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Show PINCHOT AND THE MACHINE. Returns from the Republican pri-l marles in Pennsylvania indicate that Gifford Plnchot will win the nomination nomina-tion for governor over'George E. Alter ; Much interest has been aroused over this contest owing to the fact that it was a test of strength between the' forces of Pinchot nnd the old Quay-i Penrose machine Early returns show that Philadel- j phia voted almost solidly against Pinchot, Pin-chot, while the districts outside rolled up large majorities for the reformer. Philadelphia's Republican machine Is a counterpart of Tammany's Democratic Demo-cratic machine in New York City. In Ither organization, In those largo cities cit-ies men are voted by their bosses. There Is liiib or no principle Involved and the coarse, un.s i upulous political politi-cal ward heeler registers the will of the masses. It is the most dlscour aging feature of popular government. But while Philadelphia's political : bosses were lining up their hundred; Of thousands for Alter, the country districts were declaring their independence inde-pendence by offsetting the great majority ma-jority obtained by Alter in Philadelphia. Philadel-phia. Pinchot has had a remarkable career. ca-reer. He is a man of force He was responsible in great measure for Theodore Roosevelt's outspoken condemnation con-demnation of the reactionaries, and was the man who brought about a break between Taft and Roosevelt over the Ballinger affair, and thus. Indirectly In-directly Pinchot caused the michtv convulsions In the Republican party In . 1 1 1 2 . He is a strong character and 'would make a good governor j The machine in Pennsylvania needs cracking |