The sun., 1913-11-02

saying and also complaining
Boies penrosc used to sit down
q, liable in Philadelphia or Atlantic
cav and give orders to the willy and
.o,s,ncd captains of his hosts. His
words we're parsimoniously few. Even
nj, letters would have caused him no
r,rrc, had they gone astray and fallen
into unfriendly hands.
"l am not" he remarked to me when
went to interview him in Washington.
"au autographical or biographical
man"
Eu, times have changed in Pennsyl-
,au,a Senators in Congress are to be
elected hereafter by the people. Boies
pcurose il not n Bourbon. He accepts
the new amendment to the Constitution
and adapts himself to the situation.
pennsylvania" he said to me. has al
WAY. believed in the rule OF the people
that is the reason Republican ma jor-
itics in our State have been so large"
Furthermore. the Bull Moosers mur-
mur. l,oies Penrose has begun to talk.
He may sit at table with his cap
tains as heretofore. but when not thus
engaged he is going out and shaking
hands with the electorate. Likewise
h. is making speeches at agricultural
fairs, family reunions, fraternity pic
n.,> and labor conventions.
He is showing the Senate too that
oritory is not one of his lost arts and
tha, beneath the natural or studied
composure of years he thinks as vio-
,ently and explosivcly as Bryan or
Roosevelt He has said recently. in a
fash If language which revealed him
IN an unfamiliar light, that a certain
clo,utionary Governor on the Pacific
coast. whom he mentioned by name. lis
low bred blatant demagogue and an
offensive boss
t. the public Boies Penrose can be
hk,ned to an unmapped continent
Little has ever been printed about his
personality. He may understand that
publicity is not injurious to a politician
hut he would feel that he had violated
u4S bN IL VI tut WCIt
he to give an interviewer anything
more than a skeleton of the dry facts.
The picture that the world has OF
him. therefore. is both insufficient ant
inaccurate in some respects. 4 man o.
mystery. some persons may call him
Col. Roosevelt has called him a boss
The average American believes. per
haps that Boies Penrose is a typca
politician.
1t will be news to many that Boie:
Penrose began life as political re
former. He helped to write bool
about the government OF Philadelphia
and was freely quoted by James Bryc,
in The American Commonwealth" an,
quoted not as a practical politician bu
as an essayist and historian who be
llevcd that cities should be ruled b!
scrupulously honest men, There came ,
time however, when Boies Penros'
grew cynical about reformers.
You understand" l said to him
that you are described almost every
where as a political boss?"
IL have not been boss consciously.
he replied in an even tone OF voice. :"
have never aspired to be a boss. Th'
word boss is not pleasant. Our enemies
are bosses; our friends are leaders. NJ
man can be boss among the Repub
Leans Of Pennsylvania unless the mem
bcrs Of the party desire him to holt
that position.
I'VE have come nearer to popular rul
in Pennsylvania than have the voter
Of any other State. There is much dis
cussion nowadays about nominating
candidates for office at primaries In
stead Of at conventions. Nomination
thu, made are advertised as a progress
s!ve discovery. Let me inform yo
that the Republicans in more than hal
the counties of my State have bee
nominating candidates for office in tina
W., for sixty years.
""ur method of making nominations