Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-20
GOVERNOR OBTAINS
MORE SUPPORT FOR
LOCAL OPTION BILL
with IL Votes From Phila-
delphia Now Reasonably
( Sure, Chances of Measure
I Increase Materially for
Final Passage by House.
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y.pRISBURG Pa, April Ex-Governor
,,,r,baurh's chances of having the VIII
-. local option bill, which comes up
,or a final vote in the House tomorrow,
,,sed have materially increased. He Is
reasonably sure of II votes from
s,rodoIphia, Notwithstanding Senator
,,,re,s noncommttal attitude.
The Governor yesterday held confer
...s with former city leaders in Phila-
s,,rbia, upon whom he could count If he
..,ers, the mayoralty contest this fall,
"a as n result four Philadelphia repre-
.,o,ivee are expected to cast their votes
for the bill.
The Governor called the Philadelphia
.ord leaders to see him as one of his
,,,, nlays for the passage of the bill. The
isoders he saw were Thomas Il. Smith,
.v,postnaster David Martin, eX-ReGister
- wills. John j. Mckinley, Jr, of the
I ssd ward, and Harry D. Beaston ex-Ctty
Commissioner. of the 40th Ward.
they admitted that they discussed local
.o,ion with the Governor. Between them
,hsv have six followers who are members
OF the NAuse. . -. .-.,..
~ the Legislature and discussed local OPP
ton with the doubtful ones Among
these were Representatives DUNN Drink
house and Vogdes.
clarence A. Rowell, of the 2Sth Ward
,s a follower of the former postmaster.
He is now taking n referendum of his
diAtrict and the results SO far have
caused him to incline toward local option
As n matter of fact, he has always fa-
vored local option and is expected to
yote for the measure. Mr.. Smith has
sxnressed himself as being in hearty aC-
cord with the referendum
pave Martin has Hackett who hereto
fore has been noncommittal. and Bauerle.
Arthur and Nieder as his followers in tho
House
All of these, except possibly Bauerle.
are expected to vote for the local option
bill as a result of Yesterdays confer
snces John McClintock, who some time
ago came out in favor of local option,
hut later switched to the "wets," is
Beaston follower. Fackler. heretofore
counted against the bill, is follower of
Mckinley.
The Phladelphians who are counted on
to vote for local option are now the fol-
lowing:
Wilson, Cox, McNichol, Lipschuta,
Weir, Campbell Walsh, Graham, Rowell,
Hackett, Arthur, Nieder.
Those who are now non-commlttal as
the result of yesterdays conferences are;
Glass, McDermott, willard, Woben-
smith, Cummins, Dunn, McClintock,
Laurer, FaCkler. OF these seven are
Ware men. The other 20 members of the
Philadelphia delegation are counted as
sure "wets." They are mostly McNichors
lieutenants.
This lineup of the Philadelphians has
been mustered without regard to the at
titude of Senator Ware, who has not yet
made known his attitude in regard to
local option.
With IL votes from Philadelphia the
bill seems assured of passing the House
The Senate 1t has been conceded all
along, will pass the bill If the measure
gets by the House.
The Williams bill will come up for final
passage in the House at II o'clock to-
morrow. It has been made "A special
order for that hour on third reading.
The measure was passed on second read
ing last night after Representative Robert
B. Habgood, of Mexican, made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to amend it so that the
unit would be the township, borough and
city, instead of the county, as provided
for in the Williams bill.