Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-31

A victory for Pennsylvania "inde-
pendent and non-controlled" electorate
is one of the outstanding opinions as to
the result of the primaries which gave
Clifford Pinchot another chance for the
governorship and made Secretary Davis
a candidate for Senator from the Key
stone State. Not every one finds rea-
son to praise the results, and many
differ as to the significance of the pro-
hibition issue in connection with the
vote.
"One might almost say that Pennsyl-
vania wins" remarks the Houston
Chronicle, calling Secretary Davis "a
plain man of the people and honest"
and describing Pinchot as "able, alert,
honest and capable" The Duluth Her
aid AYERS that 'the Republicans Of
Pennsylvania have chosen wisely. not
only for their own sake, but for the
country's sake" while the Syracuse
Herald concludes that zone explanation
of the apparent contradictions in the
Keystone result lies in the fact that
labor at both ends of the State threw its
support to Davis and Pinchot."
THE feature of the election" accord
ing to the st. Louis Globe-Democrat,
was the strength indicated for Mr..
Pinchot. Another feature that will in
terest many was the strength developed
for Senator and governor. But the
greatest triumph of all was the returns
indicating that the rejected Mr.. Ware
is still the corner stone of Keystone
State Republicanism."
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Former Gov. Pinchot," declares the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, repre-
sents definitely the liberal element in
the Republican party and the opposl-
ton to the organization, typihed by the
Philadelphia candidate and his war
board" On the subject OF the prohibi-
ton issue, that paper advises: 1T is
sufficiently appealing to be a determin-
ing factor in many political situation.
But 1t does not follow necessarily that
1t can in itself dominate and control a
State election" The Bulletin also
states: "By and large, the winning can
didates in the senatorial and guberna-
torial lists are aptly to be described as
popular, liberal, non-organization APP
peals, and their jority
in one case, plurality in the others
to be identified as the expression of an
independent, non-controlled body of
voters, whose ultimate power is for the
most part latent because of lack of
organization, but is dominating when
ever personality appears competent
to marshal 1t under real leadership"
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Pennsylvania auction-block system
OF disposing OF high public office, by
some termed primary election has
been put to use again. Its chief re-
suit, as usual, proves that the primary
is no place for poor man." says the
Akron Beacon journal. That 1t was q
fight Of wealthy men is the comment
OF the Rock Island Argus, and the
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the States golden primary" The
Cincinnati Times-Star feels that "con-
ditions are very mixed in the greatest
Republican State in the Union" and
the Asbury Park Press thinks that
hundreds of thousands of Keystone
State voters have proved that they are
Embossed" The Raleigh News and OBJ
server suggests: Davis or Grundy?
It's mere toss-up. In the case of
Pinchot it is a matter of observing
that Lady Luck waves freakish wand
in politics sometimes-even in Penn
sylvania."
That Senator Grundy's defeat twill
not be displeasing to the people of
the backward States" is the belief of
the Texarkana Gazette, which also sees
in the nomination of Pinchot evidence
that "Pennsylvanians are tired of
present-day politicians"
Extremists on both sides of the pro-
hibition question" says the Pittsburgh
Post Gazette. will undoubtedly try to
read conclusions from the Pennsylvania
figures which the facts do not warrant.
It played a part in determining the
outcome, of course, but 1t was only
one Of many issues. and the test on
prohibition was neitf sr clear-cut nor
| decisive" The Erie Dispatch Herald
asserts that "the size OF the vote polled
by the wet css-,i i,tss will undoubtedly
hearten them to renewed effort" The