Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
WARE ECALLSFTFTH'
WARD MOVIE
Promises Complete Expose
of Other Side When Show
Is Over
HEARING A LOT OF BUNK
Senator Blames Trouble on
Newspaper in Address Before
Forty-fourth Ward Club

The whole Fifth ward hearing is
"moving-picture" show. and bunk ac-
cord,ng to Senator Edwin H. Ware, who
promised a complete Nindication OF NM
self and friends in an address before the
Mckinley Republican club Of the Forty
fourth Ward. Fifty-second street and
HSverford avenue.
After the show is over" he explained
"and the curtain has fallen on the acts
which are being dramatically staged oE
Brown and Gordon. there Will be conl-
plete expose Of the other side
Senator Ware termed the hearing a lot
Of "hunk" and said he was not afraid OF
Judge Gordon. 81 say that because some
people seem TO think | am he said.
The Senator blamed the whole Fifth
Ward trouble on Samuel q. Maloney and
a Philadelphia morning newspaper which
ne mentioned by name. The newspaper
staged the "frame-up' and had Il executed
by Maloney. the Senator charged Inc
whole purpose, so he said, was to bring
disCredit on the Ware Smith Administra-
tiOn or regime. lie said:
1T will be shown Philadelphia news
paper proposed to spring a great sensa-
tion in the Fifth Ward as il did years ago
In the Seventh Ward. Men were 70 go
through the Fifth Ward and roughhouse
it, perhaps put in votes where the chance
oIelcu itself, ana tleu llleIt Ntit " NC
arrests and q great newspaper sensation
with discredit on the Wares and the Admin
istratiOn. [ don't say nor do believe that
any violence or murder was contemplated
by any one party TO the plan.
Il have nothing to fear from the side
show in Judge Browns court. ! was never
afraid Of Judge Gordon and ! never expect
to be. No man who is not guilty need fear
him or any one else. Back in 1905 he threat
cned TO put Durham. Penrose and McNchol
IN Jail then he had the Administration,
and the county offices with him But he
did not succeed. Neither will he succeed
now. In due course all will be shown up
and the people will know the whole truth.
81 am looking you men in the eye when
| say that no one can regret more than
do the murder Of that splendid policeman
Now an effort is being made TO shift the
blame for that murder on the wares l
want to say that had no personal interest
in the Fifth Ward contest; no more inter-
est than you men have, who. of course.
want 10 see Your side win But the facts
are that in the factOnal contests in THIS
Ilty my friends were successful In thirty
eight out of the forty-eight wards OF the
city with such a great victory what inter-
est was il to us to have such a trouble
some ward as the Fifth in our group? We
won out in such fine wards as here in the
Forty-fOurth We won out through cleah
politics and We certainly could have no
interest III SuCh Il warn as u'e ~ ''i N'S"
that man AGalouey, who Is at the bottom
of this whole mess says that he received
announcement from myself or Congress
man Ware he says what is absolutely false.
Don't take my word for It; everything will
! be proved to Your satisfaction,
1T stands TO reason that we had no III
! terest in importing rough ncrks into that
! ward for any purpose of protecting voters
! from assault The Administration saw to
| II that an ample police force was sent down
! there. And don't forget that out Of more
! than 1900 election divisions on primary
! day there was serious trouble in but one
! or so"