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Show PMCKOT TAXES PLACE OF BOSS New Governof-Elect Political Politi-cal Czar in Important State. BY DAVE FERWSUER (Copyright. 1922. by The Standard-Examiner) Standard-Examiner) HAREISBURG. Nov. 11. Roles Penrose, great thief of pennsyl ;uila's CJ. O. P.. saw standing across his declining de-clining years the shadow of what has happened In the Keystone state. "That man Plnchot." he muttere.i, when Governor Sproul announced his appointment as commissioner of forestry, for-estry, has returned to haunt the Republican Re-publican party " "That haunt" began last spring with j tho primary campaign. Now it has! ended. For Plnchot is the Republl- ! can party in Pennsylvania. Governor- I elect in tho grand old state of thej I grand old party by the grace of a majority dangerously near 300. out), ho j may issue what political orders he i will. The governorship is Pinchot's and the old Penrose leadership Is . Pinchot's. Already there Is talk here of Pln-chot Pln-chot for president in 192 4. The de-j de-j feat of Beveridge in Indiana may havo but another stop In the unfolding of the Plnchot destiny, since It keeps from national prominence one man so often mentioned In the same breath with Plnchot when ta'k veered to what might happen should President liar. line; deride not to be a candidate for reelection. DENIES AMBITION. All this the governor-elect denies. He declares he has no ambition be-lyond be-lyond the Pennsylvania executive man-sion. man-sion. Plnchot declares there is plenty of work to do here In this state. He is going to fight for the program he laid before the people of the state. Disciple of Roosevelt, Plnchot savs that If nei essary he will use the "big stick, ' the Roosevelt big stick as ho i called it during the campaign He-o istewhat the new governor proposed to do first. "To clean up tho mess (which Includes In-cludes the 'gang') at Harrlsburg. To close every' near-beer saloon In the State; Plnchot say- he is the dry- est of the dry. ' To drive the bootleggers and the rum runner from every highway of I the state. To end all extravagance and make tho state live within Its Income. IIII I, WILL sit kl To effect a reorganization of th2 state government that will shake capitol hill to Its deepest foundations. From all this Is It easy to understand under-stand why the state politicians and of-1 of-1 lice holders are shaking In their boots since the power of Penrose has passed to Plnchot. Last spring. tith Penrose gone, little lit-tle leaders rent their political garments gar-ments In attempting to head off Plnchot Pln-chot then candidate for the Republican Republi-can nomination. The field was against him. Governor and politicians, near governors and seasoned schemers who had woven a hundred political fabrics have passed: careers and prestige, long years in building have waned; and are no more, all because of that primary fight in which Plnchot, Roosevelt's chief forester, adversary of Balllnger and late lieutenant of Bull Moose, was nominated. Plnchot was ejected by the force of his own personality, by the power ' of the Roosevelt tradition, by the silent In Its con lotion he was right, and by tho "drys" who had discovered the "wets" were backing the Democratic nominee. The people of the state have approved his criticism criti-cism of waste, extravagance and inefficiency. in-efficiency. Plnchot declares he has a mandate to carry out his campaign pledges "Plnchot. by the Lord Harry, that's exactly what I'm going to do." Is his ' own declaration. |