Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-25
TOWN MEETING
PARTY TRAINS
GUNS ON WARES
FINAL Offensive Begins as
List of Speakers Is
Announced
ISSUES CLEARLY DEFINED


heavy artillery OF the Town Meet
.,y-a corps of fifty.two speakers
w ..o,,,bled today for the beginning Of
wa 80, offensive against government by
s.asr" as boilers from the ranks OF the
..0ublIcan Organization helped swell 'he
a,s Of the allies
lie, Of the speakers, chosen by the
.,dents. Republicans. Democrats and
lrossiyes was published today. They
~, counter.attacl< the oratUrical offensive
,r bv the Vare-Smith Republican
w.ssanization last night, when Representa-.
~. william 5. Ware declared that the
wv u,ng municipal election is of national
Importance
ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED
According to the Town Meeting commit.
- tbe issues to be discussed by the speak.
,rs will be:
..,ders from pernicious political activity.
OsTo nrevent a two-thrds majority OF
r.nrc,ls falling into the hands OF an un-
ssgrapuious combination which is in politics
iorproht. 10 ,,rrossihIa in tbc future tbo
,.,arstion of the authority of public office
y tse private benefit of group of profess
sonal politicians lit,
fssPonsioT .ITa nrevent We a sectional boss-for in
..sce from South elphia-becomin
NJ political dictator to Overbrook and Ger
regSoT ITO restore to the people their own polit-
cal voice - , - -. -. -,
,..vsnting the further wastes and eXtrava-
kances of contractor rule.
,STo make Philadelphia safe for democ-
,acy and to insure to 1t real self-govern-
ment
ITO supplant bullets and blackjacks with
NE honest ballot
'To enshrne personal liberty where po-
NtIcal liberty was born
The speakers will be Thomas +. Arm
strong, Walter George Smith, William r,
Nicholson william Eisenbrown, Edwin r
rorie. Joseph S, Boyle, John j. Grelis,
Frank r Schreak, the Rev. Samuel z. Pat
I'm, Robert S. Bright, Eugene G. Bonni-
syii. Robert Carson, Hugh Creelman, George
Colen Frederick s Drake, Robert Lam
b,roH' Samuel McReynolds. Albert S, Mil
isr George e. Mape3, william +. Rcad,
samuel B. Scott. the Rev. John W. Stock
veil, A. Merritt Taylor, Charles Won Tagen,
George c. Ulrich, Frank Hammered, Mark
Kupperman. George u. Porter DR.. ]. W.
Vest George w. Carr, William J. Tracy,
A n Daix Jr.. Charles T.. Kelly, Edward
a Kelley, Edward w. Lank, David LAWS,
Harry X McCaughey, Clinton Rogers Wood
rif, Frank Smith, william j. Schaeifer
Harry D. Westcott
0OlE w AM DlNNNANlEI1l'
II was announced today that a complete
srganization had been affected by the Town
Meeting party in the Thirty-ffth Ward with
two active committeeman from each divi.
ron At a meeting last night Joseph G..
slmcox was elected as representative Of the
central body.
The meeting indorsed the candidates. of
Edward Casey for Select Council and Will
lam Blessing for Common Council. These
officers were elected: President, Louis
Vogel; vice president, Joseph !. Knight /;
secretary, f. w. Evans treasurer, Earl
+ Tygert.
Congressman William S. Ware, in his first
speech in the campaign for the election of
the "hfty-ffty' slate, last night declared
that in the fight between the Republican
Organization and the Town Meeting party
the Republicanism of Pennsylvania is at
stake. Then he said the election is a ma
tonal affair in these words:
IF the Republican party is weakened in
Philadelphia it will be weakened in Penn
Elvania. If 1t is weakened in Pennsylva-
MIA II will be weakened throughout the ma
ton."
The Congressman was speaking in his
home ward, the Twenty-siXth, at 1888 South
Broad street. The candidates also spoke, as
they did in a series of meetings held in
various sections of the city. While the
Town Meeting workers were perfecting their
nomination papers the Ware organization
was busy And because the independents
we're tied up by the court proceedings they
we're unable to hold meetings.
In speech delivered before the Thirty
second Ward Ware Republican League, at
1873 North Twenty-third street, Senator
ware characterized Senator Penrose as
That big loafer Penrose," and declared that
MI. Penrose got Maloney to import gum
men into the city for his own political
purposes without anticipating that murder
would result"
A. S. Murphy, former Assistant Director
Oh Public Safety, led a bolt" of thirty
members of the Vare-controlled Republican
committee of the Thirty-fourth Ward and
VIII open independent headquarters for the
ward at SiXtieth street and Haverford ave-
nue.
Joseph s. Boyle, former Magistrate and
ally Of Postmaster Thornton. has is
sued statement calling on Democrats to
work with independent Republicans to bring
about the election of the Town Meeting