Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10
pE>>,r,cK.R AuroBloGRArHy--No. 80


Copyright. 1918, bD Public Ledger company
AT FRANKLIN there was a reception n
"A banquet and a ball Everything was done
upon q magnificent scale. The decorations
were profuse, the ornamcntations and ap'
pointments were costly, flowers were hurried
at Mrs. PennypacieI and the music was
lively and plentiful. In charge was Colonel
Lewis L. Better who was especially apt NJ
that kind of thing and, besides. was tall ana
handsome. Years before Mrs. Pennypacker
and had been. ut his wedding, and here we
were met again. All of the members Of the
staff were gentlemen, but there were two of
them especially marked by gentility and
niccty Of conduct Colonel PAU $. Reeves,
an old friend Of mine as phoenixville, and
Colonel Horace l.. IIaldeman, OF Chickies,
Lancaster County, whom ! had selected at
the request of Quay. one Of the satisfac.
tions in being at Franklin was call upon
Christopher Heydrick, n longtime friend,
now aged. a scion of one Of the Schwenk.
fielder families Of the Perkiomen Valley,
who had become n corporation lawyer and
reached the Supreme Court of the state.
lie never lost interest In the church of his
fathers. wrote a book upon the genealogies
Of Schwenkfelder families and was a de-
pcndence when financial assistance became
necessary. At Eric, on the 30th, exam
ined affairs at the Soldiers Home and
made an address to the veterans there
awaiting the end of their careers. Anthony
Wayne died at Erie and was there buried AZ
the blockhousc Thirty years later his son
Isaac drove across the state in Il buggy
loaded into it the bones of his father and
took them TO ST. Davids. at Radnor where
a monument was erected over them. Two
ar three Of the fingers, which he failed to
find, are preserved i'll u bottle happy
thought) at the blockhousc, where we
saw them. We also visited the clubhouse
upon the shore, went out on the lake went
to the life-staving station of the National
Government and witnessed the excitement
and intelligence of a dog which. when the
rope was shot to a vessel supposed to be in
distress on the lake, understood ana took
part in an imaginary rescue
Supreme Court Tangle
Just at this time Chief Justice AlcColhlm
died and left Il vacancy TO be filed in the
Supreme Court. He had had a run Of luck.
When Mitchell was nominated hy the Re.
publc'lIS'. lllt hopeless democratic nOmi-
nation went begging. Judge Arnold. of
Philadelphia, and others Of prominence
refused, and there was given to AIcCollum
what no one else wanted. McCollum's
home friends desired for him the state
nomination for the Supreme Bench by
the Democratic party, merely as Il graceful
way for him To retire from the Common
Pleas bench of Susquehanna County. Ills
term was about to expire. lie was "A Dem
ocrat in n strongly Republican county, and
stood no chance Of reelection. His brother
in.law, Daniel W. Searle, would bc the
| Republican candidate for the seat in the
| County Court, for which several reasons
| McCollum did not desire II denomination in
| Susquehanna, and what seemed there the
| worthy honor of the Democratic nomina.
ton for the Supreme bench would open
| door Of escape from Il local complication
| But in the midst of the campaign one of
| the seven Judges died. and under the con-
/ sttutional provision both Mitchell and
| McConum We're elected. Then they drew
| lots to determine which should have the
| long term, carrying with il the right TO
| succeed eventually to the chief Justiceebin
and McCollum won.