Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-06
FRIENDS Of CROW
MAY NOT BACK HIM
Senator'S Condition Serious De-
spite Statements Of Recovery,
Is Rumor Among Leaders
HOLD OFF FIXING SLATE

Despite the public statements Of Semi
ntor Ware and Governor Sproul thAt
United Strtcs Senator Crow is recover
ing. authoritative word was received
from Pittsburgh today by close friends
that. MS n matter Of fact, he is far from
! icrovering.
| Consequently. even the closest friends
Of Senator Grow arc quietly talking Of
refusing to back him for the full term
to succeed the late Senator Knox. They
say It would not be fair to Senator
Crow nor 10 the State.
Hence. the politicians nre already
! talking of the possibility Of stating John
A. Bell. millionaire banker Of Pitts.
burgh and friend Of Mayor Magee. for
the senatorial nomination. In that case
| there probably would be other candi.
dates. It is significant that n boom has
been started for former Governor Tencr.
who. while Governor. was regarded as
an ally of the Oliver wing of the Ale
gheny County. organization.
Delay Uniting on Governor
It is believed that the 'insidc" in
formation which the leaders have of the
real condition Of Senator Grow has led
| to the decision to delay an attempted
agreement on candidate for Cover
nor for another thirty days. For il
senator Crow is hot to be n candidate
new deals will have to be discussed.
For example. Mayor Magee is basing
all his political plans on the possibility
of winning the Senatorship for his friend
Mr.. Bell. The Pittsburgh Mayor, there
fore. 1t is said, would join In guber.
Material agreement only IL it would work
to the advantage of Mr.. Bells candi-
dacy. In making such an arrangement
Mayor Magee has publicly announced
ne would talk things over with Senator
Ware.
In such circumstances it is possible.
said politicians, that Ware would push
more vigorously the gubernatorial can
didacy of Harry A. Mackey. chairman
of the Workmen's Compensation Board.
Mackey will be in Pittsburgh on We'd
with Magee and other leaders.
Still Hope for Beidleman
W. Harry Baker. secretary of the
State Committee and chief hacker Of
Lieutenant Governor Beidleman for the
nomination for Governor. still Is hope
full that eventually the Wares will turn
in for his choice. They figure that many
Of the Ware leaders in Philadelphia
would prefer Bclulemnn to Mnckey.
Senator Grow should be withdrawn
from the senatorial race at once in the
opinion Of the Voters League. unless 1t
can be shown that he will be physically
able to make the fight. The Republican
Organization, It is declared. should
have fair assurance that Senator Crow
will be strong enough, or withdraw him
before 1t Is too late to substitute n
capable candidate.
Want Doctors Views
Meanwhile. the League holds TINT the
organization. il it wishes to escape the
charge Of deceiving it's own adherents.
should get the opinions Of at least thrcn
eminent physicians concerning Senator
Crows condition.
Frank NJ. Ritter. chairman of the
Voters League. discussed the senatorial
question in formal statement issued
yesterday. He said there was fair
suspicion" that the organization was
capitalizing Senator Crows illness and
that by holding him in the field until
the last moment it would be able to
substitute no more desirable candidate
than he for the Senate.