Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-15

| profit or trust? What is an officeholder elected
under such conditions and with such
handicap worth to his party or the state?
| TT HAS been determined by the Senate com
! i mittee that there will be no investigation
| Of the Penrose case until after the election
| next month. This determination was reached
| on Tuesday; why, nobody knows except the
| members of the committee possibly. and
| they will not tell II tell you however" said
Democratic Senator who is not personally un-
friendly to Mr. Penrose, II tell you, truly,
that this case will not be forgotten after the
election It looks to me very much like an
other Lorimer case and l risk nothing in
saying that Penrose will not be seated in the
Senate if there is any way in law and any
thing in the evidence that shall be produced
to show that he won his election by the cor
rupt or doubtful use of money. The time has
come when the Senate should look after the
title of men to sit in this chamber, and no
man who buys his seat, or whose seat Is
bought for him, should be suffered to sit in
this body. This is not prejudging the case Of
Senator Penrose, l am simply saying that
the Senate must be careful of its honor
II the voters not" So, 1t would seem
that even if Mr.. Penrose should win at the
election in November, there will be another
eecton--that is to say, a very searching in
quiry into the work of the returning boards
or contributory causes when he presents his
credentials next March.
THERE is story going the rounds about
l. one Of Secretary Garrson's friends who
insisted upon telling him what he thought of
the present Administration. He had come
here probably from Virginia before "the
Mother Of Presidents went dry" and was,
evidently. more or less under the influence"
and this was what he said: We've got great
Preshident greatesh President ever was;
great Cabinet, too, greatesh Cabinet ever
was, and Mr.. Daniels is greatesh man In
Cabinet"
CPEAKING of the Cabinet suggests Con-
y gressman Bob" Henry. as he is familiar
ly called. and his desperate effort to SOAK
Uncle Sam for S5OO.oOO,oOO in aid of the cotton
farmers of the South who are in sore dis
tress. He will not get the money; that much
is certain. If Congress should pass the bill
the President would veto it. A rural Con-
gresham went to the President several
days ago with delegation from his State
and was much impressed by the evident dis
tress of the President at the unfortunate
condition of tho cotton planters and his ina
bilty to give them the relief provided in the
radical propositions that have been made
ana even more ulStTeSSeu tnaL tHlS CRY lOI
Federal nursing should come from the people
of the South and before they had exhausted
their own resources. The surprising thing is
that the people who have always preached
against paternasm in government should
now come with hats in hand asking for help
and daring to threaten reprisals if it should
not be granted.
The President will not consent, whatever
the pressure brought to bear upon him, to
Mexicanize the currency so that an Ameri-
can dollar will be worth less than 100 cents.
The old printing house which turned out
money by the ton 50 years ago is stil in ex-
stence, and has the old plates ""om which
the money was printed The promise on
these bills is that they will be paid upon
the conclusion of a treaty of peace between
the Confederate States of America and the
United States of America. Why would ii not
be a good thing for Mr. Henry TO bring these
old plates back into service? His cotton
money would not be worth much more than
the old Confederate bills if Congress should
be stupid enough TO pass his bill.
RANDALL.