Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-18
Big Vote Is POUed;
Moore Men Confident
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forts to have Governor Sproul call
special election for the Third district
Congressional vacancy So tho Ware.
controlled ward committees Of the dis
trict could name Ranslcy rs the Re.
publican candidate.
But the Governor declined to ruil -
early special election. giving tho voters
of the district an opportunity to choose
manufacturer. who has the Mayors
support and Mr.. RansIcy.
The bittercst struggle i looked for
In the wards included in tho Third Dis
trict, the Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth
Sixth. Eleventh. Twelfth. Sixteenth.
Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Two Oppose Waldron
Also of interest is tho contest in the
Fifth Congressional district. now repro
sented by Congressman pptcr T.. Cos.
tello. Mayor Moore is understood to
favor Costclo'S re- election but because
Costello was not warm supporter Of
the independent movement last fall some
Moore leaders are opposed to him.
! James !. Conncly'S candidacy is Il
result of this opposition. Connolly. a
lieutenant of Magistrate William T..
Campbell anti Narr leader of the
Twenty fifth ward. is expected to derive
strength from the Moore leaders on.
posed to Costello. This, creates n sitm.
alton in which two anti Ware candidates
are opposing Alfred NJ. Wuldron. Ware
candidate.
Another fight Of importance lies in
the candidacy of Mr.. Mclean, for
the state senate from the Fiftl dis
, trict. His campaign is really an on
slaught on the leadership Of senator
Martin, Of the Nineteenth ward and
Holmesburg. Martin is not candidate
for reelection. and is backing Max
Aron, state representative
<N3 Fight for Legislature
Then there is the battle to win a ma
jority in the Philadelphia delegation 70
the state Legislature. Anti. Ware lead
ers said this morning they would nom
mate thirty Of the forty ono Rcpubli.
can candidates for the House.
Edward Randolph Wood of this city.
who has beer, an aSpirant for many
Offices and who has been elected to
none, is tho only candidate in tho Re-
publican presidential preference column.
though other names may ho written in.
Most Of the convention delegates moro
and throughout III" state arc running
unpledged. Governor SprOul, n recon
tive candidate for tho G.. q. T. nomi
nation for President. is candidate for
delegate. at large, ms is senator Knox
who has been described by senator Pen.
rose as the "bcSt all around interim
tional statesman" available as the Re
publican standard bearer.
Pcnrose Is Unopposcd
For the second time in six years Sen
ntor Pcnrosc is before the voters for
the Republican nomination for United
States Senate. He has no opposition
Charles A. Snyder. candidate for
state treasurer, and Samuel = Iov,is
for auditor general, also are unonnoscd
There are two coutrndcrs for rho
Supreme Court justircship-Iudgo SvI.
vester H. Sadlcr, Of Cumberland rountv
Z and Judge George Kunkel Of Daunhin
county. SadIer, brother Of State Uiph.
way Commissioner SadIpr, has the sim
port Of the state organization. Kuuk cI
has n strong following. The vacancy
will be that cHus"d by the retirement in
January of Chief Justice !. Iiay Brown
Superior Court Jddgo Linn. Of this
city, is unOppOsrd Hs candidate for n
, full term on the Superior Court bench.
Some of the more interesting contests
! for state representative are those Of
{ Harry j. Trainer in the Third district ;
Franklin Spencer Edmonds in the Fiji
teenth district and Horace W. Leeds in
the Seventeenth district
Trainer. Republican Alliance leader
of the Third ward, is n former select
councilman, who served in the old
Councils for many years. 1t is be-
lieyed he will be one of the Alliance
floor leaders at Harrisburg if elected.
Edmouds, Of the Twenty second
Z ward, is indorscd by the Republican
Alliance and is running on a dry
platform. He has been active in civic
affairs hcte for many years, is a law
yer and had charge of the Y VI. G. A,
I leave area overseas during the war.
Leeds's Son a Candidate
MIR. Leeds is son of former Sheriff
I Leeds, one time II potent figure politi-
I cally in this city. lie is supported by
the Republican Alliance, which claims
the Town Meeting group in the district
is allied with the Ware workers to de
feat Leeds aud elect Edward G. Payn,
ter.
( When the Ware grip on the municipal
government was pried loose last Sep
tenber, the organization retained con o
troll of several county departments and
I of the central committee, with head
quarters at Eleventh and Chestnut
streets.
Administration leaders are battling