Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-21

The official count Of the vote polled
st Tuesdays primary election began at
noon today in the finance committee
chamber at City Hail with at least two
contests in sight
The first task before County Com
missioners Holmes. Kuenzel and Lank,
who are conducting the count. was the
selection Of computcrs. About sixty
were sworn in.
John r. Mclean. .lr.. was among
the battery of lnwyprs present Hr
asked many candidates for ComputerS'
jobs whether they held any public Of.
fec and was assured in each case they
did not.
The commissioners announced that.
beginning Monday. they will hold all
day sessions from . a. M. with the like
Ghood Of night sessions. for several days.
( There is need for quick official tally
on the vote for convention delegates.
During an hours recess this after
noon. from | o'clock until > clock. the
commissioners framed set Of rules to
govern tho count.
Mr.. Mclean. who made q whirlwind
/ fight on the Martin Lane combination
in the Fifth Senatorial district aud ap-
, parently lost the nomination to Max
f, kron. Senator Martins understudy.
| contends wholesale frauds we're com.
! mitted in that district.
/. when the official count rearhcs tho
Sevent1gth ward, the first ward in tn"
! Fifth N.rict." Mr.. Mclean said to.
! day. -" will have an important an
I nouncement TO make.
= ''As result of conferences with my
I advisors. I have determined to make n
} contest Of the result. which probably
will result in upsPtting Aron's major
, ity. Recounts in the Nineteenth and
I Twentieth wards are certain to show
/ irregular practices Of the Martin Lane
! combination.
i Threaten Contest on Delany
The other contest il "threatrnrd' hy
l the Ware organiZat ton. which disputes
I the nomination Of Charles pelany in the
! Third Congressional district.
: Councilman William f. Finley. "N.
I ecutiye secretary Of the Republican city
(, committee. asserts that police w"r"
: active at the Third district polls IN The
+, last two hours of the voting. FiMCy
! says they prevented many voters from
/, casting their ballots
How are the mighty fallen. com
mented Mayor Moore when told til"
Wares might contest Delanys nomna.
ton. WHO would ever have dreamed
of the contractor bosses combine doing
the baby act, complaining Of an unfair
election? Election contests are games
that two can play. Washington under
stands congressional contests. II the
fallen contractor bosses want to start
one they will have hard time getting
away with il.
A contest is possible also in the
Eighth Legislative district. which in
cludcs the Tenth. Thirteenth and Four
teenth wards.
In that district Timothy j Mccarthy
and jefferson w. Smith. Ware candi-
dates. have only slight pluralities over
Theodore Clay and William Rogers. the
administration men.
II a recount upsets the apparent re-
sult in the Eighth Representative dis
trict. il will give tho Moore forces
twenty FIVE OF the forty. one nomina
tions 10 this city to tho state House Of
Representatives.
This would cut the Ware representa-.
tion to sixteen. cortrasted with the
thirty ono members they controlled at
the last session Of tho Legislature.
Administration control Of the Reruh.
fcan city committee is assured. accord
Ing 10 Republican Alliance leaders. al.
though il is certain tho Ware orgnniza
tion will contest in many wards
Thomas W. Cunningham president
upon as the logical Moore candidate for
chairman Of the Republican city com
mittee. a post now hold by Hurry e.
RapsIey. former shp-if. who opposed
Mr.. Delany in tho Third Congressional
district
Wares May Push Watson
Thomas W Watson. Ware leader of
the Twenty second ward mercantile
nd
be put forward by the Wares as their
candidate for tho city committee chair
manship.
Watson succeeded in nominating
Howard Smith, his candidate. for the
state Legislature, although tho Tndp-
pendents named Franklin Spencer Ed.
mouds as tho other nominee in the
Fifteenth Legislative district
With the Moore forces in control of
the city committee John a. Voorhees,,
executive secretary Of the Republican
Alliance. probably will got similar
positiOn with the city committee Noor
hses is regarded aS an expert on elcC
ton problems aud detail work.
KendriCk Apparently Wins
Late returns indicate that W. FREQ.
land Kendrick. tho Ware candidate. has
won place as delegate at large to the
national convention.
The results in 3467 districts in forty
four counties, somo Of the counties com
plete. show the following vote: Sproul.
199,ST4 Moore, l9l $50; PcnroSc.
1s4 ,S6e Nondrck. 1Sn.923 Babcock
IFS, ,o3s; Bddlc. III .l61.
Returns from 3060 districts in forty
Eve counties. including this city com q
: plete, show the following vote for con
gresham at large, with four to be nom
mated
Burke. 255.1j0; Garland. 2l0 sos ;
Mclaughlin, 204 003; Walters, 1863,
s95; Crago. 1874 ,A05.
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