Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
CONGRESSMAN MooRE'S
LETTER
Gossip About Arthur II. Lea, w. w.
Gibbs, Samuel Gilpin, Albert Cav,
C. D. Dyer, Jr,, and Others

| DAYLIGHT saving was beaten because
| ~ there arc more farmers votes in Con :,
gress than there are votes from the indus
| trial ccnters. Men working in the mills
and in the large cities wanted that extra
hour of daylight. They used it in their
| gardens and for recreation. and they enjoyed
| it. Arthur III. Lea, of Philadelphia, figured
! out that 1,O0O,OO tons of coal were saved
| by daylight saving 1t also saved gas and
| electric light This may have induced
neutrality on the part of gas and electric
| light companies but even so it seemed
| shame that the workers should be deprived
! of that extra hour they had learned TO
| enjoy. Ben njamn Franklin thought it
| amazing that the people should lie abed
| in the cool of the morning. leaving their
| shops closed and their work undone at what
! seemed to be the choicest working hours.
| This sort of philosophy, however, had no
| effect on the farmer. He said the COW and
| the pig did not take time from any schedule,
| except that of the sun. The farmer had
the votes the President and the industrial
lists to the contrary Notwithstanding, and
for the present daylight saving goes into the
discard.
w w. GIBBS. of the Union League, has
w more than passing interest in the In
ternatiOnal Mercantile Marine proposal to
put 1000 feet ships into four days
ice across the water. 1t is a son of the
Philadcphan who designed those ships.
That boy with big vision presented plans
for 1000 foot ship to the postmaster gen
cral SON" years ago with the view OF
facilitating the postal service. The postal
authorities were not able to put the scheme
through, but the ship operators now pro-
pose to do it and that brings honor to the
house of Gibbs. w. W. Gibbs himself is
no novice when it comes to tackling big
things. Some of his projects have not been
successful, but it was he who conceived the
consolidation Of gas companies. and the
origin of the United Gas Improvement Com
pany may be credited to him.
Tn BYGONE days when Henry Clay was
the big thing at Beasleys Point. the Pea
haln Clubhouse. the bungalow and other
points along the New Jersey coast We're
obliged to step lively. The slogan, and it
was musical one. was:
From Bonsleys Point to Somers Point
Is just three miles. -,
From Somcrs Point TO Bcasleys Point
l. Just three miles.
And we are reminded by Samuel B. Gil
pin. who still hangs up his Shingle at the
commercial exchange. that Beaseys Point
is just about as far from Somers Point as
il ever was. Samuel Gipin used TO repre-
sent the Sixteenth ward in Councils and
he knew good deal about the game. He is
| talking life easy now in the Forty second
ward. but does not forget TO keep in touch
with his old friends.
ALBERT GAW has been IN the govern
"A ment service SO long that the memory
| of man almost 'runneth not to the CON
! tary. 'AllegorY." he is known to
"the bold buccaneers of Barncgat," informs
| us that the mayoraty contest in Philadel-
! phia is a hot one. although that is about as
far a government official may dare express
! his opinion. Colonel Sayen. of Wayne and
ST. Davids, alleges that "Allegory" has as
fine sense of poetry as the late Frank
| F"nimore, Of whose acquaintance he was
! very proud
! n y. DYER, JR.. now of the Commercial
-. T.ust building. Philadelphia was SUI
| perintendent of the service in charge of well
| fare, safety. Young Mems Christian Asso-
| cation. Hog Island Athletic Association.
/ Hog Island News and all patriotic cndcavors
! at Hog Island during the period. With
I a lot Of bright Young fellows, some of whom
| had been experienced in newspaper work.
| they ran up against the worst winter this
! generation has known and accomplished
the Hog Island plant had to hire more than
80 900 men in order to retain the 10000
rpouircd During the first six months .ot
| 1918 40 900 calls We're made upon the wei
| fare department for assistance of one kind
or another This bit Of information is dug
| out by the boys in answer to Coroner
Knights recent reflection upon those who
entered the shipbuilding service during the
war.
| TIIEY have formed IA National Republican
/ Club in the city of New York and Sen
/ ator William NJ Calder is at the head Of
! it. This club is reaching out for resident
and nonresident members in thirty nine
states and territories. 1t claims n mem
borship nov of nearly 2000 Wilbur F.
Wakeman one of the leading protectioniSts
Of New York. is associated with tn" New
York senator in developing the clubs in
fuencp. The feeling with regard to it is that
Republicanism should be appreciated in all
the states all the year. \ National Re
ruhIirau Club for Washington has long been
| n tonic of discuss on. ,lt might be good
thing and it certa My would be appropriate
to have one in Philadelphia.
CURIOUS thing about those Mcchan boys,
~ one of whom went on the independent
! Repubcan ticket for recorder of deeds. 1t
aprcars there were two, brothers, Thomas
and Edward. each of whom had gone into
the First Regiment and each of whom had
worked I'm to post of hcuor when, under
Colonel Millard D. BroHh, Of German
town. the regiment moved TO France. Each
of these boys was married. each was
wounded. each gassed and each came out
as a lieutenant colonel. When the indie
pendent leaders were looking around for
candidate it was toss-up whether theil
choice would fall upon Colonel Tom oil
colonel Ed 1t happened it fell upon
Colonel Tom with the entire approval of the
family. Colonel Ed is likely to be on the
stump for his brother.
COLONEL ED D. SMITH, who has 4