Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-18
COMMERCE BOARD
ELECTS OFFICERS
alive Wires" on Job Early
20 Put Through "Con-
structive" Ticket
AN UNUSUAL CAMPAIGN
oprogressives" Win Point>in OBJ
tanning Election Judge.
Proxies Nullified

I, their efforts to supplant ten members
of the "old guard" directorate with an equal
ru,rber of 'progressives," the "live-wire"
.gqregation OF the Chamber of Commerce
s,,cceeded with the opening of the annual
,,oo,ior Of directors in the widener Build
inc today, in having Alexander Lawrence
Ir elected Judge Of the election. MIR. Law
rence is one OF the progressive element Of
,bo chamber. He is a former president OF
The Business Science Club.
Tho Give wires" were also successful in
having a ruling made whereby all ballots
containing more than eleven votes shall be
thrown out This ruling virtually eliminates
,lotinp bv proxy. which the "old guard" Is.
said TO have largely depended upon for car
rylng its ticket through.
The opcning of the polls this morning
marked the first annual election for dt-
rettors since the removal of the chamber
from the Bourse The headquarters took
on an appearance of animation ana activity
almost Immediately. The ''live wires" were
earIy astir and out in force to place their
candidates on the board
The election marks the climax OF a cam
pairn unprecedented for activity and de-
termination in the history of the chamber.
The Live Wires" led by their "construc-
five" campa ign nsCommittee, have worked un-
firing to reach every one of the 5000 mem-
hers OF the chamber and IL possible, to in
terest him sufficiently in the issues of the
campaign to bring about the presence of
more than majority OF members at to-
days election.
Bv campaign literature, personal letters
and telephone solicitation and by personal
appeal they had succeeded in exciting the
interest of a greater number of members
in the election than in any previous con-
test. The poll last year showed $50 votes
cast The early Indications today forecast
the depositing of that number of votes be-
fore noon and a number far in excess of
that total before the close of the polls this
afternoon
LIVE WIRE" TICKET
The nominees Of the Live Wires" for
the fun four-year term are: E. J. Berlet
tion; Lewis Bremen Jrs. II. G. Nolan &
Co. BARLEY j. Doyle, Keystone Publish
ing Company; Lee j. Eastman. Packard
Motorcar Company; Walter l.. Eckhardt,
Pennsylvania Talking Machine Company:
Edward lidmunds. Il. s. Woodward & Co;
Walter l.. Rosenberger. Smith, Kline &
French Company; w T.. TherlSildson, w.
Atee Burpee & Co.; George B. Wells and
Thomas Wriggins, of B. +. Devices. Gil
bert S, Smith of j. f. Buchanan & Co.. is
the Live Wire" nominee for the unexpred
term of David =. Leas. deceased
The "old guard" ticket contains fifteen
names for the ten full-term directorships.
The nominees on this list include Howard
b, French, president of the Chamber; Rowe
Stewart. president Poor Richard Club:
Charles NJ. Biddle Supplee. .Biddle Hardware
Company Powell Evans, Merchant & Evans
Company, Inc; Francis B. Reeves, Reeves,
Parvin & Co.; l. G.. Graf. T.. G.. Graft & Son;
Daniel Whitney, Whitney & Kemmerer; Will
liam A. Law First National Bank; Spencer
X, milford England, Walton & Co., Inc;
John Snnott Wilson H. Brown, Continental
Eiderdown Company; Charles II. Thompson,
Lewis Thompson & Co.; William b. Riley,
William B. Riley & Co; A. Reed Mc1ntire,
McIntire. Magee & Brown Company; Flor
ence j. Hoppe c. J. Hoppe G. Son. Mont
gomery H. Wright, John B. Stetson Com
pany Is the "old guard" choice for the
uneNpired term.
Cumulative voting, by which the votes of
a member may be concentrated upon less
than the total number of candidates to be
chosen is playing an important part in the
election. According to the live wires" this
plan of uniting the full strength of a voter
upon his favorite candidate or candidates
Is being resOrted to by their opponents
rather than by the progressives who are
living up to their maxim which sets forth
that the way to vote right is to look right,
be right, and to mark a cross in every
square on the extreme right"
3 The live wire" candidates enjoy a
column all their own on the right side of
the official ballot
OLD GUARD" CONFIDENT
Quiet confidence il maintained by the
old guard" that they will not be unhorsed
In any "Waterloo" as predicted by their
more energetic opponents in the contest
The live wires" under the campaign
management of A. s. Murphy. profess the
belief that the result of the balloting will
show the election of all eleven of their
candidates. They believe they have
awakened a Supb "a fr,,n
I'm the management OF the Chamber that the
forces of the conservatives will be over.
whelmed. They labored like beavers through
the morning hours TO marshal their sup
porters to the polls and by the tally their
active workers We're keeping their efforts
appeared successful. They promised a sur
prise to the conservative or "old guard"
element, when the count should be com
pleted,