Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-03
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
PLAY WAITING GAME
IN MAYORALTY FIGHT
Penrose McNichol Ware.
Lane Combination to De.
lay Naming Candi1ate
Until Late Day, Hoping
to Weaken Opposition.

The "watchful waiting" policy, wh,s,
Senator Penrose and the other Republlcs.
Organization leaders in Philadelphia 4.
the last Republican State platform A.,
in public utterances have attacked Pr,,,
dent Wilson for employing in the Ms,t
can situation, has been adopted BY IA.
Penrose- -McNlchol-vare-Lane combinsll,.
in the Mayoralty campaign.
The Republican Organization chiefts..
have started campaign Of dllalo,
tactics in the selection of their canda.
for the Republican nomination for MaN
preliminary to the actual campaign
trying to elect their choice. They M,
done this in the hope of delaying any h
dependent political movement and 4,
keeping the cost of their own campan
down to minimum.
The much-dlsoussed "round table, a..
ference that was suggested several wei.
ago by City Chairman David II. Lan,
will not be held for a month at lesH
according to men who have an authorIs,
tive knowledge Of the affairs OF the IN.
side ring" OF the local Republican o..
ganlzatlon.
Senators Penrose and McNichoI a.
The two Wares are all agreed in the plss
to delay until the last minute the teisr.
tlon of their choice for Mayor, It is sah
although in the meantime the Ware fac.
tion and the Penrose- McNichol factlon
or the Republican machine will contipu,
to jockey for position until they m
around table in Atlantic City ana
formally pick their candidate
INDEPENDENTS DELAY, TOO.
The leaders Of independent and reto,,,
political movements In Philadelphia havs
delayed getting together this year, WIN,
they were waiting for action by the Rs
publican Organization bosses. The o.
sanisation leaders are taking advantas,
OF the delay of the independents aS5
hope that by delaying decision as to thsIi
own mayoralty candidate, and by "nuil.
Ing" the acute situation that may Ie,d
to a break between the Wares and Me
Nichol they may force the independenl,
to postpone action until they viii hsg
a late start In tho campaign.
Four lean" years In the way q cts.
tracts under the Blankenburg adnss.
tratlon and debt OF about s35, 900 thAh
still saddled upon the Republican Cg
Committee from the campaign Of ha
fall, have caused the leaders to dtdh
upon the cheapest possible campalr,
from their own viewpoint at least. III
this reason they want It to be as short a
possible.
Tho financial condition OF the RepuA.
lican Organization bodies and of the lead.
ers themselves will figure largely in thAl
Anal selection OF the Organization cand.
date.
WANT CHEAP" CANDIDATE.
One Organization lieutenant remarka
today that the leaders are looking for 4
Cheap" candldate--one who will cot
them as little as possible, SO that The
$4,000 debt can be paid off and 80 that
the leaders themselves will not have 10
spend the fortunes tho campaign OF four
years ago cost them. ,,
The belief is growing in Organization
circles that the talk which has been
general for weeks to the effect that the
Organization leaders are looking for 4
strong candidate OF uninpeachable repu-
tation will lead to nothing, and that 70
insure that the immense contracts to h
awarded under the next admlnistratlon
will be evenly divided a "stalwart" VIII
be chosen.