Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-11
PENROSE ON STUMP
TONIGHT IN 43D WARD
VS.. SMITH AND WARES
In Statement Attacks Interfer-
ence With Pofice-Will
Talk About 1t at
9th and Erie
OTHERS TO SPEAK

United States Senator Boies Penrose
will take the stump tonight against the
Wares and the Smith administration. Ac-
companed by state Senator James z.
McNicho Register OF Wills James b.
Sheehan and City Solicitor John p. Con-
nelly he will attend a Penrose- -McNichol
meeting in the 4Sd Ward. to be held at
eth street and Erie avenue
The senior Senator last night issued a
statement In which he bitterly resented
the Vares' control OF the police.
"The way the police force has been
handed over to the Ware contracting firm
has caused a grave and complicated sit
uation in Philadelphia" he said.
The Senator vigorously attacked the can.
didacy Of Speaker Charles A. Amber for
Republican nomination for auditor gen
eral
DOESN'T AMOUNT TO MUCH"
'I am glad to note that the parentage
of the Amber candidacy is at last ac-
knowiedged" said Senator Penrose. For
a long time no one appeared willing to
stand sponsor for II. It is true the effort
was first made to fasten II oni the Gov
ernor A little reflection, however, showed
that such authorship would be open to the
graveet suspicion.
The Auditor General is the accounting
and auditing officer through whose hands
must pass the accounts Of all State officers
and contractors. The constitution of the
State has wisely provided that the Auditor
General shall be elected by the people at
q separate and distinct election, the ex-
pectation being that he shall be an Of
ficial entirely Independent from Guber-
Material influence or control.
"The propriety of this separation Is
evident, as II would have proved most
inconsistent and discreditable for the Gov
~ Ia,y Na1 NA ,,a
for nomination an official who would have
to account for his expenditures. The
Ware contracting element, while quietly
doing all they could for the Amber can
didacy, likewise hesitated to openly avow
responsibility for the time being, as II
certainly did not look we'll for a city con-
tractor to be urging for the election to
| Auditor General of a city and county con-
| tractor in an adjoining neighborhood, who
would pass on contracts.
"The attempt was then made to fasten
the candidacy on Mayor Smith, and un.
| load on him, although the Republicans
| of the State could not understand why a
Mayor of Philadelphia should assist by
the coercion of his police force in one city
| of the Commonwealth. in endeavoring to
nominate a man for ap office in which
| the people of the whole State are con-
| cerned. Now 1t is openly disclosed that
| the Governor and the Ware contracting
| firm are the. forces behind the Amber
candidacy.
"All attempts at disguise have been
| thrown aside If the Amber candidacy
ever had any strength, the avowal of sup
port. by the Governor and the contractors
| would cripple 1t. Az a matter of fact, the
Amber candidacy Is not heard of in the
State at large, and stands no show Of in
dorsement at the polls"
SENATOR WARE ANSWERS.
State Senator Edwin II. Ware. in an.
swer. asserted that Penrose is supporting
Charles A. Snyder. of Schuylkill County,
for the Auditor Generalship because he
wants a man who will "serve the special
interests"