Evening star., 1930-05-23

All Other States and Canada.
Pinchot Comes Back.

clifford Pinchot, hopelessly defeated
IN the race for the senatorial nomina-
ton in 1926, has staged a remarkable
political comeback in Pennsylvania.
Unless the ofilcial count Of the vote in
the primary last Tuesday should reveal
unexpected mistakes In the unoficial
returns. Mr.. Pinchot has been nomi-
mated by the Republicans for governor,
an office which he held from 1898 to
1927. Ardent dry, progressive, reformer
of the Roosevelt crusading type, Gif-
ford Pinchot has had a remarkable
career in politics. His work as head Of
the Forest Service Of the United States,
under Theodore Roosevelt, first brought
ber Of the famous tennis cabinet" of
President Roosevelt and later broke
with President Taft over the policies
adopted by Secretary Ballinger Of the
Interior Department. In 1919 he was
In the forefront Of the battle to place
Roosevelt again in the White House.
2 Mr.. Pinchot undoubtedly has q strong
personal following In his State. But he
was aided in considerable degree in the
recent primary fight by the divisions In
the Republican ranks. Had it not been
for the fact that Senator Joseph n.
Grundy pulled his candidate for the
governorship out Of the race and threw
his support to Mr. Pinchot, there might
have been q very different result. Fur
thermore. had 1t not been for the wet
ticket. with former Representative Phil
lips as It's candidate for governor, Mr..
Pinchot in all probability would have
bssn defeated by Francis Skunk Brown,
the candidate Of the Philadelphia or
gaaisation. The political set-up in the
State was extraordinarily favorable TO
Mr.. Pinchot. Nevertheless he is now en-
titled to the credit for staging q re-
markable return from the political Elba
10 which he had been exiled in 1926.
The vets. who really made his nomi-
nation possible. are now talking about
running an independent wet In the
November election against MT. Pinchot.
They are likely 10 get just what they
have coming to them In that event.
The Ware organization IL not inclined
10 look with favor upon the candidate
Of faction Of the Republican party
after that faction has caused the de.
feat Of the orsanisations own candi-
date. The Philadelphia organization,
% already indicated BY some Of its
leaders. would prefer to take Mr.. Pin.
chot for governor. It does not intend
10 have q comparatively small minority
of the Republican voters in Philadel-
phia dictate who Is to be governor and
who Is not. The vets. having put the
dry Mr.. Pinchot in power, viii have to
abide by what they have done. The
Phnadelphia organisation has lived
through four years Of Gov. Pinchot's
rule In Harrisburg before and found
itself still In . live and healthy con-
dision at the conclusion Of Mr.. Pin
chot's term OF ONCE.
The Philadelphia organization has
never taken kindly to party boilers. II
. Republican 10 nominated, he Is
elected. That Is the rule in Philadel-
phia and, generally speaking, in Penn
sylvania. If the wets are counting on
making q great showing in the general
election in Pennsylvania next Novem-
ber they are on the way to be dis
appointed. They killed their goose
when they bolted Mr.. Brown, regarded
as liberal enough to suit "Bin" Ware,
and chose to put Mr.. Phillips in the
field.