Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
CONGRESSMAN MooRE'S
LETTER
Republican Harmony After the Storm.
Charles p, Grim's Liking for the
Army - Antics OF 5urle-
sons Clock
Washington. d. c.. June 4.


TNHE fight over Penrose in the Senate,
l. taken in conjunction with the insurgency
that marked the organization of the House,
leaves 1t fair to assume that the Republican
party must proceed carefully with its legis-
lative program If it expects to make prog
ress against the Wilson administration. 1t
is disheartening to those who think Re
publican victory has been achieved to- OBJ
serve that the more or less personal or Sec
tional preferences of individual senator's and
representatives sometimes stand in the way
of successful party organization. Penrose
was the undoubted choice of great ma
jority of the Republicans of the Senate for
finance committee chairman. but three or
four western senators who have helped to
educate their people to the belief that the
East is antagonizing the West held out
against him, even to the point of threaten
ing the overthrow of the party. They gave
in only under conditions which seemed to
give assurance to 'the folks back home
that they had made the fight of their lives
and had succumbed to save the party.
Over in the House the spirit Of harmony
has been developing rapidly. Little is heard
about the much discussed steering commit
tee except that it is doing good work. And
much of this is due to the policy inauourated
by the new Speaker, Mr.. Gillett. of 4dassa-
chusetts, of comforting with the steering
new arrangement gives to the chairmen OF
standing committees an opportunity to con-
fer about the procedure of the day and has
seemed to meet with general approval. IL
the Senate thermometers can get along as
we'll those who are now cndeavoring to
iron out the differences in the House the
Republicans will be in fairly good shape to
face the big problems that must be met.
tcac tbinO I,
l for n long time councilman in Philadel-
phia was proud of it was his Civil War
record John was a sturdy Democrat. but
that made no difference to the boys of the
Grand Army of the Republic. who enjoyed
his speeches and generally heaped honor
upon him. Now comes Charles p. Grim,
son of John L., who was brought up in the
contractor business along with his father,
with n soldier record like unto that Of dad.
The young man enlisted in the quartermas-
ter department of the army and was ad-
vanced until he became n captain. He is
now Mt Camp Guthrie. France, doing re-
clamation and reconstruction work.
TF THE clock in the stcepe of Independ-
L encc Hall is a quarter of an hour ahead
of the clock in the City Hall in Philadel-
phia, as it was one Sunday about two
weeks ago. It has nothing on the Bureson
clock in the Postofice Building on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. by which most travellers from
the Capitol to the White House set their
timepieces. For several days at time the
Bureson clock goes on a regular toot. 1t
is a real annoyance to the weary postofice
clerks They think it is quitting time when
the workday is just beginning. Frequently
when they think it is twenty minutes to
4 p. m. it is Z $50 a. m. It is even less
comprehensive than Cap'n Cutte's watch,
for the Cap'n could generally make out the
time no matter what the watch indicated.
Some people who have been watching the
antics of the Burleson clock say it's vic
tim of economy-that it costs too much to
keep it going others. little sarcastic to be
sure say it is only keeping in line with the
posta service. Possibly it may be lobbying
for the repeal of the daylight saving law.
A FTER looking up Murdoch Kendrick and
n other friends of the old National Re
publican League days, Sid b. Redding, of
Little Rock, stopped over to adjust some
matters here in connection with the Fed
cral Court for the Eastern District of
Arkansas, of which he is clerk. Reddng
went over to Philadelphia to attend the
seventy second anniversary celebration of
the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.
and. of course brought back some personal
compliments for Lincoln X. Passmore and
Harrison s. Gill. But what interested the
southern men most, said Sid, was that red
hot anti league of nations speech of George
Wharton Pepper, attorney for the company
WILLIAM ]. CONLEN tells us that the
w New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania
will soon unveil, in the presence of the
State Historical Society. a tablet on the
old Office of the surveyor general of the
nf
memorating the concessions from Sir George
Carteret and Lord Berkeley, who passed
them on from the Duke of York under his
grant from King Charles II. The tablet
will contain the first page of the original
concessions The mayor of Burlington is to
receive the delegation. and the exercises are
expected to permit some of the Jersey MS
torians to revive the memories OF our an
Gent associations with "the mother coun-
try." If the committee can land Senator
Wells. of Bordentown, as speaker he
might explain why they used to call Jer-
seyman ''Spaniard.
TT MAKES no difference how many cannon
/ and machine guns were captured by Amer
lean soldiers in France, there is town In
the United States willing to take over every
one of them, Pennsylvania cities and towns
included After every war it has been GUS
tomary to distribute captured guns. ANY
one walking along Delaware avenue or Front
street. in the old section of Philadelphia,
will observe guns dating back to the begin
ming of our wars imbedded in the street
corners. Bills numbering thousands have
already been introduced for the recovery of
old guns for town purposes throughout the
United States. julius Kahn, just back from
the front, says he believes there are 1000
guns that can be distributed here and about
30 600 machine guns and minnenwerfers
Congress is going to attempt the distribution
sooner or later, but it will be difficult job
to satisfy everybody.