Evening star., 1930-05-21
Davis Wins.


Secretary James j. Davis of the De-
partrnent of Labor has been nominated
for the Senate on the Republican ticket
In Pennsylvania, according to the latest
returns from the keystone State. The
victory of Mr.. Davis over his opponents,
Senator Joseph S. Grundy and Francis
II. Bohlen, will be variously interpreted.
But whatever the Interpretation, Mr..
Davis run in Pennsylvania is a per-
sonal tribute to himself. The vote has
indicated, as did his campaign, that
he had elements of strength which were
unexpected when he declared his can
dldacy. That he should have carried
the City of Philadelphia with greater
lead than did his running mate for
governor, Francis Skunk Brown, is one
of the surprises. For Mr.. Brown is a
native of Philadelphia and 1t was ex-
pected that the Philadelphia organiza-
ton would make a strong effort to give
Mr.. Brown every possible vote. 1t prob
ably did so. But Mr.. Davis received
over thirty thousand more votes In the
city than did Mr.. Brown.
The nomination of Davis on the Re-
publican ticket is regarded as tanta-
mount to an election in Pennsylvania.
The Davis-Brown ticket had the sup
port of the Ware organization in Phila-
delphia and, despite all rumors spread
by the Grundy camp to the contrary,
the Ware organization functioned
sErongiy for Mr.. Davis. Reports that
the Ware leaders would abandon Davis
In the effort to nominate Brown ap-
parently have been unfounded.
In the Davis Grundy contest for the
senatorial nomination huge interests
were aligned against each other. On the
one hand was the power Of the Ware
organization in Philadelphia and the
Allegheny County organization, and on
the other was the Grundy organization
backed by the Melons, which has been
effective in many a hard-fought cam
paign in the past. On the one hand
was Gen. w. W. Atterbury, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad and Repub-
lican national committeeman, and on
the other was w. L. Mellon, nephew
Of the Secretary of the Treasury and
his oficial political spokesman in the
State. On the one hand were the
public utilities corporations, the coal
mines, and ON the other were the manu-
featuring interests which backed
0rundy. On the one hand was organ
lied labor and on the other were the
organized manufacturing employers Of
lslnnr
The wet issue really did not come
between Davis and Grundy, both of
whom had declared their support of
the prohibition laws and indicated their
Willingness to go along with the Hoover
administration In their enforcement.
It was suspected that the candidacy of
Francis H. Bohlen, a wet, would mate
rally tnjure the chances Of Mr.. Davis
and aid those Of Mr.. Grundy. But Mr..
bohlens vote did not turn the trick
for Grundy. Senator Grtindy stressed
the tariff issue, declaring for added pro-
lection for Pennsylvanias manufacture
Ing industries. Mr.. Davis declared
himself strong advocate of the pro-
tective tariff, too, which eliminated to
o considerable extent that issue when
the balloting took place.
"Grundyism," however, which has
come to be symbolical for the extreme
OF high protective tariff duties, received
q jolt IN this election. It has been
known that Mr.. Grundy did not sympa-
t1ize with President Hoover In his de-
mand for limited revision" Of the
tariff. Indeed, Mr.. Grundy has de-
clared in his recent speeches that he
intended to take a Pennsylvania dele
CATION to the next Republican national
convention which would demand that a
plank be written into the party plat
form pledging further increase in
tariff duties. For the Republican party
In the coming congressional elections it
Is probably fortunate that "Grundyism"
received this wallop on the jaw in yes
terdays primary. For Grundyism has
promised to be strong talking point
for the Democrats in the campaign
this year.
The success of Mr.. Davis, who has
been a member of the cabinet under
three Presidents and who now is on his
way to becoming a Senator Of the
United States, has its elements of
romance. An iron puddler in Pennsyl-
vania mills in his early youth, Mr..
Davis has gone steadily ahead, with
the respect of the people of his COM
munity and of the State. 1t Is true
that the political set-up in Pennsylvania
this year aided him materially. But
nevertheless, the fact that Mr.. Davis
was in position to take advantage OF
these circumstances is due alone to the
advance which he himself has made.
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