Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-26
M'NICHOL ASSERTION
RIDICULED BY MAYOR
"Will Have His Little joke"
Says Executive, Answering
Attack of Administration.

| Mayor Blankenburg today held uf to
ridicule the statement made by State
Senator McNichol last night that in spite
| of the Blankenburg Administration 20
per cent OF the employees of the various
departments still remain loyal to the
Republican Organization. Loyalty to the
Organization, the Mayor declared, implies
the so-called voluntary contributions
from the pay envelopes and serfdom to
the interests of the leaders
Senator McNichol made his attack on
the Biankenburg administration in the
course of an address at dinner to Peter
r. Smith by the Republicans OF the ATTN
Ward. Threats and intimidations. he said,
had been used in vain by the reformers
to win the allegiance Of the city en-
ployes.
TIE reply from the Mayor today fol-
lows:
Mr.. McNichol will have his little joke,
as he had last night when he puolcly
stated that e5 per cent. of the policemen
and flremen are loyal to the Organization
in spite of the Blankcnburg admlnistra-
ton.
LOYAL to the Organization! That
means loyal to Mr.. McNichol and all that
implies, and not to the city of Philadel-
phia. Comment is hardly necessary.
do not believe that very considerable
percentage of policemen and firemen and
other city employees are hankerng to
again place the Organization yoke around
their necks Are they anxious again to
have the opportunity submitting their pay
envelopes to the Organization leaders for
them to abstract voluntary contribu-
tions" before the pay envelopes are taken
home for their wives and children? They
have been emancipated from serfdom. and
win hardly want to be enslaved again by
an organization that serves its own in
terests and not those OF the city
AssAILs VOTES FOR WOMEN.
In the course of his address at the
Smith dinner. and later speaking at
banquet of the 2lst Ward Board of Trade,
Senator McNichol bitterly assailed wom-
an suffrage as one of the greatest
agencies for destroying home life and as
fundamentally opposed to the old idea of
motherhood He also explained why he
had opposed the woman suffrage amend
ment at Harrisburg.
If woman suffrage becomes a reality
he asserted there will be u destruction
of home life in Pennsylvania. This counS
try would he better off II We got back
to the old ideas of home life and mother
hood. / am opposed to woman suffrage,
both from my home training and from
my own experience in my home"
Deviatlng from the suffrage question
the Senator attacked the Taylor transit
program, declaring himself opposed to
a central business delivery loop, Dar-
by elevated, and asserting that the out |
lying sections of the city were not given |
proper consideration under the Taylor |
plans.
ASSURES COMPENSATION BILL.
After giving assurance that the work
ingmen's compensation bill and an equit-
able child labor bill will be passed by the |
Legislature, he launched into an arraign-
ment of the policy of carrying the morals
of the community into the Legislative
halls This was taken to indicate his
opposition to local option.
Congressman William s. Ware, who was
a speaker at the dinner in honor OF Mr..
Smith, prophesied the speedy return of
the Republican party TO power and a new
era of prosperity throughout the nation.
The election of a Republican Mayor in
next fall he said, will be
an important step III this back-to-the-
party movement.
The dinner to Mr.. Smith was held at
1920 North Broad street. other speakers
there were Councilman HUT, Magistrate
Morris, Robert NJ. Griffith and Richard
Weglen.
The banquet of the 2lst Ward Board of
Trade was held at Woodvale, Wissa-
lickon. Other speakers there were Reg
ster of Wills Sheehan. Clinton Rogers
and William S. Dixon, president
II the board.