Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-28
Penrose "Up a Tree"
in City Politics ROlU

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combination ia more or less lopsidt d
has been brought to Mr.. Penros,s nt-
! tenticn.
It will be recalled that some time
ago Council voted something like $2j.
600 TO the Office Of Recorder of Deeds for
additional help. With previous $50.
600 this made total Of S45 900 l am
informed that there has been a grail
ual but effective cleaning out of dead
WOOD, hasbeCns and accounts.
Ncv men, who can deliver the po-
litical goods, are replacing the old. All
OF these requirements Are Ware men.
None wear the Cunningham colors. The
query is: What Is the Clerk Of Courts
getting as his share.
Wares Have Big End
In this respect the arrangement is of
the beam end sort. with the further
prospect OF the Ware ends coming in
for its share of places when the desks
are to be filled under the Penrose ap-
pointees. and Mr.. Cunningham helps to
distribute the smaller plums. Thus 1t
is not quite apparent where the Cum
ingham- Brown end is benefting to any
considerable extent
for the combine TO put over it's ticket.
Senator Penrose. understand, hes de-
clined TO play "the angel" this time.
There Is no question that he could,
personally, raise this amount if he set
himself TO the task But he has too
many irons in the fire already in Wash
ington.
Friend Joseph r. Grundy can hardly
be visualized passing the hat this fall
to help Ware combination ticket on to
victory.
Senator Penrose as the information
comes from Washington, is more than
ordinarily interested in the Voters
League movement. While Messrs.
Brown and Cunningham have been pre-
senting to him elaborate figures and
maps Of the city, showing the strength
of their Ware combination, the Senator
has apparently not forgotten the power
of the Independents in the mayoralty
contest. He is not disposed to discount
their fighting qualities, or disparagc
their influence.
Then there Is the woman vote. 1t
is very uncertain and fluid element.
It might be said frankly that Mr..
PenrOse Is not particularly enamored of
Mayor Moore. This is due to the
Mayors independence of action and his
fall out with Cunningham and Brown
and other Penrose men. At the same
time the Senator is conscious of the
fact that the Mayor can put up a fight
If he once gets aroused and sheds his
coat.
Moore Can Make Trouble
More aggravnting, perhaps. than
anything else Is the fact that the Mayor
can make trouble for the combine If he
80 elects. His control Of the police and
fremen places a most serviccable and
dangerous weapon In his hand. All
these facts and more have been brought
10 the attention of the senior Senator.
In the aggregate they may well give
him cause for pause and apprehension.
There was some mighty plain talk last
Sunday during that automobile ride
around Washington in the roaring red |
car, when the big fellow and the |
"'little fellow" the senior Senator and |
the Mayor of Philadelphia. got the con-
versaton valves opened up.
1t Is not mere repetition of hearsay |
to declare that there was tinge OF
blue In addition TO the red of the auto
mobile in the general atmospheric en-
semble.
the distinguished gentlemen at least
parted with expressions OF mutual con-
sideration and high resolve as French
men do after bloodless duel.
II is a reasonable assumption that
the Mayor pointed out TO the senior
Senator that it might be well to take
stock of the Ware political holding
that the Wares control the Offices of
City Treasurer, County Commissioners,
Recorder Of Deeds, Coroner, Register
of wills, Rscsivsr Of Taxes, City Con
roller and City coun9 and that the !