The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-02
PEnROSE IS
CALLED BY
DEATHA 81
Eoted dRepublican Senator
Dies of Heart Failure
Saturday Night.

4 Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 2.-Ar-
auqements for the funeral of SEN
tor Pehrose we're still incomplete
bday. 1T was definitely decided,
however, that it should be strictly
eriyatesin accordance with his Oft
Expressed wish.
The senator, who was 81, had
been omplaining for some days
and died Saturday of pulmonary
fhromhssis resulting from heart
failures His friends had thought
Nc wasson his way to recovery.
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 SER
.yice and that a congressional dele
CATION probably would not come
here for the burial The date for
burial would be fixed, Mr.. Taylor
said, after hearing from relatives
In the west.
No Crepe or Flowers
Meanwhile the body of the for
ffer senator, encased in a metallic
coffin, covered with purple cloth.
lay in his bachelor home here. No
crepe or flowers marked the pres
ence Of, death in the oldfashioned
brick house where from a sickbed
he had conferred by telephone with
national Republican leaders at the
Chicago convention which nominat-
ed President Harding. Every wish
OF the senator for simplicity has
been respected
EXPRESSIONS of regret at his
death continued to pour in today
from all sections of the country.
None Of them was made public by
his relatives.
Governor Sproul said he had not
decided upon Senator Penrose's
successor Under the law the gov
ernoris empowered to make an ap-
pointnent to fill the vacancy until
. the rext general election, which
viii Be held in November.
H0nOrs To Be Planned.
A pecial meeting of the senate
finane committee is to be held to-
morroE to determine measures for
honorhg Senator Penrose, who had
Aeap Is chairman for several years
nAn influential member of the
4omn1ee for a generation. The
PenW1yania delegation in con-
gresMiso is to meet for appropri-
ate aien. Capitol flags will fly at
haHfst foE 80 days and the late
senats s1Bat on the front row of
the azfe chamber will be draped
in mrning.
Thhnpress of Senator Penrose's
ssrearrce of character on political
Aevent was voiced generally in
istatehlts today by his colleagues
lef DO parties.
i we known Senator Boies
sPerrs for many years and have
been .ry closely associated with
him the senate said Senator
Lodsof Massachusetts,. Republic
can Ar leader. He always was
vertind and loyal friend to me
and han miss him very greatly.
He Wa han of strong character
and rk& ability.
hes Reveals Courage.
-HiAigA courage was never
more Dvn than in the way he
faced ! Ag, severe illness, which
wouldavs reduced most men to a
condita q invalidism."
Senar Underwood of Alabama,
pemo1tic Header, said:
W geatly distressed to hear
OF SeHof Penrose's death. He
was a anpf great force and great
aouity ndnndoubtedly one of the
lorenzo saders OF his party in
ms tim lis loss will be greatly
.eit ny Is plleagues, his party and
his stat
Senat Penrose's important
post asehhrman of the senate
finance ousnittee. with its general
ship of bending tariff bill and
sunSequnt 1scal legislation, will
e hiiedby Senator Porter ]. Nc
Dumper II North Dakota. ranking
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