The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-29
DOWN PENROSE,
PENNSYLVANIA
FOR ROOSEVELT
Administration Planning
to Shackle Senators
Crane and Kean.

The Penrose lamb and the Administration
lion have effected a compromise cover
ing the doings Of the Pennsylvania Re-
publican convention to be held in June.
As result of the compromise the Pen
rose lamb is on the interior Of the lion.
and the process of digestion is proceed
ing through It's early stages.
The June convention, according 70 the
Penrose plans, was TO give the first real
Impetus to the anti Roosevelt movement
In anticipation OF 1895. II was the pur-
pose Of the Senator to have resolutions
adopted that would deplore undue agi-
tation Of character likely 10 iniure
business confidence. and 10 declare for a
conservative for President in 1s0s. Ex-
act!y whether Knox was TO have been
named in this connection seems uncer-
tain; but the belief IS that 4 Penrose' S
plans had worked out as he designed,
the upshOt would have been the presen-
tatiOn OF Knox's name
But the plan has been changed. The
Pennsylvania machine. discovering that
1t was in d fair way 10 be thoroughly
beaten, has made terms. 1t has been
agreed that the June conventions reso-
luuons shall strongly indOrse Roose-
velt's administration and policies, and
shall declare for the nomination In 1908
CnXiOus 10 press those policies sull fur
ther. The name of Knox, according 10
the understanding OF this agreement is
not 70 be used.
Result of Conspiracy Story.
The S5.OOO.O0O conspiracy story is cred
tied with fetching Penrose to time. It
aroused such a torrent of opposition in
his State that he was forced TO come TO
terms
The agreement about the doings of the
June convention was in fact, according
10 very high authority. forced from Pen
rose because during that three weeks
interim he made careful investigation
with reference to Mr.. Harriman's in
qulry, Where do I stand?' He found
out that he was facing deIeat. and so
he pocketed his pride and paid his visit
tc the White House TO give assurances
OF his loyalty.
Now comes the further detail that
practical agreement on the Pennsylvania
/ resolutions has been reached, and that
Peurose is TO give the Administration
just what 81 wants Instead OF chastise-
ment and criticism it is TO get indorse-
ment: and instead OF Knox, the declara-
ton will demand "a man of the Roose-
welt type. favoring the Roosevelt poll
cies. IL Is considered by close friends OF
the Administration the greatest victory
that has yet been Won during this
preliminary campaign
Check Crane and Kean.
All this does not mean, however. that
Penrose has been forgiven, and Will be
permitted TO go his way unmolested
hereafter. The Administration friends
have no great confidence that Penn
syivania a year hence would follow the
path blazed out by the convention OF
this year. Justice John P. Elkin viii be
the Administration leader.
Following the visits of Postmaster
General Meyer and Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Reynolds TO Massachu-
State is going to be the scene OF some
big political maneuvers In the near fu-
ture. In fact, II Is promised that some.
thing viii be heard from there before
I long, which will be calculated to SUD-
! press the activities OF Senator Murray
| Crane. just as PenrOse and Foraker are
now being suppressed in Pennsylvania
and Ohio. Senator Crane has developed
a situation that has become so threaten
ing to Administration interests as to de.
mand attention. 1t is getting the atten-
ton. and there is cheerful confidence
among Administration neutenants that
before long Mr.. Crane viii be surround
ed in much the same fashion that Pen
rose has already been. Then there NAV
be expected some developments lookine E
to a like scheme of manacling Senator
John Kean in New Jersey.