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the pieces Of the organization in Penn
sylvania. What can be done to bring
the warning factions together?
Mr.. Farley already has declared that
something must be done. Whether he
will be able to accomplish much after
his recent and unsuccessful attempt to
have the Democrats take 1t. Gov. Ken
needy from one ticket and Gov. Earle
from another and make harmony
ticket is another question.
1t does not appear likely that the
winners in the Democratic State pri-
mary will easily yield If Mr.. Farley, or
even President Roosevelt. should de-
mand that Mr.. Jones step aside and
permit the State Committee to pick
another candidate. Mr.. Jones has
said emphatically he is in this race
to stay.
The situation may be still further
complicated, however. by an mvestiga-
ton of charges of graft and corruption
against officials of the Earle admin
istration. brought by former Attorney
General Charles ]. Margiotti, who ran
as an Independent candidate for gov
ernor in the Democratic primary yes
terday. The State Supreme Court,
which granted Gov. Earle and his fol-
lowers temporary injunction hating
the investigation. is holding another
hearing on the matter today, to de-
termine whether the injunction shall
oe made permanent. The investiga.
ton was to have been started last
Wednesday by a grand jury in Har-
risburg.
The charges of graft and corrup-
ton made by Mr. Margiotti against
members Of the Earle administration
apparently fell on more or less deaf
ears, Judging from the outcome of the
primary election.
Fight Presaged in Fall.
The victory Of Judge James over
former Gov. Pinchot assures q knock
down, drag-out fight this fall between
the Roosevelt New Dealers in Penn
sylvania and their opponents. Judge
James campaigned from one end of
the State to the other. denouncing the
Roosevelt policies and administration.
He also charged that former Gov.
Pinchot was the candidate of Mr.
Lewis and his c. I. O. in the Republic
can primary. That charge is believed
to have injured former Gov. Pinchot's
chances greatly.
Gov Earle will be opposed in No.
vember by Senator Davis, and already
there is talk of victory by Senator
Davis.
The Republicans declared them
selves today greatly encouraged over
the situation in Pennsylvania. The
State is regarded as a prize of great
value in the campaign of 1888. As the
second largest State in the Union.
which went Democratic in 1884 and
again in 1896, its loss to the New
Dealers will be considerable blow, if
it comes.
Republicans See Victory.
Associated Press reports quoted Jay
Cooke. Republican city chairman Of
Philadelphia, as saying:
1.-The Republican party will come
into its own in Pennsylvania this year
and will lead the way to Republican
victory In the Nation in 1870"
Similar reports quoted Chairman
John B. Kelly, the Democratic city
chairman Of Philadelphia, as saying,
half jokingly:
1.-THE Democrats will never get to-
gether. Jim Farley injected himself
into the situation without invitation
and without consulting us. Now let
him inject himself again and try to
create some harmony"
Democratic State Chairman David
Lawrence, who backed the Jones-Earle
ticket, on the other hand, has been
more conciliatory and is expected to
work with Mr.. Farley and others for
harmony in the party. Mr.. Lawrence,
who is Secretary of the Common
wealth, like Gov. Earle, Mr.. Kelly and
others, denounced the interference Of
Mr.. Farley in the primary.
In some quarters today It was
pointed out that Mr.. Farley had paid
a political debt when he came out
for the Lewis-Guffey candidate for
Governor In Pennsylvania. Mr.. Lewis
and his c. I. O. contributed approx.
mately half q million dollars to the
campaign fund for the reelection Of
President Roosevelt in 1886.
The bid which Mr.. Lewis and his
G. I. O. organization made for political
control In Pennsylvania was bold. Had
it been successful Mr.. Lewis, through
1t. Gov. Kennedy, might have con-
trolled the States delegation to the
Democratic National Convention in
1940-the second largest delegation
in the convention. That would not
have suited the plans of many Demo-
cratic leaders and some Of them heaved
signs Of relief today.
Earle Victory Never Doubted.
There was never any doubt that
Gov. Earle would win the Democratic
senatorial nomination yesterday. His
opponent, Mayor s. Davis Wilson Of
Philadelphia, was never regarded as .
real contender in Pennsylvania. What
strength the Mayor had was found IN
Philadelphia, where he bad been