Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
MOORE MEN ALERT
FOR FRAUD PROOF
Mccain Says Detectives Are
Employed by Independents
to Check Up Repeaters
oFFICEHOlDERS WATCHED
By GEORGE NON MCCAIN


IL came to the surface as result
of certain developments in connection
with the big registration of voters yes
terday. 1t may prove a pleasant or an
unpleasant fact to some thousands of
oficeholders and payroll people who
were unusually active on both regis
tration days.
A kindred piece of information may
also prove dsquieting 10 several hun
dred repeaters and their hackers who
have been operating on both registra
tion days.
In every ward in the city yesterday,
with few exceptions, watchers and de-
tettives were operating under direction
of skilled political workers. They were
procuring facts concerning city en-
ployes, high and low, who have been
perniciously active in the interests Of
the Ware organization; as it was put
at Independent headquarters this morn
ing. the loud mouth and the bully
particularly.
Not only the ordinary division worker
who goes out of his way to hold up,
in any manner whatever. any citizen
tered, but the higher oficcholdpr under
whom such crooked work is being done
is having an accurate record Of his ac
tivities prepared.
"Spot" on OffiCeholders
This work was carefully planned and
has been so effectively concealed that
no hint Of it got out until this morn
ing. A special fund for this pur-
nose, large enough to carry all nee
essary expenses was subscribed at the
beginning of the campaign, | under
/, stand, by certain Independents.
The object is to spot every office
holder who is unduly or perniciOusly
active, so that when the smoke of battle
has cleared away the Moore organiza
ton will know just where to lay its
hands on those who exceeded the linn
its of decent campaigning.
The Independent leaders arc practical
politicians. 1t is not their purpose in
the event of Mr.. Moore's election,
am informed. to throw out neck and
crop the men who opposed their candi-
date, Oficeholders who, in their ex-
cess of zeal went to extreme lengths
in an attempt to help win the cam
.,.;" P.a,s, "."'
rra,i,+ Irdoror5ert whose
o., not ot lihortv to use in
confirming the statement that detectives
and watchers were distributed over the
city, said
"There are thousands of men hold
ing Office in this city in the Ware or
ganization who are very tired of the
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10 Care Tor Faithful
SIT is not the purpose Of the indie
pendents, where a man has served the
city faithfully, and has served his
party or faction as we'll. to throw him
out high and dry and leave him to his
fate. Such men will bc cared for In
every election. as we all know. the bip
fellows, ward leaders and Others IooL
out for themselves. The little fellow
the precinct worker, is necessary in mol.
itics and should be. and will he carod
for if he is the right kind of man
''Yes, it is true that we have had
paid watchers and detectives scattorod
through the city. We are getting tboir
reports every day. They are heinz aIod
for future reference ''''N
There has been conSiderabIo co,,
plaint of attempts to bIock rooistroti,..
of Independent and Alliance vntors
Assessors have abscnted Themselves IT,
other instances assessors lists barn
disappeared
There has been wholesale false reg
lselation ~, charged against certain
t,,Sn he ourteen'n ward IN par
taa; I nus, II Is reported by the de-
~. ; nunuLeuS oi hctltlous names
| s!''fars tt DOORS. IL Is worth
49, L. ~ III r'ins tI mas apparently
IN no sn. ~ .ait tnis outrage:
.nans;bio to, thtN ' one oticenoluers re-
siven oiI tho rono no tLon @ ,on are RE- Deing
ef recknrina on, +oTJ M%n' I'm ne uaS
when ali tbo oyidonco 10 j., w., J ,h .Iii'e
Il Il sbown fhot ronoatona o "nu ;e "He"
tered from five to twortr - L,',ar