Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-26
AFTER MOORE-WHO?
PHILADELPHIA must not go back!
l. Philadelphia will not go back!

- Philadelphia will not go back!
A question of the gravest import is
before the citizens of this city. It is
not one of a single section certain
congressional district-it is a question
for the city as whole.
Who shah represent the Third district
in the House of Representatives to sue
ceed Mayor-elect Moore?
Congressman Moore served Phiadel-
phia and his country-he did his duty
in Congress. As ranking member of
the ways and means committee, as the
leader in waterways development, as a
port booster and a virile Republican he
left his stamp on the nation. His loss
to Congress is a great one. Philadel-
phia, however, gains.
But-who shall succeed him?
Will this, the greatest of American
cities, be content or compelled to take
a back seat in the hall of the nations
lawmakers?
He who goes to Washington from the
Third district represents not alone a
specified district but the city at large.
He is the special representative of the
heart of Philadelphia.
From Old Swedes' to Penn Treaty
Park, from Wharton street to Allegheny
avenue, from the Delaware river to Sew
enth street, with narrow slices of the
Third and Fourth wards iutting to
Broad street-a goodly area, taking in
as 1t does the greater part of Kensing-
tons mill district, the nerve-center of
the city's finance and trade, the foreign
settlements, the most densely populated
territory and dotted with the worlds
largest hat factory, publishing house,
sugar refneries and mighty shipyard-
this is the Third district
The resources of this district, by care
full tabulation, show little less than
81 o00,000,000, and her mills and fac
tories turn out products each year
amounting to more than S20O,OO0,OOO.
One-third of the $5O,OOO,OOO revenue of
the city is derived from the eleven wards.
Verify, this is the heart of the Worlds
Workshop beside the Clyde of America.
The congressman of this district is
the special representative of Philadel-
phia's waterfront, channel and harbor:
his is the eye which must watch the ship
ping, his the arm to ward off attacks
against the port and rally his colleagues
to fight for the development not alone
of the waterfront but of League Island,
Hog Island and the river as a whole. The
disposition of the monster O.OOO. 900
shipyard Ind the S15,0OO,OOO government
docks and the fostering of the Delaware
bridge-these are problems for the next
congressman.
Let us have no weakling in Congress!
Let us have no political time-server
who would be sent to Washington as
reward and not to serve his country and,
in serving country, serve Philadelphia
He must transcend factionalism.
The election of Mr.. Moore as Mayor
of Philadelphia is indicative of the ma
jority will-no longer shall man or
set of men determine who shall rule.
Yes-let US have no weakling
This congressmanys to be chosen at
a special election, must be no sinister
adjunct of contractor regime, no polit-
ical puppet of a petrified organization.
Let us have man with vision, not a
visionary; man who abides by those
principles born at the nations altar
within the district he serves, principles
which make for peace between him who
tolls and him who owns, honest safe
guards for capital and equitable laws
and justice for the wage Garner His
heart must be tuned to the ambitions
of the home builder as we'll as the mas
ter fnancier-a big man to do this. His
actions must be consonant with the spirit
of the vast industrial interests he repre-
sents and comport to the humanitarian
trend Of the times.
Let us have a man of experience-tried
experiences man who stands rock
ribbed 100 per cent American, 100 per
cent Philadelphian, anti-Red, anti-tool of
labor or of capital, and one who will raise
his voice and might against those who
by their actions imperil the tried and
proved institutions of this nation.
Consecrated to public welfare, imbued
with spirit Of fair play and Justice,
believing in Philadelphia, an enthusiast
for her development and prosperity, a
lover of the nation--that man alone must
fill the vacant seat in Congress and face
the problems Of his country and city.
Philadelphia cannot go back!
Philadelphia will not 60 back!
Sims madomC Vor