Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

and men who are many times mil
lionaires. The manufacturing interests
have rallied around their old chief,
Grundy. But against him are the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the public
utility interests. The Melons are back
ing Grundy, while "BilP' Ware, the
Philadelphia boss, Is backing Davis and
Brown, his running mate. The tariff
is the great issue made by Grundy in
his campaign, and ne has added to this
an attack on the Ware organization in
Philadelphia. The old high priest of
protection declares that the pending
tariff bill is the worst that has been
written by o Republican Congress since
the bill of 1884. He is pledging himself,
whether elected Senator or not. to take
a Pennsylvania delegation to the next
Republican national convention, which
will work for platform pledging the
party to q new revision of the tariff
which will give Pennsylvania industries
the protection which he says they
should have.
Grundy in Reformer Role.
Grundy has violently attacked the
Philadelphia organization. He COM
pares it to a band Of robbers. 1t would
loot the State IL put in power at Harris
burg, he insists. Grundy, who has been
a manipulation of politics and politicians,
is talking like a reformer these days.
Involved in this fight also Is the old
row over the failure Of the State to i'm
pose q tax on Pennsylvania manufac-
turers.' Right there is where the Penn
sylvania Manufacturers Association and
the Pennsylvania Railroad, coal mines,
public utilities corporations, etc, lock
horns. The latter for years have main
tanned that the manufacturers should
pay taxes Just as other corporations are
taxed in the State. They believe that
such tax would lessen the burdens
they themselves have to bear. The
manufacturers, on the other hand, want
no governor who would stand for such
a law. Grundy has taken a tremendous
interest in the election of governor
every four years for long time. There
is not the slightest doubt he would
greatly prefer Clifford Pinchot as COVER
nor to Brown, backed by the Phila-
delphia organization.
The Pinchot people are more cocky
today than any Of the others. They
insist that they will come down to
Philadelphia with q lead Of 100000
cannot hope to Offset in this city OF
brotherly love and organization.
On the other hand, the Brown-Davis
lieutenants are estimating that their
ticket will carry the State outside of
Philadelphia by 10000 to $4,000 and
that it will have q lead in Philadelphia
of 10000 or more.
Mr. Davis poohpoohs the charge by
Senator Grundy that the Pennsylvania
Railroad employees are being dragooned
into voting for the Brown-Davis ticket
by Gen. Atterbury. He points out that
labor organizations throughout the
State have Endorsed his candidacy for
the Senate. All of the railroad labor
organizations have gone on record for
his election long ago, he says. Labor,
the organ of the railroad brotherhoods,
has sent o special issue into the state,
urging the voters to support the Davis
ticket and to oppose Grundy. This
issue has been circulated widely.
In q ANAL public statement issued by
him to the press for publication today,
Mr.. Davis said, In part:
1T seems quite certain that we will
achieve q notable victory. We entered
upon the fight as a united group and
we close the campaign without break
in our ranks. One for all and all for
one was the slogan adopted by Chair
man Bernard J. Myers, and, despite the