Evening star., 1934-05-12
DEMOCRATS SEE
BIG PRIMARY VOTE
Rise in Party in PennSyIva.
MIA Raises Hopes for
November Victory.
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Representatives and State Offices gen.
orally more keenly sought after in
Pennsylvania than at any time since
the Civil War.
Pennsylvania, while it has had a
Democratic Governor or two since the
birth of the Republican party, has
only once elected a Democratic United
States Senator-ln l676-during all
that long stretch of years. Under
the Roosevelt stimulus the party now
has three candidates in the field for
the senatorial nomination, five can
didateS for the gubernatorial NOM
ination, four candidates for the NOM
ination for Lieutenant Governor,
three for the nomination for secre-
tary of internal affairs and four for
the nomination for judge of the Su-
perior Court. In addition there is
a huge flock of Democratic candi-
dates for nominations for the House
of Representatives in Washington,
and for the State Legislature and
for county and municipal offices.
Guffey Aims at Senate.
The simon pure Democratic ticket
the so-called organization ticket
Is headed by Joe Guffey, who is
seeking the senatorial nomination,
and George H. Earle, who wants to
be Governor. Guffey was the Roose-
welt leader in the State two years
r1n ON
tween the President and Al Smith
for control of Pennsylvania delega-
ton to the Democratic National Con-
vention. AS Democratic national
committeeman for the State and
friend of the President, he has since
been looked upon as the administra-
tion's chief patronage dispenser for
Pennsylvania.
When the time came, Mr.. Guftey
received the Endorsement of the DEM
ocratic State Committee for the Sen
ate. The organization also picked to
run with him on the ticket for the
gubernatorial nomination George H.
Earle, of Montgomery County, who
for a few months served as American
Ambassador to Austria under the ap-
DOHIHleIlL VI fleSlOCllL 1NOOSSNS SiS
Earle came back to this country. after
resigning his post, to make the race.
For a few moments-and for few
moments only-everything looked
pleasant for the organization ticket.
Then Roland S. Morris Of Phlladel-
phia, who was Ambassador to Japan
in the woodrow Wilson administration,
made some unkind remarks about or
ganization, hand picked Democratic
states and declared the people ought
to have a chance TO say who was and
who was not to be the Democratic
party's candidates. Judge Charles D.
Copeland, another Democrat of long
standing jumped into the fight. The
upshot has been that Morris. as
candidate for the Senate and Cope
land as candidate for Governor have
Joined forces and offer the principal
opposition ticket to the Gufey-Earle
slate.
Fight Is Complicated.
The other candidates for the Demo-
cratic senatorial and gubernatorial
nominations are Robert Gray Taylor
for Senator, and Eugene c. Bonniwell
of Philadelphia. William N. McNair
of Pittsburgh and John A. McSpar-
ran of Lancaster County. They all
help to make the problem a little more
difficult on primary day, but the real
fight lies between the Guffey-Earle
and the Morris Copeland tickets.
Just as in the Republican senatorial
primary between Gov. Pinchot and
Senator David A. Reed, brickbats are
flying in this Democratic row. Guffey
and his supporters say that Morris Is
a mossback, that to throw Senator
Reed out of the Senate and supplant
him by Morris would be merely send
ing another representative of the same
Interests" With a different political
label. The Guffey spellbinders say it
would help President Roosevelt to
have Morris in the Senate. Morris
fires back with the charge that Guffey
is a mere machine politician who has
sought to cloak himself with the
Roosevelt popularity and the new deal.
Morris charges that Guffey has
about as much real affection for the
New Deal as has, for example, William
S. Ware. Nor do the Morris-Copeland
outfit spare Mr.. Earle in their at
tacks on the machine ticket" Mr..
Earle is the son of a very wealthy
banker. When his entrance into the
gubernatorlal race was first an
nounced, he was known as George H.
Earle, Sd. This was capital for the
opposition, who Immediately dubbed
him George III" All reference to
his being the third of his name is now
omitted from the ballot.
Roosevelt Campaign Center.
To listen to the campaign speeches
at the Democratic rallies in Pennsyl-
vania any one would think President
Roosevelt was running for Office him
self. The speeches begin and end with
Roosevelt and have large chunks OF
eulogy for the President.
The Gufey-Earle campaign ltera-
ture urges Democrats to vote for the
candidates of the Roosevelt Democ-
racy in Pennsylvania.
Included in the slate are Thomas
Kennedy, secretary-treasurer CT the
United Mine Workers Of America,
candidate for lieutenant governor;
Thomas A. Logue, an attorney of
fllldOelpIlld, WHO ildu lOT d lOIlS lIIIlt
been active in Democratic politics and
who two years ago was working for
Al Smith delegates to the national
convention, and Chester H. Rhodes,
candidate for Superior Court judge.
Kennedy, by the way, is the only one
of the whole lot of candidates, Re-
publican or Democratic, who the
the State Federation of Labor in an
nual convention here has Endorsed for
nomination. The slate has its points.
1t is expected to win on election day.
Privately, Republicans say they
hope Guffey will be nominated for
the Senate. alleging that he and
Earle will be easier to defeat than
Morris and Copeland next November.
But that may be mere talk Some
Of them even go so far as to intimate
that Guffey may see fit later on to
withdraw from the senatorial race
and permit the Democratic State
Committee to pick some one in his