Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-18

tn" hondsmcn or from Charles A.
Snyder the $4,000 cmbezzlcd BY Brindle
while he was chief clerk in charge of
accounting In bis (Snydpr'l Office, and
after ne had been repeatedly warned
that the man had criminal record?
His failure to clear up these matters
was a contributing cause to the defeat
of Mr.. Alter.
Hard Whacks for Bosses
Tho most significant feature of this
cl'rtlon Is that every one of these self
designated bosses, who. collectively.
sought like Roman mcrrcnaries TO
divide among them the role of Boics
l'cnros". went down to smashing do =
feat.
Charles A.. Snyder. State Treasurer.
leads this roster of the defeated.
Blatant, boastful and defiant. Mr..
Snyder Is the official who declared in n
newspaper interview that $500. 900 had
been taken at various times in recent
years from the State Treasury. but that
tn" Commonwealth "had not lost Il
cent
He is perhaps tho most conspicuous
victim of the guilotine of decent rti-
zcnShip.
In a pro-elc"tiOn statement he had
declared that the defeat Of Attorney
General Alter for Governor in Schuyl-
kill County would he regarded by him
as personal r"pudiation of himself by
his people.
Charles 4. Snyder has hcen rc1u-
dated by his people and in the most
emphatic manner.
He not only lost his county by thou.
sands. but his ward and precinct in
rottsvillc CAV" Pnchot an almost three.
ON" majority over Alter. And this
after the Attorney General had been
rushed into Schuylkill County in re-
sponsr to an eleventh. hour cry from
Snyder for help.
Harmon NJ. Kcphart. now Deputy
State Treasurer and former State Treas
urcr. central figure in the Treasury
scandal. had the majority in his county
Of Fayctte literally cut from under
his feet. His leadership was practi-
cally ropudiated by his constituents.
Eyre Repudiated
Senator r. Larry Eyre. ono Of the
triumviratc who nominated Alter in Il
hotel room. not only lost his county.
but was knocked out for State COM
mittcCman, n position he has held for
years.
In n way this is one of the most
significant instances in PENNSYLVANIA Of
the uprising of an outraged people.
William W. Long. who. as Il mem.
ber Of the House at tho last session.
refused to take orders from Eyre. fought
:hc Senator IN the northern part Of
Chester County and administered one OF
the worst beaIings ever given any leader
in the county.
In Pittsburgh senator Max Leslie fell
down wretrhcdly ON his job of piling up
ii majority for Alter. the lattcr's home
county.
To Leslie in Pittsburgh and Ware in
Philadelphia can be laid the credit OF
Alters defeat II either ono of them
had made good their boasts rs to the
size of the majority they could deliver.
the Attorney General would have won.
even if by greatly reduced figure.
Thcr" was money in unstinted guam
tity handed out by the "Pittsburgh
Angels not only for Pittsburgh. but
for Phi ladclphia and the critical spots
in the interior Of the state.
Dnr woman worker reported she had
discovered that while the Pinrhot fund
for Philadelphia allowed only $50 for
precinct. the Altcr-C Combine organi-
zation was boasting of $500 for Ger.
tain precincts. and more if necessary
Either there was more money in cir
culation At Tuesdays election in this
state than thcr" had been for years or
else n prodigious amount Of lying was
INDUCED in by interested parties with
no part ticular object in view.
In my canvass of the situation the
day prior to the election said that II
would b" n contest Of the city against
the county.
Results emphasized that view.
Go
in the cn'ir" day was that. Of the Ware