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there will be Republican govern
ment at Harrisburg. with all that
| implies in a State wide election. In
the second place, Mr.. Guf1ey by his
primary campaign raised new
crop Of enemies for himself among
| the Democrats. He stood out against
State Chairman David L. Lawrence,
PHILADELPHIA Jack" Kelley and
other party leaders, who had picked
| Charles Alvin Jones as candidate
| for Governor. He threw in his lot
with John L. Lewis, who wished the
nomination of 1t. Gov. Thomas
Kennedy for Governor. Kennedy's
success would have been a great
feather in the Lewis cap-for Ken
nedy is secretary-treasurer OF the
United Mine Workers OF America
and Lewis own man.
In the primary campaign Mr..
Guffey also aligned himself with
Mayor S. Davis Wilson of Phila-
delphia, a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Senator against
Gov. George H. Earle 1t was Mayor
Wilson who brought to light the
fact that Gov. Earle had borrowed
s26, 500 from Mat McCloskey. Phila-
delphia contractor, who had some
thing over SlO,00O,OO0 State contracts
awarded him. Earle says now he
protested against McCloskey's bid
ding on these contracts.
Party Hacked by Leaders.
During the pre-primary campaign
the Democratic party hacked itself
apart, with Mr.. Guffey helping in
| the hacking. One of the Ratchet
men was former Attorney General
Charles J. Margiotti, who charged
the Earle administration with selling
beer legislation, obtaining large
sums from contractors doing bust
ness with the State, and political
graft and corruption.
Ever since last April, when the
Dauphin County grand jury stood
ready to make an investigation of
these charges against the Earle adj
ministration. Gov. Earle exerted
every possible influence to prevent
such an inquiry, even to calling a
special meeting of the State Legisla-
ture to set up an investigating
committee of its oWn-With white
wash brush in its hand, according
to the Republicans. The Governor
had laws passed to prevent grand
jury investigation-but they were set
aside as unconstitutional. Now the
grand jury inquiry is to be begun
December S. It constitutes another
threat to Democratic leaders in
PENNSYLVANIA the charges of graft
and corruption are sustained even
in part.
Mr.. Guffey. not content with being
Democratic boss of Pennsylvania,
last year undertook to read out of
the Democratic party Democratic
Senators who opposed the Presi-
dents effort to revamp by the
Supreme Court by increasing the
Courts membership, This has not
endeared Mr. Guffey to number of
Democrats who still remain members
of the Senate, despite Mr.. Guffey's
demands and the Presidents at
tempted purge" A lot can happen
politically. in year or two, but
bet that Mr.. Guffey will be reelected
in 1910 seems like tempting provi-
dence a bit too far.
Pray for Third Term.
Mr.. Guffey, like other New Deal
Democrats who hope to remain in
Office, may back a demand that
President Roosevelt run for a third
term. 1t is becoming increasingly
apparent to these gentlemen that
unless the Presidents personal pop
ularity can be utilized in the next
national election-as candidate for
the presidency-the New Deal is on
the way out. Senator Norris of