Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
MAYOR OBJECTS
TO BACON'S VOTE
AGAINST VETO
Believes Court Order Should
Have Directed Seating of
} Moore Pending Final De-
cision.
Forty-Fourth Ward Select Coun-
Gilman obedient Servant and
Beneficiary of the Penrose-
, Vare-McNichol Machine.

Mayor Bankenburg today expressed the
opinion that the Supreme Court should
have seated Dr. Philip II. Moore as Sc
1ect Councilman from the 44th Ward until
its decision in an election contest was an
nounced, instead of permitting DR.. Will
liam u. Bacon to hold the seat. 1t was
Bacon's vote which made possible the
massage of the Municipal Courts vague
land.condemnng ordinance over the
MAYORS veto in Select Council on Tues
Sav. The Mayor said DR.. Moore should
have been seated, because Judge Auden-
ried had declared Bacon's election had
been obtained by fraud and that DR..
Moore was rightfully and legally entitled
to the seat.
what do you think OF the order OF the
Supreme Court permitting Doctor Bacon
TO retain his seat in Select Council until
n decision is rendered In the contested
election case with DR.. Philip II. Moore
in that ward p the Mayor was asked.
"It seems to me as n laymau." he
answered that from the evidence in
the case and after Judge Audenried had
declared Doctor Moore eligible to the
seat. he should he the one retained in
Select Council until the decision of the
Supreme Court Is given. and not Bacon
That's the way 1t seems to me-
al remember the famous Conway case
In the Fifth Ward "a years ago. Conway
was counted out in the contest over the
election for Select Council. He spent
thousands of dollars In contesting the
case in the courts and was finally award
cd his seat on the very day that his
term In Councils expired"
VOTE FOR oRGANIzATIoN.
The vote of DR.. Bacon, political OBJ
servers said today, will continue to be
recorded In Select Council in the interests
Of Penrose McNichol and Ware, although
Judge Audenried in Common Pleas Court
declared Bacon ineligible to his seat
The Supreme Court is the medium being
used TO keep Bacon in his seat as the
ostensble representative of the Ath
Ward although Judge Audenried inter-
preted the decision of the voters Of that
ward almost a year ago, to be for DR.
Philip II. Moore, a man pledged to uphold
the policies of the Blankenburg Admins
tration.
An ord&r was made by the Supreme
Court Yesterday giving Doctor Bacon the
privilege of remaining in Select Council
until the appeal he made to the higher
court from Judge Audenrieds decision is
finally decided.
BACON A MACHINE BENEFICIARY.
Bacon is included among the dual office
holders in Select Council, whom Mayor
Blankenburg unsparingly denounced in
his message last Thursday. He receives
a salary of $1,000 year as real estate
assessor. The post came as a gratuity |
from the Republican machine early this |
!, 10 fao oh al,
TO the McNichol branch of the Penrose |
machine.
According to Judge Audenrieds inter- |
pretatlon OF the balotlng in the Forty |
fourth Ward last fall, Doctor Moore, TIE |
Blankenburg candidate. was elected hy |
Is votes.
Ciookedness at the official count I'm the
ward was responsible for the opening of
all the ballot boxes The examiners
made their report to Judge Audenried,
declaring their finding to be in favor Of
doctor Moore. The original crooked count
save handful majority to the Penrcse-
McNiehol machine candidate, Doctor
Bacon.
Judge Audenried. after hearing the
Arguments in the case, declared Moore
entitled to the seat. The Penrose- Nc
Nicnol candidate then introduced his
case into the ponderous mazes of the
supreme Court in the shape of an an
peal, procedure frequently employed by
me Penrose- -McNichol-Va combine in
similar cases
Bacon has already represented the Re-
publican machine forces in Select Coun-
cl. Tor year. under legal expedient
rather than under the legal right TO his
seat. The effect of the order of the Su-
preme Court will prolong that tenure.