Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18
BERRY AGREES TOKII(|
If MCCORMICK REFUSS
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Port Collector May Seek Dem.
ocratic Gubernatorial Z
Nomination
LEADERS WILL CONFER
Many Discordant Notes Marl.a
Weekend Meeting of Repub.
lican State Chiefs

William II, Berry. Collector Of ~.
Port. has finally said he would r. ,-,r
ing to run for the Democrats v,,h..-
torial nomination provided yanco ~.
Cormick cannot be induced to run. NJ,
Mccormick has made what he dect,,,.
would be his final refusal of IN. :.
quests of his friends. ''
A Berry wave is expected to SWAN A..
state and II Is probable the pemo.,.,-
will come here within a few d,v, a
go into the situation at length
At this conference the Democrats a..
expected to declare definitely for ~.
national; prohibition amendment ow,,.
to the manner In which the issue h,.
spread since Senator Sproul, the Pan
rose candidate for Governor, announc,6
he was for the amendment.
There were many discordant snots, i,
! the Republican conferences held h..s
over the weekend. Followers CT Sens.
tor Penrose still are in humor to hay.
the Wares withdraw Congressman Jobn
r. X. Scott as "A candidate for J,s,'
tenant Governor. They have used marv
arguments. chief of them bling tht /,
/ is not logical TO have = candidate n,
| Governor and Lieutenant Goyernors
I from eastern and adjoining counties
1t is apparent. however, that Senator
Ware is sticking by his guns and ha,
| refused to drop Scott He will not x,,r.
port Sproul unless the Penrose forces
accept Scott, 1t is predicted.
Another point of discord is on ths
candidate for Secretary of Internal A.
fairs. James F. WOODWARD, chairman al
! the Appropriations Committee Of ths
! House, and Paul w. Houck, present Sar.
! rotary of Internal Affairs. are the twu
strongest candidates Houck is looked
upon as being more or less connectsd
with the Wares owing to his relations
with the Governor, while Woodward IA
a Penrose man. This situation NAV
cause further check to harmony hopes
An Unusual Condition
Should Collector Berry be selected as
the Democratic candidate the condition
presented would be unusual II would
mean a hot fight between him and SEN
ator Sproul for the vote Of Delaware
County on a dry" ticket, and the county
has been wet, being under the control
of the McClures. who are heavily intes-
ested in liquor. Mr.. Berry. In his stats.
ment. said he was still hopeful that M.
! Mccormick would run. He then added.
''If Mr. Mccormick is not the cand;.
date and refuses to heed the call, then
can say properly and without any
apparent boasting that | think would
be u candidate who could best repre-
len G1h
be made.
"If the word comes from the State and
national committees that my candidacy
would be agreeable and the Democrat
of the State sanction it at the primaries
then you can say my hat will be In I'M
ring. But not until the last minute will
give up the hope that Mr.. Mccormick
will run. and If he does he will whip IN
Republican candidate to a frazze,. III
is Democracy's ideal candidate"
The Collector of the Port Is one OF tn'
strongest campaigners of Pennsylvania
Democracy. He is the only Democra. Z
be elected TO an important State pos'ioi
in recent years, having been elec'e'
state Treasurer There Is no doup
about his dry" leaning. The Hepup
licans admit that with Berry runn'nl
on the Democratic ticket II VIII be nee
essary for them to present solid troh'
SprouI May Loose McCiures
John J. Mcclure. the real boss
Delaware County, from which Seha'o
Sproul is seeking the Republican guocr
material nomination, intimates ne an'
his following will not support the sens
tor as a result of the latter's turninl
"dry." He was asked what attitude .
will now take toward Senator spNu
, and said.
, 81 don't want to go into that tmnl
yet, but | may have something 10 y!
, about it later. You can easily uhoel
stand that as plinciple ] am not
, favor of prohibition"