Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-13
Women Attacking
Mcclure Machine


Continued from Pasc One
procedure and we ere not telling them
our plans either
Mrs. Elizabeth II. Hamilton and Mrs.
Rhoda r. Crooks are two of the pro-
gressive women Of the borough who are
candidates for Office at the coming pri-
mary. Both have been named by the
"Indcpendents' for school director.
Mrs. Hamilton for O. six year term and
Mrs. Crooks for a rwo-year term.
Both we're observing the time honored
dictum that "the woman's place is in
the home" and we're busily engaged at
housevork when seen today. They also
and time to attend to public matters,
Mrs. Hamilton being secretary of the
Home and School League and Mrs.
Crooks president Of the Women Voters
I've don't believe in mud singing,
said Mrs. Hamilton, "but we are put.
ting up a fight for better Norwood and
a good, clean government. We resent
yery deeply being told to take orders
and having others try to do the think.
ing for us. We are inexperienced
is the right way 70 look at it, and we
have nominated candidates and are put
ting up a contest on this basis. OF
course we know that the opposition has
plenty of money, but we believe that the
right must triumph.
Zone of the biggest issues is the
school question. We pay heavy taxes
in this borough, and we do not think,
In school matters particularly, that we
have gotten what we paid for. We
hold the party in power responsible,
particularly the men higher up, for the
fact that we have no high school. We
have at least 100 boys and girls in the
borough who are high school students
yet those in command turned down our
pleas for such a school. AS result it
costs us about so 900 annually out OF
our personal pockets to give the children
a higher education. To do this we have
to send them to Chester, Swarthmore
and Ridley Park, and even these places
are becoming so overcrowded that we
soon shall have no place to send them.
The whole government here. in
fact. has been pretty miserable sort
OF failure for some time past
Are Loyal Republicans
Our opponents make it point OF
referring to us slightingly as indie
pendents, " said Mrs. Crooks. mean
ing to give the impression that we are
not good Republicans and are trying to
start new organization. Please make
It plain that we are perfectly good Re .
publicans and are only independents IN
that we want to think and decide for
ourselves and not accept a lot of hand
picked candidates.
"Of course, ! realize that we sbaI
have to effect an organization 10 pu,
up the most effective fight, an we dr
realize that the primary election is tho
important one, as there nrc no,
more than seventy Democrats in tn,
borough.
The matter that stirred M tn
women and progressives Of Delawar
county as much as anything else wa
the attempt of the Mcclure organiza
ton to nominate Isaac johnson for ,
third term Of ten years for Judge o
the Common Pleas Court Of the county
As he Is now eighty years old. one car
readily see he is hardly the man L
have in this important post for an
other long term. Besides. there mr.
those who believe that he has no
always been judicious. SO. accordingly
we are giving our support to Albert W
McDade, Of Chester, who is ma
of about forty five.
IAN Of our candidates were approve
by the recent Republican caucus in tn
borough. so 1t can hardly be called
factional movement"
List Of Candidates
The candidates IN the Norwood rae
are:
Burgess--John pever. Independent; Grove
Talbot. Mcclure.
; Council tthEss 70 bs sIsetsd}TIpr, 4: D. y
Independent; Findley NJ TAYLOR, Jr, indt
pendent; Walter Taney, Independent; Charlie
|, Clure; John y, Bessor Mcclure
School Director (six-year term, two 10 s
clectedl-Walter +. Sims. Indeperient: ElizS
= beth II; Hamilton. ,Independent James {
r Clure.
,, seIected}IIRhoda 3, Crooks, independen
' Justice OF the Peacs-William H Robir
, son, Indspsnd9nt; George F ssssE, McciuT'
. pendent BeT5am!p Haldeman. Mcclure.
Jessie DuttOn, Mcclure,
Registry Assessor-Thomas A. Tatlow, Ii
; uefpeS fnspeetor EIe"tion Flrst PreclnctSGJeesss
E. Klippel, Independent Roy P. Richar,
q irrspector Election Second Precnctp-Anr
. Loos. Independent: David T.. Ford. McClur