The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-01

vania. His grandfather. Charles B.
Penrose. was Solicitor of the Treasury
under President William Henry Har.
rison and John Tyler, president of
the state senate and leader at the
bar. His great-grandfather. Clement
Biddle Penrose, was appointed by
Thomas Jefferson as one of the three
commissioners to take charge of the
territory of Louisiana. He was a d.
rect descendant of William Biddle.
friend and contemporary of William
Penn. and was one of the proprietors
OF the Province of New Jersey. SO that
the new senate leader is nothing II
not thoroughly American.
He Enters Harvard.
He was educated by private tutors
until he was Is years of age. Then
he entered Harvard and graduated
with high honors. The subject OF his
commencement Grafton was "The Po-
litical Leadership OF Martin Van Blu.
rem"
Penrose has genius for politics. He
has been in the game ever since he
was old enough to vote. and one learns
something of politics by seeing it, as
1t Is played in Pennsylvania. When
"a years OF age, he was elected to the
state legislature from one of the Phila-
delphia districts. From the lower
house. he went to the state senate.
where he served ten vars. In both
branches he was leader. for he has
the natural qualifications of leader
ship.
During half century, the mantle of
Republican leadership in Pennsylvania
has fallen upon the shoulders of only
three men, Simon Cameron, Mathew
Stanley Quay, and Boise Penrose. The
regime Of Cameron was, an incident
Of the politics Of the Civil War period.
Years before he died he was supplant-
ed by Quay. The leadership of Pen
rose dates from the death of Quay.
The latter had to fight for everything
he received In politics. Each chapter
in the story of his supremacy of the
Republican organization records re-
bellion against his rule. Then Quay
died. there was a demand for a new
deal" on the part of those who had
been in politics when Penrose was a
boy. While they were talking about
1t, there came new deal,-from the
hand of Penrose. His leadership was
the logic of the situation. He has
built up an organization which recog.
nizes him as It's master. and in a way,
II Is part of the story of his rise to
the leadership in the senate.
Senator Penrose's diversions when
not playing politics. are horseback
riding. yachting. hunting and fishing.
He owns blooded saddle horses. In
seasonable weather, he spends some
time on his private yacht Betty" one
of the finest on the Jersey coast.
Summers he spends in Montana where
he roughs 1t in the good old fashioned
way, foraging for living by the
chase. He has not been inside of a
theater In so years. He is member
of nearly all of the fashionable clubs
OF Philadelphia, but rarely enters any
of the mexcept the Union League, and
then only to dine while he talks poll
tics with some of his ;ieutenants.
Penrose Bachelor.
Penrose in 40, and bachelor. When
he went to Harrisburg in 1896 to be
elected United States senator. he was
lectured by Don Cameron, whom he
was to succeed as senator, because he
was not married.
Il see by the newspapers that a
hasintro ducedab illcivb.oth l.?
member of the New Jersey legislature
has introduced a bill. imposing. tax on
bachelors" said Cameron. Mighty
good bill, and 1t should be enacted IN
to law. A married man has better
standing in the community than q
bachelor. which is exactly as 1t should
be. Now Penrose you are young
man with a political future. But you
should get married. it will help you
in politics"
"All right" replied Penrose serious.
~. I'll marry any woman the Repub.
lican 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