
, Pinchot and Ware. with Ware sure
winner and that Pepper will run
third That's what they hope. at al
events. Some of them assert il As
their absolute judgment of the situ-
= alton. however.
; The Pepper supporters, ON the Other
= hand, say that ,PinchOt is losing
+. ground daily To Pepper and that
t Pinchot will he poor third. They
. refer 10 this and that worker Wht
: four years ago was in the Pinchot
$ ranks and is now supporting Pepper
, The Pinchot people, for their part
= insist the contest is between then
+. candidate and Ware and that Pepper
j. will make a poor showing.
r "Yob pays your money and yot
, takes .our choice.
A coll ,ction Of 5000 skulls. som,
: dating from the year Be. is pos