Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10
MODERN POLITICS TAME
The PresIdtne OFFICER Of the Pernsyl.
vanIa Senate Once Ran for His
LIfe-rhs. story Of General
Harry White-A state
Historian Needed
BY GEORGE NOX Mccain
THERE Is a great piece Of work awaiting
Il some trained mind nd insnired brain.

tory TINT will enhra "a ovorv importan Mt fact
from the first settlement in its wildernesses
hv thn swsd.s ~ IaaS oven bcyond
tEotwdown 10 the vepv dnw Of its publ.
cos,on ~ t"e very '"' VI
II wo,,d b.v. % ho nocessari,y. more
than n his,,rw !. wo,,d ho m encyclo.
nsdia rndn history IL "o"'o oe u" e'''''''
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r.rhv "i.or,can M documeh.. no uat ,, ~ Gould
lend anthenticitr ~ odi, % its interest should
r ha a,,;...d OF aoo u ''S '"'e'e'' '"'
| ,ho tasE "'rA "'"'" 'e '"''~
| There is n vast amount Of material already
in print awaiting the hand of the artiticer
! who undertakes The lob.
|
yTyHERE 1. M cor,,Io,o bistorr of this
/ imnerio, S.o,s snnh as hovs dcscribed.
| in existence 'e' '"e" "' nave
| Partial his,or,os or. r,norous
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Tho St:,: Co. .h ,h,,e.,an ,Ie e os,r,v bs.
tnres 'o' tue p"o''ea'''' u e'''''
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@ @ "eIe uhh'eresths. Mos' w 80. .nS
s "ere puusy Vo,umes n5ounnine III r S.uu, p'u,s os
snoii toW.n h,,o;,,S ~. ,,i,t sou;n birsute
onnara."o. '"''"e'S "e'' WIN no"'"k "''''>'
| financial enternr,ses sot m bv New York.
| Philadelphia. Cleveland or Cincinnati pub.
| fishing houses, who farmed out the literary
| and historical work 70 some local historian
or member Of the bar while the concerns
! solicitors combed the county for biographies
and photographs that were to be inserted at
a good round price nor head They contain
much material
Mt only this State. but England Sweden
and the Netherlands archives. and local
histories, should be placed under contribu-
ton.
Time Is passing Great events in their
day in PENNSYLVANIA are rapidly losing their
value in the rush NJ mighty modern events.
nroEry .,, L. :,
MoNHi woo'u oe required.
~ pennsylvania apparently has ample
iuhus !Vr all sorts OF pollticaI purposes.
ma nus niue or none Tor the commenora,ion OF
.s great men. lts great events or the Prepa-
raiLoh OF It's great history.
IT'S most pitiful fiasco in this latter re-
'pe,. s noe on tAniol1'on' ,
ofta "a. ,t tne nrst session OF me i.es.S'aturss
after the armistice bill was passed with
%ommissipp Srn APPROXIMATION crenting a'ster'Ga, h
commission 10 prepare history or the
were brilliant above the graves in Frnnce
and on Flanders Fields
The sob was still in the throat of the
people for their dead
an exception or so-wns onnointod hv Gover
nor Sproul
II gathered material II went ont into
the highways and byways and collected let.
ters. orders diaries, maps. names and every
scrap of matter that il could find on the
subject.
Already the commission has ceased 10
function.
Dust has settled on its desks. The result
of its brief labors Is f,ed away in tho rooms
of the Pennsylyania His,orico, Soc;a,y ''"'
The Le9islotmre hos foran,,a, NV 90, ir
its haste to waste. '''s'''e" '"e war !"
The Historical Conmiss;o, hoe ooosoa .,
function because the ~ Ier;sInturs rss ref"sed - -
give il an opnronriation ''i''e" "
WHEN Sneaker Pobor, 6 S,o,,,o ,
w J.n.so, ~ ~ 'P".s'.t was
- usposeu ~ tne ctoslhg DAYS or me last
anoI "a nnes,er, M was named IN MS place 1t was
Had there hnen a bistpprv p 90 pnnnsr,r;,
surh 90 ou,linad ,I ~ y. ~nennsyi.ahla
Harrisburg mpht hove ,od J'1tr.I ,ith thr,,,in II,
irtaroSt ~ an sna en;soa INV .p.u WIN tnr1,lng
rasentetives tbat tor iroe,i In rne ,iouse OF rep
a,t.i.at ,s,. . W. u."n,"'N interest ana