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Vare Is Fourth Leader
Lest by State in Year
Started Frem Farm in "The tieck" and
Finally Built Up Machine That
Waged Successful Battles .Although
Sometimes Bpteirig te Defeat
DEATH MARKS THE PASSING
OF LAST REAL "BIG BOSS99
IN PRESENT-DAY POLITiqS
Refused te Accept Burdens of State
Leadership and Lest in Attempt te
Said "Brether Bill" te Seat in the
Senate
CONTRACTS and politics were the twin forces that lifted Senater Vare
from obscure beginnings te a position of great wealth and undoubted
power.
His childhood and early youth were passed en his father's farm In
"The Neck" at a point whero Fourth street and Snyder avenue new meet.
Augustus Vare, the father,, raised truck and pigs, and Edwin H. Vare
nd his brothers helped en the farm like hundreds of ether boys In that
section.
When the future Senater married
he and his wife lived in a little
heuse near the old Vare farmstead.
Later "Ed" replaced the little dwell
ing with a brownstone-front heuse,
subsequently moved te Bread street
near Snyder avenue and in recent
years built the splendid home in
Ambler, where he died.
Senater Vare became active in
politics as seen as he was old
enough te vote. He was a geed
"mixer," he was a hustler and ,he
quickly showed his shrewdness as a
political fighter.
Helped Out Neighbors
te Build Up Power
As a means of increasing his po
litical influence, he made the
troubles of his neighbors and po
litical co-workers his own troubles,
tiait that clung te him through the
Uter and mere spectacular stages
cf his career.
His first venture into the con
tracting field came when he wen a
contract for ash collecting In a
Seuth Philadelphia district. As his
funds increased he branched out into
street cleaning and ether contract
ing work until his business activities
extended te ether cities.
Senater Vare, up te a year age,
described himself as "the biggest
itreet-cleaning contractor in the
world." His street-cleaning con
tracts were ended when the new
Charter went into effect and mu
nicipal street-cleaning became gen
eral through the city.
He gradually extended his political
peucr until he became the rec
ognized leader of Seuth Philadelphia.
After the death of Senater James P.
McNichol in 1017 Vare was recog
nized as the chief of the Republican
organization.
He virtually was dictator of the
Republican City Cemmittee, but
time after time he had te fight the
Penrose forces here. Occasionally
reform movements, led by inde
pendent Republicans, gave his or
ganization treuncings that threat
ened hi3 prestige.
Senater Vnre's death has ripped a big
kele In tlm Bepubllcnn city organiza
tion ami seiieusly affected the power
of the old Republican State organiza
tion, which linn been mere or less
floundering nreund since the passing of
Senater Penrose.
Mere than that, thn Senater's death
precipitately ended a career unlque
In the politic, ,,f city ,,,! smtc a
Mer which is a strange blend of
eticurily Using te nffluence and In
fluence, nf HPimiitienal nnd even violent
Pelltlcnl conflicts, nnd of a generous
Jimnnltj hidden new nnd then by the
bluffness of the wnr,i leader.
Senater Wire's death, among his per per
nel ft lends nnd nmeng the thousands
hae been helped In various ways,
I' viewed mere ns a pcisennl less than
M n political tragedy.
He was nerving his fourth ronsccu rensccu
w term iih n member of the State
Senate. His present term would have
"Piled in December,"' 1021.
He first went te Harrlsburg in 1807
a member of the Heuso of llepre
With os, but lcslgncd. Although hi
puiiucm
Senater Vnre's death today makes
the fourth In littte mere than n year
of men who have been conspicuous
in Pennsylvania politics.
Senater Philander C. Knox died
suddenly en October 12, 1021,
shortly after his return from an Eu
ropean trip. He. waa stricken in his
Washington home.
Governer Sproul filled the Knox
vacancy by the appointment of Wil
liam K. Crew, Republican State
Chairman, who thus achieved a life
long ambition, but who was destined
te appear in the Scnnte chamber only
once, lie died August 2..
State politics was thrown into a
flurry by the death of Sennter Knox,
but he had never aspired te political
leadership, and his passing caused
virtually no complications in State
politics.
The situation was different when
Senater Heles Penrose died Decem
ber Bl, 1021, almost In the last hour
of the year. Penrose had been n
national figure for years and had a
strong organization in this city. He
fought the Vares In 11)11). when
Mayer Moere wen the Republican
nomination for the maeralty. Pen
rose's death caused new political
alignments nil ever the State.
Incidentally, State Senater James
P. McNichol died November 14,
1017, less than five years age. He
was Penrose's chief lieutenant here,
and often fought the Vare forces.
while he
There he
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DOWfll IVflU irftwtrtv etemlllt.
Md no ether office until 1008, when
" was .lectctl Slate Senater. He was
"fluted in 1012. 101(1 nn.l 1!)!0.
a boss a hard boss
whom angry words
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i. HecmiM', utter nil. the Sennter
,0 ''Is aides after their own hearts.
'nrose would nige and his followers
euM rnge back. When Ed Vare reared,
""tenants were silent.
ak Desk Was "Mecca"
for Political "Faithful"
Senater Vare had hnd an office In
' I'Iik-eIii Untitling for years. There
.'it. dny nfter day, and met his
"id leaders, mapped out the Inner
'" of polities and gave advice en
euemR touching small division lead
rn"ind important officials.
e made It n point te see evary
'. man op woman, who called. Often,
" busy lii conferences, h would
leave for a few moments
walked te the outer office.
would talk te each person.
He made few comments ; simply lis
tened and nodded his head. If the story
was geed, if the person telling it made a
sincere Impression, he or she always
get something whether a premise te
help land a job for some one or actual
cash or an order for coal.
It was no Infrequent thing te see
the Senater, en one of there tours et
the outer office, pull his wallet out of
his pocket and slip out n ten -dollar
note. One thing is certnin : It was
the Senater's custom te send Hnrry
Snow, his secretary, ever te the bank
early each morning, and Harry would
come back with a "big roll" In fives
and tens.
When the Senater was net particu
larly Impressed by a story be was
hearing he would suggest thnt the ap
plicant see the division leader. If,
later en, the division leader reported
that the ense was deserving, well and
geed.
Senater Vare placed great depend
ence, perhaps It was thdvseurce of his
power, en thn ward nnd division leaders
He insisted thnt they knew everything
going en In their division and knew
everybody, just as n geed policeman
Is supposed te knew nil that occurs en
his beat.
On election days he would take an
automobile and visit the various wards,
calling en each division leader. He
would step thn machine, call out :
"Harry, hew's It going?" get a de
tailed report and hurry en te the next
dhlsleu.
Left His Lieutenants
"en Jeb" at All Times
The division leaders were always en
the Jeb because they never knew when
the Senater would drop around, uml
they knew also that the Senater scanned
the returns of each division ns closely
us he studied the moves of a Mayer
or a Governer, or even of a Lulled
States Senater,
On ene such occasion a division
lender was se absorbed In mnking a
geed icpert te the Senater, as he steed
at the curb, that lie paid no attention
te mi old man and two women who were
entering a polling place. Or perhnps he
did net new them. Senater are saw
them.
"Shut up!" tbe Senater shot at the
division leader. "Loek after that old
mnn and these two women.
Thereupon the division leader hur
riedly approached the voters with a
smile and offered te help them out by
supplying a sample ballet and telling
them hew te vote for the "best" can
didates, ,
Senater Vnre was always ready te
listen te a woman or a delegation or
women. When u wemnn was announced
lit hle effice he would say, "Send her
In," though he might keep a State Ken Ken
resentative or a magistrate waiting. It
is Interesting te recall that the Senater
lativl li u-nmeii miffraizlsts at liar-
rlsburg at a time when all the' ether
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shoe them away. Senater V
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Senater and Mrs. Vare; below,
"Ed" and "Brether Bill" en
Chestnut street
I'ClHluiiiui nucii uii iiiiiiiuu liuvuic, uiiu j
ne kiicw nun me women wuuiu nui ue
"bhoeed."
Wouldn't Back Pinchot
Until After Landslide
About the only time of any Impor
tance when the Senater declined te go
along with the women, although he op-
?escil Lieutenant Governer Deldlcman
or the nomination for Governer be
cause he did net think the women would
Htnnd for him, was when Mrs. Barclay
II. Warburton, vice chuirman of the
Hepubllcnn State Committee, called en
him prier te tbe primary election In
the snrliife of 1022. MrH. Warburton
gnve him geed rensens why he should
support I'incnet xne sennter nnd Mrs
Warburton had n most frlendlv tulle
Ilut wbut the Sennter regarded ns the
clinching argument why he should net
favor the Ferester was that If he did
his followers would think he was crazy, i
no loin mv. vnruurren ne could never
mnke his followers believe he. was sane
it he backed a man of te much Inde
pendent e of thought nnd action as
Pinchot.
After the pilmnry election Sennter
Vnre began te revise hl9 views. And
Mr. Pinchot himself felt that Senater
Vare was te be held in appreciation
because of his straightforward way of
stating his position.
Among politicians Senater Vnre's word
was regtirtled as geed as his bend. If he
sum ne weiim ue u tiling up would de It
sooner or later. This Is one of the len
The Vare family; from left te right, Mrs. Vare. Abigail, Dorethy,
Horence, Mrs. Rebert Carre, Geerge and the Senater
Senater Vare en his yacht
after the Senater's mother. It Is be - j Ed Vare doing?" and when Ed Vare
lleved that he hastened his death by
utter devotion te Abigail, who has been
ill with pneumenln.
Senater Vnre and his brother, the
eiigrcEsmnn, were mero closely at
tached te each ether than are mei-t
brothers. They used the same desk nml
would be told that Penrose was coming
te town te take a hand In local politics,
hu would say, "He't, get the price te
ares were net sorry Frem thnt time
en the Penrose -Vnre feud was en; it
breke out frequently here, in Hnrils
burg and in Washington Te enp the
climax, when Senater Penrose died,
Senater Vare prep( ed te Governer
Sproul that he appoint CenKressninn
Vare ns the succes-ep tn th late senior
Senater. Governer Spuml, however,
named Geerge Wharten Pepper.
Widened His Power
by Astute Methods
and theitwccn the Vare
McNichol forces
for the election of n Councilman in the
Fifth Werd. Shortly thereafter the
Town Meeting Pnrty was formed te
fight the se-called "Vare murder
ticket" in the Neember plenum. This
new party was made up of Democrat
and Independent HHimblli-iiiH, nnd
Senater 1'cnmse indorsed nnd feiiRht
for It. In thunderous statement Pen
rose denounced Kueriimeut 1 mur
der," nnd Vare replied by lemcinc the
murder as a "frame up' tn discredit
me iicpubliran ticket
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He knew that he tn I an r v . f. '""?" "ff T " u bro her Geerge
at l,l hn, i.,n ii," :.., i".ii,. ;.'!!"" "." ay ie Menater's mind
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Majer Moere befere the latter took delphia. That was the bpnlnnliiv V ii,
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had their jobs and their daily bread at I
stake.
Knew Value of Jobs j
te aireiiymen rower
Senater Vare was smart enough nnd
keen enough te knew thnt the applause
he get ut political gatherings was In-
spired by thu desire, for jobs and ether
Had Firey Verbal War
With Senater Penrose
Senater Penrose would call Senater
are a scavenger and a garbage col
lector nnd Senater Vare would retort
that the senior Senater was a "bin
bluff, n ller and a faker" and that
Penrose would be of mero use te the
country If he were net "Indisposed" go
ijiieij
political patronage. Nevertheless, this
iceiiug en tne part of the Uttle fellows
was highly Influenced by the Senater's
human qualities; his hand with the
common touch. Te these little fellows
hennter Vnre tns the "Little Fellow,"
te described becnuse of hla stnnltv stnt.
ure end physical antithesis te the "Illg
fellow," Sennter Penrose.
AllOVO llll. DeIHIch ne nn nnllltpa (hn
Senater was u family mnn. Ne sltun- J Senater Penros'e was sick and unable
t en wns ever se precarious or pressing te light back. unume
mm ne lYuiiiturt answer tne teiepbene
And Vet when Ppnrncn wna n AAHJ
date for ro-electlen in 1020, Vare, who
bad been waiting for a chance for years
Li "'en with the senior United
mtl'3. Senn,,' because of the defeat of
JS11I ni'O for thn mnvnrnllv nnmU. .
.tlen nine years before, actually sup
b, ported Penrose, He did se because
when some member of his family called
up. Mr. Vare would get en the teie teie
peone and he would spend five minutes
talking about her golf match for thnt
day while ward leaders sat and won wen
dcred at the unknown language.
HIS. SlX ChfMrnn hvm Mu wlnTa anit
are was ex.. especially the ye"ust, Abigail, named
TllO APnp4 UlrA cnfA nf Pahm. .
t ere wbb never any question about
that big fellow" in the most Interest
ing way os if. after all, hn hnd what
men call a "sneaking affection' '. for
TMs feeling was reciprocal, gena-
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buy n ticket, why shouldn't he?" Kech l?Xl"r"Vi,V, iiy T ,is,,,
... , i , , Lwlt" 1 enresc, un.l their fellow lne en-
n "iiiirinj- opposed at limen 10 me
ether politically, but e-ich had nn In
trlguliiB interest in the ether.
Sennter Penrose was bv birth nnd
education tin nrlstecint, but Senater
are was one of these who nrdlnarllv
Hume in the Hhert and simple annals of
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Uecinnlnc with the delenl nf TII11 ', tn hrlncr mil ftw ,I..Cmi .,f !!.. Vr
Vnre for the muyernltv nomination, the i ticket and vengeance wns deferred ter
two years.
ll(- .in - I W lien Almnr Mniii a tn. i f,flii.i ,h.,.
lergeu uy their ilispim of btrntegy and were many who felt tlmt pelitiall
lighting qunllties, begun te mnke them- I speaking, Kd Vare hud emn- u th id
selves felt mere nnd mere of hU rope. ()uietlj, the Seiiatur -et
The State organisatien, headed b te work te pull his mu.ni la rum te.
Senater PiMimse, hurioemously Hup'- J gethcr, nnd in the verj lirn e.ir f ihe
ported Dr. Martin G Uriimlinugh for Moere regime wen u liulu with 'he
tlm Itepiibllcau eulieiniitiirinl nemlnn- Moere forces for control of the I itj
tlen In 10M. Hut when I r Itrnni. Cetninlttee. The Minn. ImiIi.m Im, !f,..'l
were tlmei when , hnnl, in,.lr .,n... i i i- , .. ..n... m ,, , .... . .
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Above, Senater Vare'H palatial
home at Ambler and in contrast
his humble birthplace; "The Lit
tle Fellow," ob his followers
knew him, at his desk; in circle,
his daughter Florence; at left,
his favorite Abigail
tlen lenders had their eyes en nny move
the Sennter might make in connection
with the Organization choice for Gov Gov
ereor. At that time, enrly this year,
Lieutenant Governer lieldleinau waa
running strong as a candidate for Gov Gov
ereor. Then Colonel Geerge Nex McCain,
of the Eknine 1'l'dlie Lr.neEii, ex
posed the $:i0OO check which the Lieu
tenant Governer had recehed from
Auditor General Snyder for legal serv
ices for the Commonwealth. Sennter
Vare went te Flerida. On his way back
be issued a statement declaring that
IScldlcman could never be nominated
because of the check expo nnd be
cause he could net command the sup
port of the women voters. The licldle
man backers were stunned and Hcldle
mnn way out of the race. Vare kept
Ilnrrj A Mackey in the field as n can
didate for Governer while looking about
for some one who could win united Or
gunintlnn backing. He did net want
te tinnnce n campaign for a personally
elected Vnre rnndldnte for Governer.
Finally, of course, the choice fell en
Attorney Gcnernl Alter, who was de
feated by rlnchet
I Spnntnr Vnre tna Krt et V.iw!.
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street nnd Snwler avenue .Tub 10. ISOU,
the second son of Augustus nnd Abigail
Vnre.
Who'll lie Xcw Leader?
Politicians Arc Asking
The old Vnre lmmestend wns In fh
original First Ward, which was lnrgelv
made up nf the truck girdenn familiar
te the "Neck " When the Fust Wind
was Hjilii up Inte the Pirn and Thlrn
ninth Wards the Inte Geerge Vnre took
i barge nf the Vnre leadership in tli
latter ward. When he cited Senater
are- leek ever the control in the Tlui
u -ninth Wind, which he held fait te
the ilai of his death.
Meanwhile. Cengicninn Vnre grew
inie leadership in the Tivciil i -mh
Wnrd Geerge Wire was the original
pnlltleinn nf the fnmih. nnd in that
sens,, wiim micm cited In Senater Vine
lille tielli (ii'etge
would he evicete te vote against tie l,.V.r I I"1. ""1 W0M- ,Hiis he pe.l Themns F. Watsen, new C,t 'l,,,w- te vote , the Thiiiv-iiiiiih Wind en
Vares ' en ?. r," 'hW,,f'0M't-v ',eml,lu-' "" ,V,te'-' wl,wi 1-""K1"" t-iud !.. ground In, real home w 'in At HI er
. ... V., ".I , ',' v,aa theebifct of concern i he could net get much political ut is. ' When he went te regtMer In tl...
Only Leader Willing MeWm8 iT- ct""'""" and fucien from Majer Me!,re. he j.. .....I llfteen.l, hvMn,, ,h,.gT ir.v ninth
teFUlht With Penrose nlnrii nn,?M,.thPKpr7 "nitP'.,01: ,'' Vare. lu the early part of I'Ul Wa.d ,.i August .f Mint w' , he ' as
lUtigm nillirenrese "i'J5I0MCn"?,,,llt' but when hmith he- in the formation nf the Van l!i..wn- . hnllengtd bv Samuel Hill ' I Seu li
'I'enroke's renlv mi ene nrriif.inn n.-... n . I ?lner " named a decidedly are Ciinninghnm alliance. TIiIh cembnm- I'laii.m mi '! ,. m... .'. ...i,T.m n..
ter PenreH M, SR.S VT iTl& SU$S
I thought SOU fellew'M could rentrnl
your wards. Thai speech was intended
for Germautewn "
After Penrose reached the height of
his power Senater Vnre wns the only
leader of consequence in the orgnnrn ergnnrn orgnnrn
tlen who ever seriously or effectively
challenged him. And that challenging
began In 1011, when Brether Bill
wanted te be Mayer. As the result of
Bill's defeat the Wires evened up by
getting the bc(.t end of the patronage
and recognition under Governer Brum
baugh, right under the eyes of Penrose,
nnd also the best and only end under
Mayer Themas B. Smith. In both
enses, In one way or another, the Vares
put ene ever most sharplv and clearly
en Penrose nnd McNichol.
When Bill became n candidnfe for
the Hepubllcnn nomination for Majer,
eleven years nge, Penrose nnd Mc
Mehel, fearing the rlse of this new
Power, backed Gcerge II. Earle. Sir.
Cailinct. , (loe wiih hrnlien m,ir. lug 1, ,,.,,- ...
si..!!,!"?, Uur.,nK I1"' administration of the yenr when the Vetets' l.eigue bat
hne innLH1 i n?s IT,'','I set- 'tied with the Vine fei.es f..i ..unr .
back, in that their friends were chargeil I offices, ns President Judge Brnwii
...... n-.mnMiu.uiy ier ine i inn uard' mined liaims with the ii..i..neii.lfnm
Nennter tnnk an ntll.lniit tli.il he llvi.il
in Iho division and he was rKisieie.
Later a petition wns tiled with Urn
ItegiHtrnll.ui CninniiKsieners. who w.-im
asked tn strike Wire' name ft tun the
murder " Th7.ili n-.e n, I . u V i. i '."". w".'l lu" ""lepeuilcnts as tn strike Vnrr'H iiame fieui the
Mr iiniii i ful1 ufct "t ' " w,es net llalf-henrtedly Penrose joined the Muting list. A public heniing held
when Vhi 'V,CXt ,VV,,en,,V,,'1(,,;tl.nn Ve,fra ,'cn'!u,, A8"ln Vine wen The September I). BHIi, I'lidepeil nte et
M Vnuersen 'was'' 'd fVt'cd K'J "'V" ' ?tU, V ',' i1bi1(',1",'" t wn.s work- ..fV , nictn'ifsque M'ssien" Z
ifmi.L ??"i. wn, '.l,f '.T'1 .". .,r- ing. btemllly tewnid n genernl i.-hablli- , '.imiulHsInn had et.erieiiced
of Penrese nn.l h in ! " ',!,cKlnB 'ntl"M 'V thu J"rnlty of next jeur. I Senater Vaie wn bdhgerent under
With ilfe Fifth vl I, S7",n,"i -y nnotlier preliminary. Senater W,r I uueMlnmng ii.l ...listed thnt WUMI
ter i' net1, Yi'Tlr 1" l -MonlSeutl, Ilread HUcet w,,s his home "lint
the VareBVl,i;,V,,Vn ';,"":' I ..'"' n,,,, 'g'Mnl,.r., "y in. in. aamiiml l. lmdnt. bee,, i ,.
filllv In b. i li , L r , " ,l ,""" "' V"'r" ,,e would imrier tlicrc for a tear pm eusU. niwl
before thnt "ponre.i . iT.i An'1 ''"ve htn.le.l almost n s.ell.1 IMithulilpl.tn Unit hedidu'i knew hew ll.e din is
itv charter Z,,l , V"' hiI..nCW .i,irlpBn,,0,,,ef. f',r,v-" 'ncmhers nf thei'nm wns funush.d ","",
'gainst the1 oppeJum,,''"; h?' t- 11 "0,,he an,, "i,lt S"nnUr'' , .'rl,t' 1s"""""-, ,"1""'1" "'" """"k ''
l'i. !.-: ullt,uni'li 01 1 lie .ires, n. , , , , ,lk nlinir resnli ru ,.l. ....11. 1.
xitvr 10 lase t'lacc Pn, ,,.,, k .,.,; ". ,11,,;.lll;r;;;j,1,Y,i "hi:
ua uuen ui IIIV diaie iw " vine iimn ine wain
.pi - "'v uivueiiiun ni iiie i
. tuuiivr nnu iut election or .Moere
unnlly brought nn end te the Vnre con-
uuia or street cleaning
Fifth Ward Murder Had
Far Reaching. Results
The ruth Wrd murder In 1017
arose out of the primary contest be-
ln.fact. when Pentese died New ' "(1,1 1. ' ''lln .ml Mr le "nn !m ah '
Lrlli,lh)1 ftt thU i"n'.;J,chan;n;edIUbut0lheK 1
MWa vm refused.' But all Orentu. .iiami..,i 11,. ,..nitn l in" ' ' s
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