•J<etlon wlll '"'"' tho tiMitlOMI@ Sparkplug, repeating the story in 1 politics: 4 Letter To ! II "When the race:> ran tha~ day, ELECTING APRESIDEMT Sparkplug ran the other wa,y." : There is a growing sentiment. 18 The Editor against this lnadeqna.te, and weak representation ot the 33th Ward and I sincerely hoPe that you '\ill Dear Editor: lend the power or yow· qUill to the Allow me to tliank you for your rnd that we in the secL!on '\\ill se­ timely and trenchant editorial on cure what we so sorelv need. a Party one Clarence Blackl:iurn- tbe m:m representative in the Council of thP. who so prodigiously misrepresents City Fathers wllo will have a kindly the 38th Ward. and the Sixth Dls· heart. lor the children. and a sense Split trict, in Counc1l. ot responsibility toward the men I would ruith your kind oerrnfs­ and the women of the district he Helped sion) amend your timely word, bv represents. stating that any denial of remarks. H. J. W. Wilson used by Blackburn In Council. and reported by the newspapers, Is not ... taken seriously by t.11ooe who arc In familiar with its legislative •·ccord. For those of your readel's who are f\•Jt Ne-..~ ,/1•/•1.,7 not familiar with the Spartan prnc­ 1912. tice concerning children, let me state briefiy that t.he ideal o! that KENWORTHY AGAIN com1try was: the buildlnP: of a race !t'I.:.SON. of strong men and women-and In ON PARK COMMISSION th{l attainment of this aim, t.be liE Democrats with Wood· children who w·ere weak. under­ row Wilson came back to nourished and unfortunate Wl.!re ' Fran.k L. Ke-nworthy. promiuen• T power lu the ele<:tion ot cast out to die. business man a.n.d poplltlcal lee.der of 1()12. 'l'he Republlcan conven­ Thi~; is the lJl'BCtice of which Mr. he Twenty-first Ward hae again tlon tn Chicago nominated Taft, Blackburn is, according to the re­ who was now opposed bitter· port of his speech, an avowed be­ btou appointed by the board ot Jud· Is by Roo evclt. There were liever. many t:outested delegates. and How does hJs legislative record l<airmount Park Comm!osslon, e!rect· those 1n autl)orlty seated a ma· fit in w1th his avowed belief? It is axiomatic that belief Is expressed lYe the ft.rst Monday in June. jorlty ot delegates with Taft better in deeds lhan words. and ::O.Ir. Kenworthy waa appoln.ted procllv1tles. l very admirably, indeed, docs the throo years ago to aerve the unex HooseYelt had many warm snp­ legislative record of this man ac- portcm nud \\BS an avowed cnn­ cord with hiS belief in the contmu­ plrd tenn ot Theodore Jus!~ who dWute. When 'l'att was nom1· ance of the Spartan Practice. died and left a vacancy on the Com­ nated Uoose,·elt Conned the Pro­ . We will ask a question: Why is ml.s6!on. The short term expires tn gres.•;h·e party and ran on the 1t that every ward in t.hls city has third ticket. ,. been so well cared for in the mat­ .June ot tb!s year and Mr. Kenworthy 'J:be \'ote 1u 1012 wa:t: Wllson, ter of playgrounds and recreation lws again been appointed to serve a 6.29:J.Oltl: Roosevelt. 4,119,007; centres for children. and this sec­ full term or ten years. tion has been ignored? Children in Tart, ~~. IS4,m;c. Wilson received Mr. KenW10rthy is rece!vtu.g the 43ti vott>R lu the el<•t·tornl eollege. this area have their rlght.s and claims upon the city, as well as <.'Ongra.tulatlone ot his ma.ny friend'S Rooscl'clt ~8 uud Tuft 8. 'rhom­ other chlldren. Playgrounds and in BI! n. MnrRhnll uf I ndlnna was congenial environments are as es­ In hi.s home ward and the city t>lec(c•cJ l'i<'l' (ll'C~itiPIII ,sential to their development as thev on tho occasion of b18 appoln.tmant ru·e co other children. to theo full te.n year tenn. The ~tnswer to t.he au~st.lon is I obvious. This localHv ha.~ been ig­ nored in these matters becaus~ wr­ had as our representative In coun ~ cil a man who bra~enlv denies thll.i; Herbert Hoover was tht> third the children have any rights; not pu~sidNtt I'Jf the United Stntes even the right to live. unles.c; lhev out o! th e •h irty-onc, who has are supported by t.heli parents. tnn clccl th ough tl1e 21st. Ward, \Vas it not only lMt yrnr that smcc the Notion cnme into be­ this mis-representative of ours elim­ ing, back in 1776. inaU!d the men s.nd women of 111!1 Pl"('sidcnt U. S. Grant. made an constituency out of his ranrcc of inspection trip through some of interests, 1n his <ncver-to-bc-for­ the Mannyunlc factories. during gotteni "Public Be Damned!" utter­ his term of office, and Theodore ance? We are more than convinced Roosevelt also st.oppecl, while en­ that we have been damned- bv the rout.c through Manayunl:, to dc­ character of t.he representation we liVl'r n bnC'f address from the have had in the 38th Ward under rear car of hls train, at the this man Blackburn ~ading SLI\tlon. What a pit.y! cAnd this is not On Memorial Day, I>resldent facetiousness>, that the Spartan Hoover's Speclnl Train, on 1ts practice was discontinued. Them we way to Valley Forge, was greeted might have been saved tll'J iP:no­ by J'CS!drnts of the Mt. Vernon iny brought to Us by this man who sect1on, who waved lmy tlugs at lrtfo. 1 ue in Councf). Wl}Cn tlw distinguished visitor as hr. ~ AAlcal lleadf fit thl&~t passed thx·ou~:h \he communlt . til· "~ 1lP'' that men A crowd, esinllutNi to bt! ~!), 'iilf• ;~rsona non grata liOO gl'eeted th4 President a.t lJagent ~publicans of t.he Valley Forge, and ,hC'aJ·d hi~ mes­ =t sage o£ !lope. ~ d!!)' they WI'' wltlte uo. To ftD4 their aponsorshlp of men of ~ t1t1e utterly resmdtated &mit! "•". tlcw3 '1/J•Jl •.__u, ___ _ s~ P~ 1/•a./•,"11 @ TRIBUTE T Fra1zk L. Kenworthy May WARD LEADER Be Nclt1zed City PostJnllsler. Ward Republican 1/1,/11.&.1 t 2. Frank L. Kenworthy. Republican Association Commends Serv­ leader of th~> Twenty-first ward It 111 nld will be appointed postma.'!ter ice of F. L. Kenworthy or Philadelphia, rucceed1ng Colonel <korge E. Kemp, Varc candidate :ror Olty •rreasurer This llf'I\S leaked out Tuesday IN HIS HONOR Inight following the announcement LhM K~:ndrtc-k hud declared for the Va.re ticket nt 11 meeting or l.he ward ' committee ou l'lonctay night. 'l h<'r" wus no formal vote of the 'rweJJLy-!Jrftt Wllrd conunlttee to en­ d<n 11 rlie Vure slate, but there was no pt'otclit made against going along With Mr. Kenworthy. In his talk to the diVIsion lcnd<•rs llc said that a turvey of the ward had led llirn to pcllevc that the sentiment of the Iromrnu1Lity wus In favor or the V11re h1tc nne! he personally would sup­ l putt Jt Nothing developed to l~lcate thnt I • was Under considemt~on tor the pcsJLion ot po:;tmaRtPr J'hd l:he news cnmc ns 11 surprise. Political leaders 11greec1 that, because pf hw business tra!nlng, the choice would be a good one. No formal announcement 1s expected to be made until ulter the primary election l<euworthy Is a n'iember of the firm oi T. Kenworthy ·~ Brother. manu­ fnctur.. rs of worsted yams at Shurs lnne and Pechtr, srePt, Roxborougll. His home ls at l'·608 Ridge avenue. He 1s a mc.rt'ner of thP Republican City Colnmltti.,.e from the Twenty- ~ tlrst ~.ard. llnd a Fairmount Park wtrc Commfsslolll' r. ml"n , "C :~.nrl, FlU"' l.. fiE:'\\\' 0 R 1'11' "Wher-eas, hi conduct 1111 Falm10uut !'ark Comml,•loncr who haq bei•n nu.•nth11w11 a• t hl' ~U<'<'~~~or re> • rmle<l hy bl l'e<'ognltlon tn Po-.triuu:ter hl'orJ:I' Kl.'mi•· )Jr. ho. !f.l jn nuUtm•lty lo hlt:h pnb}ir po Kenworth~··s triPmt' ~lat~· tllnl. hi~ ltwus or tru ~ untl con llcl uce; nnd 1>usincs,.. trainin~ 1\lll nutlll' hltn 1111 Ileal man ror tlu• position. "Wherl'!Lfl1 he Jms been honest, , carle'3S1 j111:;t 1 pa\ul\1.:-tklng nnd thor u~hlv dontol·mtin hli all hi~ tleal· in!!;H, 'whether with the puhllc offi- < lnls. citizQns or his {)Wn \V.artl or ll!E~r <:ltlz~na \\Ito Q inl('rcsts have been at stnke; and, I Wht:rrns, we dcslro to have the 4:'mlnen• 11n'lces OL eu~h a man con tu d n.s Jong as may be, Now, therefore be It rusolvell we do most heartily aPll1'0\ e •f 1 d commeml our eminent fellow l z n for his sen ,, lo Llds 'Vard, dtlzens, hls party, nntlonal and muntclr1al; and Do cxtond to bim our gr. litud ntl heartfelt tha 1ks for his uprl,::;ht, d m riloriou lead rsWp whl<'b ante to blm unasked and which hllll bt>E:'ll o \':Unable to us; and Do oexpros:-~ h" these resolutiuns u de1;iro and l10pe thnt he will be P:< d (IU011Ah to r..ontlnur ns h(l has tion hcrtoror , and render Ills scr­ ' 1 · unsP.IflRh.ly fo1· I he> benefit of rn• mllor -or this \sRor.mtiou.