Evening star., 1934-10-07
The Republican Mr.. Pinchot.

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vania, upon whom the Democrats
looked as an asset, turns out to be
just a gadfly. With almost complete
abandon, the Governor has said what
he thinks of the Democratic candi-
dates for Governor and Senator in the
Keystone State. George H. Earle and
Joseph F. Guffey, respectively, And
what he thinks is a plenty. He just
cannot stand for Messrs. Earle and
Guffey. Presumably this means that
the Governor from now on will work
for the election of the Republican
ticket
Mr.. Pinchot's complaints that the
Democratic candidate for Governor is
"greenhorn" and unfit for execu-
tive Office and that the Democratic
candidate for Senator is a machine
politician have brought from the
Democrats charges of diSloyalty and
statements that Mr.. Pinchot sought
to have himself placed on the Demo-
cratic ticket for Senator or Mrs. Pin
chot named Democratic candidate for
Governor. Postmaster General Far
ley, chairman Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. has dignified the
Pennsylvania rumpus with an official
statement from the publicity bureau
of the National Committee.
The burden of the Democratic at
tack upon Gov Pinchot is that he is
a disappointed man, since he was not
nominated for the Senate, by either
the Democrats or the Republicans,
and that he has now sold out to the
Republican organization Of his State.
1t is not long since the Democrats OF
Pennsylvania and elsewhere regarded
Mr.. Pinchot as ''fair-haired boy"
They watched his attempt to defeat
Senator David A. Reed, ardent anti
New Dealer, in, the Republican pri-
mary with sympathetic interest. II
he could have won that nomination,
then the Democrats assured them
selves they would have friend OF the
President and the New Deal in the
Senate instead of an implacable foe,
whether Pinchot or Guffey won the
election in November.
Gov. Pinchot, an old Bull Mooser
and close friend of the first President
Roosevelt, has looked over the field
of candidates in Pennsylvania and
decided that the Republican ticket is
the lesser of two evils from his point
of view. Indeed, he goes much further
than this in his support Of Attorney
General william A. Schnader. Repub-
lican nominee for Governor. Schnader,
Pinchot declares, is the best qualified
man for Governor in the State.
The Democrats seem to have over
looked the fact that Gov. Pinchot Is
both progressive and temperamental
They do not see why, If Gov. Pinchot
coveted Mr.. Guffey's place on the
Democratic ticket. the Governor
should not regard Mr.. Guffey, whose
place he did not get, as an ideal man
for the Senate. If Mr.. Guffey had
stood aside in the interest Of Gov
Pinchot the Democrats feel that the
Governor would possibly have had a
higher regard for Mr.. Guffey today.
At least they feel that under those
circumstances Mr.. Pinchot would not
now be launching bitter attacks
against Guffey.
1t is somewhat amusing, however,
to find the Democratic high command
accusing Mr.. Pinchot Of disloyalty
because he has gone over to the sup
port of the Republican ticket. Mr..
Pinchot has always been a Repub-
llcan-eXcept when he was Bull
Mooser. He has twice been elected
Governor of Pennsylvania as a candi-
date Of the Republican party, al
though some Of the Republicans had
a terrible time swallowing him. But
never has he been a Democrat.
Senator Reed has ALWAYS been
regular Republican, and in the past
has been he object of much of Gov.
Pinchot's nfavorable attention. De-
spite this ntipathy to Reed the Gov
ernor now prefers him to Mr.. Guffey,
at least by inference. The vote that
Mr.. Pinchot casts is likely to be more
against Guffey than for Reed. After
all, more votes are cast against"
candidates than "for" other candi-