Show i 4 Pennsylvania Dog Fight Ends PENNSYLVANIA VANIA long used to boss dictation r 1 pENNSYL pENNsYLvANIA JL and machine mathine rule in politics never before I saw saw so many bosses and so many machines in inaction action as in the primary campaign winding up the elections held Tuesday Normally a Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican state Democrats moved into vital placeS placeS' of power in 1934 and 1936 Roosevelt polling votes over Landon in the presidential presidential pres pres- year The violent party split brought onto the scene before the primaries not one but two and one-half one Democratic machines the half backing Margiotti and a labor split in which John 1 L. L Lewis and his C I 0 O were aligned with the Wilson Kennedy forces while the A F L and President William Green backed the Jones Earle-Jones team which also had the regular reg reg- ular party machine behind it The Republicans were as badly split The state organization supported the candidacy of Judge Arthur H. H James for governor and Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican National Committeeman G. G Mason Owlett for or senator Gifford Pinchot wanted to return to the governors governor's office and Senator James J. J Davis was up to succeed himself Running as an independent former State Attorney General Charles Jl Margiotti bitter foe ioe of Gov Governor Earle chief mudslinger in the campaign wound up a poor third among the Democrats DemocratS' and can now be forgotten So may may may- Pinchot who early conceded defeat Registration lists showed Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- listed in the books while the Republicans were credited with Almost complete returns from the elections gave the total Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic vote as for senatorial candidates and in the race for governor The Republicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans polled for Davis and Owlett combined and for for James and Pinchot Complete returns will the totals but cannot cannot can can cannot not well change the results R Roughly one-half one of each party's registered voters remained away from the polls Not only is this a characteristic habit of voters when parties split spIlt but it usually works out that way when ab abuse se vituperation name-calling name and bitter bitter bitter bit bit- ter personalities obscure what should be issues appealing to the reason and party loyalties of the electorate Pennsylvania's primary campaign campaign cam eam- degenerated into a dog fight It is more interesting to list the defeats than the victories oddly enough because there seems to b bea ba a great deal more significance in the lost causes Outstanding in both national and state state state-as aspeCts aspects as- as was the crushing defeat of John L. L Lewis and his C I 0 O in the first try of the industrial union forces in a major political conflict This defeat was also a stinging blow to Senator Joe Guffey long a Democratic leader in the state and sharing with Senator Wagner of New York the title of heavyweight champion of labor in inthe inthe inthe I the United States senate Going down with Lewis and Guffey were Mayor S. S Davis Wilson of Philadelphia time one-time Republican and now nowa a Democrat who sought the seat of Jim Davis in the senate and Lieutenant Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Tom Kennedy C. C I. I Os O.'s choice for gov gov- Sadder and wiser Lewis now knows where he and his cohorts stand in the great coal coal- steel state Another chief loser in the primary contest was triple-titled triple James Aloysius Farley Parley His maladroit plea for fusion among the Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- in favor of Kennedy and Earle to put a Democratic victory in the bag in November must be chalked up as one of his major political political po po- po errors Because all Democratic candidates candidates candi candi- dat dates s were fervent in protesting their fealty to the new deal the consequences of his indiscretion tion have more point in their significance to labor than to the national political cal picture Farley's Farleys Farleys Farley's Far Far- leys ley's pleading was in behalf of C. C I. I Os O.'s gubernatorial gubernatorial gubernatorial guber guber- candidate indirectly in behalf of Senator Guffey and John L. L Lewis The Republican winners were Davis DaviS' for senat senator senator sen sen- at ator or with votes vote and James for governor governor gover gover- nor with Winning Democratic candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates were Earle for the senate with and Charles H. H Jones Pittsburgh lawyer and politician out for governor with votes These figures are from incomplete returns but averaging the combined votes of the candidates for senator and governor they account for 1126 R Republican publican votes and Democratic with Earles Earle's the highest for the Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- and James James' highest for the G. G O. O P. P With a 50 per cent ballot cast and returns yet yetto yetto yetto to come in reasonable speculation on what the ther r result sul may be in November lacks a realistic basis |