Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-24
PLEDGE SUPPORT
TO $3.50 TICKET
Agents of Various Labor
Bodies Promise Votes to
Kendrick and Sheehan
INDEPENDENTS ASSAILED

A dozen men representing various labor
bodies allied with the Central Labor Union
today met in the Office of W. Freeland
Kcndrck Receiver Of Taxes, and gave as
surances of their support Of the Republican
"ffty-ffty" ticket. They were led by John
\. Phillips. first vice president Of the state
Federation Of Labor and vice president
Of the Philadelphia local Of the Topographic
cal Union; former State Senator Richard
V. Farley and Patrick p. Conway. a lawyer.
representing the Hatters' Union
The delegation was received by Receiver
OF Taxes Kendrick, Register Of Wills James
B. Sheehan and Registration Commissioner
Frederick j. Shoyer. candidate for City
Treasurer on the the "50-50' ticket. In
giving their Endorsement of the 5000"
candidates. the labor men we're at the same
time seeking to repudiate the action Of
Frank Feeney and his faction in the Central
Labor Union who recently ndorsed the
Town Meeting party ticket.
Asserting that they had always been
friendly toward labor, hendriCk, Sheehan
and Shoyer assured the delegation that they
would continue to be loyal to labor's in
terests. Mr.. Shoyer attacked the local news
papers for supporting the Town Meeting
party and declared that they were actuated
by Interior motives.
Mr. Conway characterized the Town
Meeting candidates as a group of million
aire hat manufacturers"
An appeal to the labor men to support
Candidates who had taken the trouble to
register at the primaries, unlike the Town
Meeting candidates" was voiced by Reg
lister of Wills Sheehan. Mr. Phillips OBJ
jected, he said, to what he termed the il,'
ference drawn by the Town Meeting paSy
that the labor vote could be delivered to
anybody.
Former State Senator Farley asserted
that the Republicans in the state Legisla-
ture should be given the credit for labor
legislation enacted in this State, such as the
child labor law, the workmens ccmpensa-
ton law and the eght-hour law for women.
Hint that proceedings arising from the
Bloody Fifth" Ward murder would be in
stituted against state Senator Edwin II.
Ware was given today by State Representa-
tive Isadore Stern. following the latter's
charge that Senator Ware financed Isaac
Deutschs fight against Jams A. Carey in
the Fifth Ward.
Named as one of the "men higher up"
in the case in which Mayor Smith was held
in heavy bail for court on murder con-
spiracy charges. Senator Ware today refused
TO make a formal reply to Stern's asser-
tion that $4,000 or $4,000 of Ware money
went TO Deutsch's war chest"
stern is a cipher" said Senator Ware.
He is too small / won't dignity his
rawlings with an answer / simply won't
discuss it,"
Representative Stern, whose affidavit re-
suited in the Mayors arrest, countered with
a second statement in which he intimated
that proceedings would be taken against
Ware
THAT is the same attitude the Mayor
took" he said. when told that Senator Ware
ignored his challenge. Subsequent pro-
ceedings showed that there is a little more
than zero in the statements | make.
"If Senator Ware persists in assuming
the same attitude, we may have to start
proceedings to show that there is something
in front of the Cipher-either a or an 8
and several ciphers, excluding the murder
money, which has three ciphers behind it.
1t all goes to show Mr.. Wares familiarity
with ciphers.'
Representative Stern refused to explain
| the nature Of the reported proceedings
| against Senator Ware, but said a confer
| ence would be held today on that subject.
The first statement of Stern, to which
Ware declined to reply, was as follows: