Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-17
MOORE CUTS INTO
VARE WARDS VOTE
Dope" Of Both Sides Is Upset.
Independent Districts
Out Of Form
ACCOUNTS FOR THE DOUBT

Ware strength in the South Phila
dclphia wards was more deeply cut into
by the independent forces in Yesterday
mayoralty primaries than at any time
since that district hiss been under the
political domination of the contractors
Independent leader regarded the re
suits Of the Moore campaign. as it af
fcrt"d th" Ware strongholds south OF
Market street. as having reached o
highwater mark Of independence.
At the same time recognized Tndcrcn
dent wards did not fully meet tho OK
pcCtations of the independent city lead
"rs, with the execution Of tho Forty
second md Forty sixth wards.
These points. tho successful onslaught
on tho Var" wards and :ho holding down
Of the Independent vote. particularly in
Germantown. wor" hold 70 account for
the "loscucss Of the race between Con
gc"ssman Moor" and Judge Patterson.
and the uncertainty rs 10 its outcome
Wares War on Trainer
The Wares forces waged hot fight
in the Third ward in au effort to wrcst
control from Harry J. Trainer. of the
Republican Alliance. The Wares were
as anxious to unhorSc Trainer in the
Third this year as they were to over
whclm James \. Carey two years ago
IN, t, II.
Epplcy murder, the gunmcn and the
blackjacking.
The Ware fight on Trainer was ro-
ilcctcd in the Moore Patterson vote
Moore carried the ward by about 300,
whereas Beidlcmau carried it over Scott.
in the lieutenant governorship primary
of last year, by 440. In other wards.
the Moore majority ran higher than the
BcidlemaD vote.
In the Teuth ward, the Moore ma
iority was about $500; the Rcidlcman
majority was only 1000.
David H. Lanes Twentieth ward
gave the largest majority received by
either Of the candidates. Judge Pat .
tersOn carried it by 1898.
Twenty fourth Strong for Moore
An example of the Moore gain, over
Bcidleman was seen in the Twenty
fourth ward in West Philadelphia
Beidleman carried this ward over Scott
by 1909. Moore carried it over Pat
terson yabout 250O. This. the home
ward Of Blakely D. McCaughn. Moore
candidate for county commissioner, was
one Of the Independent bailiwicks which
came through the fight with flying col
OrS
The independent sally into Ware
wards was successful in the Twenty
sixth. Congressman Wares home ward
in holding the Patterson ma jority down
to about 1900. The Scott majority two
years ago was 1900. Joseph C.
Trainer. brother of Harry Trainer. was
in charge of the Moore fight in this
ward
The Thirty sixth ward also felt the
shock Of the independent attack Here
Frank j. Ryan is the Ware leader
Patterson mniority was about TS5.
whereas Scott carried the ward by
127y
Wilson's Ward Fails
The Patterson majority in the Forty
eighth, Director Wilson's home ward,
was about 620. Scott 5 majority in this
ward was 1913 William McCoach, Ware
leader of the Thrtieth ward. sustained
the full force of the Independent at
tack. Patterson : majority was only
about coo, az compared with the Scott
majority of 172S.
Senator Martins Nineteenth ward
was only able to give Patterson ma
jority of about 1900, compared with
majority of 2433 for Scott.
Senator Wares home ward. the
Thirty ninth. stood like q rock against
the Independent tide in South Phila
deIpha. The Patterson majority was
about 300. OF about 400 more than
the scott majority.
Senator Patton. Ware leader of the
Twenty seventh ward, was nearly over
wheImed by the Moore forces His ma
jority OF 800 for Scott was cut to q
bare eighty for Patterson
400 for Moore in Forty. Fourth
The lack of response of Independent
wards, according to the police returns,
was shown, for example. i'll the Forty
fourth ward. Moore carried this ward
by about 400 or by about the same
majority that Beidleman had over Scott.
Further, in the Twenty second ward,
with a registration close to $4,000, the
Moore majority was about 1900.
The Thirty fourth ward had regis
tration Of nearly $4,000 The total
Moore Patterson vote was about $500.
Congressman Moore had figures such as
these in mind when he said he was
surprised at the vote in Independent
wards
The total registration in the Twenty
first ward, another of the Moore wards,
was 5000 of whom only about 1000
voted for Moore and Patterson.