New Britain herald., 1926-06-16
Denies Buying Votes

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 Denies Buying Votes
 Giving his testimony direct yes terday, Mackey asserted that the dcbauchery of votes is unknown in Pennsylvania" and There is no such thing as buying votes"
 Further inquiry into the vet and dry phase of inc campaign, which has been touched upon only brief Iy thus far during the investigation. is contemplated by the committee. Instead of supporting Ware. inc wet candidate. as charged hy the anti saloon league, the liquor interests Mockoy said, were lined up behind Pepper because the bootleggers and brewers were thriving under the Nolstead act"
 While Maclcy was thus corrobo- rating previous testimony by Ware Chairman Reed decided 70 invite William B, Wilson, former secretary of labor and democratic candidate for the senate seat against Ware, to appear before the committee. Will son is a dry.
 Reed Cross Questions
 R"od proddod toward the inner workings of the Ware organization its sources of revenue and its meth- ods of battle. and in particular its operations in the Ware stronghold in the first 20 wards of Philadelphia.
 N{1l-aHr to etn these wards, where in some precincts Ware boiled more than 100 votes 10 over the combined strength Of his two opponents, Gov crnor Pinchot and Senator Pepper. The witness said he could not at tempt to account for the variations in comparative strength shown by scmo of these wards. hut he main- tained that the voting had been nc- cording to the rules Of the game and protested that the stutflng of ballot boxes would have been impossible.
 Taking up the Philadelphia re- turns by ward, reed then asked for the witness opinion about the cause of varying returns in the various precincts. Mackey said the Pepper vote Of 7%5 in the tenth ward as against 2,S94 for Ware was surpris- ingly large.
 Feeds the Poor.
 Explaining the big Ware vote fin the l@th ward, Mackey said James B. Shcehan, leader of the ward, fed tho poor,
 i've seen 'om outside hls home three blocks long" he said,
 Reed wanted to know where he got the money and Mackcy said he | had made il in fees while regstrar of , wills, naming s1So.00O as his in. come.
 There were number Of pre- 'incts where Pinchot didn't get 2 vote; he could not have any watch , ITS there?" Reed asked.
 He might have had some not en- tiled to vote in that precinct"
 You make common cause against . he courts for members or your or 
 "Oh, no; we do the same thing or all citizens. We don't try to get , 1ff those accused Of serious crimes"
 Hasn't your organization fur. lished counsel for bootlegging
 Never"
 Illegal possession Of liquor?"
 "Yas, I've pleaded for old ladies arrested for having half a pint in heir possession
 "Where do you get the money to pay these lawyers?"
 Every ward leader has some as bring young lawyers who serve rec
 Spectators Laugh
 The crowd Of spectators roared when Reed had Macllcy repeat a tatement made in his testimony 'estcrday that T never heard of ote being bought in Pennsylvania"
 Reed reminded the witness that le had heard it said one way of 'uying votes was to hire watchers, ut Mackey said he did not believe hat constituted the buying Of otes.
 T still cling 10 my original tatemcnt that l never heard of the of votes" he said, If hat were necessary. the organiza- ion would be failure" Al one point Senator Reed said he returns demonstrated that the otes are not counted at all, but 1erely returned" but Mackey dis uted that proposition. Alluding to the charges ot { ieniamin H. Renshaw, a municipal 1e Philadelphia election lns; ''.l. ,eed asked if it was H0T ,r a;..