Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-13
PHILADELPHIA BID
STRONG MAGNET
FOR CONVENTION
ritv's Chances Better Than
Week Ago, Says Rep
resentative Moore
pENRosE WILL HELP
c,omber of Commerce Delega-
tion in Washington This Aft
ornoon-Committee Meets
Tomorrow

,u,eutNGTON, Dec. 49, -- The Repub-
yo,ionaI Committee meets here to-
HVan II will choose convention CITY,
data and adjourn, the Committeemcn
TX r,sdcntly awaiting November. 1916
sal' verdict against Democracy
anu was more than the usual pre-
lne. buoyancy among the party
eCssi"o,oirs today It was more than Il
,nsn,,o hone. National Chairman charles
es",tir o. ttires host summed UP the conviction
i..ory his colleagues In TINS metaphurlcal
passage -,
IL h.sorc the bnr of public opin-
~ and convicted. The verdict
W, h. , sour-ycnr vacation. and
,hs corrective measure which tue
rsopie will apply VIII lie -FOUR
,curs Of Rcpubilcnnism.
MOORE is HOPEFUL
rh,. Philadelphia has a better chance
=, ",,,inc the national convention than
w, mad last week Is the belief OF Rep
,o.cntatlvc j. Hampton Moore
In discussing the situation today Mr.
,tnorc authorized the following statement
"Uy', St am informed that the Chamber Of
c,rnmercc will he represented here this
.Sernoon when we will know more about
a.. si,pntion. The committee of IN"
SS,,,bnr of Commerce. which Is "A very
,,ron, body of representative philad"l
,bi,ns has asked me to act as Spokcs-
nam but | do not yet know who else
Hi sneak except that | have been ad-
yised this morning that both Governor
prumbnugh and MnyUr-elcct Smith WIZ
be here. .
"The Chamber of Commerce. which Is
raising the money, the tender or whlch
nul undouhtcdly have n large influence
unon the National Committee, consists Of
a strong body of men, and 1t would be
difficult to find more representative
body Of Philadclphans. The National
Committeo will need the money that
Philadelphia has to offer. and If there is
any hitch in money matters, so ihr as
Chicago and ST. Louis are concerned.
phladeIphias chances will be first class.
81 am not vet authorized to speak for
the committee as to these details, but
thc committee will be here tomorrow
morning to speak for itself. There have
been several intimatiOns to me this
morning that Philadelphia stands a bet
Ter chance than she did last week, and
this may he due to the fact that phila-
delphia made good i'm 1900. when we
nominated Mckinley and Roosevelt, and
that her word i'm this instance will be
just as good as 1t was then"
PENROsG FOR PHILADELPHIA
When senator Penrose was shown n
report from Philadelphia that there was
much adverse criticism there because of
his apparent failure to fight harder for
the naming OF Philadelphia, he said:
u am carncsly in favor of the selection
Of Philadelphia for the next Republican
National Convention. | have been talking
to many members of the National Com
mi,tee about the DISABILITY of choosing
Philadelphia during the last few days. To-
morrow | will appear before the commit
lee with a dcle-C tion from Philadelphia.
In my opinion, the committee has not
reached any determination with refer
ence TO the convention city. A fair and
impartial hearing will be given to the
several cities whose delegations will APP
pear before it,"
The attitude of Senator Fenrose. which