Show r MAYOR A V SW WINS HIS FIGHT H Philadelphia Gas Thieves Public Opinion PROPOSITION WITHDRAWN REPUBLICAN LEADERS STILL PLOTTING I r Ma Ia a aI P I tastIng lasting five days the Re Republican publican led by byi i 1 Commis loner Israel W 1 was waa forced today by pUblic and clamor to abandon its to extend the leue ot of the city as works to the United G Ga s Improve nt company for years e rs Thomas Dolan president of the corn com today forwarded a formal letter to the presidents or of the select and corn com J councils with withdrawing branches ot of city drawing his proposition to advance the 11 ty in n consideration of the thet t of the lease which the com coin any Jany I now This action w Waa taken fter r a protracted conference with Corn Com Durham State Senator Mc Nr r hol and Select Councilman Charles Sc gr who presented the gas lease reso in councils VI story for Mayor Weaver Weave The withdrawal of the Gu Ga Improvement oter is 18 Un Undoubtedly a a sIgnal victory for tor Mayor Weaver In his fight t the e or organization though it does not mean the end or of the battle The injunction a brought by D David vid Smythe former directOr r or of public publio sate and E Costello former ot or works against Mayur Weaver and theIr successors Colonel Sheldon Petter and A Lincoln Acker to restrain te Lle mayors appointees from conducting 0 the or of th the two departments is 1 8 ill to come up for argument and the I 1 adt aders rs will make a determined effort to have the temporary injunction made mader r The temporary injunction b by the pleas s court was inoperative by a 8 writ of su suI suI I procured b by the m from the supreme court Chief Justice Mitchell of the higher court as however howver sent seat the case back to the thelo lo lower r court for argument and the su dt as is in effect only until the of the Injunction has been do de dedd dd by that tribunal Durham Is Dumb answer to questions Mr Durham IC adr of the organization said SakI w V have no JW statements whatever to in regard to the withdrawal of I p new gas by the United Gas Ga oom company pan T The Je leders ders 1 if ft t for Atlantic Cit City X N J tonight ai al a conference Will be held there to plans lans for future moves Mayor Weaver said I consider this l 1 great grat triumph for the people I have havet 1 t et t considered how this will I 11 or state politics I may add that I I 1 lP not yet considered consider whether the f lt will m be continued or not l 1 was announced b by the judge of the min pleas pless court that the hearing f thc proceedings would be front from Monday until Vf In of the death of Justice of the state court 0 satisfaction was as f expressed tro throughout the city ity when it became liow that th the gas ga lease offer had been n nth wib th drawn Mass ass had arran arranged ld in many wards to pro against again t the lease werE largely at att t 11 E i and the mayors mayor victory was i tir su j ot of al all the addresses I |