The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-02
Pennsylvania Senator Died
Suddenly With Old Year.
0dy Taken From Washington
to Home at Philadelphia.
HIS SUCCESSOR UNKNOWN
Gov. SprOuI VIII Decide His
Appointment Soon.
PenrOse Was One of Pillars of
the G.. O. P.

! Philadelphia, Jan. Arrange
nents for the funeral of Senator Pen
ose were still incomplete today. 1t
vas definitely decided. however. that
1t should be strictly private in accord
ance with his oft expressed wish.
In making this announcement
Leighton c. Taylor, for many years
the senator's private secretary, said
that only members of the family and
friends would attend the services and
hat a congressional delegation prob
bly, would not come here for the bur-
L. The date for burial would be
xed, Mr. Taylor said, after hearing
ON relatives in the west.
Meanwhile the body of the former
senator, encased in a metallic coffin
covered with purple cloth, lay in his
bachelor home here. No crepe or
flowers marked the presence Of death
in the old fashioned brick house
where from a sick bed he had con-
ferred by telephone with national Re
publican leaders at the Chicago con-
ention which nominated President
Iarding. Every wish Of the senator
or simplicity has been respected.
Many Expressions of Regret.
Expressions Of regret at his death
. pntinued to pour in today from all
ect5ons of the country None of them
as made public by his relatives.
,1L4ied upon Senator Penrose's sue
-essJr. Under the law the governor IS
uncovered to make an appointment
20 ill the vacancy until the next gen
. cr.u election, which will be held in
November.
His Death Sudden.
{ Senator Penrose died suddenly at
is hotel apartment in Washington at
$50 O'Clock Saturday night from
. pulmonary thrombosis
: Senator Penrose had been i'll since
tuesday, first with severe cold,
which rallied quickly to treatment
but on Thursday his condition became
more serious. He made little progress
4 1ward recovery from that time.
1t was not until late Saturday. how
er, that his physician, Dr. Roy d.
A1ams, realized that his condition
vas desperate. Heroic efforts were
made to save him and while it was
'ealtzed that he was gravely i'll his
eatn was described as sudden.
3 Senator Boise Penrose was ac-
PLANNED by his friends and conceded
M his enemies to be the most power
Z "a leader of the conservative element
ts the Republican party.
q PenrOse, from the time he entered
" e political arena, candidate for
ate representative from the Eighth
district of Philadelphia in 1884, sup
ported by Matthew Quay-then boss
Of Pennsylvania his attention
10 attainment of political power rather
than high office.
Was RefOrmer First.
He was first known as a reformer,
while still practicing law before be-
coming an office-holder. He wrote
a book in collaboration with Edwin
7. Allison, on municipal reform 1t
was not long afterward, however, be-
fore he became associated with Don
Cameron and Matt Quay, and follow
ing his election to the Pennsylvania
legislature, he was never out OF off1ce.
His belief in the supremacy of or
ganization over the individual has
been illustrated by an incident He
had Just been elected to the United
States senate in 1897 defeating John
Wanamaker and was leaving for
Washington. J. Donald Cameron and
Matthew Quay were giving him some
advice. Cameron suggested that he
get married and Quay backed him up.
'All right" said Penrose, let the
4. organization pick the woman and III
/ AIRY her"
J 18th but added, the organization
( yer made good on its part" Pen
( Sc was never married.
He Organized Pennsylvania.
The Republican organization in
Pennsylvania is held as an example
of the most efficient and thoro pollu-
cal combination in the country. Its
accomplishment was the work of
Senator PenrOse-
He never tired of detail and when
he had completed his work in the state
he turned his attention to the nation,
i'll a study of a situation that would
enable him to grasp every angle of ma
tionaI politics.
Senator Penrose was born in Phil
adelphia November /, 1860. He was
educated in the schools of that city
and was graduated from Harvard in
1881 He was admitted to the bar in
1883. His entrance to the Pennsyl-
vania legislature was in 1884 and after
serving two years as assemblyman was
elected state senator and was presi-
dent pro tempore. In 1897 he was
elected to the United States senate to
succeed J. Donald Cameron and was
reelected successfully in 1908, 1909,
1914 and 1920.
He Picked Harding.
Penrose was expected to hold q
dominant position in the Republican
national convention. He was unable
10 attend. however, on account of seri-
Gus illness which attacked him several
months before the convention. But
from his sick bed in Philadelphia, he
Kept in touch with the dOings of the
convention by long distance telephone
end many believe Warren G. Hard
4 - selection as the Republican STAN
7 I'D bearer was largely influenced by
Irose's strategy carried out by his
atorial friends on the spot.
! he Pennsylvania senator was pre-
,s nted by his health from taking
ly active part in the campaign but
ued frequent statements and was
7nsulted by the leaders. HIS own re-
setion was by one Of the largest ma
orltes ever given a senatorial candi-
date in Pennsylvania
Was Big Man
Penrose was an enormous man ply
ally and even his enemies conceded
Inn powerful intellect. He stood
~ feet. four. and his trunk matched