Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07
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tp- t''.'e ,op,,nR TO the Town Meeting head.
cusrr. specifc cases in hand indicate that,
I.s,, Ins N the clear language OF the law
g" eourt decisions, thousands Of ballots
hhu ,hrown out and not counted by elee-
". Noatds because the voter marked an X
li0n roes in the Town Meeting party col
IA again for Samuel p. Rotan for
1l.,e, 1nn Attorney In the Republican column,
pls"sL.t In other instances ballots were
~. A....a because voters In particlar wards,
unssls hesn deprived Of Town Meeting party
r--.,ImanIc nominees, voted the Town
's,ng column and then went into the
,n,.s..aocratic column to express their choice
81 Councilmen' -. 49,. -,
In n.. in single division upon the first
pas'... named above Is a significant Illus
plss.an ~ the material upon which the Town
t1,., tauv" comnittee justihes.its belief of the
Me-, o,ec,ion of the whole Town Meeting
Marty ticket. ,.,-,..,,,t. ,,, 10 &C.
~ tbat the Town Meeting committee
p,su 20, the demand of the situation In
w w ..ost vigorous way. 1fie duty of every
w ,a,."n reouires that he Immediately supply
els'.s el..." detail OF information within his pos
Cs.on relating to this subject.
. isso go. oomplete unofficial returns from all
!, ,hs forty-eight wards IN the city give
". Pepublican ticket such small majority
tne nc vote cast by the Philadelphia SOL
,nAl ,rhich as vet has not been counted,
1 eNS.ron Meade and Camp Hancock may
y, the Town Meeting party candidates
~ The Town Meeting party made
snsssoroble cut in the Ware control of
Councs. g., A.. -
warrants will be sworn out by the Com
..,,,se Of Seventy for the arrest of from
80, a. oO0 election officials and others ac-
. aR M tho nOllS and NiO-
sA.,ors of the election laws, according TO an
n-anncen,ent by L. l.. ID. Roach secre-
s.-~ of the committee, late this afternoon,
~posch said that enough split tickets were
...orn out unlawfully to elect the Town
I wsst,ng ticket and that 200 complaints have
. Mem received. Fifty Of them are OF
serious nature. he added.
Nv Trreeland Kendrick, Republican candi-
s.,s for reelection as Receiver OF Taxes,
~ THOMAS f. Armstrong, the Town Meet
~. marty candidate, by a majority of only
eslo in the vote cast In the city.
IN the face of the returns Kendrick Is
a. v,nner. while Sheehan and Shoyer will
,robably lose IL the soldier vote maintains
H. same ratio as the few scattered soldier
yote returns indicate.
BRIGHT GOES TO WASHINGTON
Robert S. Bright, chairman Of the law
.ommIttee of the Town Meeting party, went
70 washington this afternoon to investigate
ne holding up of the returns from the
soldier vote.
ue announced that the law committee of
,hs Town Meeting party would unquestion-
.bv contest the election IL Il should be
shown that a number of ballots were thrown
Ant because voters had marked them with
cross for the straight Town Meeting tick
et and another cross opposite the name of
samuel p Rotan, Republican candidate for
Ra1
a mark a ballot in that manner" said he,
because the Town Meeting party had no
candidate for District Attorney"
Instructions have been sent out to Town
Meeting leaders in each ward. said Mr.
Bright. to report all instances where bal.
lots so marked had been thrown out. They
are 10 report at the Town Meeting party
headquarters at 4 o'clock this afternoon
Reports that twenty-three ballots had
been thrown out from the third division Of
the Fourth Ward. that n like situation ex-
listed throughout the Fourth Ward, and that
three ballots had been thrown out at the
thirty-slxth division of the Forty-third
Ward came to the Town Meeting party
headquarters. Reports that Irregularities
existed in the Nineteenth Ward are being
investigated. II was also reported that
many ballots had been thrown out in one
division in the Eighteenth Ward and in one
division Of the Twentieth Ward
Mr.. Bright's attention was called to the
Statement that virtually all the election
officers at the camps were appointed by
Governor Brumbaugh and that they were
supposed to be Ware supporters. He was
asked what steps The Town Meeting party
would take to protect its interests In the
soldier vote
IF there is any monlteying with the SOL
der vote, there will be trouble" he replied.
They want TO be very careful for any
inonkeying % tn It sort would be interfer-
ence with agents of the United States Gov
ernment am glad that this matter has
been called to my attention and / will take
steps to look after it,"
Mr., Bright would not concede the election
to the Ware forces this afternoon He
pointed out that the returns coming in are
those gathered by the police and are not
oniclal. Mr.. Bright expressed hope for the
ultimate success Of the Town Meeting ticket,
asserting that it would be found that the
people were back of the movement. when
the official returns are received. with the
help OF the soldier vote, which II not yet
ln said he, 1T will be found, when tho
smoke of battle has cleared away. that the
Town Meeting party has been victorious"
James B. Sheehan, ''fifty-fifty" candidate
tor reelection as Register of Wills polled
only $3.50 more votes than Walter George
smith, the fusion candidate.
Ex-Judge James Gay Gordon, who is
srnoon declared that the election is a re-
Duke TO the Republican Organization. He
urged the continuance of the campaign
ssalnst ''disgraceful municipal govern
Z % %ment and called for the removal of Mayor
smith. He said:
wen, l am disappointed and surprised
n'ue disappointed and greatly surprised
activities in the campaign were con-
,''eu ehtlrely to the proceedings in court.
vas never In consultation politically with
iy OF the Town Meeting candidates or
T,rasuers, either individually or collectively.
t"e,eIore' do not know whether the result
vue IN any degree to failure of or
-ation on their part. Superhca'ly II
appeSred s to me that the citizens were thor
t,as aroused and expected large majori-
s", LOT the Town Meeting candidates. The
ce hs at this hour ase not sufficiently
tplete te.i.e to say how substantial the ma
tor the organization candidates will
out probably they viii not be large
~. tN'eIrItneless. the result is a victory for
cs,.s wares and is due primarily to two
noII,,s FIRST To the thorough practical