Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-15
Judge PattersOn'S Platform
Analysed by Colonel Mccain
Man in Street Regards JuriSt's Statement as DiSdp
pointing-It Shoes Mark of Iare Sa,U,
n ritter Declares
By GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

VCav. IN rDnkn reform necessary WHY
haven't tLov inorrrrotod tbe reforms
which hp .dr,its oro needed
II mu.t oIso strike tho philodelnhia
ro,iromcr and 6romcn that thpv have
IN ryprots of a great Injustice. That
during the last four years. when the
Ware organization had all the oppor
tunity in tho world to do SO, why didn I
it increase their wages? II is admitted
hy Judge Patterson that for years they
have been drfrnudcd Of what his Honor
now saws properly belonged to them.
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u" man IN the street. as well as
uoIiromcn md fireman. have mutually
eurerod from tbo bicb co,t of living
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''aI'r* now tardiIY ADMIT that the p"-
'ro and tir"m"n We're entitled to more
ioouny. Why did they wait for Con
-rce-ron lIoor, IN roirt this ont
Noorc's declaration drew the atteu
tior rr the indigo to these and other
fa.t- Tho mdgo very properly SEQ
onds # ON behalf of himself and the
Var" organization. which, of course, is a
tr'hut" TO Mr.. Moore.
Another admission which the Moore
ramrH=n"rS SnF Will attract great at
l'tt't TO NIr' ROBINS
foNad'Iphia mas not advanced Wltn
inc same matCria' progress as 1t sn"uld
mayo a"'"n'''u' ,,
II Is NOT INC onlE hd'lliHSion n. OF 'h'
are "'E""'"1''o,l : .leu,'len'H I.a"' ~
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tLn ,,,ornL e mrnrross as Tndgo Tot+or.
ymr m ',.I, r1ain. nhn iy 70 bIame4 Jndcc
pattcr,ou'~ friends. the Ware organi -
zatiou.
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tbn smhoor,r,ittoo which draftod Tho nou.
citv chortnr He mipht have cnIight =.
orcd Nv Roh;rs to what oytort bis
on+i,;tios want This ercoostior fror,
tho ororooo r;tiyon nos.ihIy docs tho
indgn nm ;niustico
ITdgo pottorson aorinrod with = oo,,,
iudjciaI mind. is not uoIitician Poll
ticiaps are far -hightpd pcoplp. They
have keen eve for future contingpn-
cips. IF the Judge had belonged to the
latter class it might have been charged
against him that in his work in helping
to frame n charter. which was so vigor-
ously fought by his organization. he had
an eye to its value as a future political
asset.
II is possible that very large body
Of citizens will regard the omissions
in Judge pAtterSOn'S platform to be
quite as striking as his admissions.
Individual members of thp body politic
will lose an eye searching the Pat
tcreon platform for any declaration
against contractor influence in poli-
tics.
And vet it is universally recognized
that uron this ground alone the present
I cn,sn,e"inenI hottlo nn nfU az It 'P " omg