Evening star., 1934-05-13
KEYSTONE G. 0.P.
IN TEST TUESDAY
New Deal Fate Also Hangs
in BaIanCe-DemocratS
in Ascendancy.
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former Senator "Joe" Grundy has
been a moving power, although he
has taken no open part in the cam
paign. That union Is said to De
strongly organized In So out OF the
CT counties of the State. In some
quarters it is suspected that If large
sums of money are to be expended
in the wind-up it will come through
that channel.
On behalf Of Reed It Is claimed
that the very fact that the Democrats
acquired an unheard-of large regis
tration in Philadelphia and other
parts of the State is blow to Pin
chot and that many Of the inde-
pendent Republican voters who might
otherwise have been expected to sup
port Pinchot have slid over to the
Democratic party.
The answer of the Pinchot leaders
is that the large Democratic registra-
ton, particularly in Philadelphia, is
a blow to Reed, not Pinchot. They
bolster this assertion with q state
ment that when Pinchot was a can
didate for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton in 1880 he polled only $4,000
votes In Philadelphia, and that If the
Democratic registration has increased
In the city by 100000 as it has, the
voters who have gone over to the
Democrats certainly cannot be held
to the exclusively Pinchot followers,
since 1t is obviously impossible to sub
tro NJ
anywhere with the answer.
Senator Reed Is expected to re-
ceive the support Of the old regular
Republicans of the State. who have
been for a long time opposed to Pin
chot and all his policies; just how
many Of these remain is a conun-
drum which the primaries may an
swer. The Reed supporters have been
frankly afraid Of the number of
Roosevelt Republicans" in the
State.
Reed Victory Seen.
II Senator Reed is to win the nom
ination, he must win it right here in
the fifty wards of Philadelphia That
is generally conceded Charles L.
Brown. municipal Judge who is ac-
tive in the Reed campaign, said today
there was mo question" but that
Reed would win and that he would
go out Of Philadelphia with a major
ity of 10000 to 175,000 votes. The
Ware organization. 1t is insisted, has
gotten back of the Reed candidacy
along with the candidacy of Schnader
for Governor.
The situation in Philadelphia has
them all guessing. however. No one
knows how many wards can be de
livered" this year, or how many leaders
will stay hitched. 1t is not going to
be the easy Job 1t used to. to deliver
the necessary votes. Among the prac-
tical facts in the situation is the con-
troll of two-thirds Of the city election
boards by Democrats, due to the up
heaval which took place in the munich
pal elections last year. Another lies
In the fact that in 40 Of the so city
wards voting machines are now in use.
Some Of the ward leaders say frankly
though privately that they do not
have the control over the voters which
they once had. Furthermore. hard
times and what Gov Pinchot has done
in the way Of getting relief for the
destitute through Federal allotments
and State has won to him many OF
the city dwellers who hitherto have
been opposed to him.
Here Is the estimate of one Of the
principal Pinchot leaders, scaled down
below the figures that will be actually
claimed by the campaign managers.
that thu par1tIhlinon
primary vote will not be more than
325, 900 in Philadelphia, owing to the
fact that many Of the registered voters
do not bother to 60 out to vote in a
primary. He predicts that Pinchot
will get l25,000 votes leaving 200, 900
to Reed or q lead of $4,000: this lead
has always been strong. In two big
Eastern counties, Montgomery and
Delaware, the Pinchot leader gives
Reed q lead of 10000. But he insists
that Pinchot will carry Allegheny
County by 10000 and that in the rural
sections of the State the Governor will
run up a big lead. His final predic-
ton is that Pinchot will win by $780,
900.
Fighting Spirit Aids Reed.
The present campaign has been a
new experience for Senator Reed. In
the past, the senatorial nomination
has been handed to him, it is said,
without a fight. In the last few weeks
Reed has come into the State and put
on a fighting campaign. He has
hurled as many brickbats, at least,
as his opponent. 1t is this fighting
spirit, it is claimed, that has turned
many votes to him. He has charged
Pinchot with 'levying" on State en-
ployes for campaign funds and has
produced receipts to prove his case.
He has pictured Gov. Pinchot as an
old man, who will be 80 before he is
able to obtain influential committee
assignments in the Senate. The Gov
ernor is 50 now and will be about ~
years old before he could enter the
Senate.
The Pinchot people say there Is no
truth to the charge that State en-
ployes have been shaken down, al
though contributions voluntarily made
have been accepted. As for Reeds
charge about Pinchots age. they char
acterize it as sign of panic" on the
part of the Senator.
Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, the Governors
wife, has been on the firing line cam
paigning for her husband. At wom-
ans meeting here few days ago she
denounced Reed by name and was
hissed. A lot of capital has been at
tempted to be made out of this in
cident by the Reed forces. But the
Pinchot people reply that the women
who Missed Mrs. Pinchot were against