Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06

breach. This was gathered from some
OF the confcrees as they left the meet
ing, but just what form this compro
mise will take IL matter Of conjecture.
a strong feeling Of distrust has arisen
and has brought to climax a feeling
TINT has been In existence for some
time.
The recent victory Of Clifford Pinchot
Is among other things responsible for
he anti.Nare feeling. politicians be-
lieve.
Mr.. Frosch himself. commenting on
his defeat. said he has information that
Combine licutenants worked for the last
two weeks on members Of the Ward
Committee. In several instances, he
said. sums from $500 to $1,000 were Of
fcred for a vote.
Frosch's statements were ridiculed BY
Rowland who attributed his election to
the aid he said the women gave him.
~ won out on merit as n result OF
my personal following" said the
Deputy Coroner, There is no truth In
the repor. the Wares sent money into
the ward for my election. There was no
need for it.
"Frosch claimed that three Of the
ward committeeman were won over BY
me at the Inst minute. As a matter OF
fact. they were for me all along but
I wasn't telling the other side about
Rowland added that as member Vt
the City Committee he will support
Clifford Pinchot. Republican nominee
for Governor.
After the smoke Of battle had cleared
away Oscar Noll. leader Of the Thirty.
seventh Ward, was the only old PEN
rose follower who stood up under the
attack.
Pinchot Turned Down
Aside from the shattering Of Frosch's s
pretensious to ward leadership, the
meeting was marked by a refusal Of the
Wares to indorse Clifford Pinchot and
the State and local tickets.
Frosch followers held n rump meet.
ing and indorsed the ticket.
Although f'rosch was ostensibly for
Alter In the primary, the Pinchot peo.
pie carried the ward and won n sweep
ing victory in other respects The
Wares are said to have accused Frosch
of responsibility for the defent, in TINT
he either turned in for Pinchot or else
was discredited leader who could
not hold his constituents.
In the Forty first Ward meeting. an
Of business men and ex.
service men, nominated Wilford s.
Baker against Magistrate Edwin ].
Lindell for the City Committee dele.
gate Lindell won without much difi.
Guilty.
Councilman George Connell was 70.
elected leader in the Fortieth Ward
without a struggle and his man, Harry
u. Beaston. was elected to the City
Committee.
william. s. Groves. n former highway
inspector. was elected from the Twenty.
sixth Ward after Joseph L. Baldwin
declined to serve another term on the
City Committee. Baldwin. Congress
man Wares chief lieutenant, recon.
mcnIed the election of Groves.
Magistrate Evan T. Pcnnock, who
succeeded George l.. Price as leader of
the Thirty fourth Ward by virtue Of
the primary vote. was elected to the
City Committee by vote of 90 to 2.
In the Thirty second Ward Arthur
Sellers defeated William W. Mintzer,
clerk in Quarter Sessions Court. and
was elected to the City Committee by n
vote of 81 to %.
City Treasurer Thomas F. Watson.
chairman Of the City Committee. de.
feated Councilman William W. Roper
in the Twenty second Ward. 81 TO as.
The election in the various wards re.
sul.ed as follows: