Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-15


maries is something to write home
about.
Let's look at the Democratic side
Of the picture first. The Jones Earle
ticket can list as political assets the
State organization as represented by
the State committee, the great State
pay roll, support of the American
Federation of Labor and funds raised
by the 20 and per cent club" from
the salaries and wages Of the State
employees. funds amounting. it has
been said. to something between ST.
100000 and s2,000,000.
Assets of the Kennedy Wilson ticket
are listed as follows: The c. I. o.
organization. the w. P. A. workers, said
to be controlled by Senator Guffey;
the Negro vote. which Senator Guffey
has nursed along in Pennsylvania for
several years, the Wilson organization
in Philadelphia, such as it is Wilson
was elected Mayor of that city as a
Republican but campaigned for Roose-
welt in 1886 and is running as a
Democrat now. The ticket has back
of it the war chest of the c. I. O.,
which is said to run far over the
million dollar mark
Margiotti Lone Wolf.
Mr.. Margiotti, independent candi-
date for the Democratic guberna-
torial nomination. is lone wolf. He
has big following among the Italian
voters, for he is of Italian blood. He
has certain following in the ranks Of
labor. He ran in the Republican pri-
mary four years ago. receiving 100. 900
votes. When the primary was over
he switched to support the then Guf-
fey-Earle Democratic ticket-and
later was appointed attorney general
by Gov. Earle. Mr.. Margiotti has in
the present campaign made grave
charges Of graft and political corrup-
ton against the Earle administration,
and he has also attacked Senator
Guffey. The question in many minds
is where Mr.. Margiotti will land after
the primary-and whether he has not
already landed. Some suspect he may
throw what aid he can to Mr.. James
in the primary and thereafter. if Mr..
James is the Republican nominee.
The Democratic waters have been
muddied by the Margiotti charges,
which say that Mr.. Lawrence, Mr..
and others have benefited
by selling beer legislation, movie leg
islation and by 'kickbacks" from the
purchase of automobile trucks by the
Commonwealth. He charges that $780,
300 was obtained for beer legislation,
100000 for movie legislation and
$4,000 from the purchase of trucks
He says there is a lot more graft"
yet to be listed
Mayor Wilson did his part as an
other "hatchet man." when he brought
out the story that Gov. Earle had
$50, 900 from Contractor Nc
Cloekey. In retaliation charges have
been made against Mr.. Wilson that
ne borrowed from men who benefited
from transactions with the city gov
Mr.. Wilson has de-
nounced as ''lies" Gov. Earle, how
.ver. admitted that he made the loan
rom his friend, Mr.. McCloskey, and
hat he still had about $4,000 to pay
back.
These charges have been used
against the Jones-Earle ticket all
over the State Whether they have
had any material effect, it Is hard to
say. Neither Mr.. Margiotti nor Mr..
Wilson carries q great deal of water
IN many of the communities. How
ever. 1t Is pointed out, Mr.. Margiotti
was attorney general and he might
be supposed to know what he was
talking about.
Jury Probe Halted.
Gov. Earle and his followers were
able to halt a grand jury investigation
81 these charges against his admins.
tration. obtaining temporary injunc-
ton from the State Supreme Court.
The probe was to have begun last
Wednesday. Nothing more will be
done until next Wednesday, the day
after the primary. when the Supreme
Court will decide whether to make the
Injunction permanent. The majority
Of the court is Republican. Some of
these Republican judges are friendly
to members of the Earle administra-
ton and Gov. Earle has as his attorney
his Republican opponent, Mr.. Selma
der, IN the gubernatorial election four
years ago. II the grand jury investi-
CATION is permitted, it may raise all
kinds Of trouble for the Democrats tn
the general election campaign.
President Roosevelt has kept his
hands OF this red-hot Democratic
primary contest, which he recently
likened to Dante's inferno. However,
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Ramsey Black is working in the State
for Mr.. Kennedy with the full con-
sent of Postmaster General Farley"
Furthermore, Harry Hopkins has I'm
vestigated" and dismissed charges that
w. p. A. workers were being coerced
by Senator Guffey to support the
Kennedy ticket, charges brought to his
attention by the President after Jack
Kelly had written. making them.
Gov. Earle and his followers are
making the most of the John L. Lewis
issue. They point out that Mr.. Lewis
Is voter in Illinois and has no bust
ness to be making q Governor OF
Pennsylvania, whom he can control
Mr.. Kennedy is secretary-treasurer Of
the United Mine Workers of America
Of which Mr.. Lewis Is president.
Kennedy Il . Catholic and Penney