Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23

the Democratic nominee for Senator,
Sedgwick Kistler.
Mr.. Pinchot asked the liberal party
why, after having made a deal" with
the Democratic nominee for Governor.
Hemphill, it had abandoned Hemphill's
running mate, Kistler, who, If the
plans of the liberal party were sincere,
should have been the principal candi-
date on the ticket"
Liberal Party Replies.
To this the liberal party replied:
THE liberal party was able to per-
suade John Hemphill to become its sole
candidate for office only after the pub
lic-spirited action of Kistler in urging
Hemphill to accept. The liberal party's
reason in having only Hemphill on its
ticket Is obvious.
Secretary Davis, in our opinion, Is
a sound candidate for the United States
Senate Mr.. Pinchot, on the other
hand, in our opinion, is menace to
industry, employment and the con-
tinuation of the sound policies of the
Republican party. Finally, Mr.. Pinchot
openly stands for the fanaticism and
tyranny of the w. C. T. U. and the
Anti-Saloon League, for neither Of
which, in our opinion, Secretary Davis
stands"
And that's that, in its answer to Mr.
Pinchot, however, the hberalists dis
close what is becoming more and more
apparent as the campaign progresses
That is, the Republican opponents Of
Mr.. Pinchot shouting for repeal Of the
prohibition amendment, are using that
reason as a cloak for their opposition
to Mr. Pinchot's program relating to
the public utilities and the railroads.
Mr.. Pinchot has been attacking the
Public Utilities Commission Of the
State day in and day out. He has
charged over and over again that the
public utility interests and the rail-
roads are favored at the expense of the
consumers of light and power and the
people who must use the railroads. He
has charged that the Pennsylvania
Railroad, through the letting of con-
tracts to Philadelphia organization
leaders and their friends. has gained
control of politics in this city. Mr..
Pinchot proposes to remedy all that
He would do away with the Public
Utilities Commission and provide for
an elected board to deal with the pub
lie utility rates, etc.
Denies Radical Charge.
Mr.. Pinchot says, in effect, that the
public utility exploiters are trying to
make it appear that he is attacking
legitimate business in Pennsylvania;
that he Is a radical and not to be
trusted as chief executive of the State
Pinchot denies these charges and points
to his record as Governor Of Pennsyl-
vania from 1922 to 1925.
Mr.. Pinchot has charged that the
Philadelphia organization has caused
the city to go into debt to the tune of
$500, 900 900 and that a great deal Of
the huge debt has been due to the
cost plus" contracts which the or
ganization let to the Ware Construction
Co., to Hall and to Cunningham and
to others of the organization and for
which the taxpayers of the city viii
have to pay. Is it any wonder that
the Ware organization is ready to knife
Mr. Pinchot?
The loud howls against Mr.. Pinchot's
dryness continues. For example, visit
to the anti-Pinchot headquarters finds
a huge placard, saying, vote Wet and
Help Honest Hemphill Hit Hypcrasy."
Quite alliterative. But these howls are
covering UP less and less the real issue
in this campaign, which is the determi-
nation of the Pennsylvania Railroad
represented by its president, Gen. After
bury, and the big public utility interests
to prevent the election of Mr.. Pinchot.
It is quite true that there are large
number of honest-to-goodn wet Re-
publicans who believe that Mr.. Pinchot
should not be elected because he Is a
dry. But they are permitting them
selves and their issue to be used by the
big utility interests to help defeat the
Republican candidate for Governor and
by the Ware organization, which does