Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-31
The Political Mill
By C. Could Lincoln.

Before the Republicans and Demo-
| Gratis lock horns in the congressional
campaign next Fall there are a num-
Der of intra- party rows which will hold
| the center of the stage. For the most
part And, generally speaking, these
! Sonalities. In some of the contests the
wet and dry issue plays an important
| part. And generally speaking, these
| intra-party rows are the result OF the
| desire of some candidates for Office to
| get in and others to retain their seats
in the saddle. Both the major parties
| have their intra-party contests over
nominations, and the leaders are en-
deavoring to cast oil on troubled waters
in the interest of party harmony. Sem
ator George II. Moses of New Hamp-
shire, chairman of, the Republican SEN
| atorial committee, is credited with activ-
! ity in the direction of harmoni2ing these
difficulties. He has tried his hand up
| in Pennsylvania recently, according to
reports, and in some quarters 1T is
said that the withdrawal of Samuel
! S. Lewis from the gubernatorial race
was engineered largely by MIR. Moses.
Mr.. Lewis, who was the running mate
of Senator Grundy, issued a statement
! declaring that he was quitting in the
interest of party harmony. Perhaps
Mr.. Moses believed that If one member
of the Grundy ticket would quit then
the Ware faction in Philadelphia would
be willing to have one end of their
ticket, the Davis Brown ticket, quit too.
But if the chairman of the Republican
senatorial committee was looking to see
Mr.. Davis withdraw from the senatorial
race he has been disappointed.
Mr.. Davis insists he is in the race
to stay. His papers are being filed to-
day in accordance with the primary
law of Pennsylvania. Today is the last
day for filing. It's no secret that pres
sure from many directions was brought
to bear on Mr.. Davis to get out of
the senatorial contest and to stick on
in the cabinet as Secretary of Labor.
Grundy apparently is determined to
remain in the race. So the effort for
party harmony in Pennsylvania has
failed for the time being.
Mr.. Grundy and the leaders of the
Philadelphia organization are saying
nasty things about each other for pub
lication just now, so nasty, In TACT
that it leaves doubt in the mind that
these astute Pennsylvania politicians
will go into a deal after all.
MIR. Grundy is assailing the Phila-
delphia leaders and Gen. w. w. After
bury, Republican national committee
man and president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad charging them with plotting
to debauch the State treasury. 1t is
quite likely that the organization and
Mr.. Atterbury will have something spicy
TO say about the king of the lobbyists
before very long.
David Kistler of Lock Haven, Pa.
Democratic candidate for the Senate
is seeking to raise the question of Mr.
Davis citizenship in Pennsylvania, or
the theory that he was appointed Sec
retary of Labor from Illinois. Mr.
Kistler's contention, If sustained, woulc
make Mr.. Davis ineligible for election
as Senator from Pennsylvania. But Mr.
Davis comes back with public state
ment to the effect that he went e
Pennsylvania when he was z years old
that Pennsylvania has been ms home
for 40 years and that for the last ~
! years he has voted regularly in the city
of Pittsburgh. This last fact seems te
make the Kistler suggestion merely idle
talk The Davis supporters charge thai
Kistler is putting out the assertion thai
Davis is not a citizen of Pennsylvania
to help out Mr.. Grundy. They go fur'
Their and say that Kistler is GrundI
handpicked Democrat, engaged IN the
tanning business and STANDS wltf
Grundy on the tariff. Mr.. Grundy, the
Davis people say, has been seeking x
line up the Democratic organization II
his favor as we'll as Republicans, In
his efforts to obtain the senatorial nom
nation.
The Republican organizations ir
philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harris
burg are lining UP for the Secretary
of Labor, according to all reports, whlcf
is likely to make things rather dif1cuI
for Mr.. Grundy. He has started GU
to lambaste the city organizations ant
to charge them with corruption. For
mer Gov. Pinchot, who is seeking thu
pubernatorial nomination, Is engaged II
: the same pastime. The suggestion keep
bobbing up that sooner or later Grund.
and Pinchot will become running mates
And the old story is revived that II
1922. when Pinchot was elected gov
,, ernor. Grundy threw his support Il
him In the end.
Both Davis and Grundy have opposi
ton in the senatorial race from anotheI
quarter. A wet, Francis H. Bohlen, {
member of the faculty of the Universit!
of Pennsylvania, is seeking the Repub
, lican nomination, too. He is sub
! stantial citizen. How much he will at
: feet the so-called major candidates II
: this race remains to be seen. He ma.
! succeed in bringing one or both o
question. 1t is likely, however, that n
!, will draw as much strength from ont
candidate as from the other.
Before very long, If both Mr.. Grund.
!; and Mr.. Davis continue in this race
i Secretary Mellon will have to come on
! for one or the other, or declare neu
! trality. He has been lined up with tn
! Grundy- Fisher faction, and it has gen
orally been supposed that he woult
I tna CSrnndV-T ,Qwic ticket Prob
S ably he will do so. 1t is not likely tina
: Senator David A. Reed, strongly aligne'
: with the Melons will relish particularly
the election of Secretary Davis to tn
Senate. Both hail from the western
4 end of the State and in the future thi
! might weigh against Senator Reed
4 However, If Mr.. Mellon backs MI
= Grundy in the senatorial fight ant
: Davis wins, what happens to the pc
!. litical prestige of the Melons in Penn
4 sylvania? Here and there it has beef
: reported that the Melons were draw
r ing out of the political picture of thei
q own preference. If that be the case
. it is rather too bad for Mr.. Grundy a
t this particular juncture. Davis has tn
r Philadelphia organization and he
widely popular in Allegheny County
The mayor of Pittsburgh is one Of tn
important Republican leaders in tina
section who has Just come out strongly
for the Secretary Of Labor.
: The campaign in Illinois for the Re
publican senatorial nomination is on it
! last lap. A week from Tuesday eithe
Senator Deneen or Mrs. Ruth Hann
/ | Mccormick will be the party nominee
Both are in the State and eXtremel
: active. Mrs. Mccormick has seize
7 upon the World Court issue and Ia