New Britain herald., 1930-05-20
CONTESTANTS AND OFFICIALS ANNUAL HERALD SPELLING BEE
BITTER PRIMARIES
 CONTESTS CLOSED
Pennsylvania Votes for Repub
 liCan Candidates Today

Philadelphia, May % UP)-The states voters east their ballots today to decide the bitter disputes which have divided the republican party in pcnnsylyania since the refusal of the United States senate to scat William s. Varo.
 Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, solidly backed by Ware, has gone before the electorate as q candidate for the republican senatorial nomi- nation in todays primary election. challenging the strength Of Senator Joseph R. Grundy, who was ap- pointed 10 fill Varc's place and who gained fame first as q tariff lobby lst, then as a nigh tariff man in the senate.
 Wet Ticket i'll Field The issue of Narc versus Grundy has been complicated further by the 1 injection Of q strong and militant wet ticket into the field, headed hv ! Professor Francis II. Bohlen Of the 1 University of Pennsylvania law school, running for the senate, and Thomas w. Phillips for governor
 Further, there has developed & contest equally sharp and even more bitter between Clifford pinchot. for mer governor, and Francis Shunk Brown, = year old Philadelphia lawyer, seeking the gubcrnatorial nomination.
 ! Vast interost centcrs in the mat fer of how much strength Grundy van muster in Philadelphia in the face Of the opposition of the strong y-entronChcd Ware organization; how many votes Davis can draw in western Pennsylvania, where ". l.. Mellon has turned the power of his organization to Senator Grundy; and what the independent forces led by the aggressive Pinchot will be able 10 do for their standard bearer in the face of better organized opposi- ton.
 
 Grundy IS making his bid in cam- paisn speeches largely upon the tariff issue and a promise to stand by the prohibition plank as written into the republican platform at the Kansas City convention.
 Davis. opposing him. has attacked Grundy's record, argued for q tariff I, ,tri- rather than Of manufacturers in mind. and has promised to follow, in tho matter Of prohibition, tho rec concentrations Of the Wickcrsham commission.
 Bohlcn IS 'Wringin- wet" and pro claims prohibition the question of maJor importance in American life.
 All thrco have made spirited cam- palEns with many speeches Davis haT made four and five addresses in a single day. Today. as the cam- palgn}ng ended and tho voting be- gan. Bohlen and the wet organiza- tlon claimed they would como into Philadelphia with 2 lead Of 150 900 votes and would hold their strongly organized opponents even in the city.
 Davis Claims Victory
 The managers Of Secretary Davis campaign predicted victory for him hy 250.000 votes. They believed he would carry Philadelphia oycr- Whelmjnsly, record a heavy vote in tho coal regions and make inroads OH the Mellon organization strength in western Philadelphia Grundy did not reduce his nre. dictIons to figures but sad Reports from all parts of the l state show that ! will be nominated | !. in tomorrow's primary by yery l substantial lead over both of my op | poncnts.'
 | In addition to senator and sorcr | nor, full ticket Of state officers | on" judge Of tho suprcmo court on, | Of the superior court, q third of th, l state senate and an entire genera l assembly will Dc nominated today | as will candidates for congress iron l the states 36 congressional district,