Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-10
enISRNG, GUNSBOOM
ovER MAYOR RIDDLES
DEFEAT IN ELECTION
.,.tias Blow and Cheering
Ns ~on March in Streets, But
Executive Smiles in Face 5
of Licking"
o,or FIRST TIME HE SAYS
i. 10 common People" and
APgi yiSsral Element Buried Under
Avalanche of Votes

,.,rtc CRY, n. T.. May 1o,-Back
h. ~. h.sob front, outside Of the hotel
~, .'. Atlantic city hardly slept las,
n.'. nells we're rung, guns we're fired
plsAs .,.,les blown while cheering men
tno ,ha streets. Atlantic City was
.l.,,ng Pa'.s. the defeat Of Mayor "Bill'
~, overthrow of Riddleism. d.
Hooie' "pul" after the greatest fight
Mayor ,,,rssoue political, career, with the
this patnrs the hotel owners and the
toyn pstni leaders of many factions OPP
fesoui hir, failed for place in the new
poseo a,e citv rulers by 362 votes. He
boaIu ~. home ward the 4th. but was
terrieu .Sor IA an avalanche of votes in the
bpr1eoa, ard sd. with him there went
lst ~ 20 defeat William Fl. Bartlett
ae,or aeEn ~ public Safety; Lewis B. Glenn
pl's,snt director Of Public Sstety Dr'
sssssar,rood Cochran. VINO pasea MS IIl cam
paen IN and Milton Seaman, merchant
p,ddle's defeat surprised thousands oil
huu some of hts stoutest adherents
einlen1 no last minute had an idea that
pp ~ w., or other he would manage TO
tonlen ~ the members of the new board.
ps w nan,,ction was due in no small meas
Ihls p,ddle's remarkable fight, his ap-
Wy " y, the common people" and the
pesl strength of the liberal element,
s.pp pv piddle maintained demanded the
Wv" nS % 'yet its whistle" on Sunday.
>,rw ADMINISTRATIONS BOARD.
~. c,tvs new board of administration
,nr,sss two hotel men, Commissioner
eo,,p uap q Thompson, reelected, and Charles
:, yblte vice president of the Marl-
ts,omgh. Blenheim Company; Commits
s1ansr Harry Bacharach. one of the own
y" =, the Hotel Islesworth; Commissioner
a,ssr, pever. reelected, whose own son,
ssa,,ar Riddles secretary, fought him dur
~ the campaign. and william F. Sooy,
,-ssldent of the County Bar Association.
pocharach and Thompson are also pres
dents Of banks.
!, was said today to be probable that
vrt,,e will be made Mayor and Sooy Di-
,.etor Of public Safety, the three re-
.lacted members retaining their present
sr.ctorships as follows Bacharach, Pub
n Works; Boyer, Finance, and Thomp-
son. Public improvements
rhe official returns give. the total vote
Is follows
Antl.Riddle ticket-Sooy, $500; Bach
srach, 5219; Thompson, 1892; Boyer,
lsss; White, 1905.
Riddle ticket-Riddle, 4443; Bartlett
1914; Cochran, 1902; Seaman, 1882;
Glenn 1885,
"a THANKLESS JOB"
Mayor "Bill" Riddle was able to smile
ths morning, in the face of defeat. y,
He was up early and went directly
from his home in Chelsea by automobile
10 Nays Landing, where the County
Court is in session.
II Is not the first time 1 have lost in
contests political and otherwise" he said
ashe stepped into his machine. And I'm
not going 10 let anybidy crow over me at
this late stage of the game l enjoyed
bslng Mayor but it was thankless job
4 Riddle is planning to go to Betzwood,
he home of his friend Sigmund Lubin.
mar Philadelphia. to rest for week
aher his arduous campaign. He may go
tire directly from Mays Landing.
Riddle is a millionaire. He has a rent
foll of several hundred thousand dollars
Eyear.
WILDWOOD, n. j., May 10.-At the
election for City Commissioners held yes
: tsrday, Mayor Frank Il. Smith, City Com
missioner William c. Hendee and r. w.
ryan were reelected over eX-Sheriff WILL
IAN H. Bright, Freeholder Charles w. Saul
and Harry S. Durham. The vote was the
heaviest polled in years. The official count
is as follows: