Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
HAMILTON HALLS
KEYSTONE VOTE
Points to G. O. P. Victory in
November, He Says-Sees
Roosevelt Rebuked.

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| The results of the Pennsylvania
primary yesterday point squarely to
Republican victory in the Keystone
State in November, Chairman John
Hamilton Of the Republican National
Committee said today.
Mr.. Hamilton also interpreted the
defeat of 1t. Gov. Thomas Kennedy
the c. I. o. and Farley-backed candi-
date, for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination as q rebuke to President
Roosevelt.
Pennsylvania will lead the Nation
back to q sane, sound administration
OF the peoples affairs" said the Re-
publican chairman. For the New
Deal and all its radical and crack
brain allies, the Pennsylvania results
constitute the handwriting, on the
wall
In the first place. on the basis
of incomplete returns. the vote cast
in the Republican primary for Gov
ernor exceeds that cast in the Demo-
cratic primary for Governor by more
| than 100000 votes Thus the Re-
publicans of Pennsylvania take their
place with the Republicans Of South
Dakota in demonstrating their nu-
merical superiority over the Demo-
Gratis in this years balloting. In
November they will be joined by
countless thousands Of Democrats re-
VOTED by New Deal laundering
Reputation Of Interference.
Secondly. the defeat of the c. I. o.
Farley candidate for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination was an un-
disputed reputation Of Roosevelt in
reference in primary contests, Farley
ism and Guffey bossism. National
Democratic Chairman Farley pleaded
with the Pennsylvania Democrats to
nominate John Lewis hand-picked
candidate. Thomas Kennedy. c. I. O.
leaders In Pennsylvania proclaimed
that Mr. Farley's Endorsement indi-
Gated the Presidents desire for Mr..
Kennedy's nomination. His singing
defeat was a well-deserved rebuke to
| the President and Mr.. Farley for their
arrogant attempt to dictate in pri-
mary contest to Pennsylvania voters.
They found out that the Pennsylvania
primary was not the straw-man set-up
they had in Florida
incidentally. it may be of interest
to the people of Kentucky that Mr..
Farley regards them as nothing but
pawns in his great game of political
strategy. According to a story in the
New York Times yesterday morning
Mr.. Farley undertook to dictate to
Pennsylvania voters as the price for a
promise from John Lewis that he
would support Senator Alben Barley in
the Kentucky primary against Gov. A.
B. Chandler. have no doubt that
Kentuckians will resent Mr.. Farley
placing them on the political auction
block in the same manner that Penn
sylvaniaans did.
Hope Charges Are Probed.
Having demonstrated their indie
pendence, the people of Pennsylvania
can be counted on in November to
sweep out of power those responsible
for the despicable playing of politics
with relief funds and human misery
and those guilty Of general racketeer-
ing in Government and political office.
AL the country hopes that the proper
authorities in Pennsylvania will probe
to the bottom the sensational charges
made in this respect during the pri-
mary campaign.
THE Republicans of Pennsylvania
are to be congratulated on the high
type of men they nominated for Gov
ernor and United States Senator.
Both Judge Arthur James and Sen
ator James j. Davis are men OF
exemplary character and sound, pro-
gressive viewpoints. Neither was born
with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Neither has lived a life of ease on
inherited money. Each knows what
it is to earn his living in the sweat
Of his brow, Judge James as miner
and Senator Davis as steel worker.
They understand the problems Of the
man who must work because they
have lived with him. They know the
masses Of the people want q chance
to earn their livings In private indus
try. They know the workers of this
Nation do not want New Deal cir
cuses and relief jobs. Judge James
and Senator Davis. when elected in
November, will join their efforts to
provide jobs at decent wages. for the
unemployed through a genuine eco
nomic recovery in the American way,
so well exemplified by their own
lives"