Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-17

Senator Ware brings this point out. As
matter of fact there is nothing in the con-
stitution of the United States or of the state
of Pennsylvania which would prevent res
ident of Pittsburgh running for Congress in
a Philadelphia district 1t is largely mat
ter of the local will. To be congressman
from any district in Pennsylvania the can
didate must be bona fde resident OF the
state. This was threshed out in the Third
district when Henry Burk and later George
A. Castor represented it. There was always
some uuibblng about the residence of each
of them. When Castor died. Moore, the
present representative, resided in the Fourth
district and contemplated running for Con-
gress from that district. He was urged to
make the fight in the Third district to sue
ceed Castor and did SO, advising the conVen-
ton which nominated him that he would
move into the district and maintain bona
fde residence there if elected. Since that
time he has resided in the Fifth ward
TINE Mariners Church is approaching its
l. centennial anniversary. The sailors
visiting the port of Philadelphia have known
and loved this famous old institution, when
was founded in 1919. At times the WORK OF
maintaining the old church has been dlm
cult. but the pastor and trustees have STOOD
founders, DIR. Howard Preston McHenry
;s the pastor, James Hewitt treasurer and
the trustees are made up of men long devoted
to the uplift, They include George II.
stuart. Jr., Charles F. Frasch. John Woods,
Jr.. William II. Frasch, James Barr, Harry
II Wilson. Knud Nilsen and Sigvald L.
Jensen.
nICHARD F. QUINN is known to every
N latter carrier in Philadelphia and hun
dreds more over the United States. For
roors he was president of the Philadelphia
letter Carriers Association. In addition
he has been n delegate number OF hmes
n the conventions Of the National As
sociation of Letter Carriers.
Mr. Quinn is head of the executive board
~ an important committee of the ma
tional convention or letter carriers recently
in session in this city.
"Dick" Quinn is one of the Oldest letter
carriers in Philadelphia in point of service.
! like most letter carriers in the course OF
Years. he came to be regarded on two routes
in West Philadelphia as a daily domestic
institution.
For thirty years he has been in the Phila-
| delphia postal service. \.
In that time, counting 800 days Of service
TO the year and three miles of walking each
daV, carrying an average. ol SoO PieSes VI
mail, each weighing a quarter of an ounce,
he has travelled a distance equal to once
around the earth and as far as from New
York to Petrograd additional. .-.
He has handled 1 100000 pieces of mail
total of 154S tons, which would require
seventy seven postal cars with capacity
Of twenty tons each to accommodate.
And he is good for many more years Of
service.
DoBRRT J. BRUNKER and Charles 8.
IN Hawkins have way of dropping in upon
political meetings when least expected. No
that they are betting men, but they lik'
the novelty of the thing and want to keeI
posted on the trend Of public sentiment, Th'
other night at a meeting of Italians in Wes
Philadelphia, "Cy" Hawkins occupied con
spicuous place upon the platform and ap
plauded every point of oratory, whether
made in English or Italian. When tn,
band struck up the Star Spangled Ban
ner," Cy Brunker stood at attention, hat
off, with the loyal Americans Of Italian an
cestry.