Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-30

lOAeASo- 1AS blOEy Ol oendtOI fcnf roses start in life presents nothing to suggest the simple annals of the poor. He is 8 member of a wealthy and aristocratic Philadelphia family. On both sides he comes from pure colonial stock. His father, the late R. A. F. Penrcse. was widely known as scholar, physician, and profess or in the medical department Of the University of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Charles B. Penrose. was solicitor of the treasury under Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. president of the Pennsylvania state senate and a leader at the bar. His great grand father, Clement Riddle Penrose. was appointed by Thomas Jefferson as one of .the three commissioners 10 take charge of the territory of Louisiana. He was a direct descend ent of William Riddle. fricnd and contemporary of William Penn. and was one ot the propTietors of the province of New Jersey. so that the l new senate leader is nothing if he | is not thoroughly American.
 Graduate of Harvard.
 He was educated by private tutors until he was 1G years Of age. Then he entered Harvard and graduated with high bonors. The subject of lis commencement oration was The Political Leadership of Martin Van Buren."
 l Penrose has a genius for politics. He has been in the game ever since he was old enough to vote. and one learns something of politics by see ing 1t, as 1t is played in Pennsyl- yania. When 24 years of age. he was elected to the state legislature from one of the Philadelphia drs- tricts. From the lower house. be went to the state senate, where he served ten years. In both branches he was leader, for he has the natural qualifications of leadership.
 During hali q century. the mantle of Republican leadership in Penn sylvania has fallen upon the shoul- ders of only three men, Simon Cam eron, Mathew Stanley Quay and Poles Penrose. The regime of Cam eron was an incident of the politics of the Civil war period. Years before be died he was supplanted by Quay. The latter had to fight for every thing he received In politics. Each chapter in the story of his suprem- acy of the republican organization records rebellion against his rule. When Quay died, there was a de- of those who had been in politics when Peurose was a boy. While they were talking about 1t, there came a new deal---from the hand of Penrose. His leadership was the logic of the situation. He has built up an organ
 which recognizes him as it's master, and in a way, it is a part of the story of his rise to the leader ship of the senate.
 Loves Outdoor Life.
 Senator Penrose's diversions when not playing politics. are hofse- back riding, yachting. hunting and fishing. He owns blooded saddle horses. In seasonable weather, he spends some tin7e on his private yacht Betty" one of the finest on the Jersey coast. Summers he spends In Montana, where he roughs it in the good old fashioned way, forag- ing for a living by the chase. He has not been inside of a theater for thirty years. He is a member of ! nearly ali the fashionable clubs Of Philadelphia. but rarely enters any of them except the Union league, | and then only to dine while he talks politics with some of his lieuten- ants.
 Penrose is 49 and a bachelor. When he went to Harrisburg in 1896 | to te elected United States senator, he was lectUred by Don Cameron, whom he was to succeed as a sena- tor, because he was not married.
 T see by the newspapers that a member of the New Jersey IegisIa- ture has introduced a bill, imposing a tax on, bachelors said Cameron. Mighty good pill, Penrose, Q mighty good Jill, and it should be enacted into a law. A married man has bet ter standing in the community than a bachelor, which is exactly as t should be. Now, Penrose, you are a young man with a political future But you should get married. It will help you in politics"
 ',All right" replied Penrose ser. iously, I'll marry any woman tho
 republican organization indorses.
 Penrose is of heroic mould He is over six feet tall. He is one of the best dressed men in the senate. By profession he is a lawyer. by occu.
 patton he is a senator and a polit.
 elan. He is also an author. having
 written a history Of the city gov
 ernment of Philadelphia and a his
 tory of ground rents in Philadelphia Don't forget the T. F. B. dance a
 the Fair Hall, Thursday. May 4th Brennan's Orchestra.