New Ulm review., 1922-02-01
A Sketch of Penrose Corruption
and Graft Personifed.
= George H. Corey.

y George H. Corey.
Boise Penrose of Philadelphia, senior
Senator from the State of Pennsylvania
for the last thirty years, was forced out
of office few days ago by death.
Every other smethed had been tried
with UNMARRIED, defeat, cuntilthe decent ellee--
ment of Pennsylvania had long since given zen
up all hope of Kidding themselves OF the
most corrupt influence This state has
had to endure since the palmy days of
Matt Quay. y ss.
1t is customary, in the prostitute news
papers, like the Buffalo Express, CONNER
cial, and such like bootstrap lickers, to
indulge in modest eulogy of dead public
officials, whatever and however black may
have been their private or public careers
while alive. The custom of cant and
hypocrisy is to cover up and gloss over
the rotting carrion on the sweetly senti-
mental and sudden. theory that 'naught
but good must be said Of the dead"
Sinclair Lewis points it out IN MAIN
Street.-The great American habit of
kidding ones self and refusing to face
the painful truth Sob~~ .a@
I do not propose in this short article
to, donany sueh thing, The truth will
be. tdh,s5ands venture tp say that The
New--Age> will be~the only publication j IN
America in which 1T is told; 1Gy .sbaG-.
Bois Penrose was the 1ineal political
descendant of NJ. Quay, who was prob
ably the most corrupt political boss ever
known in American politics. New.
Workers. will appreciate the corruption of
Quay when it is said that even Boss
Tweed, who built the 100000 New
York County Court House at cost of
25,OoO,000, looking up to Quay in -ad-.
miration akin to awe. - The exact sta
tus of Penrose might well be. placed by
the bare statement that he was Quays
brightest and most Z precocious pupil.
But there is more. &4c&t a. i.$sEt EIg 4 4
For thirty years, this evil genius has
ruled with absolute power over this sdes7
TIMES. Of, Pennsylvania. His. immense
autocratic power has extended all over
the country by virtue sof is'iposition in
the United States Senate, and the wide
ly known and frankly admitted fact
that be was there as the direct represen-s
tative ;'of5 Big ] Buslness;allss .s.i45 :.,45
Boisy sPenrose, devoted his public tall
ents for thirty, years. sto q Systematic be-
trayal of the people who elected him:
to represent them., Att onoss time did he
ever pretend to, consider eitlheE tlh r. the wishes
or the great needs;of masses Of the the people
of his states1<Asdaar result of bis Inalodor-
Gus activities, comparatively few citi7S:
zens of his state have been. enabled to
pile up tremendous fortunes and to con-
troll vast industrial empires, while the
masses of the people are sunk in misery,
degradation, squalor and filth to an ex-
tent unequalled in any other state in the
Union. 1t may we'll be that the people
are now better off than they were thirty
years ago when this human and modern.
Judas assumed political power, but let
it be now understood that he never once
raised as much as a little finger to bring
the improvement about. What little has
been accomplished has come about
throttgihn the orgahized efforts, The fights
and the painful struggles of the workers,
the eauhions, THE Socialists, and other or
ganizeedqy bodies devoted 70 progress. sBois
Penrese was not rsspohsible.5. Saa
A few years ago The measure of Bots
Penrose was taken by one of the large
magazines, before these organs of intel
lectual prostitution were bought up or
subsidized. Many readers will recall
that Photographic copies Of letters, pho
tographic copies of checks for. amounts
as high as $4,000, all signed by John
D. Archbold, then president Of the
Standard Oil Company, were placed in
evidence. These letters and checks were
addressed and made out to Bois Penrose,
and were intended for his use in inAuenc-
ing national and state legislation for
the benefit of the people? Well |ealEly not no
ticeably!
Penrose'ss whole public career is the
history Of the efforts of Special Privilege
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