LunrAnii rm jtiimipext iTfani! jonn i Trttiurri rn ii n . m i J win j, Spurveon. BWTOH1AL PO ATI Di , K. Ccktih, Chalrmmn .IMItor AHTrN.,.anenil ftuttnttn Mmiflittr At at rcmio r.rara I.ul.dlnjr, anc initial". iniiniipnifi 0roio ami untinui nir'M Vn . t . . . i . . . . rrr' Union llulldinff fc.i... ..... ,4W6 MMroWilItHn Tnwr .- ,noH Ktil1rtnn iui.M.n (.,. .oizos Tribune. HuiMinir '? NEWS BUKBAUS: Pap. PnnitvlvnlA. Av. and 14lh Kt : f)t:it.UD ... Th Mm ltiilllntr BrRAU.t,.rt..Mirronl Hour. 8tranl . .... 13 Hue iouis le uranu 1. HUURCnirTtON tetim BTtXttn ITM-io irpnuR lit nerval to pud hi Philadelphia n1 nurro'imllnr town mim of twttvn 112) rtnta rr Wfk. niivaMr iMirrtor. io poinifl ouixid or i-nnmiipum, in ! HtatM. CannrlM. or IfnltM mat ro ft. nonUir frw. flftr (fiOJ rntn tr month. r gonani per yrar. pay Die in nnvunrp, ill forel.pi countries one (fl) dollar per Btihrrihrn tolnhlnir n1r1rtii chance! i old well new KrMrss. j ' VALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN JOOO v att comttmnicnttnn to 1-tvnfno PubMc irpc(fencf tfiarr( i'ifrarje(rtfrt. Vrmto at Tim rniiAnrLPiitA rnT oitkb af Kcnxn rr im haii. mattkii. ITKrT.F. SAM TAKES THE t!5J( THnnTTT.P. i,v., - . VPSE of American raljroails under strain of war conditions lias tided deeply tho pride of the nation. nr1 Tint concern ourselves, however. "wh the whys andf wherefores. The Inter? Commerco Commission may hue I In many of Its Judgments. It Is more able that tho underline cause of fall- I was the maintenance of a public policy ch sacrificed elllclcncy and even thing i to a theory of competition which toum er be translated Into practice and the 4Jliole effect of which was to subject car lo unnecessary narassmeni-" unu uur- M. It was a Uestructlv e, not a construe- ), public polity. In addltlor., because It S1 preventive In chaiactcr and took no cnlzanca of the Imperative need for alnal and other development. It was ally defective Iri that It compelled no ad- JoVttment of water service to land service. waarnilttlng ship tonnage to be adequate or Inadequate as tho case might be. it ue- nded the development of no ocean routes 4, permitted undue concentration at fa- JWed ports to the Utter ruin of business at fttber. Four great railway si stems from tho y-JkMith and "West converge at "Washington, 'fthe Southern, the Seaboard Air Unc, the gS'Atlantlo Coast Lino a.nd the Chesapeako 4 "! 1?M M-l V. .. nM r.f t.An tin Q llllfl rtllirough passengor connections with tho l!." . , j - .ntl. U TTlft. ,,J"ansy.vana ana nut uiio mui mo j.,i.i- and Ohio, although tho latter has a erb road from Washington to Phlladel- . and thence, via the Reading, to New rk. It Is obvious to a layman that con- l could have been avoided by making use of the B. it O. Tho sltua- Is simply Illustrative of conditions yhero and more general than they aid be. A double-track sjstem Is .'"payable of handling moro than twice the "'Jfaml&c. that a single track can handle. The ing of all through traffic from Chicago ' the Pennsylvania, bay, to the Vlast and 11 returning through traffic via the ift O. would be of enormous advuutage fthe present emergency. -Tho nnnnlntment of Mr. McAdoo. In V lew lU ' . . . C the vast l.nancia. proniems incioeni to new order of affairs, is uountiess nc- fciptable. The Government cannot take ,iiver property equal In value to the total j.r s'lmaiihotany but tho most powerful nations 'earth without having the transaction er the direct eye of the Secretary of Treasury. Mr. McAdoo undertakes a rk more arduous than lias fallen to the It'of most Presidents. Th campaign In ace, the one 111 Italy, tho lmpregnabli- every front depends on his success. i these circumstances, it is imperative : the actual administration of the loads. M corralling of motive power und the fixing -of new schedules, the get foods delivered and delivered on time. over to the greatest railroad ev ad organizer In the nation, whoever and that autocratic power be given ft. There Is no other way out. public opinion, to Its honor be it said. countenance In thin great crisis In- ncy In no department. The weakness cog has only to be shown to assure fpibatltutlor.. McAdoo cannot stand un ite produces. No more can Crozler -or any other man. Systems, prece- , persons, all allko must bow to the 'necessity of making good. The na- ttta no seryants except good serv- .The wits of autoenfey. are matched the wits of democracy. The ud- Of democratic training must ex- ', themselves or democracy itself admit , '; That is the test. Patiently the peo- atenance the collapse of old Instltu- 1 acquiesce in revolutionary but only because of the results They ask much becaue they ,J No touch of a wand can make "of phjrmy, and the roan who is a ctant aut ahow that he has of.a.ciant. fa 1 preecM of com en Ion war wnhlne, ' t8TATK8MAN3MIF; fprot-Mt aent by the Itmk'B sscool.V.lon to WUaOnir acainat dla- ttwtpMWMtlc tube mail tMt that, "members pMtaot attaelca 4elng tenvftog Um malls, aU4 t- 1 I V.JJ ' . A- .,.tf . . '- t ree4 from pertww who Jhe In kmra cities and have never , experienced the uses and benefits of thJ pneumatic mall tube system." Good citizens are not only Retting tired, but they are amazed that In times like? these, when, tho transportation systems of the nation are carrjlns a peak load, when labor Is a commodity of precious aluc, when motive povviV Is at a premium and 'very , device conducho to sjpccil and economy should eagerly bo welcomed, n serious proposal should bo made to aban don and discard the pneumatic tubes. A suggestion that tho subway beivlce bo dis continued voutil not bo more" absuid. Tho m.ill service Is bad enough as It Is. Let us not permit It to bo further crippled. A MERMAN PEACE GKUMANY'S long-heralded reaco offer to alt tho belligerents thiough tho me dium of tho Ilrest-Utovsk conference has at last been launched. Count Czcrnln, tho Austrian premier, has been made the mouthpiece of tho Central Powers, evi dently In tho same way' that President Wilson has come to be tho authoritative spokesman of the Allies. The form of the suggested nenothtlons Is round iboat and devious, belnir in effect a lequest to the Holshevlk Government to persuade tho Al lies to parlev while that Got eminent Is still unrecognized by the Allies. Hut the whole world Is eicnr for pence and no peace offer will fall to be considered No plm will be rejected unless it be shown to be Incapable of producing listing peace Germany asks for u return to the status quo. Piontlers are to be IKed evactly ns they wero on August 1 1911 Conquered nations are to regain their Independence No Indemnities are to be paid. "The lights of minorities" within a ritlon arc to be fecured by1 the nation s "self definition ' nc cording to Its constitution, which means tint Alsace tannine Is to remnln Get man Tho plnn Is picentcd to the llusslnns with a mildness of temper hitherto not to be found in Teutonic program Judging by the undcvlattng course tho President has steered, he will be bound by his past utterances to demnnd the creden tials of Count Czernln and his German colle iues. There Is nothing whatever to show that any ono at Urct-IJtovsk iep resents the Gormnn and Austilm peoples Count Czernln Is caieful to ci the dele gates nro "acting upon tho clearly e pressed will of their Governments and peo ples." Hut talking the language of democ rac und living up to It are ellrfei cut things The President has icpeatedly nseited that peace can be mule onb with those who are beyond question trulv lepiesentatlve. and this guarantee of lasting peace has not been given Hut even If peace could bo inide on the stated te-ms. It would not bo a Instlng peace. Mlttel Ihiropn would become u gi eater menace tflan It Is todi The Aus tio Hungarian und nnlkan peoples would bo dominated by Ilerlln Impressed bv what would amount to n Gcimui vlctotv, Turkey and Ilulguila would cling to the Prussian prestige und Berlin to B igdnd, a flimly Intrenched unlltv, would sdiake the mailed fist over Euiope In perpetuity. Rus sia, which at the best 'will be disorganized for j ears after the war, would como com pletely under the domination of tho Ger man autocrncy, and us the menace spread eastward China and Japan would come Into close contact with It. Brest Lltovtk offers the world an inter minable peiies of wais. WANTED A NAVAL OFFENSIVE ADMIRAL, SIR JOHN JVAAACUli did .not become "commander of tho Queen's n av-ce" by the olllce boy methods of Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B. He was a sullorman, not an adept at "polishing up the handle of the Lis front door," and prior to his se lection us l'irst Sea Lord of the British Admiralty, from which he bus Just been lethed, he was In command of the grand Meet and a putlcipant in all the major battles In the Noith Sea In tho Hist jcars of the war. A peeiage in exchange for the post he lias vacated Indicates that he has not been, letlred in disgrace Tho fact Is ugain indicated", as it wns indicated when S'r John l'lshei-was retired fiom the same post, that something moie than a bluff sea dog Is required to utilize tho 100 per cent strength und efllclencj of the British fleet to gain 100 per cent results There is significance In tho lc'tlfements of strictly naval officers from executive tasks In the various Entente navies, such as that of Rear Admiral I 'isko In this coun try and Sir John Jelllcoe In England. The Allies' fleets ure u high-geared, manj-cylln-dered engine of effectiveness. They are showing a negligible minimum of achieve ment for their enoimous mnxlmum of power. The Allies must get togetner in naval unity and bear the pressure of their force toward vlctois. The navul mm Is de pended on to do something; the mllltiirj arm alone cannot win the war in the riemlsh. Trench and Italian trenches. Not mere blockading but btrenuous offensive measures that Is tho expectation which tho Allied peoples want turned into til umphunt action. An how, Mr. Hanlman always be lieved that'the nation should have a rail road dictator. AVe (tnow that Mr. McAdoo can finance the railroads, but can he find borne one to run them? Here's hoping. What good would it do Germany to have colonies? She won't have enough men left to father a generation ut home much Ic'ss man new countries. A correspondent writes to ask if Bol shevikl is masculine or feminine. Wo do not know who put tho sht? In it, but tho dt'uth battalions of women did not. The reported Austro-German peace terms condemn "continuation of the war for the sole purpose of conquest." If Berlin and Vienna would only forgo the lust for "conquest" the belligerents would bo unanimous on that point. Giving up the use of private cars during these times is a sacrifice at least two citizens have made without compul sion. There are others, however, who seem to be unaware of the difficulty tho country U experiencing in transportation and delight to hitch their private, cars to long trains and further overload the en gines. Perhaps the private-car evil will cona to an end In the Immediate future 2R: PENNYPACKER AUTOBIOGRAPHY Desire to See a Member of the Family at Head of' State as Well as to "Test" Himself Caused the Judge to Accept Nomination l (C6prlht, 1017, l ruMlo TIIIKTl-UI-TIt l.SHT.M.MI-NT THE motives vvhlrh led to acceptance were blended. 1 knew well Hint thero wus the certainty cf much discomfort and of financial loss. Even it nomln Ued und electel the ofllio could be held for but four sea's, and 1 wns giving up for It an na surcd future. But I had a stiong deslio to test mjsclf, to see whnt I could do upon n brond Held In u place of real seilous Im portance. I hnd tho knowledge that two of the family had befoie been talked nbout for the Governorship EIIJ ill V. and Galusha und tho feeling Hint to have ono of us i each the held of tho State would be tho giatlflcutlon of a pilde,. Above nil was the sober and conscientious thought that Puinsvlvnnlu, In achievement, wns above every other Stite and that when Nho called any mm It was his duty, no mnttcr whit might be Ills Inclinations oi pui suits, to ilmp them like the wedding guist In the "Ancient Marlnei" and obe. And IIo cither fcvri his futo too much or his dcirts are sniill Who dircs not put It to tho touch to win or lose It all ' Theio was a bcveie contest ovci the nomination. Elkln showing much strength, pluck and detctmliuition. In which I had no put or pmcel One of the men upon whom Elkln idled was Piunk M. Puller, of rniontnvvu, In 1'avcttc County, and Elkln sent him the moiiev with which to cany tho countv l'ullei decided to stippoit Quay und asked the Senator whether ho should letum tho money which had been li'ielvcd "No," said Quiy. "If ou letum that monej Elkln will umj It somewheio clso against me You deposit It In our name In a trust cotnpnnj and get tluce per cent Inteicst Aftei the campaign is ovei Elkln is suic to be de id luoke. Then jou give him that mone He will be glad and jou will help him and me, too" Elkin's Hard Fight Theic was a btoriny lime at tho lonven Hon In Juno I-ouls Wutu, n weilthy mmi living In Sctanlon, who hid been Lieutenant Govcinoi, wus ulso u c indldate xv itli twentv six dclcgitcs His lolc was that of u duk hoist, but he tinned his delegntes over to Quay on the Hist bnllot I hid 20G votes and Elkln 1J.' The dele gates sing thcli io use imptovlscd song: ".Mt down, jou Beggar sit down, ElKIn will have Ills si, Hut not tod iv , hit iliwn jou lieggirs, hit down One, two, three, four. Who In hell arc we for" Penittpnckcr, I'cunjpnikci Pennyp icker, 1'tiinj packer It wus all ovei and the old political vv.u rlor had won wlat lie declaied to be at the time" nnd whnt proved to bo his Inst battle. A teligiam llifunning mo of the usult wns handed mo while sitting In the trial of a case In tho Quarter t-esslons Coutt Just as I was about to chaige tho Jurj A news paper the next morning leported: 'The case was a long and tedious one, Involving sevciul complex questions In law und lequlrlng c ireful attention to un interesting facts und statistics In his churge to tho Juij' Judge Pennj packer ic viewed the evidence at length. Mo did not omit un impoitant feature of the evi dence, and even took occasion to claiifj some of the less important testlmonj. His statement of the law was not only satis factorj" to both sides, but his language was us clear und teise as the llfetorlu of tho textbooks " Just ut tills Junctuio appiattd Gencial Geoigo Weedon's ' Oideilj Book," kept dur ing the Revolutlomiy War, which I had undci taken to supeivlse and iiunntuto foi the American Philosophic il Soc'ctj ami which was published by Uodd, Mead & Co, of New lork It glvis the most complete lecord we have of tho campaign of 1777 for tho possession of Phllidelphla. The publishers expected little demand for a LINCOLN AND RAILROADS WiUon's Federal Control Proclamation Has Important Precedent pit J- P RESIDENT WILSON has the substantial precedent of Abraham Lincoln In his proel miitlon placing railroads of the country under Federal control for military purposes during the period of tho war. May 2C, 1802, the Gov eminent bj proclnmatlon took possi s sion of all the railroads for tho transporta tion of troops and munitions of war. Problems of transportation, both of men and niatcrlnls, wero grave In the first months of the conflict and tho sjstem broke down, under private though patriotic control, Just as Its breakdown now has necessitated the radical action of President' Wilson Then ns now It was realized that the ralluujs aro the arteries of the body mllltarj", the chan nels of which must be kept unclogged for vlctorj. Ibe strenuous und achieving second session of the Thlrt J -seventh Congress, sit ting from December, 1861, to Julj-, 18G. au thorized the President to take control of the railroads and telegraph lines when the pub lie safety should require -such action. Fed eral control followed nnd In time to forward proper mobilization and movement of troops and transfer of supplies The problem of adequ ite organization and handling was simple as compared with what must be accomplished under the Jurisdiction of Secretarj" McAdoo. the Wilson director general of transportation, as the roads were relatively few and the wheels and cogs far from, the complicated mechanism of modern rallwnv management. Stanton and Seward controlled a few thousand miles, McAdoo takes over 400,000 miles of trackage worth in.ooo 000,000. The railroads did not suffer by enforced public control for public welfare. Construc tion vias aided rather than hindered by the necessities of winning the war. Branch and connecting lines were the great need then, as consolidation, of energies and reduction of waste' effort through elimination of compe tition and duplication are the need now. Complementary to the revolutionary ex pedient of the first Federal seizure of a public utility was one of the earliest, and certainly the most Important paternalistic measure In the history of the United States and one that set a precedent for many others In diverse activities This was the authoriza tion, by the same Congress session, of the construction of a road lo the Pacific Ocean, with the backing of laud grants and Gov ernment bonds Necessity of linking all parts of the country for united action In the stress of war times spurred the action. Gov ernment aid for a transcpnttnental line had been proposed before the war on several ocra. Ions, but was always opposed by the Sjulh and by some northern statesmen on the rm,,nrf nt tintrrnallitm- Th wlr nmnlfA the southern obstructionists from the CapltoL ' pflEpPiiA n l.nler Coin'panj) book of Interest only to scholaily Investi gators, und they were much surpilscd to find thnt their whole edition wus sold In a comparatively brief time. Within a. few dajs after the nomination, at tho icquest of Charles W. Henrj', I de livered nil address at the dedication of tho statue of Teddjuscung, tho lndlin chief, erected on tho WNsahlckon, Robert E Puttlson beenmo the Demo cratic cnndldato for tho governorship. Ho hud twice before been elected Govornoi; had tho prestige of unusual suciess In a Republican State and wus teady to tempt fortune for tho third time. Ho was a man Insplied bj worthy motives, with lather limited views of life, possessed of respecta ble iittnlnini ills, who had eomo within sight of the Dimocrntlc nomination for the pres idency, and who, If he could win In this cimpalsn, might well chcilsh such pros pects On the Stump On .the Hist of August I resigned from the bench In older to go upon the stump. This lift me without a salarj for about eight months, and for the flist time in my life I wns under tho necessity of bon ow ing money in older to piovldo for family needs The beginning of the Intioductlon into the seivlce of the public was likewise tho beginning of the sicrlflco of peisonal comfoit Along with Scnatoi Pcmose, I spoke August 20 lit Pogflsvllle, In Lehigh Countj, not far from Allentown, and there, In a bense tho campaign wan opened. For the next two and a lulf months my only nrcupitlon wus that of following out tho Itinerary prepared by tho cumpilgn com mittee und m iking speeches, oftentimes tluce In the coure of tho dij. Without much rc?nul foi the phjslcul capabilities of those taking pait, the itlneiaij was arranged so as to piovldo for much tiavol Ing by night. Tho chnnges wcie so sudden and continual that nothing made a distinct impicbslnn. The crowds were pietty much uiye, mule up of the sanio kind of faces and shouting the s line shouts. One of the serious nnnojunces was that, on getting off tho tiain at u btatlon, the assembled putlsans, loud and enthusiastic, all wanted to shnko hinds, .yid while tills pioceedlng was In piogiess some one, whom I did not know-, would grub my v.nllse und miko off with it, and what wus to become of it I never could tell. Generally ho soon weirled und put It in some comer. Governor Hast ings, vvhii gave me a tccOitlon at Belle finite,, said to me, "If J on do not get a private cm and Itivo jour own doctor with jou, jou will break down before ou get half the way thiough" Ho hud puisucd th it policy and, though a powerfully con stiucted man, his vo'lee failed and ho had to quit. Whllo thoso who wero with me occislonally wlthdicw for repairs, I was ublo to keep It up to tho end and on the Inst day made three speeches. My explana tion of tho fact was that, after speaking In tho evening, I insisted upon going around to the hotel and up the stairs into my loom to bed, and positively refused to go into the barrooms Sometimes I was tailed a crank, but my night's sleep was saved s I wioto no speeches, mado a different speech at each place, oftiai suggested by tho sunoundlngs, and depended upon tij ing to think straight und telling the peo ple exactly whit I thought. This was re lieved to somo extent by the adaptation of a stoic of anecdotes. Ono Illustration wus used often und generally with good effect. It was tho season of tho jcur when the katjdids weio singing In tho woods. Put tlson had a stereotjped speech, which he had committed to memory, telling of the many ills which hud befallen the .State under Republican rule. I likened tho Dem ocrat to tho katjdld There never was any Katie sho never did anything, and jet this absuid Insect, jear in and jear out, kept lcpeatlng the same old song, htrong of voice und short of ballast, It retired with the frosts of November, I. e, the elections, but was suio to icturn with tho next cam paign. (CONTIMJKD TOMORIIOU) In addition to tho largo tracts of land, the Incorpor itirs, who Included citizens of all iionstcedlng Mates, were accorded large lo ins from the proceeds of United States bonds, lonstltutlng ajiubrtgago on the plijsl cal propertv. As part compensation the roafls were required to bo post routes and military roads, subjeit to the use of tho Government for postal, militaij', naval, and all other legitimate or emergency sen fee. Iho aid thus given was the climax of the policy Instituted by Douglas In 1850 In the case of tho Illinois Central Railroad Between thut date and 1870 the United .States aided In the lonstructlon of ninety-three roads. More than JOO.OOO 000 acres of I ind were only a part of the help extended In this period to open up and develop national communica tions So It may be assumed that the present war emergency measure of nationalizing tho great railroads of the nation will be not merely gains In speed nnd efficiency In the present crisis, but eventually. In some means, a gain for tho roads themselves. Tho rails will be cleared lo give tho war right of vvuj. The rails will bo cleared to give prop erty the right of way after tho war. J B. BUCKWHEAT AND BEANS According lo a recent report from one of the most prolific of the buckwheat States there Is an immense Increase this jear In the buckwheat crop It Is Joy news. Let us hope that the buckwheat cakes this coming winter will garnish every breakfast table. It Is to be hoped that Mr. Hoover will be able to take a little time oft from the arduous duty of udvising his countrjineu to eat less, to ordain meatless dajs and wheatless dajs, and In general to substitute fast days for feast days, to look after the food profiteers and see to It that they do not get a corner on buck wheat and boost tho price. Onco there was an Eastern Sho' man who said that when he went to bed knowing there would be buckwheat and sausages for break fast he couldn't sleep for thinking about it. And when he went tolled with the Informa tion that there would be no buckwheat and sausages for breakfast he ciuldn't' sleep for worn Ing about It, The price of sausage was skied last winter, and there Is reason to fear that unless Mr. Hoover does something about It the price even of "hot dogs" will bo "out of reach" except on special occasions, when the ultimate consumer grows reckless and goes In for buckwheat and sausages in spite of the inflated cost. There Is another report floating around that sounds much more cheerful than the vqult-eatlng admonitions that Mr. Hoover Is sending out. This report is that the bean crop Is ten times as Urge this year as it was last year. New York State, always a great bean area, has a record-breaking crop. But the Rocky Mountain and Paclflo Coast States are harvesting a bean yield that will soon be moving eastward in trains a mile long. Bal timore Burt. ,-, v ' v ' '- ' SPEEDING UP " ' 5 V "71 W MIIBl r aL, '.i'4vM ,' Ha jHHj w jBann ipi tFiw'yJiTiiMfMJBlllHfi'wBWHMlHBW ' n i ' f . HOW PENNYPACKER WAS NOMINATED Sidelights From Personal Knowledge Illuminate Senator Quay's Plans for the Gubernatorial Campaign To the Liltlurolhc Lici Ing Public Ledger. S III Nomination of Hon Samuel W. Peuy packer, President Judge of Common Tlcas Court No. 2, of Philadelphia, for Governor was piiinarlly duo to Ills writing a peppery Pennj packer letter to the New York Sun early In Januarj-, 1001, flajlng England with Judlilal satire for her brutality In tho Boer War, and warmly sjinpitlilzlng with tho Boers. Secondlj, to my sending a copy of that letter to Senator Quay, telling him why that letter was written, and thirdly, to tho persistency with which for fifteen months thereafter I held to my scheme of promoting renn j packer from Judge to Governor, finally becurliig the o-operation of Senator Qua, That winter Senator Quay was suffering fiom a severe attack of bronchitis and when I visited him ut Washington beforo Christ mas of 1900, and we talked politics, and I asked him who would be our next (iovernoi. ho replied, holding up a bottle of inediclno a colored messenger bad that moment brought to him 'It this prescription and the cllmato of I'lorld i do not quickly cuio me Pcnnsjlvnnln politics will hnvo no In terest for me " ..... Ho was In tint frame of mind, with ample time to read my letters and iuclosures cire fully, when I wrote him: "It is so unusual for a Common Pleas Judge of Philadelphia to write u letter of this rhar.icter th it I have made appraisal of the Pennj packer motive, und I have reached the conclusion that tho shy 'old Dutchman,' ns ho likes to be termed, would rather be Governor than a Justice of the Supremo Court, und that ho has taken this method of. approaching the executive office, believing that it would nllgn the Tennsjl vanla Dutch' for him: that espcclaltv In Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Huntingdon, Lan caster, Lebanon, Lehigh and Yoik Counties there would be an earnest movement for him, anil If rennj packer's aim is the governor ship, as I appraise It, I am lor him, and hero and now invito jour co-operanuu And this Is the reply that I received: I have jour letter with the, Judge's letter. I dont exactly sympathize with his Boer Ideas, but would bo glad to see him In the Governor's chair. If It could bo ar ranged It Is entirely out of his line, however, andI don't think his ambition runs that wajx A short time beforo Christmas. 1001. Judge Pennj packer Bent for me to call on him in his "private chamber." No. 2 Court. Expec tation of a receivership caused mo to step faster and more llghtljv The Judge w as eating a frugal, Inexpensive lunch It .was the noon hour of court. "Bo seated, and 1 took a chair. "Had I seen or heard from Senator. Quay lately." was the question he Plumped at mo Instead of a receivership. "I had not: have your was my response The Judge then said, "There can be nothing lo the governorship, as jr. nmj inmo expressed himself directly or by Implication excepting in his letter to jou a year ago. and I think It best, to drop the matter. Have jou directly or by Implication ever broached the subject to Sir. Quay?" I asked Ho said "No." I left the Judge and went back to my office, as Register of the Bureau of Survejs, with slower and heavier foot steps, all hops of a receivership in the fog. I wrote to Senator Quay telling him what had occurred, adding that Pennypacker seemed disappointed at not hearing from the Senator In regard to the governorship, and this Is the reply an autograph letter The action of the next Republican State Convention Is as yet all In tho fog. The different candidates are nt work setting up their delegates, and I don't know how far their personal facilities will prevail on their ideas of party policy. The Judge ought not to be talked about unless he is to go through, and whether he could can not now be predicted. Elkln will be nominated if he Is a candidate at least such is the present outlook. About the l!th of March, 1902, the Public Ledger printed a d'spatch from Pittsburgh stating that the vexed problem of the gov ernorship could be settled by Senator Quay taking ther nomination. Just as he ended a bitter factional fight over the Stater treasury ship several years ago by himself entering the contest for the nomination. I sent thu Public? Ledger article to Quay, facetiously stating that after Pennypacker first, myself second, I knew of nq one I would rather see Governor than Senator Quay. His reply, dated Saint Lucie, March IB, 1901, was; You will htvo to take up a fourth can did Uo for Governor; why dont jou take Cameron? To meet that new piopos'tlon was the most serious rondltlon that confronted me, but happily just about that thno Israel W. Dur ham, who by tho fnvor of Quny had been '.'!rntI liro"""ed fiom a Maglstrnte, salary JJ000 a jenr, to a millionaire political lender, gave out nn Interview that "John P. Elkln will be nonilnited for (Jovernor practically without opposition: tho party Is for lilm lenrosQ Is also, and Quay will declare for him within the next ten dajs" I mailed that Interview, as published, to Scnatoi Quay with tho statement: 'This Dur ham Interview opens up a new lino of poll tics I,, Pennsjlvania. the alignment of which vvil be: l.lkln. Governor; Durham, Premier, and Pentose, Chamberlain, with the Premier reaching for the exnlfed dignity of a Sena torslilp; Qunj. Emeritus Professor of Pcnn sjlvanli Politics, without pay or pension, wlthjnj sjmpithj- for tho Professor Emcr- Suntor Quny Immediately began cor-' responding with bis most fnlthful friends throughout the State, nnd on tho day ad evening of April .'j assembled about 100 of them at he Stratfoid Hotel Among hem as leaders from Philadelphia were David If Lane. David Martin, Senator Vare Colonel Edward N Patton, Horatio P. Con.' nell. Israel W. Durham. Senator Penrose and in v self. Th it conference resulted In dropping l.lkln and slating Pennj packer Durham nnd Pcnroso going along In order not to loso their grjp 'I ho slating was subject to Pen nj packer's acceptance, and the sagacious leader. David U Lane, was detailed to securo thft acceptance The next morning the papers published columns of news of the "slating of Pennv packer." and about 1J o'clock Colonel Laiie came Into my office and directed me to forth with call on Pennjpacker and seeuri. i,i . ceptance, and that he would await mv mn until 1 o'clock nt his office. P " I went to the Quarter Sessions Court took a front Seat nnd awaited results. In fl. ,!. utes Judge Pennypacker said: "The court will mw lake ii recess until l o'clock," and retiring to his private room beckoned mo to follow him and this Is what took place during that recess: "Judge, jou and Senator Quay and I have been talking about the governorship for fifteen months you usually joking about It The matter has now nssumed a serious aspect apd I have been detailed to ask If you will accept the nomination if tendered to jou" was the blunt way I put It to him. ' "When am I expected to make reply?" "They will wait for It until 1 o'clock In David H. lame's office" "And what do you advise?" asked the Judge, and inj" reply was: That you do not make me jour mes senger," "Whj ?" asked tho Judge. "Because after deliberation you might re verse jour reply and thereby place me in an embarrassing -position," was inj' answer, "And what do jou further advise? ' "That you give vour answer directly to Mr. Lane and to tho Judges." As I was about to leavo the Judicial pres ence Mr. Pennypacker, with all the acumen of tho provident Pennsylvania Dutchman, asked "And what. Is to become of me should I be eiecteu uovernor:, "Meaning after jour term expires?' I asked. ' "Meaning after my term expires. I am' not a rich man, I am not altogether a poor man, but too poor not to be earning some thing after I shall have left the executive office." My reply wasl "That should not worry" jou. It is a short step from the gov ernbrshlp to a scat upon the Supreme bench." Promptly at 8 o'clock the following eve ning Mr. Lane and I reached 'the residence of the Judge, on North Fifteenth street near Jefferson, and after being entertained for nearly two hours by an exhibition and ex planation of numerous paintings, lithographs, manuscripts, books, etc, by the Judge, and their rare value set forth because of their antiquity and clumsiness we got down to 'ttie.gov ernorsh'p question and the Judge con siderately concluded to sacrifice his life post. Hon on the bench a position so attractive, so Inviting, of such great dignity for a four-year term as Governor. ' TOlIM XV I'lll'iun " Philadelphia, pecembcr, 27." Tom Daly's Column JIcARONI BALLADS XCV THE PERFECT GIFT My Uosa's heart's Ectuliun, But stcell ila laws Ameiican , Sho loves an' onrtrastan's; An cef you no baylieva mo, An' donta see how decs can Ijc, Go ask Mccss Giulia Brans'. Jleess Brans', dat's born cen deesa land, For long has been my Rosa's frand, An' nlla time she's glad for show My Rosa thecngs she oughta know, An vv'at to do an' vv'at to say Tor be good 'Merican somo day. An ono day w'en ccs come da news How lectin sugar you must use, Meess Branson tal my Rosa how Sho must not mak' dose baskets now She made so manny of bayforo Dat's nice for looks but notheeng more. You don'ta know da kind I mean? Ah! den, my frand, you novva seen D.i way dey mak dat prctta theeng? Dey hovv-x ou-cali ? "croshay" wcelh strecng, An' w'en da basket ces-complete Dey use a block for stretchin' eet; An' dip cen sugar juice, you know, For mak' eet steeff an' keep cet so. Wal, w'en decs sugar Uw ces come Eet's mak my Rosa feela glum. But joosta same she finda way For mak' her geeft by Chrees'mas Day An' w'en she gave eet to her frand She joosta no could ondrastand! "Don't be afraid," my Rosa say, "I waste no sugar dcesa way. Dees was my own, baycause you s?e I deed not use eet een my tea; I saved cet up for dees, to show My dearest frand I love her so." My Rosa's heart's Ectalian, But steell da laws American . She lbvcs an' ondrastan's; An' ecf you no baylieva me, An' donta sec how dees can be, Go ask Meess Giulia Brans'. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. At what temperature does watr freeze? 2. Mho Is director general of the railroads? H..Vllmt l u rookie? 4. What la the correct pronunciation ef feed- poa"t 5, The United Mates fuel administration. In a rumpulxn to nave, coal, arses houteholdera lo keep their rooinv nt a certain maximum temperature, htale this maximum, . What Is the KoranT 7, The ttandard coin of a Kuropean country Ii the ten-florin piece. im the country. 8. Mho wus AllfhlcriT 0 In what prolines of Canada Is moit of th French-Canadian population of the Do minion? 10 What U the French word for "Germanjr"r Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Vice Admlra) flr Konalrn Vlemrii i ilrtt Sea. 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