The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-20
PARTY TICKET CHANGED.
Philadelphia Republicans Scared by
 Popular Uprising.

Philadelphia, June 19.-The Republi- ran City Campaign Committee held an unusual meeting today to consider a demand from citizens that the party ticket to be voted for in November be changed. The candidates are: Sheriff. Henry c. Ransley. Coroner. John B. Lukens. City Commissioners. Hugh Black and Jacob Wildemore.
 At the conclusion of the meeting, which was secret. 1t was announced that a subcommittee of three. con sisting of Chairman James l.. Miles, David Martin and David H. Lane. had been appointed to meet a similar com mittee from the committee of 21," as the citizens who signed a letter to the city committee demanding a new tick ct have been designated. The com mittee is also empowered to see the candidates and endeavor to induce them to withdraw.
 Of the candidates who are asked to withdraw MT. Ransley Is President of select council and a mercantile ap- praiser, MT. Lukens is also a mercan- tile appraiser and Messrs. Black and Wildermore are incumbents of the of fee for which they are candidates for reelection. All are ward leaders" of the Republican organization and as such were active in pushing through councils recently the legislation ex- tending the United Gas Improvement Company's lease of the gas works. Mir. Ransley, in his capacity of Presi- dent of Select Councils and head of the ticket, brought down upon his head the condemnation of citizens because of the active part he took in passing the leg islation. At first 1t was felt that his withdrawal from the ticket would ap- pease the wraht of citizens, but the feeling again spread to all the candi- dates except the judges. and it was al last Neoncluded by the leaders. that it would be necessary to place a new tick ct in the field.
 Mayor Weaver and his friends, who | were formerly4 Strong allies of the orA ganization. are believed to be hostile to any move that will continue the pres-
 ent leaders in power. In addition. the committee of seventy, a strong reform organization, is perfecting itself in every ward with the declared intention
 & of placing ticket in the field independ- ent of what the Republican organiza-
 ton may do.
 Five policemen and one fireman were I discharged today. The men had been found guilty of charges preferred against them.
 The Methodist preachers at their weekly meting today adopted reso-
 I luton asking Governor Pennypacker
 to remove from office State Insurance Commissioner Israel w. Durham. There having been so much criticism of the action taken by the committee of twenty-one in suggesting that what ever reformation Is to be done in the
 4 ,ity and State should be done by the Republican party itself, twelve mem- bers of the twenty-one held a long
 \ meeting this afternoon to consider what they should do in view of the
 criticism tehir letter brought out. A
 statement was given out which In part
 5 Is as follows:
 "We have carefully re-read our let ter to the chairman of the Republican I campaign committee and see nothing
 I In 1t which in our judgment requires
 either apology or explanation.
 There was only one object in view
 by the signers of that letter-and that
 was the purification of the Republican party and the elimination of the men
 of the party organization who are re-
 I sponsible for the present deplorable
 conditions in our city"
 The committee of nine which was
 appointed at a mass meeting to fight
 the gas lease and when has since
 4 api, ged itself to assist Mayor Weaver Hsn is effort to reform the municipal af airs today gave out a brief state .ert showing the committee's views If the action of the committee of .wenty-one. It Is as follows:
 That any compromise between the
 S people and the Republican organiza- tion as at present constituted is i'm possible; that this corrupt organization
 should be opposed by the City Party
 an independent party backed by the
 s committee of seventy by every means In its power; that the organization ol S the city party should be perfected in every division and in every ward in this city, to the end that convention
 may be caled within ninety days to prepare a platform of principles and to
 5 take action on the subject of nomina-
 5 sions for the November elections"