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EVENING PtJBLtC (LED (ER-PHILApEiLPHlA, WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 29, 1921
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City Council Oidu
.hutepro"1!,' .., i,nvo completed tho
K Tlis cng'(,v'
P4 fl"ir;ntoUcrcct de.tr&U.rio
ti&c ui tw "-lihT ?e
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thf -damp". ,. owlnt t0 tt8
SSct nnnot tnko over this work
n.l'r 1. Ifl without foundation.
nn utiuu ., irt n tttritt rm
lOSThe contractor cm r ... -
at tho beginning
..i t rim DemuiunK "' mm.
ipecmei". -- f th nt)(
d "tat the dto might terminate
ffircontrnctH October 1,1021.
fe-... rmunu'iUL riiiv --
FrtuV recognized its binding character
Httuft - , wi,v nrellmlnnry
nnd 'WJ, .. ' m,..!.. nB t Htrcet
&ffiS thecuy 1, ready to go
forB'nr'1, ! .1
i. .. itt -.milrn An nnnronritttion of
fb 550 000 to purchase new equipment.
-The' thirteen memberK of Council
iLthc way. They retime, to net hi
t matter.' They .ay to Director
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Fire our friends.
"ttThcrc arc ten of the thirteen who
ftlLir. avowedly and vociferously
'father arc champions of the contractor
li u ic different with Weglein, Lime-
1 !..., nnd Montgomery. They pledged
S'themselvM before election to sustnin
file Charter, to help climinnte the boss-
coritraciorHjBiv....
-jelr rouroe in Council on this
outstion is convincing proof that they
v... sniic back on their constituents.
, They have lined up with the contrac
tors., They are check-by-jowl with the
,fl,o!d bosses.
!'.1 ni..tnr Cnven. In the EVENING
.' froBMO Ledoeh, recently said that ho
did not propose to nuy a ioi oi m-cohu-jind
machinery when the city started
in the job.
iThat remark fired the mine. It
I marked the beginning of trouble.
V -.. . . .! .1.1- tn.1.. MA
InC eoniruLiurn uiiu iiivii iiiciuio k"
Bid. They had expected to load on
th clt a lot of well-used parnpher-
."tulln. Much of It Is said to uc junk.
Their friends in Council seized on
I the director's statement ns a call to
irms. They determined tliat tlic city
riould not begin cleaning tho streets
until January 1 nt the earliest. It
would give the contractors nn oppor
tunity to make more money. It might
force Director Cnvcn to buy junk.
It will be midwinter by January 1.
ile Hlghwny Department will bo under
it handicap. The director wishes to
I avoid this, nlso to mivc the city .$130,.
'000 in the three months between Octo
ber 1 and January 1.
But the thirteen Councilmcn, friends
of the contractors, apparently deslrs
above all things to handicap the De
partment of Public Works.
"Council in effect says "Xo" to the
director ; "we nro the friends of the
contractors rather than the representa
tives of the people who elected us."
Conspicuously, as gauged by their
ipeeches and votes, is this the attitude
of Councilman Wcglcln, who it is con
ceded expects one of these dnys to ask
the people to elect him Mayor ; like
I that of Councilmcn Limoburner
and Montgomery.
The Vnrc contractors advanced their
prices for street cleaning in 1021 some
tWnf! like 30 per cent over their prices
for MM, As n whole the contractors
over the entire city Increased their
rafes .12 per cent.
Among the claims of the thirteen
Councilmcn is thnt the Administration
wants to take over the work on Octo
ber 1 so that it mny replace the con
tractors' men just before the November
election with its ovn men.
It r a fool defense. The Highway
iBurcnu ho.s to tnke men who are cer
tified by the Civil Service Hoard, with
out question as to their politics.
Councilmcn of this stripe invurinbly
think In terms of patronage.
The Director is going ahead nnd will
Introduce ordinances to acquire ground
for the destructories.
Wcglein nnd his Vnre contractor
imends may refuse tho money. Thej
may dllljdally In the hope that the
city will be forced finally to revert to
the contractor system again.
As a curious psychological study if
Is, to be wondered if these men have
ideluded themselves with tho idea that
their constituents nnd the public nt
Isrje are without the faculty of mem
ory. I Commodore Vnnderbilt a generation
lo incurred the wrath of the country
by his declaration, "Tho public be
damned !"
Council in its haste to serve contrnc
,wr bosses has apparently adopted the
jVanderbllt motto.
Particularly docs this apply to Weg
ln, the future mayoralty candidate,
and Councilmcn Limeburner and Mont
Itoery, once for the people, but now
w the contractors.
What does the Director of I'ubli
Works say to all this?
we will BPt this thing through no
wter what they do," Is his answer.
ti?;ean,lmo the city will be losing
WO.000 in three months.
uniesa Council tonight decides
""d by the taxpayers.
War wS"1 ,n 1018 on "Womn'8
Lridy Hnmlolph was n woman of re
markable sagacity and shrewdness In
politics long before the present era of
Avomuns activity. She was generally
beleved to be the principal factor in
Mnil'? tho celebrity ond eminence
achieved by Lord Randolph Churchill,
'lo suh nn extent was this tho case that
Lord Knmlolph would frequently display
Irritation at the notion of hlH wife being
V,? V10 llfeJ,mc 0 I"rd Itaridolt.il
Church II her salon was famous. All
(IiIneMiin 1iei li.inui wnm , i ... ..
.-... ,,wv uitititKVll till 11
rirJncelv scnle.
cars Ago Lady Randolph stirred Ku
rope by publishing n remarkable maga
zine which sold for $5. It was known
as a mngazlne M voy.ilty, nnd contained
urwcics oy tno Herman Lmpcror, tho
Irinceof nle-j. now King of Knghmd;
the l'rlneesH of Wules and Felix Fatue,
then President of Frntice.
to
Lady Randolph
Dies in London
JSwtlm, "" pnit pne,
'40ofi(nceOrMOn,ng" Prch' n I,ri,ish
iixrtT?LRnn(,oIph C'l'urchlU was born
Cb tS nf ?!'nnl .ng(V Sho wnH the
of NVw v ,,l,p ln, I'Pouard Jerome,
aan. rk " finaucler and horse-
Rsuml First Husband's Name
Wt h vorc,nP. (lc"rW omwallls
of her r. MimnJ by, (,oe(l I0" th(' nn,c
li to M,JU"bBtf Aftcr ,,w lnai
k know,, ntnRU, laTch f,hn ,I(,i"d to
,K)0kS niinn. V, V ""'''I II'U'ITIIC'O
' "fS ,,y n'tllsi"K to ncimlcMC
onralllnhi 'i,nVR0 , of nnm' i"-isted
ailing her Ludv Hnndnl.vl, r-l ,.i.iii
'torlHjPh was " Politician, nn
ahln lJ ? .writer, an art st ami n .
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, ' mZn1'' J J'- Other's yach
Kb-aS B2 ffiflmTO l!,earr,!irt
,n'rgyanrt nil V ..A,,cr hiN enth her
U. na or8lnnlity found other chan-
, N'urse in Boer Wni-
? X BoVr1" Brout" AWcn ns a nurse
th busiest i"Lr .aml "". was ono of
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the
rnnce,
Lady uandolph was pcrsonallv dec
orated by Queen Victoria with the Or
der of the Star of India in recognition
of her brilliant efforts in bchnlf of that
country during the trying months of a
terrible famine that desolated that land.
Tho Queen pave n special audience at
Windsor to bestow the honor upon her.
,G. O. P. Maneuvers
, to Capture Dixie
Contlnnrd from Taire One
strong minority cnpablc, perhaps, under
favorable conditions, of becoming n ma
jority. The Republican National Committee,
in tnking awny from pertain Southern
districts which cast few Republican
votes in elections their representation
In the national convention, sought to
put n premium upon tho building up In
them of nn organization of voters. If
districts wish to take in national con
volitions they must bo nblp to show votes
on election day. A mere organization
of non-voters will not serve.
National Chairman Adams, in making
his residence In Washington, choe to be
near the work, which he will carry on
with Congressman Uascom HIcmp, of
Virginia, of reconstructing the party in
the South.
The task is Important, for, If the
present discontent with the Republican
mnjorlty In Congress grows, the control
of the Houso in 1022 may depend upon
certnin Southern districts which Repub
licans have n fair prospect of gaining on
the tariff Issue, if the race question can
be eliminated.
Johnson Has Served Itcforo
In appointing Johnson to be Recorder
of Deeds for this district, Mr. Harding
is merely following party precedent;
This is one of the offices which tradi
tionally belong, under Republican ad
ministrations, to the colored voter.
Johnson himself was President Toft's
Recorder of Deeds' for tho District of
Columbia.
The office of Register of the Treas
ury In another such oltico always filled
by Republican Presidents with a Negro,
nnd It is understood that Mr. Harding
will appoint James Cottrell, of Toledo,
to this post.
These will be Mr. Harding's two most
importnnt Negro appointments. . The
naming of Johnson arnued the Demo
cratic Senators from the South, espe
cially those from fieorgin, where John
son seems peronnlly to have mode him
self especially obnoxious to the Demo
crats. President Hnrdinc hn to steer his
unv between two difficulties In denling
with Negro in politics. In the South,
If the Republican party i. left in the
control of the non-voting Negro, it
will have little prospects of growth,
even though the Southern farmer Is de
manding a tariff upon cotton nnd upon
pronut oil, and even though his repre
sentations co-opernte with the generally
Republican Agrarian bloc in the Sen
ate. Negroes Gaining Importance
On the other hand, the Negro vote in
the North has become doubly important,
since the wnr took so mnnv colored
workers from the South to the indus
trial cities of the North. Tn the last
cen'im the Negro population of the
South gained onlv 1.0 per cent. In
the North the Nryrors increased 1.1
per cent.
Negro voters have now the balance of
nower. not only In border .States like
Maryland. West Virginia. Kentucky.
Missouri nnd i)!(inuoinn, hut also in
Northern States like Ohio. Indinna and
New Jersey, while in close elections
thev would turn the scale In New York
nnd Illinois.
These nro Stntes with lnrpre electoral
votes nnd indispensable to Republican
succcn, not on'y in presidential but in
congressional elections. The appoint--ment
of Cottrell will be a recognition
of the growth of the Neero vote in
Ohio and especially In the city of
Toledo.
Side by side with the ignorlnir of the
Negro where he is not n voter will
probably go on Increasing recognition of
him where his vote hns become impor
tant. Especially the local ItepubHcnns of
States like Ohio have to take care of
tiie Negro in tilliiic offices. Already
in Cleveland nnd Toledo many good
jobs are goling to the Negroes under
Republican Administintlon.
The Negro's position in these bor
der States like Ohio and Indiana Is
still uncertain, for he lias not hcen
there long enough in large numbers for
a complete political rcactldn to take
place. Tempdrarlly he Is In polltlCb
nnd is Increasingly rewarded by ap
pointments. At the same time a cer
tain Increase in race feeling Is noted,
especially among workers displaced by
him nnd among property owners In sec
tions where he Is making his homo.
May lio Uoomernng
If rare fcelilng increases, then the
Negro's Increasing prominence in the
Republican pnrty in States like Ohio
and Indiana Is gong to lreact unfavor
ably against the Republicans In thoso
States which will become better fighting
grounds for the Democrats, compensat
ing them for their gradual loss of parts
of the South.
If. on the other hand, the Neuro is
accepted by his more Northern neigh
bors, then n number of these debatable
States will become firmly Republican
and the -Democrats will have to niter
their attitude toward the Negro or sec
the Republican party gain, not only In
the South, but also in the great de
batable States of the Middle West und
East.
Roth parties nre likely sooner or later
to be forced to tnke one attitude toward
the Negro, whichever that attitude may
be.
New League Warns
Council on Cleaning
Conllnufd from Fuse Ono
question remains whether It should
do so.
"We hnve sought ndvlee from the'
Rureau of Municipal Research as to the
comparative cost ot municipal oi" con
tract street eleanlug as indicated by the
records of the Department nf Public
Works, and they advise lis that, upon
the most conservative estimate, the city
will save SlfiO.OOO by making this
change on October 1.
"The other advantages from a public
standpoint of municipal over contract
street denning have been recently dis
cussed, arc well known and renuire no
statement now. In taking over the
work of street cleaning on October 1.
If Council authorizes It to he done, we
assume that no Injustice will be done
the contractors, that their rishts will
be respected and where possible that
their equipment will be taken off their
hands nt reasonable prices.
No Duty to Continue Their Contracts
"This course we deem only fair, espe
cially as tho contracts nre hclng termi
nated before the end of tho contract
year. Rut we think no dutj Is owing the
contractors, equitably or morally, to
continue their contracts to tho end of
tho year, nnd thnt all public considera
tions demand the termination of th
contrnrt system nt the earliest possible
moment.
"Wo again remind you, nnd through
you tho members of tho City Council,
thnt you and they were elected on u
platform calling for tho prompt change
from contract to municipal street clean
lug, nnd in our opinion a vote to con
tinue tho contract system, oven for three
months, would bo Inconsistent with the
pledges of that platform.
"Ono of tho functions of the Voters'
Ix'asnc Is to keep a record anil report
upon tho votes of public officers on issues
which arc deemed vital. We lcllcvc
the Issue on this matter now pending in
Council to bo such a one, and our i eport
In future upon tho records of the present
members of Council will take nolo of
their votes on tho question of terminat
ing tho street cleaning contracts on Oc
tober t, 1021."
Views of Commerce Chamber
The letter from the Chamber of
Commerce to the Mayor follows :
"At n meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
today, it was duly moved, seconded nnd
resolved that the recommendations of
the Mayor for the approval and author
ity of Council to inaugurate municipal
street cleaning throughout the entire
city bcicinulnc October 1 next have the
support of the ChnmbeV, and Council is
urged to tnke such action ns may no
necessary to make the same effective.
"The Chamber, abstaining as it docs
from any participation in politics, takes
this action solely becuuse of the benefit
which it believes will accrue therefrom
to the taxpayers and the business In
terests of Philadelphia.
"Verj truly yours,
"AL1JA B. JOHNSON,
"President."
letter to Wegleln
The letter to Mr. Wegleln follows:
"We acknowledge receipt of jour
letter of June 2!3. We nre glad to have
your expressions of approval of the
penernl purposes of the Voters' League.
In your letter you have called to our
attention several matters before the
Council for determination, concerning
the welfare of our city.
"We shnll be glad to take these mat
ters into consideration nnd to got in
touch with you to consider the same
with you. One question which this very
day comes up for determination has
been called to our attention hv the
Mnyor, and thnt Is the question whether
the eltj should on October 1 terinliinte
tiie contract system of cleaning our
streets.
"To do this, notice must he iriven
to the contractors by July 1. The Voters'
League took up tills question at its
meeting jcstord.iy. and we haw this day
lent a litter to the Major concerning
this matter; also a ropy of an opinion
by our counsel concerning the right of
the city to do this.
"We nre taking the liberty of sending
lo you a copy of this opinion, nnd also
u copy of tho Utter which we have this
day addressed to the Mayor.
"Tho league, ns you will notice In
tho letter to tho Mayor, was heartily
nnd unanimously In favor of the city fl
starting to do this work commencing
October 1, and tho Icagtio ,fccl tlujt
tho groat majority of tho pcpplo of this
city nro lit accord with this position.
"Tho Voters' League will be glad nt u
future time to take up with you the
question of the Frnnkford elevated nnd
other matters referred to In your let
ter." Asked about the opinion given the
Voters' League by Mr. Jones, Council
man Hall said:
"Isn't ho tho man who appealed to
tho Governor to veto the Wcglein
amendment to tho Charter, which pro
vided for certain short-time loans for
repaying? If ho Is, I wouldn't take his
opinion very seriously.
"Had the Administration been hon
est in its desires at the first of the year
to terminate the contract October 1
they would not have come to Council
nnd nsked for an npproprlntlon for
$3,80!i,'12rj to enrry them over the entire
year, hut would have come In nt thnt
time and nsked for only three-quarters
of that amount.
'Director Cnvcn nnd I have been per
sonal friends for twenty-live years and
sat In the same political organization.
Now he hns been suddenly converted
over night Into n reformer. He Isn't any
more of n reformer than I nm.
"I nm sure the Mnyor Is going to
notify the contractors thnt their con
tracts will terminate October 1 in tho
face of whatever action Council mny
take, nnd from then on until election
will continue to yell to Council for nn
impropriation to begin municipal street
cleaning uctouer i. iic wants to maac
n political Issue of street cleaning so
that it will carry him over the fall cam
paign.'' .
Woman Hurt Saving Child
Shenandoah, Pa., June 20. While
Mrs. George Chernltsky pulled her
child from before a runaway team in
the nick of time, she was struck herself
nnd dragged some dlstnncc. Sho was
so badly Injured that there arc doubts
of ier recovery at tho State Hospital.
Favor Mrs. Starr
for Welfare Post
Contlnntd from Vaxn One
mntfer nnd we believe that women put
upon thin board vill be subject at this
time to unusitn scrutiny. They should
know conditions nnd be nhle to con
tribute a great deal of time ond work,
nrf tho women of (ho State will demnnd
Intelligent icrvlcc of what might be
called representatives on this board and
will follow closely any nppolntment
which Is made to see that the recipient
of it really docs stand the tent.
"Most importnnt of all, she should be
conscientious and able nnd willing to
remain constantly at her post. Vye
suggest Mrs. James 8tarr, Jr., ns she
fills to our mind all these personal
qualifications. In addition, she com
mands the respect nnd admiration of all
the members of our organization who
hnve worked with her and represents
nlso nnother Inrgc, Influential body
the Colonial Domes.
"Wo feel that If Mrs- Starr were op
pointed the organized women of the
State would very greatly appreciate
your selecting her nnd that sho would
neqult herself In a way that would re
flect credit upon tho Administration
which appoints her."
There ore to be nine members of tht
Welfare Commission. The Commls
Bioncr of Health, the Commissioner of
Labor and Industry nnd the Commis
sioner of Public Welfare will bo mem
bers ex-ofilclo. Six others nre to be
named by the Governor.
The Administration, it is understood,
in considering tho appointment of Mrs.
Barclay II. Wnrburton ns a commis
sion member if she enn find time to de
vote to the duties of the commission.
Mrs. Wnrburton is vice chairman of
tho Republican State Committee, the
first woman ever to hold nn executive
office in that body.
vThe Governor, It Is said, probably
Will name two women to the commis
sion. For the commisslonershlp Itself, u
$10,000 office. Dr. J. M. Murdoch, su
perintendent of the State Institution for
Feeble-Minded nt Polk, Pa., Is regarded
ns a strong possibility.
Dr. II. W. Mitchell, superintendent
of the State Hospital for tho Insane
nt Wnrrcn. Tn., is 'wild io be looked
on favorably for tho post, but It Is
understood ho prefers to remain nt the
State hospital. ...
Bromley Wharton, ot mis city, who
was general secretary of tho State
Board of Public Charities, now
abolished. Is said to bo slntcd for the
office of Deputy Commissioner of Wel
fare, at $5000 a year.
The members of tho Welfare Com
mission will sit ns n board of directors,
formulating policies for the adminis
tration of the commonwealth's chain of
Institutions charged with the welfare of
thoso needing aid. The members of the
commission receive no snlury.
LITTLE
BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape
lives on tho crth either, proving Ignor
ant? dont prove enythlng.
Some people admire the stars because
thev twinkle, not being enythlng to be
dissatisfied about on account of the crth
would proberly twinkle too if you got
ns fnr away from it ns wnt you ore
from the stars, on its not werth wile
taking a chance going thnt fnr jest to
Ami nut. I
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The stars ony come out nt nlte, but
they nre up there in the morning nnu
nftimoon jest the snmc. This proves
noboily nwt to wcrk more thnn half n
dav.' . .
If you sec the ferst star that comes
out niul make n wish on it you nre sip
posed to get your wish, wlch you nre
proberly moro libel to do If you tnke n
ensy ono like wishing youre going to
havo dlzzcrt for supplr than if you take
n hard one like wishing you will find
n byslckle that dont belong to cnybody.
TV
Thero nre bo meny elars" Uotelhr
thnt nobody knows jest how msny; nut
you would bo luqky if you ony had ft
cent for every ono,
One of flic main uses of the stars Is
so you can tell for euro If its stopped
raining.
STARS
Stnrs add variety to the sky. They
nlso add lite. . If thero wnscnt cny
stars and moon in the sky it would be
so dark nobody could see weather there
was ony up there enywnys.
For all we know nobody lives on the
stars, but for nil they know nobody
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