Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-17
PERSONNEL OF NEW
COUNCIL IS VARIED
Republican Nominees Repre-
sent Every Walk of Life-Ma-
jority Independent Leaders
SEVERAL ARE VETERANS

Philadelphia Republican council
manic nominees who will form the new
body Of twenty -one members come from
many walks of life and are of varied
personalities. Brief sketches Of each of
the men follow:
George ConnelI, Fortieth ward-Son
Of Horatio Connell, at one time sheriff
of Philadelphia county. and grandson
OF Senator George Connell who repre-
sented the Fourth district in the state
| Senate during the Civil War. Was
elected to Common Council in 1913 and
to Select Council in 1915. Is manager
OF the Mount Moriah Cemetery Com
pGny.
Francis +. Burch, Forty sixth ward
Born Alexandria, Va. Graduate of
University Law School, class of 1908.
| Elected to Common Council from the
Forty sixth ward in 1913 and re-
elected in 1915 and 1917. One of the
independent members of the finance
| committee of City Council. Member
OF the Philadelphia charter committee.
Home address, 249 South Fifty first
street.
William w. Roper, Twenty second
ward-Ilome, 1901 Lincoln avenue. A
member of the bar, chairman of the
Liberty Loan committee of Germantown
and aided in the recruiting for the
naval reserve. Noted college football
player and now a coach at Princeton.
Sigmund j. Cans, Thirty eighth
ward-Home, 3247 North Fifteenth
street. Actively entered politics in
1900. Since 1901 has been a member
of the executive committee of the
Thirty eighth ward. Member of sec
tionnl school board from 1903 until 1908
and in 1908 elected to the House of
Representatives at Harrisburg, serving
six terms. Manufacturer of CONNER
cial stationery since 1896.
Richard WegIein, Twenty ninth
ward-Resides 301S Girard avenue.
Member executive committee of the
Twenty ninth ward, of the city commit
tee of the Republican Alliance, served
in Select and Common Councils for
nine years. Chairman of Liberty and
Victory Loan committees.
William X. Horn, Twenty third
ward-Graduate of Central High
School. Served two terms upon Eighth
Sectional school board. Member of
Common Council during Blankenburg
administration, and served more than
a year in Select Council. Lives at
1907 Orthodox street, anG is in the
textile machinery business.
Robert j. Patton, Thirty third ward
Served one term in Common Council,
lives at 548 East Allegheny avenue.
Active in reform politics in this city
for many years.
Charles II. Won Tagen, Forty second
ward-Graduate of Temple University.
In the real estate business. An indie
pendent floor leader of Common Council,
which he entered in 1917. Lives at
6234 OgOntz avenue.
Hugh l.. Montgomery. Fifteenth
ward--Born in Donegal, Ireland, in
1861. Settled in Philadelphia when
he came to this countr vat the age
of fourteen is a buyer in a depart
ment store. In politics since 1000, for
fifteen years a member of his ward ex
ecutive committee, served four terms in
Councils, and for two years a mem
Der Of the city committee. Lives at Ssh
North Twenty thirG street.
Edwi nR. Cox, Forty eighth ward A
graduate Of the Manual Training School
and Banks Business College; assistant
treasurer of the Atlantic Refining Com
pany; member of the Thirty sixth Sec
tional School Board for eleven years
member of the Pennsylvania State
Chamber of Commerce, the Philadelphia
af ha
National Petroleum Institute, and was
member of the General Assembly from
the Fifth district for the last six years.
William f Finley. Thirty ninth
ward: A member of Councils for the
last twenty years; in The real estate
business in South Philadelphia. Was
paying teller in United States Treasury
Office here for eight years; for ten
years real estate assessor here, and
is now a member of the Board of Mer-
camille Appraisers was clerk in the
| national Republican headquarters in
New York during the Cleveland Harri
son campaign, and is executive director
of the Republican city committee.
David c. Franlienfeld, Forty fourth
ward; An undertaken in West Phila-
delphia for the last fourteen years was
! for years a school director.
James 6. Carson. Jr.. Fifteenth
ward: Graduate of Central High
School in the dyeing and finishing bust
ness, controlling the Fairmount Dye
! Works; has for years been active in i'm
provement projects in his ward
John j. Mckinley, Thirty third
ward: Has been a member of city
Councils for last thirteen years; is a
contractor, doing grading and paving
work; is vice president of the Clearfeld
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