Evening journal., 1911-05-17
DEMOCRATS
AFTER VOTES
SpruanCe and Dubell Cam
paiGnerS Comb City for
Support for Candidates
THIRD WARD HAVING
HOT COUNCIL FIGHT

With the Democratic primaries to
be held on Saturday to select a mum
icipal ticket, the mayoralty contest
has become spirited, and workers in
behalf of Mayor ]. Harvey Spruance
and Charles E. Dubell, who are seek
ing the nomination, are now trying to
corral every vote possible for the
rival candidates. Friends of both are
claiming the nomination, and a close
contest is expected. Mayor Spruance's
campaign is being conducted with
Street Director M. ID. Murphy, John
Il Malloy, City Solicitor John w.
Brady and ]. Harvey Whiteman, in
command and they have a strong or
ganization IN each ward. Naturally
the men appointed by Mayor Spruance
to Office and their friends are sticking
by the Mayor for a second term nomi-
nation.
They expect the Mayor TO run par
ticularly strong in the Democratic
wards, and a wager was offered last
night that Dr. Spruance would get two
votes to Mr.. Dubell's one in the Third
ward. There will be a particularly
heavy vote cast in the Third because
OF the "hot" Councilmanic contest
there
At the same time, the Dubell man
ayers are claiming some of the down.
town Democratic wards, and they also
expect Mr. Dubell to run strong in
the uptown wards, which are Re-
publican on election day
Tax Collector Eugene Nj. Sayers,
former Street Director John G. Gray
and former City Solicitor Robert G..
Harman are looked upon as mana
gers of the Dubell campaign, and
they, too have an organization in the
different wards. The Dubell mana
gers were worried yesterday by a re-
port that a plan to vote Republicans
for DR.. Spruance might be attempted
on Saturday, but the Republican lead
ers say they know nothing of such
an intention. The Democrats intend
to cause every Republican presenting
himself to vote on Saturday to take
an oath that he will support and vote
for the successful ticket before he
will be permitted to vote.
There has been much speculation
as to how Peter ]. Ford would line
up. particularly since he did not land
the Street and Sewer appointment. Il
WAS bdlu tOudg lLdL MI IOAu anu WI
lard Salisbury are for Mr. Dubell fol
Mayor
So far as the Third Ward is con
cerned, the Councilmanic contest there
is overshadowing everything else and
if the Third was not so strongl,
Democratic the factional fight nigh
endanger the carrying of the ward
As it is, however. the Democrats have
a big lead there and are fighting 4
out to their satisfaction.
The candidates are Councilman f
F. Higgins, who is after a third term
and John McKelvey. Mr.. Higgins ha
the backing of the Third Ward Demo
cratic Club. and of Ward Chairman
McGoldrick, and McKelvey has tn
backing of the West End Democratic
Club and of J. Edward McNabb ant
other workers of that organization
It really is the fight of the lower en'
against the upper end of the ward
and it is the hottest battle the Thir'
has ever had at the. polls. Each clul
has allotted a specified number o
names of voters in the ward to eacl
member, and urge the claims of tn
candidates, and every Democrat in tn
ward has been visited by the riva
campaigners. The McKelvey boom
ers allege there is a plan to vote on
hundred Republicans for Higgins.