Show PHILADELPHIA MAYOR HERE MAN WHO WAS ELECTED BY 123000 MAJORITY f He is Confident that the Republican National Ticket will Have a SweepIng i I Sweep-ing Victory Mayor Samuel II Ashbrldge of Rhlla dclphi and Mrs Ashbrldge were at the Knulsford yesterday en route to the Pacific coast on a pleasure trip Mr Ashbridge said last evening that he was simply on a vacation enjoying this mountain scenery and his trip had no significance lie however felt relieved re-lieved that the President was on his way back to Washington and was likely to call an extra session of Congress Con-gress on the Chinese question and said It was the proper thing to do In the present situation Mr Ashbrldge remarked his having been a Philadelphia Philadel-phia newspaper man and having also read law and medicine and had considerable con-siderable experience In practical poll tics he was likely to know the various duties of public life with more readiness readi-ness of comprehension Mr Ashbrldge regretted the personalities that had entered Into American journalism and which frequently became bitter In attacks on personal character of pub llo men He said reporters on the North American had followed hjm around nights In the Wanamaker interest in-terest to see where he went with whom he associated whether he drank or not and what he did generally John Wanamaker Mr Ashbridge said wants to get Into the United States Senate the worst way and he Is working the papers through his Immense Im-mense business patronage with that end In view Mr Ashbrldge Is confident of the swooping success of the Republican national ticket He was elected Mayor of Philadelphia by 123000 majority in fact he says but 25000 votes were cast against him |