Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
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ments and be for the administration
straight through.
Senator Martin and Mr.. Lane, SO
far as Organization men are concerned,
are numbered among the growing group
of original Moore men.
These politicians also suggested that
it would not be surprising, in tie light
of election day events and the program
of political action mapped out by the
Mayor elect, if Charles i. Hall and
William McCoach stood by the in
coming administration on all points.
1t was recalled that McCoach as q
candidate in the primaries received sub
stantial aid in the Eighth ward from
Buck" Devlin, Peurose leader of
Senator Penrose's home ward, This
aid was such that charges of deals"
We're entered against McCoach, long
known as the Ware leader of the Thir-
tieth ward.
Frankenfed, in the opinion of Moore
leaders, will Ego along" with the new
administration. He has been classed
in the past as Ware leader of the Forty
fourth ward. , 1t is said that as a mat
ter of fact he was close ally of for
mer Director of Supplies MacLaughlin
and that as soon as mclaughlin at
enfield was quickly displaced ms Ware
leader of the Forty fourth, MacLaugh-
liu's ward.
New Lineup in Northeast
The situation iu the northeast is said
to Indicate an entirely new political con =
dtion in that section. Ono of the three
councilmen elect is John j. Mckinley,
Ware leader of the Thirty third ward.
Moore headquarters, will be just as
strongly for the Mayor elect.
The alliance of Mckinley with the
Moore leaders began before yesterday 9
election and was cemented by the char
monlzing' activity of Magistrate Will
liam T.. Campbell, Moore leader of the
Twenty fifth ward and one of the vet
crau organization leaders of the north
east.
III the primaries the various leaders
in tho northeast We're at loggerhelds
over the councilmanic nominations, Ware
men lighting Ware men from one end
of the district 10 the other. Since then
Campbell, on behalf of the Moore lead
ership, has Deen smoothing things out,
with the result that, politically speak
/ ing, the northeast, once a Ware strong
hold is believed to be solidly Tor Moore.
This, il Is said, accounts for the
signal collapse of the movement TO
| knife Moore candidates in favor of
I J. Harry Schumacher, Charter party
candidate for Council.
/ To Organize January >
The new Council will organize on the
I first Monday Of the new year. January
). Richard Wegein. one of the three
cOuncilmen elect from the Seventh dis
trict. is candidate for the presidency
/ backed by the Republican Alliance.
Francis +. Burch and James A. Dev :
/ elm. Counclmen elect from the West
! Philadelphia district. are being urged
! by Independent Republican leaders
| Charles Il. Hall is being suggested by
| the Ware forces.
The Charter party movement, behind
! which the knitting campaign against
Republican nominees for Council in
West Philadelphia was concealed, ran
against stone wall of independent
Repubicanism.
The disgrunted elements in that sec
fion of the city centered on the caudi
dacy of James j, Bisard, fusion nomi-
nee for the Charter and Democratic
parties, and made futile effort to cut
DHvelin, Republican nominee. Bills
| ard s vote was only 10, 79l, while Dev
elu, who polled the smallest vote for
the four councimeu elect, received u
total of 3l130 Francis F. Burch
who was also under the fire of uDrec.
onciled Ware men, poIlod total o
40,Gll. fie ran ahead Of George Con
nell Republican nominee who had not
been attacked at all Connell's tota
was 81 $40.
The vote for Ira d. Garman ant
George Il. Davis, on the Charter part
ticket was comparatively insignificant
They polled respectively zoos and $50,
votes There was much pre- election tai
TO the effect that either Garman o
Davis would defeat Develin or Burch
The "kni6ng" campaign in West Phila
delphia, as elsewhere in the city, wa
simply swampee.
Cut Hard in Twenty scl enih Ward
Burch and Develn were cut mos
deeply in the Twenty seventh ward
where Senator II. W, Patton is tn
y fare leader, There, Council an