Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-21
FOLKS AND FANcIEs
Glasgow 40 the Miners Chief Counsel.
Henry klrke Po~ter's lIfswork.
Miss orundy and the Anti
suHrsalsts---Judee Thomp-
sons Dilemma
by GEORGE NOx MCCAIN

secretary of state, Charles e. Hughes, As
chief counsel to the United Mine Workers
OF America.
Mr.. glasgow is a widely known member
Of the bar Of Philadelphia. He has been
practicing here since 1904, prior to which
he practiced In Roanoke, Va.
He was chief counsel to Herbert Hoover,
national food administrator. during the war,
with headquarters In Washington.
The particular significance that attaches
to the selection Of Mr.. Glasgow as chief Of
the legal department of the United Mine
Workers IL that he Is corporation lawyer
| Of high attainments.
His work, however, has been largely upon
constructive lines In the way OF compelling
great corporations to observe the law. In
this be has been matched successfully against
some OF the brightest minds In the country.
His most prominent work was his handling
Of the celebrated Pennsylvania Railroad coal
cases some years ago, In which he qualified
az an expert both In mining and railroad
law and their relation to the common law.
John l.. Lewis, president Of the United
Mine Workers, himself an exceedingly able,
conservative man. kn.w his business when
he hit upon Mr.. Glasgow to succeed Charles
Z. Hughes
IlTHEN Henry Kirke Porter, of Pitts
w bursh, died the early part Of last week,
that city lost one Of It's finest citizens and
the state one Of It's most progressive men.
Yet Kirke Porter, rs he was, popularly
known, dl0 not nave n state reputation OF
the same extent as some other men who
have been less closely identified with its
manufacturing interests.
For fifty -four years he was one Of Pitts-
bursh's leading manufacturer, phil lsnthro-
pists and civic reformers, and withal a con-
sistent Christian gentleman.
He wore eyeglasses and Burnsidean
whiskers. was Of an active, nervous tenn
permanent and spoke with n slight Yankee
accent.
think his p.rtiality for the side whiskers
was due to his army experience, when that
style of hirsute decoration was in vogue
during the Civil War. General A. r. Burn
side set the style
the form OF Sunday school work, in which
he was an enthusiast.
A NEWSPAPER statement prociaims that
~ the death Of II. X. Porter completes q
coincidental trio Of deaths Of three great
Pittsburshers-Andrew Carnegie, John A.
Brsshear and II. X. Porter, whose birth
days fell upon the same day.
1t Is an error In 30 far as it relates to
Mr.. Carnegie.
John A. Brashear, scientist, and II. X.
Porter, manufacturer, were born on the
Andrew Carnegie was born on November 20
three years earlier, in 1887.
There, however, the comparison ends.
Andrew Carnegie and John A. Brashsar
were uBnOStlCb as 10 rellgfOuS Oeilef. II. II.
Porter not only believed in but supported,
with the utmost liberality as to financial
aid, the doctrines Of evangelical Christianity.
In the business world he was a manufac.
turer Of narrow-gauEe and light locomo-
the product Of his mills and factories Is
- be found in practically every country
today.
Mr.. Porter, who was Of New Hampshire
birth. originally intended to become a Bap-
NtSN oil l..
theology at Rochester Theological Seminary
after graduating from Brown.
He was for nearly half century Q mem
ber Of the board Of trustees Of Grocer The.
illogical Seminary near Chester, and was q
member Of the board Of trustees Of George
Washington University at Washington.
His list Of religious corporate response.
bilities embraced everything from president
Of the American Baptist Home Missionary
Society to member Of the international com.
mittee of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The wide range Of his usefulness also in.
cluded his election to the Fifty. eighth Con-
sress from Pittsburgh.
"h RE we down -hcarted2 No!'
n II this old slogan OF world war days
citation Opposed to Woman Suffrage, il
| should be.
1t Is not only not down hearted. but ir is
| today as defiant, active, aggressive and un.
ulSmdyeO US IL was DtIOre the nineteenth
amendment went over the top.
Its platform is modified states rights
one.
Its cardinal principle is that equal suffrage
| by United States constitutional amendment
| impairs the very life Of the republic.
1t demands local self government to the
extent that the citisens Of the individual
desire the extension of the suffrage.
MISS MARGARET r. GRUNDY, of
| lN1 Bristol, is secretary OF the national
| association.
She is the only representative of eastern
Pennsylvania on the official board, though
Pittsburgh 10 represented By a vice president
and member Of the board Of directors.
She Is a sister Of Joseph II. Grundy, the
militant head Of the Pennsylvania Manu-
| facturers' Association.
Miss Grundy is every whit as persistent
and clever fighter for whnt she believes Ia
right as her distinguished brother, as the
two outstanding present purposes OF the
| association demonstrate, viz:
To expose the giant lobby Of radical women
| now in Washington, and to Impress upon the
American people the fact that opposition TO
woman suffrage is not q dead tssue-is not
| even q side issue-but 10 the most persuasive
| Of all issues OF the post war period
| The association has two big lawsuits under
way challenging the validity Of the nine
| teenth amendment.
| N no s tncTe tndt Cdn or care that
| women cannot fight?
JUDGE ]. WHITAKER THOMPSON. Of
C the United States District Court, hos
had pretty convincing evidence Of the per.
sistent contempt Of trial juries for the law
recently.
BY the same token, these same jurymsp
| openly disregarded tho explicit instructions
| OF the bench, which is a thing unheard Of IN
the procedure Of United States courts.
| Worse still, out OF dozen cases yerdicts
were returned In every case Of a character to
demonstrate the sympathy Of the jury with
! the defendant.
They, all Of them, were cases involving
violations in some form Of the Volstesd act
Two sidelights on prohibition are Of addi-
tional interest.
| A prominent prohibitionist told me that
| the drastic features of the Anti Saloon
League BILL which was defeated In Hsrris-
burg last week, were placed there BY the
insistence Of the radical element in the
league.
| K Citizen Of Westprn Pennrlvunia mLu