Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-22
KNOZ'S SHOES
Stampede in Pennsylvania to
Have Try at Senatorial
Footwear
DALzELL HAS LITTLE CHANCE
Considered a Mental Machine Rather
Than Human Being George T..
Oliver, Personal Follower of Penrose,
Among the Possibilities - Finn is
Considered.
Especial Correspondence

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| Washington, Dec 22-The probabii-
/ ty that Senator Knox of Pennsylvania
will be premier in the Taft government
| is causing decided interest in the sena-
torial possibilities involved in filling his
shoes in Pennsylvania. Those shoes are
already looking extremely attractive to
number of distinguished Keystone
citizens who are ordinarily very COR
rect In their styles of political foot
wear. but who believe these senatorial
brogans would be peculiarly becoming
to them.
A Pennsylvania remarked today
that 'if John Dalzell We're only a hu-
man, being instead of a mental ma
chine, he would be the obvious choice
for senator in the west end of the
state" OF course the position must go
west of the mountains, to maintain the
long established balance OF power.
Dalzell has ability, experience and wide
reputation. Moreover. he is looked upon
as the foremost exponent Of the tariff
policy to which industrial Pennsylvania
is committed beyond all question. He
has earned the position, as things go.
and would get 1t If he were better
mixer, If he made more close friends,
If he were not looked upon rather as
an institution than as a personality.
But the Pennsylvanians' generally
agree that he will not be elected, for
these very reasons, unless perchance
the great protected interests should de-
eide that it were worth while to force
the issue and make a big fight for him.
in order to strengthen their hand in
the senate. This is the very thing they
are not expected to do. They need
strength in the lower house, nowadays,
more than in the upper.
James Francis Burke. congressman
from Pittsburg, suave. clever, attrac-
tive of manner and delightful in COM
partnership, is the very antithesis OF
Dalzell in personality; but he isn't by
any means an antithesis in the matter
of ability. He has won recognition as
one of the efficient and reliable work
ing members. He managed the Knox
presidential movement, and did 1t most
creditably. Senator Knox, lit is semi
officially promised. will not attempt to
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and this fact has cheered some of the
candidates who suspect that the per-
sonal feelings of the senator would
lead him to favor Mr.. Burke. However
it is expected the latter will be fac
tor OF no inconsiderable Importance in
the situation
George T. Oliver. pulti-millionaire,
iron maker. publisher of two great
Pittsburg newspapers, and Penrose
leader in the western end of the state.
figures in all the prospectuses of the
contest He is regarded as one of the
most important possibilities. Then
there is Representative George F. Huff
of Greensburg, Justice John P. Elkin.
who has for some time been credited
with ambition to make fight on the
Penrose organization. and josiah
Thompson, banker and coal operator.
of Uniontown. Thompson was defeated
for the republican gubernatorial NOM
ination in 1906.
William Finn, the anti-Penrose lead
err in Pittsburg, and the western di-
vision. is accounted a very possible
choice if the Penrose element should
be unable to control. But this posi-
Dlllly Is uol ISulCu SCAS AcsA o.
legislature chosen this year was elect
ed on the issue of re-electing Sena-
tor Penrose, and he controls almost
all the republicans, who are in a
great majority. 1t is considered there
fore that Senator Penrose will be
vastly the largest influence in de-
tern1ining who shall be his colleague
Oliver would seem the most logical
man, but there is also the possibility
that some one of the big business men
of the state, not commonly regarded as
a politician, might be given the place.
Probably Henry c. Frick, who has two
or three times declined to be secre-
tary of the treasury, and whose name
comes into all the senatorial discus
sions just now, would not care for the
senatorship; he had repeatedly said ne
did not care to hold any office.