Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04
BLER' s CHANCES
||REATLY AIDED BY
SRUMBAUGH'S BOOST
|ooteomery County Speak
ership Candidate Appar-
.otlv Sure to Win--His
Eour Rivals in Alliance.

,.ov . srArr coRnEsroNDENr1
.,step1TRG, Pa, Jan. A fight In
r-nuhlIcan caucus tonight between
,,.,rv and the city members is
.r.d az the result of Governor
s,s,robaugh's Endorsement of Rep
4 -at,,n charles A. Amber for Speak
'eh ehts5'..sa,ssaentatlves hs'.s,rs y Baldwin, of Della
nSKi,iIan,a. of Tloga; Wilson, of JEFF
~ and Habgood, of Mexican, all in
y go into the caucus as candidates
~ arat ballot. The present plan Is
w y, 80 Of these candidates will with
Z =, m favor of the strongest after test
I. n order to combine the opposition
i Amber. .,.s
i midnight last night, and held a
nssrence with Baldwin. AS a re-
h of his talk with Senator Crow the
.,ara County candidate today in
Emed his friends In the House that he
suId not withdraw under any eircum-
lnstor Crow, on the other hand, says
N the situation rs unohangea' his
4 4..,a,,ti was taken by the members
n have gathered here to mean that
/. ,or penrose Intends to stand behind
,nbler.
nALL1Es" STAND FIRM.
] .or Crow was to have arrived last
~ h,,t failed to appear, and the other
nsh,,can leaders sent the four allied
s,satss no word. This added to the
f~ntn,ent they showed all day yesterday
4 = Inc stating of Amber and caused
~. a. ,ssue a statement late last night
H. oftit,1da
I, ,as the result of repeated conferences,
!, : ,he abatement, 1--WE agree that the
,.,.nssIon of the members now in Har-
fh,,rg is strongly In favor of the cleo
krsos a Speaker by the members of the
nss vvho will most make for harmony
vary way now and throughout the
.s,on we are in perfect accord and
ans mind, and will continue to stand
3rha tour .allies" are holding a series
i. conferences that will probably con-
M All through the day, perfecting their
L,ns 10 unite the opposition to Amber.
AMBLER's STRONG POSITION.
amber seems assured of victory, how
ser Governor-elect Brumbaush's per-
mai kilograms to every Republican
1,nber Of the House, which he sent out
4 saturday, will bring all of the large
into line. The Philadelphia.
3leTheny. Lackawana, Lu2erne and
hunhIn County members will go into the
4ncus to vote as units for the Cover
kr-elects choice, regardless of their per-
hal beliefs, and this alone assures the
bctlon OF the Montgomery County rep
tentative
LAST night Baldwin sent a message to
2o Governor elect, refusing to with
sdw. His message was in answer to q
&IegTam received by all four of the allied
fndidates. signed by Doctor Brumbaugh,
i which the Governor-elect asked them
Withdraw in favor of Amber.
DOUBT ABOUT PENRosE.
None OF the other four candidates seems
BE to realize that Senator Penrose has
creed to support Amber They believe
to be only newspaper talk" and for
at reason more than any other they
: staying in the fight.
The wording OF Governor-elect Bruni-
Augh's Endorsement of the Montgomery
ptnty Representative was taken by
sm to be reflection upon themselves
hd their records, and really caused them
get together.
BRED Newell, of Canton, Pa, president
the Pennsylvania State Editorial As
ciation; Charles H. Bressler. of Lock
ayen, president of the Pennsylvania
sekIy Newspaper Association. and j.
zeFby, OF Pottsville. on behalf of the
soeiated dailies Of Pennsylvania, is
ID statement last night in which they
sefted that Habgood, who is a news
PER editor also stands for the legis-
lnh indorsed by Doctor Brumbaugh,
ven as for the Republican State plat
I'm.