Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-15

iVahNH VI utTmHUIOWu INlH OmCt
clerk Of the Court of Oyer and Termint
and Quarter Sessions Of the Peac,
Cunningham, who has the indOrsemer
Of the Moore forces. is chairman Of tn
Republican Alliance and a candidat
for reelection.
Forty seven names APPEAR on the he
publican ballot under the heading 9
n magistrates" Four are to be nom
mated.
The four who are being supported b
the Moore forces are Robert BirChSr
Of the Fifteenth ward. an attache Of tn
office Of Clerk Of the Courts Cunning
ham Magistrate Robert Carson. In
dependent leader OF the Forty sixtl
ward: Magistrate Maxwell Stevenson
Jr.. of the Forty sixth ward, ant
Joseph s; O'Brien, a lieutenant O
Charles Seger in the Seventh ward
Magistrate O'Brien has the felicitou,
distinction of being Endorsed also by
the Wares. Among other candidates on
the Republican ticket is +. l.. ID. Roach
secretary of the committee Of seventy.
There vas a hint in political circles
that the Roach candidacy would show
up strongly.
The Ware estate for magistrates
contains the names of James A. Briggs.
Joseph s. O'Brien, Evan T. Pennock
and Charles J. Pommer.
The Moore and Ware forces are in
,just as hard a fight over the nomina
tons for the new Council as they are
for other portions &c their tickets.
Under the new charter the new Coun.
I'll is highly important in the func
tions Of the city govrnnent. Rival
I Ekets are in the field in each of the
ei ght senatorial districts.
Three are to be nominated from the
Fl rst district, which includes the First,
Tw teuty sixth. Thirty sixth. Thirty
min til ind Forty eighth wards-all so
call ed Ware wards. The Independent
Rep ublican candidates are Harry lIaz-
gard , Isaac Smink and David Morris.
The Ware ticket is William +. Finley,
secrC tary Of the Republican city com
mitt 10; Joseph 2. Gafney, chairman
of Councils finance committee, and
State Representative Edwin Il. Cox,
zach a recognized Ware leader.
Two From Second District
Two candidates are to be nominated
from the Second district. which in
"ludes- the Second, Third, Fourth,
Seventh, Eighth. Ninth and Thirtieth
wards. G.. Edward Dickerson is the
only candidate of the Independent Re
nublicans--this district, like the First.
i regarded as a Ware stronghold,
t,ir,,, rson, however, is making a great
sou n" the nomination. The Ware
"Iota Inc the names of william Nc.
Concb and L'harles Seger.
On1v ono can~ ,idate is to be nomi-
mated in the Third, district, which in
cIudes the Fifth, sikh, Tenth, Eley-
enth. Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth
Sixteenth and Eighteenth wards.
Joshua Evans is the Indepehuent
choice and Isaac d. Hetzell is on tne
Ware slate.
The largest number Of councilmanlc
candidates are to be nominated from
the Fourth district.
Four candidates are to be nominated
from this district, which includes
the Twenty fourth. Twenty seventh
Thirty fourth, Fortieth, Forty fourth
and Forty sixth. This is an indie
pendent district. The Moore forces are
working vigorously behind the CdpdNa-
,cies Of Francis r. BurCh, George Con
neil, James A. Develin and Samuel f.
Harrison. The Vare candidates are
David G. Fr%ankenfeld, John Dugan, II.
Edgar Barnes and DR.. w. w. Weaver
Fight on In Fifth District
The Fifth district, comprising the
Seventeenth. Nineteenth, Twentieth,
Thirty first and Thirty second Wards,
will nominate two candidates. The
independent Republicans are back of
James Holm and J.. Fred Greenwood.
Ware candidates are Simon Walter and
Edward Buchholz.
Three candidates will be nominated
from the Sixth district which includes
the Twenty first. Twenty second
Thirty eighth and Forty second Wards.
Here independence also runs high. The
Moore ticket has the names of William
". Roper, Princeton's football coach
this season, and Charles II. Won Tagen,
Sigmond J. Cans and John f. Smithies
will contest at the polls for the Ind
pendent support for the third place or
the ticket. Independent Republican:
were unable to unite on one OF thes'
two. A. Lincoln Acker Is pushing
the Cans candidacy while leaders il
the committee Of one hundred are urginl
the selection of Smithies. Pringl
Borthwick, Harry Davis and William
r. Weir are Ware choices.
The Seventh district, which covers tn
Fifteenth, Twenty eighth, Twenty
ninth, Thirty second and Forty seventh
Wards, will nominate three candidates
The independent Republicans are sup
PORTING Richard Weglein, Hugh ].
Montgomery and Alexis J. Limeburner
Break in Ware Lineup
Three Lore nominations will be mad
|, from the Eighth District, which com
prises the Twenty third, Twenty fftl
Thirty third, Thirty fifth, Forty frs
Forty third and Forty fifth wards. Th
=, Moore forces in this district are back
= ing William X. Horn, John Haney an
, Robert j. Patton. The Ware Stat,
! bears the names of Clarence X. Cros
=, sab, John J. Mckinley, Jr., and vii
8 liam T. Scargle.
In the various wards Of the ci
9 there viii be local elections for scho
visitors auI election officers.
a On the non partisan ballot. Judi
William II. Keller, of LanCastel
county, who was Il deputy attornp
general under the B~rumbaugh admin
n istration, is the only candidate f
Judge of the Superior Court. His nom
r nation on Tuesday will be equivalent
n the election.
= Three candidates appear for judge
= the Court of Common Pleas No. 4. T
first is Judge Joseph p. McCullen,
appointee of Governor SprOul. He
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