Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-23
PENNYPACKER'S
TILT WITH LEADERS
Governor and Organization Clash
on Appointment of a Philadel-
phia Harbor Master
pENNypACKER AUroproGRAruY-No. 81


TT HAPPENED Just at this juncture that
I again ran athwart OF the purposes of
the Republican organization. A vacancy
had occurred in the position of the Harbor
Master in Philadelphia. caused by the reslg
nation of Samuel G.. Maloney. who had
neld II for years. Penrose asked me to
appoint Oscar l.. Noll. but having some
information concerning the career Of Noll.
which was not of favorable character, 1
very reputable wool merchant. was just
about to give him the appointment when
learned that lie had made an agreement
not to perform the duties in person, but
by deputies among whom the salary was
TO be divided-one of whom was Noll. I
did not propose to be played with after
that fashion. and, sending for James Pol
lock, asked him to take the place He ac-
cepted and made an excellent official, at.
tending to his duties in a busnesslike man.
ner. Pallock was "A friend of mine; he
had a caustic tongue which he did not
dNdeavor to restrain, but rather INDUCED:
and he had said many things which had made
him obnoxious to Penrose, McNichol and
Durham. Possibly no selection could have
been more unsatisfactory to them. and
after the end of my term they disposed
of him by having an act passed to abolish
the office.
Speech to Republicans
On the sth of June made an address
at Bellefonte at the dedication of the monu.
ment to Andrew G. Curtin, and on the 18th
presided over the jubilee in Musical Fund
Hall, in Philadelphia. where fifty years
before the Republican party held its first
convention to nominate Il candidate for the
Presidency a number of men who voted
for Fremont and Dayton were present, and
Alexander X. Mcclure made reminiscent
address. j. Hampton Moore, Il small, SLIM
intelligent and aler man, who had worked
on newspaper and graduated to u seat
in Congress, later introduced me as "our
good Governor" l said:
We are met together TO celebrate the
ilftieth anniversary of the organization
OF the Republican party and we hold
ourselves fortunate in having the pres.
uClpated i'll its earliest convention and of
so many of its representatives who are
honored by and lend honor to high Off.
cial station. Fittingly we meet within
the limits of that Commonwealth in
which the party had its origin and which
while receiving the least proportlonate
reward, has ever given to it the most con-
tinuous and effective support. Since the
election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860,
Pennsylvania has never cast an electoral
lican party for the presidency of the
United States. The largest majority ever
received by "A presidential candidate in
any State in America was given in Penn
sylvania to Republican. No other polit-
ical organization in the history of tho
world achieved such important and varied
results as has the Republican party in
| the last half century. Neither Guelph
nor Ghibeline, Girondist nor Sans Gu
| lotte, Royalst nor Eoundhead Whg nor
| Tory eXerted powerful an influence
upon human affairs. 1t has broken the
yokes from the necks of three millions
| of slaves. 1t has fought with equal
success domestic insurrection and foreign
aggression. 1t has 50 extended our pos
sessions that the sun rises over the Phil
ippines and sets beyond the Mississippi
still shining upon American soil. 1t has
gathered into our embrace the fairest
| islands of the South Sea But, more than
| all, II has brought forth men. Its first
and Shakespeare, and in statecraft stands
beside Alfred the Great and William Of
Orange on a plane with the most exalted
characters of all time. Its last President
though it be too soon to form an ade-
uuate estimate of his accomplishment
has made an impression beyond that
of any other living statesman. Compare
the Presidents of the United States dur
ing the last fifty years with the En-
perors of Rome or the Kings of England
.,r a q npIDI pf
time, or. if it be not ungracious, compare
them with the Presidents elected between
1900 and 1860, and sec what a tale Of
excellence is unfolded.
The past is secure. the present fol-
lows rapidly in its pathway. but what of
the future? Every age has its own prob.
lens, and upon their successful solution
depends the fate OF nations. To be swept
away by the fitful currents of life which
trouble every sea and cast up ''mire and
dirt" is for the nation for
the individual to perish. Go for
| ward like Christian in the Pilgrims
Progress and the burdens of sin fall
| into the sloughs. Have faith and be of
| good cheer. Let us not forget thats the
| province of the Republican party, the
| outcome of the highest wisdom, has been
| to construct and to upbuild, Cleanliness
| and decency are among the latest of
| human acquisitions, and American life
| has not yet reached its farthest stage Of
| development. Many gallant knight has
| fought behind rusty shield and still has
| overcome his foe If the Normans had
| been destroyed as marauders, what would
have been the effect upon English civil-
| zation?
| Correct the evils which may have
| arisen in transportation, but do not for.
| get that the system as established has
| created Chicago and St. Louis and has
| peopled the West. Cleanse wherever
| necessary, but preserve. Improve our
| lint them
| the world. See to it that labor secures a
larger share of the profit, but recall that
the annual inpour of people of every
race and cline proves this to be the most
attractive and remunerative Of all lands
| If there be an occasional individual
among us who is too rich. the policy of
| the Republican party. which has given
him his opportunity, has likewise given
solace and comfort to millions Of pros.
porous people. Therefore, be ye stead