Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
LIVE WIRES" SEE
SECOND WATERLOO
nownfall of Napoleon Bona
parte Kelly Forecast in
Chamber Election
wtrRpHY OPENS ATTACK
old Guard in Commerce Board
Doomed Tomorrow, Says
Progressive

uocl, on y. 3. Kelly, secretary of the
sn,bsr OF Commerce, who was termed
land Nopoieon who sought to rule the
IA but who would meet his Waterloo
~ made today by a. ;. Murphy IN
',s,enent issued in behalf OF the 'Cohstruc-
live Program Comhh''ee w i''''
a,ya wire" nominees.
M ,Iiye wires" were declared to be in
j ,soncSes fighting for a>better Chamber
w W ,.,,r,erce The success of tomorrow's
,..,inn was said to he assured. II was pre-
s,rtsd that the "Old Guard of the chamber
-suld get the surprise Of their lives
~ ,,birlyind style. the live wires have
~, to rIosr their campaign with di-
w a,,d nersonal appeal TO more than 1000
" .ha,r friends scattered throughout the
tlty ,,.,, t,. ,o,,ors mailed
..stsrday and today. Answers already
~ being received and votes in favor OF
.s.ursd Judging from last minute infor-
n.tion, the live wires" say that victory
FINALLY is within their grasp. and that the
aold guard" Is preparing for the rout
M information was obtainable at the
cbamber Of Commerce headquarters. The
egar rule installed at the beginning of
,ss oinsurrection" evidently is still in force
ATTACK ON KELLY
The latest attack, launched today by Mr.
Murphy. reads
the world. He met his Waterloo anu passed
away into exile.
aIt would seem to me that history is
reneating itself and that another Napoleon
Bonaparte IN. b. Kelly is about to meet
his Waterloo and may, perhaps, be sent
Into exile. II seems to me more than a
coincidence that he has trench con-
neced with him.
.The live wires and their friends are
in the trenches They are fighting for a
better Chamber Of Commerce and greater
Philadelphia.
1--WE look for success at the election to-
morrow. From information which the COM
mlttee has received we have every reason
10 believe that the old guard wHl be very
much surprised.
Z II have read with some Interest state
ment in one OF yesterdays papers purpOrt-
ing to come from n. h. Kelly, in which he
states that firms holding more than one
membership in the Chamber of Commerce
will be permitted to vote those memberships
as whole. In other words. that one mem-
ber of the firm will be able to come to the
election and cast the vote for the whole
membership.
VOTES BY PROXY
This is directly contrary to the state
ment contained at the head of the official
ballot issued by the Chamber of Commerce
It reads. Voting by proxy shall not be
permitted 1t also, in contrary to an
agreement which | have had over the tele-
phone with Mr.. Kelly about one week, ago.
In this conversation he agreed that voting
by proxy would not be legal, and as a veri-
hcatlon Of this he asked George Wentworth
Carr, an attorney, to talk with me over the
telephone.
Mr.. Carr outlined a similar situation,
where, in an organization in which he was
member, he was compelled, after looking
up the law on the subject, to render a de-
elsion against his friends to the effect that
voting by proxy in an organization similar
10 the Chamber of Commerce was not legal.
AS l had had legal advice on the subject
before /, of course, agreed with Mr. Carr
and presumed that the matter then was
settled"