Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-07
PENROSE, OF OLD GUARD,
CHOSEN BY HUGHES FOR
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Announcement of the Senator's
Name and Other Members
Expected Within
Short Time
WARE RAPs OTHER OUTFIT

Senator Penrose has been selected by
Charles Evans Hughes as a member of his
campaign committee. according to reports
from New York today. The candidate has
selected his committee It Is said, and II
will be announced within a short time by
National Chairman Wilcox.
Senator Penrose is the only one of the
"Od Guard" leaders who fought Roose-
welt in the 1912 convention to be mentioned
for n place in the body that will have
charge of Mr.. Hughes campaign. The Re
publicans who are understood to have been
chosen are:
Charles y. Warren. Michigan. for vice
chairman of the National Committee; Her
bert Parsons New York. with George y.
Cortelyou as n noncommittee member as
soCiate, James \. lIemcnway. Of Indiana
John u Adas. iowa r. w. Estabrook, New
Hampshire Ralph H. Williams, oregon
AIvah w. Martin. Virginia f. r. Howell.
Nebraska A. Y, tiert, Kentucky. Boies PEN
rose, Pennsylvania. and w w. Crocker,
California.
ELECTORS LIST ~ FEW DAYS.
The Wares will have five Of the six dis
trict electors in Philadelphia. The dele
gates to the Republican National Conven-
tlon have selected most Of the electors In
the 32 districts throughout the state, and
the complete list is expected to be ready
to present to Mr.. Hughes within two or
three days for his approval
Four Of tho district electors have been
definitely chosen in Philadelphia, while
tentative selections have been made In the
other two, They follow
First Distrlct-Either Ellis A. Gimbel or
General n. V. Morrel
Second District--Thomas Robins.
Third Dlstrict-Vlrtually certain that
agreement will be reached on DR.. James
Van Buskirk
Fourth District-Mayor Thomas b. Smith.
The Penrose support was thrown to the
Mayor in this instance.
Fifth District-N. c. Broadhead
Sixth Distrlct-Dr Edgar Fahs Smith.
Mr. Robins Is the only eectOr of the six
not affiliated or selected by the Wares. He
is n Progressive, and was selected by Sena-
| tor McNichol and Judge Charles L. Brown
| for the purpose of helping to win the Pro-
| gressivcs back to the party.
WARE TO CONTINUE WARD FIGHT.
Senator Edwin II. Ware. in n speech last
| night. declared that any movement for
harmony between the warning factions of
the Republican Organization would not keep
| him out of the fight for control of the cath
| Ward The Senator spoke at dinner
| given by Michael I. Crane, Ware leader in
the ward, at Judges Cafe, West Philade-
| phia Crane was defeated for city COM
| mitteeman by Blake NtcCaughn. Penrose-
McNichol follower, at the last election.
81 am looking you men squarely in the
| face" said Senator Ware, when / say
that | am with you in your future fights,
| and for anything I can do to aid you.
count on me. There should never have
been any fight at the last election That
other outfit thought it would beat us when
| IL flashed that letter about Governor Brum-
| baugh But despite the fact that the Gov
ernor was i'll and out of the campaign for
80 days, the Penrose-McNichol crowd only
won by seven votes when it came to an
| issue about naming the Governor at the
| Republican convention. If he had not been
| i'll and out of the fight as far as doing any
campaigning was concerned, we would have
cleaned up Nj ,t...t