Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-29
PENROSE MAY HAVE LOST
PULL At WHITE HOUSE
Senator is Weak With Harding,
Washington Wiseacres
Point Out.

Washington. ID. g.. March 29.-Ap-
polntmeut Of Republican postmaster
in Philadelphia will hc taken up We'd
pvvdav bctween-Senator penrose and
POSTMASTER General Hays. Penrose an
uDuNcrd Yesterday. lie said he and
la,s would confer on the selection
=, E successor to Postmaster John \.
rtou tho Democratic Incumbent.
It Thar TINS did not necessarily mean
th.l the scl,,uuu would be made or the
a. rutmcut announced Immediately
ta.t,1tt,r.
senator Hcurose is determined to
n e. i patronage demonstration.
how .,er. and ID is understood this will
ouv So the nsst plums 70 he picked
II hr can r,t away with it. lie indi-
,.trd that the Ilttsburs rostmastership
would come up M the same time. but
that the appointment of Republican
pustmast,rs iu Harrisburg and other
points iu the state. assuming the modi-
ucatiop of the existing Civil Service
regulation protcCtiuE the iuCUmbents
81 th,lr Jobs would be left to the Con-
gfrssmcn in the districts affected
Asked whether Senator kuoN would
81 u on the conference Wednesday.
senator Pcnrose sand senator Knox
A. always in on any of my conferences"
Eut VIII le hc here Wednesday when
yuu ami HAYS confer?
40, was the reply. Senator Knox
O. Valley Forge. He naturally would
A. interested in the Pittsburg postmas-
a,rship. as that is his home town.
Nh efforts 10 get a line or a sugges-
4ion ont ~ him 10 Indicate whom he has
Hcaed for Philadelphia We're frutless.
I'll, sphinx is positively garrulous he
edo Senator Perrose on the postmaster
ship Blakeiy D. McCaughn's name was
III nuoncd in his presence. II drew
sHIv. Yes. I've heard his name men
f'encd. No more luck met other sug-
. uons FOR the Senator was decidedly
Irt communicative on candidates
his brings up the suggestion occa-
Euaually heard Of latc-pcrhaps Penrose
doesn't know The fact is that Pen
fse hasn't got anything out of the
Harding Administration SO far. and
gaere is no surface Indication that he is
Eaing 10 get very much There arc
numerous evidences ~ indicate n split
between president Harding and PEN
Tosr. though how far it has gone
whether a mere cooIness or parting
q cumpanNxis not Vet apparent \
sh1in of circumstances forged in recent
Wr'Ns and months 70 strengthen this
I ary contains the following links:
Knox nut over Mellon FOR Secretary OF
tfa Treasury. wh.e Penrase. in Atlantic
1nd Philadelphia. was suggesting
Motion pr4bahv wouldnt take il
.rasc Joined with Senator Ia.iz.e in
e. a0g James Duncan. oC 3lassachu-
'te. for Secretary ~ Labor. in an of-
t u beat James u Davis. of Pitts
lsrr who was finally appointed
r.rase shocked Hoover. said his
g. atment Would be "foke. and Z
ally Indicated his high dIsapproval +
q. the resent Secretary Of Commerce /
fr.or 20 his appointment Harding
s-Ho-~a lerrose and took the advice Of /
,ta.rs
r.0r. declared 1t wouldn't make /
rh a1 aca who was Secretary Of +
St,. JE- was one of the first things /
W. ho returned 70 Washington /
1.uuarl. IN Administration quar-
WAS r.carded as a cratuitous
t &. I'r#~ iaut-aiect Harding. and /.
'urse. lt was insulting 10 his seIec- +.
tor S.er taly of State But Pen
Was ara.a ignored and instead az f
g H.ah..oE. Harding ra1cd Hughes his +.
1r .tev.
i',rrose announced revenue revision
-d come first IL the program Of the i
1,N Congress. Harding reversed that
,c. sio. ana put the Fordney bib first. a /
.Ea.rht-u.t ~abuEe IL the chairman of s
rhr senate Flraree COMMITTEE When
president H4rt-re decided 70 put the
Iorl-sy b-. first. he ignored Penrose /
..t.re.y and called lp F1-duey bv tele-
phone. asking the latter 70 sound out
tat Senator'S" This Has an unusual
Procedure ard would never have been
owed j IS believed he-e. i Harding
aaa PeHrose hsd been "a intimate
terms.
Added 70 those courts Perrose was
not invited ~ Marion Is oa. # the best
minds nor has he been invited 10 con
privately and individually with
f.e dent Harding at auv t.rae since
atters election. Senator Knox. on i
rhe other hand. has seen the President
frequertv. Ienrose's only contact with
JIard.uE has been as q member Of Con- +
Eressiora- safumittees which have been
eImuart9 tar conferences On tariff and
revenue
Thus Pe1rose, in delaying patronage /
appointments. may have procras stinated I
t.eaus. ha had nothing TO distribute
j was s-ereeted by Pennsylvania
lat .aa- he fnay have asked to +
sec .rslaE 81 order - force +
and determine just where !.
what he can expect. II I.
e1 o.t @s.1 ISSUE, for L IS (
r.t .t.v ese, ~ urirlerdly Admins (
f fasc senator post 4
h- aF. aeae Town. ~ any
lr II lern-t #ar.a IS concern i
Qa s..des. .aat Senator .
AND a.t -t.as I.nro-.. is the
W.tt tse rrV nd 4
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