The Washington times., 1906-06-24
The Washington Bachelors

The bachelor member or p-e.tzo-.
Roosevelt's Cabinet. wI11,sn ~
-tO1y' attorney General. Is fifty
..ree' and a native OF Massachusetts
11OusH not rich from the standpoint
OF diamond king or a SILENT S1ir,,
ne Is well TO do. and what money he
has he has earned for himself
AS boy he had a tough tf-,A II.
Is q harvard man. one Of the reasons
Ior his friendship with the P-asf7e-,.
"hich was so severely tested u,b,,, -.
three-oornere6 discussion Of narso--,1
Nerecity between Roosevelt. TiIIna7
and Chandler was on
Nhen Roosevelt becar,e r1-ast-a,.
John D Long, whose strenuous sss,st,
ant Roosevelt had been sa1-e =. -
SecFetaryship Of the Navy and Pooea-
Velt put Moody, then In Conprass :
ms place lie planned to les,-o -.
caoliiet IN lEe5, but. Knox being r,,aJ5a
senator from PennsyIvanIa -,
peIsuAneS 20 become Attornev C.e-o-,I
ne hFes on n street In Wasr4-,,-+,,,,
with representative C.t11e.. -
massachusetts, also a b.rLoT -
doesn't care much for soc,at,T r.. =
Is lively spirit at srnar1 ,5,r.-- - --s
u@os'er AT the chafng dish. He IS
eIso an expert golfer. a good horse
o1oA rioer' and a devotee Of baseball
he played the game when IN school
wherein be differs from Roosevelt
While IN Congress he was q pro+eqe
Of Uncle Joe Cannon,
He Increased the number OF rnidshfn-
men rapidly while Secretary 90 the
Navy. and once. on shipboard IN a
Porto Rican harbor. gave a visitor n
glass Of water. The visitor tipped him.
Later. learning whom he had tipped.
the visitor apOlogized so profuseIy as
to bore the Secretary to the limit.
The three bachelor Senators are
Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania, John
Kean of New Jersey. and Frank 9.
Brandegee, Of Connecticut. They are
all rich men
PenrOse. the best-known bachelor
Senator. is only fOrty-six years old.
having been born November / 1850.
Though inclined somewhat 10 club life.
his quarters are at the New Willard
Hotel. which are accordingly a rendez-
vous for keystone State politicians in
Washington Ion business"
His devotion 10 the Republican or
EanizatiOn" in PENNSYLVANIA. to the
leadership Of which he succeeded on
the death Of Senator Quay. is we'll
known. -'Penrose.'' said a friend one
day why don't you get married2''
Haven't time, for ore thing, nor
the inclination for another" was the
reply.
But If the organization wished it7''
suggested the drlestiOner
"Oh now" said the Senator. that's
different If the boys would like to
have me get married, I don't know but
what 1 would"
The Hon Henry Harrison. Bingham.
Father Of the House" by reason OF
longest continuous service in the lower
branch OF Congress. is siXty-five- He
has been a Congressman since 1873. and
is the only Washington bachelor with
a record as a lighting mar.
Bingham. who is row six, v-five and
who did his fighting in the civil war.
enlisted in 1852 as a lieutenF mt. He was
wounded at Gettysburg. SoCttsylvania.
and Farmville When mustered out in
1856 he was a brevet brigadier general.
and he holds a special medal for brav-
ery on the field Of honor He has been
a delegate 70 every Republican nation
al convention since Is72. and is so/goOd
looking that he is universally known
as Handsome Harry Bingham.
The other Congressional bachelors
are Representative Lands Of Indiana
Southau of Virginia, Ames OF AIassa-
chusetts. Call Of Ohio. DENLY of Mich
igan- Lefevere Of New York Brooks
of Texas. Allen OF New Jersey. Giuett
of Massachusetts. and Wood Of Mis-
souri, One name was taken from the
list late in May by the lamentabIe
suicide of Representative Adams OF
Pennsylvania
CCopyrighL 1906. by Dexter AIarshaH)
JUNE "a, 1906