Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-03
-PENR0SE
T0C0NTROL HOUSE
Harmony Program Looked for
in Legislature With Ware
Senate Majority ...
CLEAN SWEEP FOR G. o. p.

etate senate ana House yesterday re-
suited In sending legislators to Harris.
burg a majority Of whom will stand by
measures favored by the Moore admin
istratlon.
Not single Democrat was chosen. A
solid delegation of forty -one Republican
members of the House was elected, while
four Republican state senators, repre-
senting the odd numbered districts, were
elected. =
Friends Of Mayor Moore and Senator
Penrose will control the delegation to the
House. The Wares, as things stand
now, will have majority of the eight
Philadelphia members of the Senate.
Ware Is Re- Elected
Senator Ware was re elected in the
First district by a majority Of 21 900
Senator McNichol. In the Third dis
Democratic nominations. received re.
election by the virtually unanimous vote
OF 1855. Former State Representative
Max Aron, a lieutenant Of David III.
Lane, sage Of the organization. was
chosen to succeed the late Senator Mar
tin by a majority Of about 1900.
In the Seventh district Senator Daix
was reelected by a majority Of about
25. 900. The hold over senators are
Salus. In the Second district; Patton,
in the Fourth Woodward. in the Sixth,
and Gray, in the Eighth.
OF the eight Philadelphia senators,
the Mayors friends count on at least
three-Senators McNichol, Woodward
and Daix.
While estimates as to the Penrose-
delegation to the House vary, because
several Of the legislators have kept
their factiOnal leaning well under cover,
there appears to be general agreement
that the majority will not be controlled
by the Wares.
Fox Showed Under
There was scarcely the scmblance Of
contest for seats in the House-the
Republican candidates won right down
the line. Only in the Nineteenth dis
trict was trouble threatened. Arthur
r. B. Fox, who had been defeated in the
primaries. ran on the American Party
ticket, but he was showed under by the
regular Republican nominees. Haws and
Miller. who had 10000 votes each to
only 1918 for Fox. Neither did any
thing develop in South Philadelphia,
where there was some talk Of cutting
Of Trainer candidates for the Legsla-
ture by the Wares.
In general way the Philadelphia
delegation to the House splits twenty
two for friends Of the Mayor, against
nineteen for the Wares. This situation.
however, may be materially changed by
later developments, such as the much
discussed harmony program for next
year, the activity of the Mayor and the
final ''landing places Of Judge Brown,
of the Municipal Court, and Thomas
W. Cunningham, clerk of the Court of
Quarter Sessions.
Members of the House, who are re-
garded as very close to the Wares are:
Glass and McGowan, in the First dis
trict. Baldi in tho Second, Love in the
the Seventh, Mccarthy and Smith in
the Eighth. Smith in the Fifteenth and
Sterling in the Twenty sixth. These do
not represent all who will probably
stand by the Wares. They will have
friends among legislators who owe spe-
cial allegiance to so called Varea lead
ers.
Trainer Wins Seat !
The Trainer brothers will be repre-
sented in the House by Harry J.Trainer.
Of the Third district, and by Daniel J.
Green and Isaac l.. s. Smink. of the
Fifth district, Arnold NJ. Blumberg,
Trainers 5 colleague in the Third district.
is a representative Of the Fifth ward and
will probably counsel with ames A.
Carey and the Trainer brothers. The
Trainer brothers, more particularly than
some OF the other .Penrose leaders, are
| allies Of the Moore administration.
James V. Lafferty; Of the Fourth dis
trict, Is special representative of the
Eighth ward, Senator Penrose's home
ward. Representative Lafferty Is an
ally of Buck" Devlin, Penrose leader
| Of the ward.
Herman DiIsheimer, Sr.. was elected
to represent the Ninth district. He is
friend of Register of Wills Sheehan.
leader Of the Twentieth ward, who once
has been in the Ware camp. While SEN
ator Penrose was at the shore on his
latest trip Sheehan was among his call
| ers. Sheehan may figure In a possible
harmony program.
President Judge Brown, of the Mu-
nicipal Court, who already has a hand
in local politics, dips into the state
Legislature by reason Of the election of
two of his friends to the state House
from the Tenth district, which is the
Fifteenth ward the home ward of the
president judge. These arc William J.
Brady and Richard d. Burns. The
!
friend of Thomas w. Cunningham.
president of the Alliance. Both
Judge" Cunningham and Judge
Brown, who are allied with Senator
Penrose, have definite political lines
running into the Ware camp, all of
which helps to give rise to the gossip
| about harmony. In this connection
much will depend upon the availability
Of Senator Penrose for active political
service.
Frank StackhouSe, elected Repre-
sentative from the Eleventh district, Is
n follower of Robert Grier, administra-
| ton and Penrose leader Of the Eight
eenth ward.
Ware Allegiance Uncertain
As candidates, the Representatives
from the Twelfth district, the Nine
teenth ward, Harry Kcene and Lew
renee f. McOwen, were selected by the
late Senator David Martin. Ordinarily,
they may be credited to the Ware forces
but developments may affect their posi- :
/ tion on political questions at Harris
burg.
David II. Lane, nestor Of the organi-
zation. who has been aligned with the
| Ware leadership, was responsible for the
nomination Of Joseph Marcus and Gin
ton A. Sewers, elected Representatives
yesterday. Lane and Penrose had two
notable chats while they were at the
shore recently. Marcus Is now a com
mittee clerk of City Council.
State Representative Wallace Brom-
ley, from the Fourteenth district, is
credited to the Penrose- Moore combi-
| nation,