Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

tNOnIlnuCO from FiFSI f.dBe.t
air remarks" in an editorial in
New York paper. He asked the Sen.
ate to keep an open mind on the
Woods nomination.
Senator Reed of Missouri disclaim-
ed any design on his part or the part
of the committee to attack Mr..
Woods nomination in the report filed
oday.
The committee report on Pennsyl-
vania, in addition to setting forth the
expenditures made i'll the primary
.ght. called attention to the practice
IF having paid watchers at the polls
md quoted from the evidence the
testimony given before the committee
&, show that huge sums had been paid
thousands of watchers Tor both
epper and Ware.
Report Describes Contest.
The report or the commIttee de-
scrlped the pennsylvania 1actlonai
.Jn.est All the t,epup.ican party, Doth
.or the senatorial and gupeThator4di
.avn1lnalIons. II sad.
"The contest between Pepper and
are was a Iactlonal contest lor poiltl-
cal control OF the state, "ased by
..epubllcan politicians III western
PENNSYLVANIA, dominated and ied py
me Mellon Iamlly and It's interests,
sa1nsr the Republican machine OF
Philadelphia, which William >. ware
.vntrolled and operated as an inher4,-
nee from the lale Senator Penrose.
Added to this purely, political con
lest was the determination on the
part of the Pennsylvania Manu1ac-
.urers' Association, a powerful a1nal-
gamation under the leadership of its
hx-, ma "
eastern Pennsylvania and an expert
enced lobbyist, Joseph r. Grundy, to
elect John s. Fisher, a corporation
and railroad attorney. and to defeat
Edward F. Beidleman for the Repub
lican gubernatorial nomination, and
thereby prevent the repeal OF an eX-
else tax on coal mined in the state, as
advocated by Beidleman, and insure
he manufacturing interests continued
freedom from all State corporate tax
alton.
About a month before the primary,
w. L. Mellon, nephew of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, met Joseph X.
Grundy by appointment in the Bel
levue- Stratford Hotel, III Philadelphia.
AS a result of this conference, Mr..
Grundy, who had previously been
opposed to Senator Peppers candi-
dacy, pledged support in exchange
for the active support of the Mellon
family and allies in western Pennsyl-
vania for his candidate, state Sena-
tor Fisher. The diplomatic talents of
Cyrus +. Woods, former minister and
ambassador to Portugal, China. and
Japan, were then enlisted by these
two gentlemen to consolidate the tick
ct and insure harmony;
Held Alliance Against Fisher.
From the testimony of witnesses
the re-Beidleman ticket seems TO
have been formed as an offensive and
defensive alliance against and after
the Pepper-Fisher coalition.
Gov. Pinchot made his campaign
without a running mate.
The primary election resulted in
the nomination of State Senator
Fisher and Representative Ware for
governor and United States Senator,
respectively.
The report then discusses in detail
the expenditures made for the three
senatorial candidates.
The expenditures in behalf of Gov.
Pinchot We're set forth as follows:
state committee ......-.....$ I1osS14
State committee. unpaid bills. 4,124
Pinchot for Senator, western
committee pittsburgh -. 4.0S5
County committees ......... 21,729
Personal expenditures by Gov.
Pinchot ................ 43,767
$1S7,029
The report continues:
I'm addition to Gov. Pinchot's per-
sonal contribution of $43.767. his wife
contributed $4,000. and his aunt, Mrs.
Charles B. Wood of Washington, $780,
600; Amos Pinchot, 5000; George B.
Woodruff. attorney general Of Penn
sylvania, appointed by Gov. Pinchot,
SIT, 500. The total contributions made
by members of the Pinchot family
represent more than 20 per cent of