Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-06
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|nVARE meeting
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a.,.tor ed" Ware and his brother
r.s.,sssman "Bill" Ware, are con.
s,.tulatins each other and telling the
.srld today that last night they de-
S..,.d The Metropolitan Opera House,
.,ovded with free car riders, to Attor.
-, General Alter. the candidate Of the
Ao...s for the Republican nomination
fof Governor. y
clifford pinchot did not have a chance
!, that big audience because 1t was
pacted from pit to gallery. and from
ana row of boxes to the other, with
! v.re men and Ware women, with Ware
s@cebolders and Ware leaders and others
vbo at least were grateful for free car
tickets. .... -
Ware leaders had anticipated that
,.vspapers would broadcast the news"
that only a sparse gathering attended
ne rally. The fact Is that Ware ward
leaders had been called on to deliver
: definite proportion Of the audience
and these leaders delivered by the simple
process Of lining up oficeholders, po.
iItical workers and their families and
friends. '..
Il would be foolish to deny that the
free car tickets failed to get the crowd
of Ware men and women to the meet
ins. For days, ward leaders have been
shoving these car tickets around City
Hall. Each division in the city was
allotted forty tickets. On the basis of
the number Of divisions In the city, these
tickets could have conveyed 5000 per.
sons to the opera house which required
only 5000 to jam It from top to bottom.
No Room for Pinchot Mon :,
II was purely display of the Ware
ability to drum up a crowd. City Coun-
eli contributed. President Wegiein. was
On the stage. Councilmen Gaffney and
Cox sat near each other, while Coun.
Gilman Limeburner was just a row be-
Lind. Councilman Buchholz was one
Of the first to arrive. Councilman
Montgomery sat in box with President
Judge Brown.
It would have been no trick at all
to have called a caucus of Ware Coun-
eilmen. The same thing goes for Ware
members of the Legislature.
The speakers were ConRressman
Ware, who opened the proceedings; Mrs.
A. r. Harmon. Ware leader Of the |
women, who was chairman; Harry A.
Mackey, Ware leader; Mr.. Kendrick, |
Major Reed, candidate for the Knox
seat In the United States Senate, who
little politics by virtually !
ABANDONING his attitude of neutrality |
between Alter and Pinchot and declar. !
Ing for Alter; Senator George Wharton
Pepper, who carefully avoided taking
ddes between the gubernatorial con-
testants, except that he spoke at the
meeting, and Attorney General Alter.
Speeches Tsme
The speeches of the night were not
ensational. Attorney General Alter
lelivered q calm and conservative ad.
lress and deplOred the fact that Pinchot
ms making a real fight and calling real
ames. Mr.. Alter indicated that he
Rould like q quiet, unexciting cam.
,aign.
As matter of fact, 1t was freely
ommented on that the vaudeville fea.
ures OF the program got the biggest
and. Professional singers sung and
Cd In community singing. The latter
eemed to tire the gallery Of division
eelers and they broke loose from the
ong leader and led themselves in sing.
V Hail, Hail, the Gangs All Here"
Dr. Moses Stern, City Hall Plaza
rator, took quite prominent part In
ne Proceedings. much to the Irritation
vare leaders, who felt that ne was
polling the party. DR.. Stern, who al.
most went to Europe with the Ford
eace ship, somehow or other had A
cat In the second row, on the aisle, in
ne orchestra. Every now and then he
Iould pipe up a question to the speak.
y. Then, again, he would take charge
things in his immediate neighborhood
nne u, ware leaders could only scowl at
I'M and wish he were elsewhere. /
But DR.. Stern, who runs for Office
henever he feels the urge, seemed to
aloy himself. He did not mind keen
y MS seat while Senator Salus stood
eht alongside of him.
Mrs: Harmon, president of the Won.
's Republican Club of Pennsylvania.
the first woman to preside over n biu
nlMaeiphia political rally and she was
py puely human sort Of presiding officer. ,
Ioitlcians commenting on Reeds yir. !
,ai .a declaration for Alter. and Pcpper's ;
OF that question entirely, .,
,Iinted out that Reed could afford TO y.
&C chance, as he has no opposition
consequence. Pepper, on the other
and. mas a fight on his hands In the
ape OF the rival candidacy of Con.
essman Burke.