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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.
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' 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
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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. Lord of the llrltUh Admlraltjr.
2 Richard llanrr Iann. American author. IBIS
' K. wrote ''Two Years Ueforo the, Ma.t."
1 The San Lorento Valler Is In norlliealtera
Hair, eutt of the llrenta Klver, ,
i. iini" was the earlr pen name ef Charles
t Dickens.
6, Hall con!U of congealed ' tnaiees of vapor
precipitated from tho cloude.
Thomas Chlppendile was famous Knillih,
cabinetmaker of Ilia latter pari sf the
eighteenth centitrr.
i, A oonnet la n Irrlc poem In n act form,
S Count von Ilrrtllns U tho present German ',
Imperial Chancellor. ,
D. Ilolratone It n material ueed lqr sailors far
crubblnx tho deiks of ships, 1
10. Homicide Is lesnllr divided Into Justlfiah
kllllnir In nerfarmaiirfi of dulirf.axeuBab
kllllrm nithout. culpable or rrlidlnal Intel
and felonious, invvmiia"WiiM me. law ew
malice, and divided Inte mansbtualitorei
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