Evening star., 1926-11-19
||Zero'' Wards of Philadelphia
Raise New Political Sensation

ficult to conceive that even in voting
divisions wholly under the control of
the Ware machine there would be no
votes at all for his opponent. 1t sim
ply looks as If votes were suppressed
In some manner, and this. IL proved
to a large extent, would be sufficient
reason for denying Ware a seat" The
Waterbury Republican independently
makes a more positive charge Of cor
ruptlQn with tho statement There
are thousands of Democrats In Phila-
delphia. There must be hundreds Of
Republicans there who despise the ex-
asgerated form OF Bill Tweed politics
that Ware sponsors. 1t is a fair as
sumption that they were counted out
in one of the most insolent steals In
our electoral history"
Court evidence that In one division
which reported no votes for Wilson
there were found to have been Ave
votes for him which had been over
looked impels the New York World
independent Democratic) to remar rk:
votes are at stake. or 5000, that
But who knows that in all the zero
divisions and all the nearZero divi-
sions of Philadelphia only Ave votes
for Vares opponent were not count
ed And who knows that thousands
Oh NOlcS dCCTcultSu 10 ware are DOnA
fide votes? And who doubts. whether
votes are at stake, or 5000. that
corruption Is corruption?" The World
also notes that outside OF Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh the Democrats actual
ly had a majority Of $4,000 votes in
the stalwart Republican State OF
Pennsylvania"
IN hn ~ he
was fraud and collusion on a gigantic
scale of which Tammany's most bitter
opponents have never dared to accuse
It," asserts the Schenectady Gazette
independent Democratic), while the
Lynchburg News Democratic) is con-
vinced that "Vare's right to hold his
seat will be attacked not only on the
ground that he is UNIT to hold the
| seat to which he was elected but on
the ground that he never was elected"
The Philadelphia Public Ledger I'm
dependent). notwithsta nding these at
tacks, makes the statement that
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia elected
William S. Ware. Republican. to the
Senate. and In the final analysis il wss
Philadelphia votes that saved the Ware
candidacy" The Ledger also draws
the conclusion. citing results in ether
large centers. that "the clash between
town and country In one of the most
interesting and significant movements
in America; 1t may prove the most
fateful and dangerous
The Wichita Beacon Gndependent
Republican, thinks ''it looks az though
Pennsylvania were not only corrupt
but contentedly corrupt"
I'm any crowd of people there will
always be few so contrary they will
not vote with the majority. Return
the minority no votes at all and every
body knows there has been a crooked
| count. saws the Lincoln State Jour.
| nal independent Republican,. The
Elmira Star-Gazette independently
| concludes that the Ware machine
lacked even ordinary cunning" and
the Atlanta Journal Democratic) SUE.
gests that 1T In conceivable, from
what already has been developed. that
a Senate inquiry may result in dis
closures Of election-day irregularities
| in Philadelphia alone that wifi Justify
the unseating of Ware. irrespective of
the primary sea ndal in which he is In.
volved." The Saginaw News.Courier
independently agrees that such prac.
tices must decidedly throw suspicion
| upon the whole election" and the Co.
lumbus tChio) Ohio State Journal Gre.
publican concludes that II appears
that pennsylvania citizens in general
are lacking In political morals, as has
been assumed since the election, and
as II Wares ma jority. or q large part
OF IT, might have been deliberately
stolen 6y the corrupt machine behind
i him.