Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
CLOSE V0T|NGSEE
IN REED-P|NCHOT
FIGHT FOR SENATE
Two Democratic Tickets
Fight for Control of
Organization.
GUFFEY AND MORRIS
LEAD RIVAL FACTIONS
Schnader Has Best Chance to Win
Republican Nomination for
Governor, Observers Say.
BY WALTER ID. ROOS,


Pennsylvania votes next Tuesday in
its most confused primary since it
abandoned the nominating conven-
tons more than a score of years ago.
The Republican ballots will con-
tain the names of l6 candidates for
governor and IA for lieutenant gov
ernor. In the Democratic primary
there are two tickets with control Of
the party as the issue.
Although there are four candi-
dates on the ballot. the Republican
fight for United States Senate is be-
tween Senator David A. Reed and
Governor Clifford Pinchot. Reed is
backed by remnants of the old Or
ganization in his campaign for re-
nomination for a third term Pin
chot, who is in his last year as Gov
ernor. is making his third run for
the Senate, having been defeated in
1914 and 1926.
Reed Gains Strength.
Until the beginning of the month.
1t had generally been believed Pin
chot stood an excellent chance of
winning the nomination. Reeds Wig
orous campaign of the last two
weeks has brought him much
strength. The result Is expected to
be close.
One Democratic ticket is headed
by Joseph F. Guffey as candidate for
Senate. Guffey, a former Demo-
cratic National Committee member,
Is the Roosevelt patronage dispenser
in Pennsylvania. Running with him
is a ticket which included George H.
Earle, Sd, former Minister to Austria.
as candidate for Governor, and
Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer
of the United Mine Workers, as cam
didate for Lieutenant Governor. The
Guffey ticket has been campaigning
on a platform of uphold Roosevelt"
The rival ticket is headed by Ro-
land S. Morris, former Ambassador to
Japan. as candidate against Guffey
for Senate. His ticket includes Judge
Charles D. Copeland, Greensburg, for
Governor, and State Senator Henry
l.. Snyder, Allentown, for Lieutenant
Governor. Contending it also sup
ports the President. this ticket has
maintained the issue il Guffey's use
of his patronage powers to select the
nominees, headed by himself
Both tickets are allied with states
of State Committee candidates in
many counties.
Guffey Ticket Leads.
Because the Guffey ticket has the
aid of the Democratic State organiza-
ton, Federal patronage and campaign
funds, it is regarded as having had a
a large advantage from the beginning
of the campaign. With five candl-
dates for Governor on the ballot,
Earle may be the weakest link in the
Guffey ticket, for Earle has not been
we'll known and he has been charged
with being registered as Republican
as late as the beginning of the pres
ent campaign.
The very lack of strong Republican
State leadership, which prompted
such large numbers of candidates for
governor and lieutenant governor,
has resulted in an effort to reJuve-
nate the party through a harmony
ticket backed by factions which have
been fighting for party supremacy
OCtSS
Penrose in 1921.
AS the beneficiary of this effort to
unite for the Fall campaign against
PENNSYLVANIA first genuine Demo-
cratic threat in years, Attorney Gen.
eral William A. Schnader is believed
to have the best chance of winning
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor With Is names on the ballot,
however, the race is expected to be
tight.
Wins Pinchot Support.
Schnader who first was named at
torney general by Governor Fisher, a
conservative, and reappointed by
Governor Pinchot, a liberal, started
the campaign as an independent. In
the early stages he won support OF
the more important Pinchot leaders
After the last day for withdrawal OF
candidates, he also received the back
ing of the Ware, Grundy and Mellon
factions. This lineup is broken in
some counties, but has held in most
sections.
That array of hackers is almost
unique in recent Pennsylvania history
In no primary since Penrose's death
have Grundy and Ware been together
The Pinchot and Ware factions also
have fought each other at every pri-
mary and at several general elections
Pinchot and Mellon factions have
never agreed on primary tickets
Mellon and Ware joined in 1922 and
1880, and Grundy and Mellon In
1926
The fact that the Vare-Grundy-
Mellon factions also are backing
Senator Reed, has driven the Pinchot
organization away from Schnader in
few counties. In Pittsburgh, the
home of the MELONS, the Pinchol
faction is supporting Lieut.. Gov E. c
Shannon against Schnader for Cover
nor In several other counties Pin
chot leaders have adopted the same
course.
Schnader May Win.
The agreement on Schnader has
caused a certain amount of pooling
of interests by the other guberna-
torial candidates in an effort to heac
him off 1t appears Schnader will
be nominated by comparatively
low plurality Shannon and Charlie!
j. Margiotti Senator James j. Davis
counsel in last Falls lottery trials
probably will be close behind.