Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28

tween and 10 o'clock"
The statesmen waited patiently. They
read the newspapers They snapped stories.
They nodded. They yawned. AT II o'clock
Col Andrews came in. He went around
the circle shaking hands in his breezy brisk
way.
THE senator is in town" he said. "He
will soon be here?' and he disappeared
into the inner room.
The statesmen waited, nodded. yawned
for another hour. Then the man who sat
at the desk like Chinese joss was called
into the inner office. In a few minutes he
returned with q long face.
Gentlemen said he, the senator is not
in town.
But you said he was" said a ward
| healer.
yes. yes, but he isn't" said the Chinese
| joss.
But Col. Andrews said he was" said
man from Carlisle.
| II know. but he isn't" said the joss.
II wonder what can have detained him.
| remarked the man from Carlisle.
"Humph!" CALCULATED the ward leader.
| Such detentions happen often
And the from the country nodded
| and then slowly winked one eye.
| Senator Penrose is rather good looking
man, although his face has somewhat
| heavy appearance and his eyes lack luster.
He is a big man physically, and shows the
! athletic training that he received at Har-
ward. He has swarthy skin and black
| hair. He talks in deep tones way down in
| his chest and his voice is not particularly
| pleasing He was born in Philadelphia in
| 1860 He comes from a fine old family. On
his mothers side he is a descendant of the
| Thomas family of Maryland and of the
| Boies family of Massachusetts, the founder
| of which assisted in building the breast
works on Bunker Hill the night before
he q n
| the medical department of the University
| of Pennsylvania. After Boies Penrose was
| graduated from college he studied law in
| the office of Wayne MacVeagh.
| The GOODNESS between Penrose and the
| President began about five months ago.
| The day before the state election In Penn
| Sylvania, Penrose had conference with
| the President. At Its close he announced
| that the President was in hearty sympathy
| with the Penrose organization in Pennsyl-
| Vania and this statement was given out for
| the purpose, 1t Is stated, of influencing vOt-
| ers. Mr.. Roosevelt was very angry when
he learned what had been done, and pre-
pared the following statement which was
made public by Secretary Loeb:
For many years it has been the in
variable practice never to attempt to
quote a private conversion with the Presi-
| dent. 1t has been found that as a matter
of fact the who quotes such con-
versation usually misquotes It, whether
| consciously or unconsciously, and such an
alleged conversation is under no circum-
| stances to be held as calling for either ex-
PLANTATION denial by the President The
| President is responsible only for what he
himself says in public, for what he writes
or for what he explicitly authorizes the
proper government officials to state in his
| behalf
ate will expire in two years Opinion diff
fers as to whether he will be returned to
the Senate or be succeeded by another.
Col. Andrews says:
He can surely be elected to the Senate
| If he wants to go there"
An anti-Penrose man said to me The
other day:
"Penrose's chances Of returning to the
Senate are about one In one hundred. He
has been known for years as Quay's man,
and is hence corporation man. Even
Quay with all his ability had to fight hard
to keep himself In power, and during ten
years he cost the corporations 100000 600.
| But Penrose has not the ability that Quay
had. And" he added, "Penrose doesnt
keep his head. If the opposition can unite
on the right man, Penrose will be easily
defeated. To my mind the best man to
put up to beat him is John P. Elkins, now
on the supreme court bench, where he was
placed with the idea that he would be
sheived."
Another opposition Penrose man said:
IF the bill providing for the election of
United States senators directly by the
people becomes law, PenroSe would not
have the shadow of a chance"
Senator Penrose, 1t will doubtless be re-
membered, introduced an amendment to
this bill. When asked why he did so he
! replied: ITO make 1t harder to pass
Upon hearing this explanation Senator
Depew remarked:
THAT reminds me of the Englishman
who propounded this conundrum: What
, is it that has long wings, long bill,
l blinking eyes, stands on one leg and barks
like dog7' Everybody gave it up. It's
stork,' said the Englishman. But a
| stork doesn't bark like a dog said one
of his hearers. oh, 1 know that said the
Englishman. I just wanted to make 1t
hard