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KAMfe OF PENROSE
IS NOT MENTIONED
AT BIG VARE RALLY
Brumbaugh Gets One of
Greatest Ovations of Cam
paign in South Philadel
phia Invitation to Senator
Was Withdrawn.
South Philadelphia, the stronghold of
Ihe Vares, Inst night showed the knife
that It Is holding for Senator Penrose.
That stronRest of Republican sections of
j'hlladelphlo turned out In force, and
cordially welcomed Dr, Martin O. Brum
fcaugh and tho other Republican candl
dates minus the senior Senator.
Penrose, who two weeks ngo had been
idrertleed as the principal speaker, was
conspicuously absent. The Invitation had
been withdrawn, and Ms name itm never
mentioned by any of the speakers.
The Tally was one of, the greatest ora
tions Doator Brumbaugh lias received
during the campaign, hut wan a, plain re
buff to Penrose. It showed the solid
backing that South Philadelphia will give
the Republican candidate for Governor at
tbe polls next Tuesday, and It just as
surely showed that Senator Penrose wilt
receive a small port of that backing.
Two weeks ago tho name of the senior
Senator still headed tho list of speakers
for last night's rally that appeared In
the advertisements displayed all over the
Vare section of tho city. Penrose's name
was withdrawn from the program after
William S. Varo, on the floor of Con
gress, demanded that Senator Penrose
retract tho debauohery charges against
Representative Vare, Imputed to Pen
rose by the North American. Tho in
vitation to speak wao later withdrawn.
All of the speakers were silent on Pen
rose Representative Vare, who Intro
duced Doctor Brumbaugh; John R. K.
Scott, candidate for Congressman-at-Large,
and Frank B. McClaln. oandldate
for Lieutenant Governor, made eloquent
pleas to the voters of South Philadelphia
to support Doctor Brumbaugh, but no
word In bohalf of Penrose escaped their
lips.
The theatre was crowded to the doors
long before the rally opened. When Doo
tor Brumbaugh, the "head of the ticket,"
as the Vares now call him, although Pen
rose, as nominee for Sonator, 1 Breally
the ticket's head, arrived, more than 2000
men stood In the street outside, unable
to get Into the building, and made greater
the personal ovation that was accorded
the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Doctor Brumbaugh was unablo to make
his way to the doors until he had spoken
a few words to tho crowd outside, and
the eorae ovation greeted him when he
emerged after the meeting.
When he stepped upon the stago the
house went wild, and he was Interrupted
by prolonged cheering three times before
he was permitted to start to talk.
Dootor Brumbaugh, clearly and plainly,
told how he stands on political questions,
untrammeled by boises; and then ho re
plied to Colonel Roosevelt's attack upon
him. Ho told of Colonel Rosevelt's
course In seeking the nomination for
Governor In New York, when, under the
gulBe of a roformer, he consulted Sen
ator Piatt, the machine "boss" In that
State.
"I KNOW NOTHING
OF KILLING," LEGG
ANSWERS SWEENY
Relatives of Respected Citi
zen Declare His Accuser
May Be Arrested.
Sweeny's Past Being Investigated.
WHLSflNGTON. Del., Oct JL-Lowls B.
I Eg. who has been charged by Hugh J.
yWeeny with having killed a fireman In
a flght at a picnic 42 years ago, a crime
for which Sweeny was convicted and
served time, declares he knows nothing
about the killing. "Whan the flght lead
ing to the crime took place, I was out
walking with a young woman," tegg said
today,
Legg is a freight yard eonduotor, 65
years old, and lives with his family, elS
East 4th street He has been a faithful
employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad SI
years and Is a respected citizen.
When efforts wero made to strike
Sweeny's name from the voting list of
this Stats because he had served time for
manslaughter, he declared he had ac
cepted conviction in order to shield a
friend. That friend's name was Legg, he
aid, and he spoke of him as being dead.
Later he declared Lewis B. Legg was the
man.
Legg declared his Innocence after
Sweeny had given out an Interview ac
cusing him and declaring that when he
was given a reception by the Fame Fire
Company on hts return from prison Legs
was there and wanted to shake hands.
Sweeny said he refused. Since that time;
Sweeny said, he and Legg merely nodded
as they passed.
Legg'a family declare Sweeny has been
a guest in the Legg home over night
within eight or ten years and that re
cently Sweeny stopped one Sunday eve
ting and talked with Legg, who was
sitting on the front steps of his home.
Relatives of Legg declared today
"weeny might be arrested for making
the accusation Legg himself was busy
at his work and Sweeny was not at his
cabin The court did not meet today and
there was no opportunity to place the
name of Sweeny back on the list of reg
istered voters as had been intended. It is
expected this will be done, since man
slaughter is not a felony uner the laws
of New Jersey
There was another new development in
the case today. While Sweeny's story
wade a deep impresulon on the court at
the time it was told, an Investigation is
now being mado to ascertain If Sweeny
Is the same man who was mixed up In
another serious case in this city
Will Not Reopen Sweeuy Case
BniDCJETON. N. J.. Oot. SI.-U Is not
he Intention of authorities here to do
jnythlng in regard to the statement by
Hugh Sweeny, at Wilmington, Del , that
Lewis B Legg murdered George N
Dj-VU here in August, 1872, for which
rrtsi Sweeny served a term in the penl-tent'ar-
In fact. Sweeny's Moment Is
cot takrn seriously here, and tl ? i'"'iJ-
l"8arijd as a. cloicu " "t
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REAFFIRMS STAND
FOR LOCAL OPTION
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Declares Positively That as
Governor He Would Use
Every Power to Obtain
Enactment into Law.
FIRST VOTERS MAY
AVOID ERRORS BY
OBSERVING RULES
Duties of Election Board De
fined by Law Judge, In
spectors and Watchers
Have Prescribed Official
Functions.
When first voters go to the polls next
Tuesday they will encounter election
Judges and division watohera for the first
time.
The experience will not be In any sense
an ordeal, .but became the first voter will
dome in contact with sometimes a dozen
men who appear to have authority at the
polling place, a statement of the opwers
of the election Judges and division watch
ers will prevent the voter from becoming
In any way confused.
The election board at each polling place
consists of a Judge of election and two
election Inspectors. Each of the inspec
tors has a clerk. The Judge of election
and the two Inspectors are elected by
the voters of tho division In which they
hold office. The election boards which
will serve next Tuesday wore elected In
1918. They, together with the clerks, are
seated in an inclosed space In tho polling
place. It Is their duty to give out the
ballots aocordlng to the eleotlon laws
of Pennsylvania, nnd to comt the votes
after the polls closo.
Each political party Is entitled to sta
tion three watchers at each polling place.
Their privilege Is primarily to see that
tho election board is fair to the party
they represent In passing upon the quali
fication of the electors who ask for bal
lots. Ono watcher may remain inside
tho polling place, but not In the tn
cloEuro with the olectlon board. The
others must remain outside. The di
vision watchers for many years, how
over, have extended their activities to
"electioneering" at the polli by present
ing voters with cards and other Informa
tion to direct the voters how to cast
their ballots for the party the watchers
represent.
When the first voter arrives at the poll
ing place tho party watchers will first
approach him and give him cards that
will tell him how to mark his ballot If
ho happens to he of tho same political
party as the watcher who handed it to
him. The voter, however. Is not obliged
In any way to follow the directions given
him by tho watchers who stand outside
the polls. Any Information that these
watchers give Is to bo received only as
a suggestion
Tho first voter receives his ballot from
the election Judge, from either of the
two Inspectors, or from either of tho two
election clerks. First, however, the olec
tlon clerks look up his name in the regis
tration book to see If he is properly reg
istered. If he Is properly registered and
is willing, upon demand of the election
officers, to take an oath that he is the
elector whose name he tells the election
officer when he asks for his ballot, the
ballot is given him
Tho party watchers who are stationed
Inside tho polling places, under tho pres
ent system of holding elections, watch
every man who asks for a ballot. They
have tho right to challenge the right of
tho voter to receive a ballot. If they
challenge the right of nny vote!-, the
Judge of election and the two eleotlon In
spectors serving at the polling plaae are
to dectdo whether the elector Is qualified
to vote.
The Eveotno) Lbdcier, through Ledger
Central, has arranged to supply all voters
of Philadelphia with any Information con
cerning the election. Tho location of
polling place. Information about mark
ing ballots, the rights of the voters at
the polling places, the duties and powers
of election officers and watchers, and ex
planation of tho election law will be
given by this special bureau, under the
direction of a lawyer of wide experience
and training In this particular Held. The
bureau opened at Ledger Central at 7
o'clock this morning, and will remain open
until 11 o'clock each night until election
dny.
Further information for first voters will
appear in the Evening Ledoeii next
Monday.
PINCHOT IN VARE DISTRICT
Tells Voters Obliteration of Penrose
Is Prime Issue.
Several thousand persons were addressed
by Glfford Plnchot, Washington party
nominee for the United States Senate,
lost night.
One meeting In tho Vare district was
particularly large. In Simon Hall, 15th
street and Passyunk avenue, the crowd
demanded to know something about "Ted
dy" Roosevelt. Jlr. Plnchot replied that
Colonel Roosevelt had completed a re
markable tour of Pennsylvania and that
he was still the most popular man be
fore the people of the State.
Plnchot declared himself a real pro
tectionist. He said: "Penrose asks the
votes of the people of the State becauaa
he professes to be a Republican. But
he has proved that no man deserves the
title of traitor more than he does. He
earned the title In 1912, and he has not
dared to answer the charges of debauch
ery brought against him."
In his five meetings in South and North
east Philadelphia Mr. Plnchot declared
himself as an advocate of the workman's
compensation law, and added that the
paramount Issue In Pennsylvania was the
obliteration of Penrose, who has proved
himself only a protector of corporate interests.
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DELAWARE BATTLE CLOSING
Sussex County to be the Scene of
Rival Political Meetings.
WILMINGTON Del.. Oct. 31. The cam
paign In Delaware will virtually close
tonight with a series of rival meetings
in Sussex County, which has been the
main battleground by reason of the dis
satisfaction existing In the early stages
of the canvass over the nomination of
Secretary of State Thomas W. Miller as
the Republican candidate for Congress, a
sentiment In favor of a Sussex man hav
ing failed of realization. Miller has done
muoh to dissipate this by his aotlve can
vass of the county, while tho Democrats,
feeling they had a fighting chance, have
maintained a vigorous battle to the end.
Tho Progressives have been especially
alort In New Castle County. Some of the
biggest Progressive speakers In the State
have been sent there. One of the speak
ers was ex-State Senator Louis A. Drex
ler, who had been a candidate for the
Progressive nomination for Congress, but
another man was chosen. Drexler was
brought here to show that he Ib working
activity for the Progressive ticket.
It Is expected that a number of small
meetings will bo held In this city on
Monday night.
SPIUNO Crrr, P., Oct. 31. The posi
tive declaration that if elected Governor
he will uso every power at his command
to obtain the enactment of a local option
taw giving every oounty the right to de
cide for Itself whether or not liquor shall
be sold within Its precincts, was made
here this morning by Dr. Martin a.
Brumbaugh, Republican gubernatorial
nominee. Doctor Brumbaugh earnestly
affirmed he stood four-square in favor of
the principle of local option, and declared,
no one hod any reason to question the
sincerity of his repeated statements upon
this Issue of the campaign.
The question of local option la not a
new one in Chester County, for, follow
ing the Walker lynching a. tittle more
than three years ago, Co&terrille, experi
enced nearly a year of virtual prohlbttlon.
A strong sentiment in favor of local I
option as a. State law has been present
here ever since.
PROHIBITION HITS CAPITAL
Store Than 100 Washington Saloons
Closed by Bccent Acts of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Oct. M.-A big chunk
of the nation's capital went "dry" today.
The prohibition wave engulfed lli
saloons. It also put 20 wholesale liquor
dealers out of business.
Under the new excise law, recently
passed by Congress, the number of
saloons was reduced from 409 to 197.
"Rum Row" on Pennsylvania avenue t
was hard hit, 40 per cent, of the saloons!
In a single block being closed. Several,
prominent hotels and also many "dives"
lot their licenses. Fashionable and
other clubs retained theirs.
PENROSE HAS NO FEARS
Roosevelt's Tour Will Have No Ef
fect, He Snys.
Senator Penrose In the course of an In
terview Insisted that the four-day tour
made by Colonel Roosovelt through thl
State would have no effect upon the out
come of "the campaign.
After a fling at the fusion agreement
between the Democratic and Washington
parties whereby Vance C. JlcCormlck
took the place of William Draper Lewis
on the Washington Party ticket, and
tho position of Colonel Roosevelt in cam
paigning for a Democratic candidate,
Mr. Penrose said:
"It seems to me. therefore, that the
two-fold purpose of his excursion into
Pennsylvania was to discharge his obli
gations and vent his spleen upon me."
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