The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-01
SENATOR HAD BEEN
 ILL SEVERAL DAYS
 WITH SEVERE COLD
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 Dr. Charles Penrose of Philadelphia,
 who left here Wednesday when the
 senator was showing signs of im- provement There was no one here
 tonight who was prepared to say ex
 actly when the funeral would be held.
 The Senate will reconvene Tuesday at noon and immediately adjourn out
 of respect.
 The death of Senator Penrose, at the moment when the city was in the
 midst of it's noisy .New Years Eve
 cetebration. followed closely upon thht of Senator Philander C. Knox, hrs colleague, who died on october 12.
 senator Penrose had been holding his scat in the Senate since 1897. He was
 6I years old on November l.
 was desperately i'll pr. Adams said his death was sudden.
 Word of Senator 2enrose's death
 United States Senator Boise Pen rose of Pennsylvania, one of the most interesting personalities in the upper House, which he entered in 1897 as the successor to the late Senator J. | Donald Cameron, was one of the wealthiest bachelors in the Senate. An "Old Guard republican, he was
 member of four important Senate
 committees, namely. the finance com
 mittee, of which he was chairman; banking and currency, immigration
 and naval affairs.
 Chief lieutenant of Senator Mat
 thew Stanley Quay, whose representa- tive he had been in the Pennsylvania faxe al. fAN. Pnnr0Se did not at first take a very promi- rent part in republican party coun- cils at Washington. Until his death, however, he never lost prestige as the leader of his party in his own state Blunt at all times, but with a reputation that could be trusted in d political deal. Senator Penrose made fast friends and irreconcilable ene-
 mics. Ths latter often charged him with representing the interests" Senator Penrose was an early advo- cate of United States intervention In
 Mexico and in 1913 introduced reso- lution requesting that American
 troops be sent into the republic south
 of the Rio Grande. He was an un- yielding opponent of the Wilson ad-
 ministration and particularly of the
 draft of the treaty of peace as sub
 mitted to the Senate by President ! Wilson. He characterized the trans
 fer to Japan of former German con | sessions in Shantung, China, as "a violation of every principle of Che ! League of Nations and bribe to
 Japan" and declared it "dispossessed 1 10000, 900 Chinese of vital rights
 against their will
 Protective Tariffs
 Special work for protective tariffs ] was Senator Penrose's chief legisia- i tive hobby, particularly with refer
 ence to revenue legislation, and al though his devotion did not result in
 the passage of "Penrose bill" he will long be remembered for his ac-
 tivity along those lines. He consist
 entity fought prohibition legislation.
 Rs seldom made speeches in the Sem 1 ate, reading few prepared addresses and those almost only on fiscal ar
 iairs. but he was quick in partisan repartee and his thrusts won for him ! the fame of humorist of the upper
 House, both democrats and republic
 ans enjoying his clever sallies
 The senator's long feud with the
 Ware political faction ir Philadelphia
 was one of the outstanding features
 of his career. It showed him as a most resourceful fighter. As Penn sylvania's national committeeman he was a power behind the throne" in all republican conventions. Senate
 and national councils
 1 He and Senator Shoot were re- garded as having largely forced Pres | ident Taft's renomination in 1912, when Colonel Roosevelt bitterly as-
 sailed Penrose's control of the con vention.
 Called Boss
 l Although called the boss" of Penn | sylvania, Penrose obtained larger | election majorities than ever under
 the primary system and held as tight control. spending much of his time between Washington and Har- risburg and Philadelphia. The sen ator. although lawyer. seldom ap- peared in courts in late years. He was. perhaps, the largest man phy sically in the Senate, standing six feet four inches in height and weigh ing close to 300 pounds. He traced
 his ancestry back for more than 800
 years and in his veins flowed tho blood of some of the most distin- guished American families. The sen ator's family is related to the Penn- sylvapia Biddles. the Maryland Chows and Thomases and the MassAahuSatts