Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-26

lOBE WIDE ONE.
Oters Have Candidates
From Nine Parties to
Choose From
NOW IN PRINTERS HANDS
Three Vacancies in Select
Council and Two in Leg.
islature

Nine parties will be represented on tn,
. ballot which the voters will receive a
n the election oh November s. The bal
lots are now in the hands Of the printer
For the first time since the passag,
Of the Bulltt Charter the ballots vii
he certified by only two CouN,v Com
+ missioners. The death of James VI. GAY
CAUSED a vacancy in the board OF com.
mlssioners which has not been filed and
F leaves Commissioners Holmes and
kuenzel TO certify the ballots.
Three wards will elect Select Council
men at the November election. In the
Sixth Ward vacancy caused by death
Will be filled. The candidates are Wal
ter ]. Litteton on the Republican. So.
cialist and Fair Play tickets, and
s Charles A. Schwarz on the Democratic.
The Fourth and Thir,ieth Wards will
NIL vacancies caused by designations.
Jacob A. Salkin has been nominated by
The Republicans In the Fourth Ward to
MI the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of Herbert Salus
In the Thirtieth Ward William Me
! Coach. former city treasurer and former
returned to Select Council after an alb
sence of many years. His name was
substituted on the ticket in place of Will
liam j. Crawford who resigned 10 be-
come the legislative candidate in the
Seventh District Representative Thom-
as F. McNichol resigned as the legisa-
tive nominee in the district.
In the Ninth District. which comprises
the Eleventh and Twelfth Wards. the
-
substituted for that of Henry Gransbact.
Sr. as the legislative nominee Repre-
sentative Gransback, who died after be-
ing renomnated. was the oldest member
OF the House iN notnt of service
Republicans IN the Twcnty-fifth Tegis-
lative District. which comprises the
Forty-third Ward, have nominated Philin
sCrocker to fill the vacancy on the legis-
lative ticket caused by the resignation of
Harry A. Frclte.
In the Twenty-first Ward the Repub-
.lfcans have nominated Thomas : r
Mackleer former member of the I.egis-
lature. for the vacancy in Common
Council caused by the death of Thon7ss
Martin. The Democrats have nominated
George S Meyer
Retire From Congress Fight
William r. Horn has withdrawn as
the nominee of the Prohibition Washing
ton ara Town Meeting parties in the
Fifth Congressional District His with |!
drawal leaves the field to Congressman
Peter f. Costello, Republican. and |
Emanuel f. Clinton. Democrat and Fair.
Play candidate
In the Sixth Congressional District |
the name of John *. L.oughlin has been |
substituted for that of J. Washington |
iogue as the Democratic congressional
nominee. Mr.. Logue who also won the
Democratic nomination for Lieutenant |
Governor resigned the congressional |
Nomination
= The nine parties which have a place
on the ballot and the order in which thew
appear are as follows: Republican.
democratic. Socialist. Prohibition, Wash |
inEton, Fair Play Roosevelt Progressive, |
11ngic Tax and Town Meeting The last
lnree parties appear only on the ballots
districts where they have nominated
Besides selecting candidates for State
ongressional and legislative Offices the
oters In the city VIII be called upon to
ote on two important amendments. One
roSides for $50, 900 600 bend issue bv
ne State for the improvement of State
ighways. The othey proposes an in
rease IN the city's borrowing capacity
rom TO 10 per cent.
Vote on Ward Division
Forty-siNth Ward voters also will he
allied upon to vote upon the PROPOSAL
divide the ward into two wards with
Inc street as the dividing line between
ne northern and southern sections. The
'ard. which has more than $4,000 as
essed voters. has the biggest voting
opulation OF any ward in the city.
Because of the growth in the voting
equation, the number of divisional
olling places has been increased from
336 to 13i9