Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-13
CONGRESSMAN ware
MENTIONED AS NEXT
SPEAKER OF HOUSE
Source Of Suggestion Not Fully
Established, but Politicians
Discuss South Philadel-
phian's Chances
HucHEys DEFEAT A HELP

conrreesman wiillam s. Ware has been
ucnfIoned for speaker ~ The House ef
Representatives In tlae nest Congress. which
tccpfdlng % present returns, WIN nave
M >8rlty of Ave Revubiicanss
tust who mentioned Mn has not been
fn1it established The politicians who
fhronr the Rialto these days. discussing
what is 10 follow the results OF last Tues
days election. do not know whether some
member of the pennsyfvania deiesatIcn 20
Congress has brought out the name OF
the South phiAdsiphia Congressman or
whether tho suggestion. that he would
make a good Speaker came Indirectly from
Ware sources here.
The defeat Of Hughes has. given the
wares more prestige IN nationsi way
than his election would have given thenf
This is partly because Senator Penrose.
apparently the dominant figure In this
state from a national viewpoint, has been
left without the Federal patronage the
election OF Hughes would have given him
as the nucleus OF an organisation with
which 70 overthrow the vare-Brumbaugh
machine. and partly because the factional
su&nment OF the Pennsylvania delegation
20 Congress remains unchanged.
CONTROL STATE DELEGATION
The wares won control of the PennsyI-
vanfa Republican delegation during the
last session Of Congress. when the choice
cf Pennsylvania representative on the
Republican National Congressional Com
mittee came UP. George 8. Graham was
elected by tho Wares.
The record made BY Congressman Ware
is being pointed TO by the forces which
would like 10 see him Speaker, 70 succeed
Champ Clark
The South Philadelphia Congressman,
among other things, has secured more ap.
propriations for the Philadelphia Navy
Yard from Democratic Congresses than his
Democratic predecessors as champions OF
the Philadelphia Navy Yard were able TO
%. All during the last session OF Con-
eress he conducted n strong fight for the
Improvement OF the Navy Yard here and
for the improvement Of the port In gen
efai
CONGRESSMAN ware was mentioned as the
next chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee several moptha ago He was
elected for his fourth successive term last
Tuesday.
MOORE A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE
Another Philadelphia Congressman who
has been mentioned as possible candi-
date for Speaker is ,. Hampton Moore.
Congressman Moore has led the tariff
fight in the House during two sessions. and
has been suggested because Of his record
as protective tariff advocate.
He has been closely identified with ma
tonai political campaigns for the last two
terms and during the last few years has
been secretary OF the NatloHai PuDicfty
Association Of Congress, an adjunct TO Tho
Hepublicon national congressional commit
tee
He Is a member OF the Ways and Means
and Waterways Committees Of Congress
and is the head of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association
The failure Of the Republicans TO wlr
the senate will keep the status Of Senator
Psnrose unchanged for the next two year.
at least -
Had the Republicans captured the Sen
ate In the election last Tuesday the seniol
. Senator from Pennsyvania would hav'
been IN line for the Craftsmanship of tn
powerful Finance Committee, as he IL thu
ranking Republican member of that body
His power would have been greater thar
tho Craftsmanship, however, had Hughes
been elected and had the Republicans wor
the Senate. During the last two weeks
of the campaign he was one of the advisers
Of the Republican nominee, and the cleo
ton Of Hughes would have given him a
pace in the national councils OF the party