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lie burying Of the meat NJ, an ostenta
tious clasping Of hands across the bloody
chasm, and to all appearances the cur
tain was rung down on the little
drama.
Properly speaking, it was farce,
rather than a drama.
At the time I directed attention 20
the fact that the reconciliation was not
permanent. IL was makeshift-n
suture Of meaningless words and actions
designed temporarily to draw together
the edges of an ugly wound.
Within the past month the sutures
have dissolved and the old wound Is
opened as wide as ever. The causes
leading to this have been some clever
and exceedingly astute work on the part
Of Mr.. Grundy. whereby the first step
In his plan Of political detribution has
been taken.
From this ON It becomes a national.
rather than state. issue.
One Of the leading charges OF Mr..
Grundy In his opposition to Senator
Crow was that the funds contributed
by him and his association had not been
spent in past campaigns. In
all future campaigns. therefore. he pro-
posed to know how and where the funds
went. For this reason he demanded
that subcommittee be appointed to
superiDtend this work.
Mr.. Grundy is not. understand.
trusting the distribution of the cam
paign funIs contributed by the Manu-
fncturers' Association to q subcommit-
tee. He is supervising. or at least will
supervise, their judicious disposal from
now on until Harding and Coolidge are
elected.
Argument In Chicago
It is for this reason that the Repub
lican state committee is without money
and that the committees treasurer,
Deputy Auditor General Charles John
son. is holding an empty bag.
Whatever element Of political SINGER
ity may have surrounded the compro.
mise effected bv Governor Sproul Sena-
tor Pcnrose. Mayor Moore and Secre-
tary Baker. It was shattered by the
dramatic episode which characterized
the last meeting Of the Pennsylvania
delegation to the Chicago convention.
AT. that meeting in the Congress
Hotel, when the proposition was under
discussion to permit Governor Sproul
to control the Pennsylvania delegation
until such time as he saw fit to release
II from its pledges to support him, Mr..
Grundy was the leading objector. He
expressed the view that the individual
delegates after a certain time should bc
permitted to vote for their second
choice.
In reply to this State Chairman Crow
made vigorous and dramatic protest.
1t was forceful and vitriolic. While
he did not mention Mr.. Grundy by
name, II was evident that his shafts
were aimed at the gentleman from
Bucks.
Although he made no comment at the
time, II was evident that Mr.. Grundy
regarded the episode as battering
down of the wall of conciliation-an
invitation for him to do his worst.
d. 1t has been noted that growing
nnnthy has existed among influential
They have accepted, ap-
the idea that the election Of
the Republican national and state tick
cts is forcgone conclusion. For this
reason contributions have not been as
liberal as in past years when the result
was less in doubt
Some weeks ago National Chairman
Will II. Hays visited this city for con-
sultation with leading Republicans,
captains of industry and prominent
business men generally. On this occa.
sion Mr.. Grundy was his guide, philo-
sopher and friend.
:, A meeting was held and W. H. Fol-
well, of this city, was named as the
representative Of the national committee