Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-29
Second Di trict

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Second Di trict
The Second district. comprising the
Second. Third. Fourth. Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth and Thirtieth wards. will elect
two councilmen. The Independents have
refrained from naming candidate to
oppose Select Councilman Charles
Seger. nd will not fight him.
They have. however, indorsed negro
member the bar. G. Edward Dckcr-
son. of G2S South Sixteenth street.
Tbirtieth ward, to oppose William Nc
Coach the Ware choice. Mr.. Dicker-
son. it is needless to say. is the repre-
sentative of the large negro vote in
that district.
1t is said that there is growing
3 spirit of independence among the negro
voters downtown. who believe that the
s race has not received the recognition
70 which it is entitled by virtue of its
numbers and its RepublicaniSm.
Third District
Though it embraces the largest mum
Der of wards Of any senatorial district.
yet. the Third will send only one coun =
Gilman to the new body. 1t embraces
In It's confines the Fifth. Sixth. Tenth.
Eleventh. Twelfth. Thirteenth. Four
teenth, Sixteenth and Eighteenth wards
The nominee in this district is Joshua
Evans, of 14S North Fifteenth street
Tenth ward, who is spoken of as a fine
type OF citizen and well known bust
ness man. He is a manufacturer. HI
Is the selection of Clerk of Courts
Thomas W. Cunningham, and al.
though credited to the Republican Al.
lance, has been an Independent fol
\ years. While owing his appointment
to the Alliance, he will also have tn,
support of Independents of all classes
4 Fourth District
West Philadelphia is embraced il
the Fourth senatorial district. which
will elect four councilmen reprcsentnt
4 the Twenty fourth. Twenty seventh
Thirty fourth, Fortieth, Forty fourtl
and Forty sixth wards.
Samuel W. Harrison. 1926 Browr
street, Twenty fourth ward. is mem
Der of the present Council from tn,
Twenty fourth ward 1t is the onl,
political Office he has held. His friend,
say that he has made an excellent rec
ord as common councilman, lpve
headed. opposed to all schemes an,
Jobs, an out and -out Independent. Hi
selection was due to the demands o
the Independents of his ward ant
neighborhood. He is manufactur
er's purchasing agent, and is indorsct
by Blake McCaughn, ward leader.
Francis F. Burch, 240 South Fifty
hrst street, Forty sixth ward. ha
served in Common Council for si
years, elected as an Independent. II
Is chairman of the Independent Coun
eilmen's Association. He is thorough
familiar with city finances. being tn
Independents representative on tn
hnance committee. He was chosen a
an excellent example of Il public ma
and as the representative of the Inde
pendent element in West Philadelphia
He is an attorney rat-law and lead
his ward.
George Connell. of Sixty fifth stree
and Springfield avenue. Fortieth ward
Is the present representative of tina
ward in Select Council He is a so
of ex Sheriff IIoratio Connell. He i
a real estate broker. Although credite
to the Republican Alliance he was in
dorsed largely because of his pro
nounced anti-Vare sentiments an
record. He also is a ward leader.
The fourth candidate from this dis
trict has not up to the present bee
selected. Indications point to JAIME
A. Deye'in. 6520 Overlook avenu,
Thirty fourth ward, as the choice
the committee of one hundred. Nj
Develin has never held Office and h
friends say that he is the sort of ma
that the charter makers had in min
when they framed the bill He hi
the Endorsement of the Chamber
Commfrce, and wOu'd he regarded 4
III spoekesman for the business inter
sefs Of the city.
Fifth District
The Fifth Senatorial district contain
iha spGkesman for the~bnsiness inter
tielh. Thirty first and Thirty scvent
&aSds IA Is known as the Lane
s t2allik district X elects two council
Fred t;reeuwopd. 124S West Lc
ki<A sf4Aale Thirty seventh ward