Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-02
ware. WITHDRAWING,
DEFENDS BRUMBAUGB


ItouId enter The contest until within the
last = hours No one know what my in
Ienuons wcre-not even the members OF
ny femily
senator Edwin " Ware. at the meeting.
trou1hf The Issue Of contracts Into tho
tanwaixn. He decfied the idea that the
prsaniaation leaders want Mayor whom
ihfy can control because Of the enormous
y conlrncts that are 10 be let during the
laext administration Incidentally, he
rad tilbuie to The public improvements
hat have been made during the Blanken-
hurE administration, by asserting that
he has received more contracts during
The present administration than ever be-
= fore
MOVES RUN OFF SMOOTHLY.
Every thing went through smoothly,
rnd the crowd present was almost unani-
inous IN rcmarkng ON tho many evidences
of tho carefuliy-staged rehearsal
The Ware and McNichoi oficeholders
almost without exception, packed the
room.
Congressman ware was the ONLY cap-
didate who appeared az the meeting.
smith remained IN his Office IN the Lin
coin BundinE waiting for word that the
curtain had been runs down on the stage
play
The crowd applauded Just at the proper
time, and smiled iust at the proper time
u acted az though It's acts had been care
fully rchearscd
The Wares kept the crowd in the room
and small crowd that had assembled on
the street as though awaiting election
returns. waiting for half nm hour before
the meeting could be opened.
Wnen Senator Edwin II. Ware arrived
SHORTLY before o'clock, accompanied by
select Councilman William r. Finley. he
took seat behind Lane where the other
ORGANIZATION leaders were sitting They
included Senator McNichol senator L. w,
Patton. David Martin. Register of wills
james .. Sheehan Congressman Peter E.
(Ccstcllo. senator W. W. smith, Coroner
William n. Knight. Harry c. Ranslev.
Harry Markey and County Commissioner
Robert y Moore
Chairman Lane then gave out a let
Ter ne had received from Frederick Boyer.
IN which Beyer agreed to Withdraw In the
interest OF harmony"
MoNIcHOL AND WARE POSE.
While they were waiting for Congress
man Ware to arrive, senators McNichol
and Ware posed. with Lane and David
Martin for ph otograph. The photogra-
piers flashlight would not work and
McNichol remarked
The new machine would not work"
He smiled 1T Dave Lane.
Lane turned to McNichoI and said
It's your machine that Is working to- |
day
Congressman Ware was applauded when |
he arrived at . O'Clock. Re was attired I
In his best congressional suit The meet /
ing was started Immediately after vare's |
arrival
Congressman Costello called the meeting
70 order. and upon the motion of SEN |
ator Ware, Martin was chosen temnor-
ary chairman. Lanes call for the meet
Ing was then read
Lane. telling of the efforts of the
party leaders to reach harmony, said
that repeated conferences had been
without conclusion unless Ware with
drew. He remarked that Ware held the
Key TO the situation and that IL he re-
mained candidate he certainly wouId
be nominated. and, he believed, elected.
Lane said the only compensation he /
could offer Ware for this sacrifice would
be the thanks of grateful party and the
inhplrstson contained In the Thought thar
the blood Of the martyrs Is the seed of
the Church"
LANES SPEECH.
Lane said;
When poiticnl education helps us In
discover our own powers and our own
limitations, II will fulnl its real function
When y teaches us not merely TO know
things, but to know ourselves; not merely !
70 do things. but 10 compel ourselveE 10
DO things. then we might consider our
selves politically educated
~ eometimes happens that those with
good motives, but limited understanding.
are impatient at the slow progress made
by the toilers and clamor for prornn.
action IN the direction of a candidate or
on some partly accepted principle. and
harm instead OF good. results
fDne drop OF practicality is worth the
most splendid scheme OF the roformers.
We must make our political experI-
ence potent factor for DEVELOPMENT. in
stead OF a conventional veneer. PoIit-
icel reform parties engage in a verltabIe
debauch Of scandal-mongering and Der-
sonal ytuperation until they realize that
political problems can only be adjusted
BY calm, careful and unbiased INQUIRY
1t may be that political organizations
are too conservative. but they are per-
petnaliy preoccupied with the healthy
development OF the whole nation and
striving 10 curb the centrifugal militancy
Of the theorists
n have called you together first. be-
rsuse yvu are the major representatives
of the Republican Organization; and Sec
Dnd, that In the multitude of councillors
Ihefe is wisdom: and third to present a |
united front In the coming Mayoralty
contest
We want 10 avoid the conditions of
Tour years ago, when our defeat was due II
e aroused factional sentiment, which our
SENTIMENT F"'"'
ihey have employed the phrase "A
city reclaimed. when In reality a a.
city DETAINED by pharisalcal. extrava- H
CANT ana resentful administration PharI
laieal. because they are constantlv pro-
'laiming their virtues from the housetons.
.ktrevasant, because they have spent S.
WV" more than their predecessors, with
ffle construction to show for N ana II
eaeptfui because they discharged 4OO0 II
mpioyes whose only offense was LOYALTY II
o their party
The large expenditures incurred nv ii
he previous administration was CHARGED ii
" our reform critics 10 dishonesty ana II
uau We are more charita NE II
'harse the present administration with II
nnapacit@ our opponents are already II
working. and letter has been issued II
y mytheai hundred COMMITTEES. pur- II
'orrne 20 be issued from the Mayors II
.mcf II this Is ON oficial paper IL "a III
ne4ai II Il Is simulated paper il IA III
nlslfad rs and untruthmL
pnanimsty 10 not only asked OF In. III
'o''ucal workers. but BY capital ana IA III
'rf both Of whom send communications III
q ne. which are. no doubt familiar 10 III
p'i' ihls Is also supplemented by a LET III
- .akt4ip Governor BrumbauEh Tbev HI
'~rF tre'f request on the prediction OF HI
|+| 'tNel tlrpupiican victory. and 10000 III
I,t titf VIII have that effect. MI
"a htke considered a large list of Hi
Ie. ..-tr nfst as 70 ase; necond. 40 ~ HI
" 'tu. ana third, rs 60 intelligence ana Hi
- "Ff' puHlnehs ana political exner- iii
I(" ana most Of all. the qualideat tions HI
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