Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22
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MAGISTRATE POSTS
Combine, Not Content With
Victories, After Democrat
Places on Minor Bench
MAY PRE-EMPT NEW TITLE

Having gulped all the county offices
and the eleven Republican nominations
for magistrate in Tuesdays primary,
the elated Contractor Combine is now
preparing to gobble the six minority
plrces on the minor bench.
The returns emphasize the staggering
blow dealt tho Voters League by the
carefully marshaled legions of the Ware
and Penrosc allies.
The Combine victory was ascribcd by
Independents to three causes. The
solidarity of the Ware machine played
an important part. The detection of
nominal lieutenants of Senator Penrose
helped greatly. The apathy Of 100000
'slaeker" voters completed the debncle.
Independent leaders virtually have
decided there will be no fusion move
nrent to carry the county Office fight
TO the polls in November. For all
practical purposes the incumbcnts of
The five county Offices at stake will be
these men, nominated at the primary.
Receiver of TaXes-W Frecland
Kendrick. who received 1876 .9O7 votes
to 81. 73S polled by Colonel George +.
Kemp, indorsed by the Voters League.
Hendricks majority on the incomplete
returns was IS. lG0.
Register Of Wills-William +. Camp
bell, us, ,S42. who was opposed by Wv
1un Tn0k NHDle, tD.lD-. NHHlpDpll =
majority. S2.71O.
City Treasurer-Thomas +. Watson.
III .0SS. who was opposed by Arthur
G.. Graham, 81 ,04T Watson's major
ity, S0.041.
City Controllor-Will B. Hadlcy.
116, ,094 who was opposed by Edwin
Wolf, "a 200. Hadley's majority, ST.
S04
The magistrate "s,ate." which the
Combine guided through to victory in a
maze of deals and ward complexities,
was made up of
John F. Dugan. Dennis +. Fitzger-
Benton. j. J. Harrigan. Joseph Cow
ard. William J. Glenn, Edward F.
Roberts. Edward j. Holland, Joseph
n. Peril and Amos NJ. Scott.
Eleven Sure of Election
As eleven Republican magistrates
sre to be elected in November the eleven
men nominated on the Republican
ticket Tuesday. virtually are certain OF
landing "judgeships, which are worth
S4400 a year. in addition to the per-
ouisitcs and power that go with the
office.
Six minority party magistrates are Il
be elected in November. The Democrats
nominated eleven candidates Tuesday
and in the ordinary course of events
would seat six of the eleven on the
minor bench.
But tho Combine. it is reported, does
not intend TO let events develop along
ordinary lines. Plans are under con-
sideration for the pre- empton of new
party title which must be done twenty
eight days before the November election.
BY running candidates for magistrate
under the new party title the election
then will develop into IA grand Scram-
BILE as far as the minor representation
Is concerned BY similar tactics two
years ago the Ware organization elected
Magistrate Carney.
Under the law the seventeen candi-
dates for magistrate who receive the
highest vote at the November election
are declared the winners. \ finely
dovetailcd scheme to throw Combine
strength to the Varieties masquerading
under a new title party would jeopar
die the Democratic aspirantS as well
as those Independents who may enter
the fight
Unsuccessful Candidates
The unsuccessful candidates OF the
Voters League were Miss Katherine X
Foster, Henry Di Berardino and Mag
istrates George w. Price. Robert Car
son and Benjamin ii. Renshaw. They
may enter the field independently in No
vember.
Incomplete returns for the Demo-
cratic candidates for magistrates in
dicate the nominees are Francis +.
Scullen. Forty fourth Ward; Magis-
trate James II. Toughil, First Ward
James =. Darby, Forty sixth Ward !:
Mrs. Margaret Hack, Thirticth Ward
Miss Edna y. Snyder. Thirty eighth
Ward: Magistrate Renshaw. Forticth
Ward; Magistrate Magner. Twenty
sixth Ward; Henry c. Kline,
Twenty eighth Ward: Henry ]. Burns.
Thirty first Ward: Lewis j. Dorm,
Thirty third Ward. and William II
Belcher. Fifteenth Ward
Comparison OF Votes
AS an indication Of the manner in
which wards carried by Mayor Moore
In 1919 were swung into the Combine
column Tuesday the following table
compares the vote for KendriCk and
Kemp with the vote polled by Moore and
Judge Patterson in the 1919 primary.
Receiver Of
Taxes Mayor, 1919