Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-16
MAYOR HURLy POLICE
FORCE INTO ELECTION

office all day long, i am going frop1 my
Glens,de home 70 Broad and Cumberland
streets to cast my vote In the 9Th, division
of the 2Sth Ward From the polling plac,
I will go direct to City Hall and will keel
In touch with the situation from then on
/ have gone over the wards today and can.
not see how the loan bills can be beaten
Everything this morning is quiet and peace
| ful and do not believe that any one will
start any trouble.
city offlceholders have been warned that
| they must keep within the Shern law.
have no control over county officials. and
| what they do is not up to me. I am. how.
ever entirely responsible for city officers
| and mean TO see that the Shern law is
| carried out The day has started peace.
| fully enough and II looks as though every
| man knows where he stands. ] know my
responsibility and my duty and mean Ia
see that laws are carried out.
MY ACTIONS ARE OPEN
'T have told ward leaders that in the
event Of any trouble they should come dl-
| rect to City Hall and have things straight
| ened out. With a view to keeping in
| touch with everything that is going on
| have given orders that no engagements
| are to be made for me today I will at
| all times be available to the newspapers
and will through the papers keep the
public fully and honestly informed of
everything that is going on. My actions
are open and aboveboard and l mean to
take the public fully into my confidence
In the event of trouble. ] am saying this
with the firm belief that there will be
little or no trouble, but IL there is trouble
1t will be settled without delay"
The flying squads" of detectives, 100
strong. are keeping in touch with every
election division. The lieutenants of de-
tectives. James Scanlon, Andrew Emanuel
and Theodore Wood, are in charge Of them,
and are making constant trips around the
city in automobiles.
A special squad OF detectives has been
placed in West Philadelphia under the
direction of ex-Captain of Detectives Alfred
Souder
COPS READY FOR TROUBLE.
The captains of police have been sta
toned throughout the city with squads of
men, ready to go to the polls in case of
trouble this evening, when the count of the
vote is started. Each police captain has a
squad of 15 men with him.
Captain Kenny is at the 10th and But
tonwood streets station; Captain Mills, 18th
and Pine Streets Captain McCoach. 7th
and Carpenter streets Captain Callahan,
Belgrade and Clearfeld streets: Captain
McFadden, 2sth and oxford streets and
Captain Tempest. 55th and Pine streets.
Both Senator Edwin II. Ware and Sena-
tor James P. McNichol shortly after noon
predicted that their respective candidates
would win in Philadelphia. pc.
BRUMBAUGH SWEEP, WARE SAYS.
Senator Ware. after tour of all the
South Philadelphia wards, shortly after
noon, predicted clean sweep for Brum-
baugh, Amber, the loans and the entire
Ware ticket downtown. He said that in the
seth Ward the Penrose-NIcNichol machine
has collapsed, and added that the other
outfit" the Seger-Trainer combination, has
not been able to make good their boast
81 have just completed a tour of the
wards downtown said Senator Ware.
"Brumbaugh and Amber will have larger
majority than any candidates at any cleo
ton since my brother ran for Mayor in
1911, when he practically had unanimous
vote
81 get the same information from McKin-
ley leader in the 33d Ward, uptown, and
from Senator Patton, Harry Beaston and
Harry Mackey In West Philadelphia.
The wards are piling up big vote for
our candidates and for the loans, there.
"In the northeast the Martn-Lane-Vare
forces are simply sweeping everything be-
fore them. Patrick Conner is running away
ahead of Augustus DaiX in the Mayors
home senatorial district.
THE entire se-McNichol Ward
Committee in the seth Ward came over
and visited our committee last night and
offered their services for todays work and
expressed themselves as being disgusted
with the other outfit. There are now only
three Penrose- -McNichol watchers left out
of 500 in the seth Ward. There were 22 of
the Penrose-NIcNichol committeeman who
came over
There has been a good heavy early vote
downtown. The majority is not only being
rolled up, but 1t will be bigger than the
usual one. For personal as we'll as politi-
cal reasons, our people resented the boast
of the Seger-Trainer people that they We're
going to make inroads in our wards. That
boast has fallen fiat and everybody is vot-
ing for us"
NcNICHOT, CONTINENT
Senator McNichol based his claims on
reports he had been been receiving, He
said:
Reports that have been receiving
from all over the city indicate that the
Penrose candidates are being strongly sup
ported and that they will receive a sub !
stantial majority in the city alone.
Senator Daix will be renominated by q
good majority
Governor Brumbaugh expressed conf |
dence in the result of the election when he |
cast his ballot at the polling place at 2S5 |
West Haines street at IL O'Clock this morn |
ing. He declined TO discuss the situation,
or any of the charges that were made
against him during the campaign by Pen
rose followers.
Congressman Ware took trip through |
South Philadelphia just before noon today |
and after hearing reports of some of his |
ward leaders, he prophesed clean sweep '
for both loan bills, and also for the Brum-
baugh ticket.
Congressman Ware voted in the Goth |
Division of the goth Ward at $50 o'clock, |
and learned that of the 9s votes cast there |
all but 10 were for the loans and for |
Amber.
In the 9th Division OF the 26th Ward |
he learned that So votes had been cast. all |
for the loans and for Amber.
In the goth division of the 26th Ward he |
was told that 12O of 1870 votes went for the |
loans and for Amber.
In the Ssth division of the 26th Ward, 7s |
votes had been cast, he was informed, all |
for the loans and for Amber,
In the S9th division of the 26th Ward the |
100 votes cast all went likewise.
In the LIST division of the S9th Ward all |
but two OF 65 votes went for Amber and
the loans.
In the I'd division of the seth Ward the |
rs votes went for Amber and the loans |
vote for Amber for Congressman |
construed as vote for the whole Brum-
bsugh ticket,
Mayor Smith. early this morning. cast
his ballot at the polls at Broad and Cum
berland streets. On leaving the polls he
said that he had voted for both the port
and transit and the general loans and pre-
dicted a sweeping victory for both meas
ures. When asked for whom he had voted
% uaffnuol dalaaafaa ha said don't mind