Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-19
WARES GAIN GROUND
FOR MAYORALTY BY
NAMING OF BROWN
Brumbaugh' S Selection Gives
South Philadelphia Lead
ers Advantage Over Pen
rose-McNichol Men.

| e. NY thseu lhe strength OF the
arcs position in their fight to- control
the Mayoralty situation Inn : hiiadeIrhio
/ thls year and has assured himself of the
unquaiitiec Ware support ia carrying out
| tiIe comprehensive program of legislation
| OF his own administration
DOCTOR BrumbauRh announced the an
pointment of MIR. Brown last night. i'm
nleulatelN after his arrival here At the
| same time he sprang another surprise bv
| announcing the appointment of Cyrus +,
| Woods, of Westmoreland County. ex-
| munster to Portugal and eX-president pro
| tenn OF the state Senate, as Secretary of
| the commonwealth. to succeed Robert
| McAfee. lie named James S. Hiatt. of
Philadelphia, as his private secretary.
The Wares are now virtually i'm the
position Of being able to name the Repub-
lican candidate for Mayor this fall, Their
victory in the Attorney Generalship
scrambles. backed up by the fact that
Doctor Brumbaugh appointed neither
| Robert McAfee nor w. Harry Baker. the
men whom the Penrose- Nc Nichol forces
urged for Secretary of the Common
wealth, gives them a moral advantage
over the McNichol contingent in Phila-
delphia which may have sweeping results
M the municipal election.
w. s. WARE HIMSELF MAY RUN
In addition to this the Wares can RELY
upon NllP SuppOTl Ol lJHNlu il. Lane and
eN-Iiegister OF Wills David Martin. both
of whom are now strong Brumbaugh sup
porters.
There Is little likelihood of a fight devel-
oping at the primaries. From the present
aspect of the situation, the Wares will
probably be permitted TO go ahead and
name Receiver of Taxes w. Freeland
Kendrick, Judge John NJ. Patterson or
even Representative William s. Ware
himself, as the Republican Mayoralty
candidate, the McNiChol forces content
ing themselves with the smaller offices
which they hold at present.
Should a fight develop, however the
Wares are now in a position which they
can greatly strengthen with the Brum-
baugh prestige behind them, and have
every chance of carrying the fight
against Penrose and McNichol.
The situation will be vastly different
from that of four years ago, when Will
liam s. Ware was lighting George II. Earle.
Jr., for the Republican nomination for
Mayor. The Wares will hold of
course their entire South Philadelphia
strength, but with the Brumbaugh influ-
ence and the assistance of City Chairman
Lane and David Martin they will be able
to make inroads on the present McNichol
stronghoids before September.
AIDS REPUBLICAN HARMONY
The appointment OF Mr.. Brown and Mr..
Woods has considerable bearing on the
political situation throughout the State,
and should strengthen Republican har"
mony in preparation for the presidential
election in 1916.
In the appointment of Mr.. Brown the
Wares become n stronger power in State
politics. The appointment of Mr.. Woods
almost completely eliminates the oliver
faction from place in Republican State
councils, and, incidentally, tends to clear
the situation in Allegheny County, where
there has been dscord for many years
The Penrose- -AicNichol faction won only
a partial victory in the naming of Mr..
Woods by Doctor Brumbaugh. although
the new Secretary of the Commonwealth
Is a Penrose- -McNichol man. The ap-
pointment was personal, more so than
that of Mr.. Brown, whose selection was
also personal on the part of the new
Governor.
SURPRISE FOR PENRosE FORCES.
The Penrose-M -McNlchol forces had been
expecting that Doctor Brumbaugh would
name Mr.. Brown, although the new Gov
ernor himself had never intimated whom
he would select, and they let 1t be known
that they would be content with the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth. For that
purpose they strongly urged the reap
pointment of Robert McAfee, ana during
the past two days increased pressure was
brought to bear upon Doctor Brumbaugh
to bring this about
Tn order 10 take no chances, however.
the Penrose- -NcNichol forces sent In the
name of w. Harry Baker, secretary OF
the Republican State Committee Tor the
place, in the hope that II the new Gov
ernor did not name McAfee he would ap-
point Baker. A.,
They were completely surprised at the
appolntment of Mr.. Woods, whose name
had never been mentioned III
with the place.
The appointment of Mr.. Hiatt was pure
lv a. personal one, and was made by tho
new Governor in recognition OF the man,
ner in which Mr.. Hiatt, as secretary OF
the Brumbaugh Citizens Committee nan
died Doctor Brumbaughs campaign
MR.. BROWNS CAREER.
Francis Skunk Brown. lawyer, was born
IN philadelphia, June 8. 1883. His father
was Charles Brown and his mother Eliz-
sbatb Skunk. His father represented
Philadelphia in the State Senate ana III
Congress for many years 49,, ,,,,,,,
MT Brown was educated in the pubic
schools OF Philadelphia and or boVer'
Del, is a graduate OF the wilmington
Conference Academy OF DelhMale a'u
~ ths law department of the University
or PennsyIyania. He was admitted 70
the bar in 1873 and is now a member OF
ths Arm of Simpson, Brown & Williams.
He is a member OF the board or direct-
ors OF CITY Trusts of Philadelphia ana
chairman OF its Committee on city Real
Estate Is a director OF the Continental
Fnuitable Title and Trust Company anu
nresident Of the Lawyers Clup OF Fhl-
sdeInbia. He was for many years com
modora of the Philadelphia Yacht Clup
and commander OF the fehhsylNsHIa
Naval Reserves, A..
He married Elizabeth, daughter OF the
late Pleasanton Hamm, OF Dover, Del,
and has one son and namesake IN lhe
Law school Of the University OF Fennsyl-
vania and one daughter, senior In bryh
Mawr College, He lives In oYernrook'
Philadelphia.
CAREER OF CYRUS E. WOODS.
Mr.. Woods Is a resident Of Greenspurs'
Pa He was born at Clearneld, septem-
her q 1851. Educated at LAFAYETTE College'
"a graduated with honor In June, 1880,
He Was admitted TO the bar In 1883, ana
was vice president OF the PennsylVahla
Bar Association IN 1900
He Was elected to the Senate or Penn
sylvania from the 39th Senatorial District
IN November, 1900, and reelected In No
vember, 1901. He was chosen president
pro tenn. OF the Senate April ls, 1890 and
reelected 70 that position January II, lsoi,
resigning In June. 1907. to become general