Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-14
l.EEIIGH DEMOCRATS
ASSAn GOOD ROADS
POLICY OF GOVERNOR
Resolutions Adopted at Annual
Outing Criticised by Many
as Proof of Party
1nsincerity
MARKED IMPROVEMENT

ALLENTOWN. Pa. Aus. 1.-THE mos
important political gathering Of the cam
paign In this section OF Pennsylvania
was the Lthigh Democratic County meet.
inE. held today at Brenissviiic a village
ten miles west Of this city. II developed
an unusually large crop Of candidates,
and considerable criticism Of the resoIu-
tion ndopted at the meetins.
The noondsy dinner, as Is always the
case, was the feature Of the meeting.
which took the fern Of holiday outing
Many persons came by automobile from
ell parts of the county
Among the autoistF and the crowd in
general there was a suspicion as 20 the
sincerity Of Democratic pollcies, when Il
was found the resolutions contained a
severe criticism OF Governor Brumhaugh
on she good roads question,
II Ia q matter OF common congratula-
ton among motorists and farmers TINT
the roads OF Lehlgh County are 200 per
cent. better now than they we're IN
spring. when Governor Brumbaugl1 began
TO get active. Dozens OF miles Of good
roads hAvo been made In the country
districts OF Lehigh. and some OF the roads
through the rural sections have been
asphalted like city streets The work is
going on energetioally and the people
are a unit in crediting the Governor for
the good work. II was commAn talk
that the Democratic managers, In casting
q fling at Brumbaugh and his admins
tration, accusing them Of incapacity and
neglect. made a mistake
Another thing criticised by those pres
ent at the meeting was the declaration in
favor of n new million dollar courthouse
A quarter million addition TO the old
courthouse is nearing completion, and the
people do not believe that a million moro
can be expended without raising the tax
rate.
There was also much criticism OF the
assertion made by the orators and in the
resolutions that the lowering of the tariff
had brought prosperity when all furnaces
and most of the iron works were idle un.
I'll they got orders for war munitions
from abroad.
Since the primaries next year will he
held In May, earlier than the county
meeting, II was incumbent on aspirants
Tor oftices to be filled next yeah to an.
nounce themselves at this gathering, and
this Increased the crop OF candidates 70
more than 100. The most important an
nouncement In this respect was that OF
Congressman Arthur G. Dewalt former !
STATE senator ana former Democratic |
State Chairman. that he would be a can
didAte next year for reelection as repre- /!
sentative from the Bersa.LIehigh district. !
MIR Dewalt was elected last November. |
and BY force Of circumstances was COM |
PEELED to announce himself an aspirant |
for reelection before he had had chance |
to serve in the halls of Congress.
County Chairman Jonathan L. Fredcr-
lex will be n candidate from Lehigh to
the next Democratic National Convention.
Albert Il. Rim announced himself
candidate for reelection to the Assembly ,
from the 3D. District Of Lehigh County.
Ralph e. Diefenderfer. Assemblyman
from the I'd District, presided over the
rnesting, and former state Senator NJ. c, I
Henninger was chairman Of the Com
n1ittee on Resolutions The formal adj
dresses of the day were made by Con-
greHsman Dewalt Congressman Robert
&. Lee, OF schuylkill: J. Washington
Logue, OF Philadelphia; ex-Congress,
man A. Mitchell Palmer. of Strouds-
burg. and E. X. Kline and Dallas
Diliinger. of Allentown. candidates for the
nomination for District Attorney