Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
CAMP MEADEREADY
FOR ELECTION DAY
1000 Philadelphia Selected
Men Will Vote Tomorrow
at Little Penn
NO HOLIDAY FOR RooKrES
General Kuhn Explains That to
Stop Work Would Not Be
Fair to u. S.

CAMP MEADE, Admiral, Md, Nov. 3.
Nine thousand Philadelphia selected
men will vote tomorrow. The votes TO epe
cast by the men who are being trained Tor
service "over there" will be for candidates
on The Towr Meeting party and the candi,
tates on the Smith-Vare ticket Votes VIII
ais0 - ,ast for Councilmanic candidates
The uniformed population is a little reti-
cen. when II comes to discussing politics.
but from some of the remarks overheard
political gangdom" will be dealt blow
when the votes are tabulated.
Tho sixteen commissioners appointed by'
Governor Brumbaugh to take care Ct the
election in Little Penn" arrived here this
afternoon. They are headed by James
FRANKLIN, OF Philadelphia, who is chairman.
Philip Sterling. also OF Philadelphia, Is sec
retary of the commission
Major General Kuhn this afternoon re-
fused to set aside tomorrow as holiday
at the request of Mr.. Franklin. He told
DIR. Franklin that it wouldn't be fair to the
Government to have a holiday.
''To have a holiday" said General Kuhn.
'is asking too much. America doesn't real
lie that we can't go along on a basis of
business as usual We must mako some
sacrihces."
AS General Kuhn spoke his eyes were
fixed on headlines In a newspaper announc-
ing the latest casualties on the other side
among the American forces.
'That Is the paramount issue,' said Gen
eral Kuhn as he continued to gaze at the
headlines.
"Unless this kind of news awakens
America to the full realization of this inn
portant issue the nation will die"
Lieutenant +. p. Kellar, Of Pittsburgh
Pa. has been assigned to help the COM
missioners.
The voting will begin at o'clock in the
morning and will continue until o'clock
In the evening. 1t is not believed that the
result of the vote in Little Penn will reach
Philadelphia until after o'clock tomor-
row evening.
There will be about forty polling booths.
AT each place there will he three judges
and two inspectors, who will be chosen by
the selected men from among their num-
ber. The same methods were usec during
the Civil War when the Union Army was in
camp.
Two Philadelphia regiments will cast
heavy vote. They are the 315th Infantry,
which has $500 voters The other regiment
is the 312th Infantry Regiment with a MEM
bership of 22OO Philadelphians.
A Town Meeting party rally has been
arranged for Little Penn to take place late
today The soldiers will be addressed by
Thomas +. Armstrong, candidate of the |
Town Meeting party for Receiver Of Taxes |
and other speakers.
Tomorrow about 900 new selected men !
viii arrive here from different parts of |
Maryland. They are going to join the SOL |
Hers here and get lessons how to combat |
he Germans when they reach 'over there" |
A careful survey of the political situa-
tion at Little Penn indicates that the Town |
Meeting candidates are in the lead and that /
lnless the soldiers who intend to follow
he Wares bestir themselves within the next
hours the soldier vote will be
'egistered on the side of clean government.
Most anything is likely to happen be-
ween now and Tomorrow when the BOYS |
n olive drab deposit their ballots, but
here is little indication that the Ware
ollowers will be much in the open to
ounteract the efforts of the Town Meeting
workers.
Despite the large number of men who
ire entitled to vote there has been very
title campaigning and the bulk of what
las been done has been accomplished by
men who are anxious to upset contractor
Iovernment i'm Philadelphia.