Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-04 | Page 1 | Vare 'Stole and Bought' Nomination, Says Pinchot

V ARE VARE STOLES STOLE AND BOUGHT NOMINATION SAYS PINCHOT Pennsylvania Governor Thinks Senator Elect Wont Won't Be Seated Corruption Corruption Cor- Cor Charge Is IsS Hurled S HARRISBURG IV Pa Jan 4 AP Charges that Senator elect Wilham Wil- Wil liam ham S. S Yare's Vares Republican can nomination nomination nomina- nomina tion for that office was partly bought and partly stolen were made by Governor Pinchot in his final message to the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania legislature today The Mellon machine in Pittsburg and the Mitten machine were assailed I by the governor 1 D Declaring that he had to support Yare Vare in the elections for I that reason Governor Pinchot Pinchot said I have no doub that Vare de- de serves to be and will be excluded from the senate but whether he Is IsOr isor Or not the mere fact that a sen- sen elect tor-elect from Pennsylvania is in danger of losing his seat because of s expenditures in the primary Jand notorious cheating in inthe inthe the is a titter disgrace to this i S 5 Governor Pinchot Sen Sen- ator elect Yare Tare and Senator Gorge George Wharton Pepper in the primaries Yare Vare gaining the nomination by votes rolled roiled UP in Philadelphia his home I 2 MACHINES CHARGES Two Two political machines the Mellon machine in Pittsburg and the Mitten machine In Philadelphia Philadel- Philadel phia he said spread d their black shadows over the community corn com borne upon the wings of eminent and organized organized or- or crime For or many years the governor said the politIcs of this state have been run as a part of the business I interests Vh What t these Interests buy is noninterference extortionate rates alloWed public utilities and other special privileges for themselves them them- selves at th the expense of the pee peo- pie S The governor described as one wing ving ot of the political machines men who depend for their living and their power on liquor crime S and vice The other lie he said consists of oc men men who are so tied in with the business organization of the magnates mag- mag nates that they profIt from the cx- cx Isten e of the machine partly of business men who ar held heid In fear because of their loans and credits partly ot of the generally decent citizens citizens citi- citi zens of whom there are many who follow the magnates because they assume that if Ie a man is rich enough he can do no wrong partly of persons who cannot resist the craving to stand well with those in power and partly of such ot of the ostensibly respectable elem elements ot of the community as are lg- lg in Pittsburg for for to shut their eyes and make common cause with gangsters vote thieves dive dive- keepers criminals and harlots he- he cause ot of the social and financial eminence of the Mellon ion name