Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-18
NJ CAIN ASKS Who
BACKS M'LAUGHLIN
Writer Scents Angel" Behind
Campaign Of Director-Vares
Tolerate InsoIent Attacks
WHY7 QUERIES COLONEL
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

find that there are two very insistcnt
questions in the mind Of certain pcople
in connection with Director !. S. Mac
Laughlin's candidacy for mayor.
They are more to the front now that
he is preparing to open headquarters and
distribute "largess' where it will pre- =
sumably do the most good. The ducs-
tions are:
who is putting up the money for
his campaign expenses
''If the Ware organization is like "a
dog fighting for bone,' as Director
MacLaughln has so accurately and
crudely expressed it, why don't the
dogs as he calls the Ware leaders. do
something about it? Why don't they
resent his words and fling his classic ut
tcrance in his teeth?'
The question about the money for
campaign expenses is for the moment
the most interesting one 1t is gcncr
ally conceded. even by the most unso =
phisticatcd citizen. that no candidate
for Office ran conduct n campaign, open
expensive headquarters, pay helpers,
hire stcnographers, pay printing and
postage aud all thst without some one
footing the bills.
Who is the Angel" of the Mac
I,aughIin campaign? Certainly not the
independents. The MacLaughlin eau
vass is designed to injure the Moore
candidacy.
Shortly after Director MacLaughlin
icapcd into the arena with his flashing
snickersncc and loud huzzah, he
proudly declared that he had several
trunks full of letters demanding that he
come out as candidate for Mayor.
Hence the Snickcrsnec and the huzzah
Possibly Director MacLaughlin has
not only one Angel" to finance his
campaign but a trunk full of them ?
Anyhow the director goes ahead pre-
pairing to spend money rccklcssly.
The answer to the second question
must come from the dogs after bone, -
as the director calls them. the leaders
of tho Ware organization. To the aver
age citizen it will appear rather incon
gruous that the Wares would continue TO
pay iobholdcr 10000 n year who is
trying to upset their political apple
cart. injurc their plans. call them
dogs and bosses. and contractor
politicians.
Patterson May he Daniel"
The ono solution is my recent Sug
gcstion that the Ware organization had
turned rcformcrs aud that Judge Pat
tcrson. their candidate for Mayor. was
a Daniel come to Judgment. Judge
Patterson has indorscd Congressman
Moore's platform. Senator Ware has
declined to assume any responsibility for
Mayor Smiths administration, and now
with almost angelic fortitudc the Ware
leaders quietly submit to hearing them
selves denounced as dogs after a
bone. bosses, contractors politicians
and everything else that is mean in the
way of names. The oldest thing about
ii is that all Of this vitupcrntion comes
from ono of their own people.
fancy the next act in this burlcsqup
will be the publication of II letter from
Director MacLaughlin. 1t will be in
reply to demand for his resignation
aS director of supplies. His answer
Of course. to such q demand would not
hr met. ns Judge Patterson meets it. by
disdainful and dgnfcd silence by no
means, The directors answer would
be II dcfianrr. A clarion cry. though a
trifr brAssy in the top notes.
Several weeks ago when Director
MaCIaughIin announced his untram
mclcd candidacy for the mayoralty.
stated that it was "fccler" put forth
by the Ware organization. | must con.
fcss to the use of an incorrect dcscrip-
tive.
1t wasn't n "fcclcr." 1t was n
"plant.'