Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-21
MAYoRALTY GEOGRAPHY
II Bars Many Fit Men From Political
Preferment--When Iz Durham and
Quay MADE Up"-DeWalt
and Daylight
by GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

| by GEORGE NO\ Mccain
| TT Is to be regretted that the boundary lines
| of Philadelphia bar from political prefer
| ment so many men conspicuous for their
| fitness and character.
| There are scores Of such men that
could name who are Philadplphans in every
respect except that of residence. They
! spend half their lives within the city limits
| Their business interests are centcrcd here
| Their friends and acquantances reside here.
| Unfortunately they themselves dwell just
| beyond the border.
The mayoraIty question would have been
| settled without n struggle had it not been
| for this handicap. All talk of ii compromise
candidate would have been silenced before
| it started
| W. W. Attcrbury would have solved the
| problem. | believe. He is n gentleman Of
commanding ability and high professional
| attainmcntS. He is popular with all classes.
His reputation ms great railroad execu
| tive has been immpasurably enhanced by
| his work in France. As chief of the rail
road division of the American Expcditdnary
| Forces he accomplished what he set out TO
| do. And it was done under difficulties with
| out parallel.
He would have been an ideal candidate.
But alas, though n Philadelphia he
dw"lS without the walls
LIVERY politician east Of the Schuylkll
- knows Jim" Randall. lie has been
everything from railroad conductor to de
t"rtivr and precinct worker He is polti
cal cynir. Likewise he is n follower of tho
great Hp"St" to the Gentiles in that he
is ''nll things unto all men, II might
also be added "at all times
"Aftcr this fights over they'll all ger
day in his habitat South Penn Square.
1T always turns out that way in politics
Remember when Quay and Durham had that
fight and didn't speak to each other for n
year or 50? They got together again. I
knew they would After they had made up
Quay said to Durham one day:
" ~, | understand You told Rcyburu
that | was n ------ old wall eyed ----?'
Sure says II. An thought you
was ON" then.
"ItlI turn ont the sam" way this time,
So" if it DON'T"
TEIE farmers in the counties adjoining
Philadelphia arc in state Of udignation
1t is over the failure to repeal the daylight
saving BILL
Congressman Arthur G. DcWaIt is due.
! Think for dose of Dutch trouble. He
will undoubtedly encounter opposition from
now quarter in his candidacy for the
bench in tho Thirty first judicial district.
l"high county comprises the district.
A~ an Umcompromising Democrat, Mr.. De
Wait compelled to vote to sustain the
Presidents veto Of the bill.
Farmers universally have condemned the
measure. They say it operates solely in
tn" interests of the city dwcllrrs. The war
h"ing ended they insist that the law should
h., q,
than among the Pennsylvania farmers.
by agc-l long custom they are carly rScrS
Many of them are at work three hours before
the city man is up and dressed. This bill
requires them to got up an hour earlier
than usual, because the milk trains run
an hour earlier. They must do their milking
by lantern light 1t is impossible to work
in dew soaked fields at that early hour.
But that is modest objection.
The farm hands who rise at this unearthIy
hour demand that they cease their work at
6 in the evening. Daylight under this law
lasts in summer until s 80 o'clock. The
farmer thus loses about two hours Of day
light. 1t means n fun days work lost but
paid for every week.
Objection to the daylight saving plan
comes exclusively from the country people
SrHnnnC the vote on President Wilson's
veto | find that with perhaps one exception
those who voted to override tho veto repre-
scented country districts. With three OK
c"ptionS the nineteen members who sustained
th" President cam" from large ccntcrS of
population. II not they represented mining
or manufacturing districts
The bin is a blessing to the cities. Its
operation is a matter of Indifference to the
miner or the mill worker.
Congressman Arthur 6. DeWat is n
Pennsylvania Dutchman. His constituents,
the Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. who are
largely Democratic in lohigh. will doubt
less hav" few words to say to him at the
next election. On the other hand Allen
town Democrats will stand behind him for
his attitude on the bill.
lUTNIlERE'S a lack of newspaper stories
L about the disastrous effects of prohi.
bition ON steady drinkers" remarked an in
t"lligont bar attendant Ht one of the leading