The New York herald., 1922-01-01

people as i have done. If he wins out
well and good; but shall feel like the
Scotch minister who on reading in the
Bible that the Lord loved David said
there was no accounting for tastes.
In 1914. when Senator Penrose was,
ate, the National Popular Government
League was formed in Washington, COM
posed exclusively of Representatives and
Senators, and with Senator Owen of
Oklahoma as it's president. The purpose
of the league soon became apparent
when Senators Owen, Clapp and Norris
signed public statement setting forth
that Senator'S Penrose and Roger Sulli-
van OF Illinois did not deserve reelection,
and that the league will actively op-
pose their election, the one as the Re-
publican machine boss of Pennsylvania
and the other as the Democratic machine
boss of Illinois. OH the ground that their
success would be a menace 10 popular
government, State and national
This action" the statement contin-
led. has been taken in response to the
demands of friends OF popular govern
ment IN all States and after careful
consideration and after il has hsen
overwhelmingly indorsed by the MEM
bers and officers OF constitutional or
ganizations of the league.
There were maRy Republican brethren
of his in the Senate early in the present
year who voted reluctantly for Penrose
when he was elected to the chairman
ship of the committee on finance and
there were some who voted against him.
principally through feeling of loyalty
% the memory Of Col Roosevelt. But
as between him and giving the impor
tant chairmanship to a Democrat II the
Republicans divided. personal feelings
were set aside and Penrose was selected
by vote of "a to 8.
Physically Senator Penrose was a big
man, six feet four inches tall and
muscled in proportion. When not busy
in politics he devoted himself to out
door recreation, principally hunting and
yachting. He said once that he did not
know what first DIRE viii ninto politics.
My father" he said. told each of
his sons that they must go through
college and then adopt profession
One of my brothers studied medicine.
two engineering, and i law. | know
that shortly after becoming a lawyer
found myself in politics also. but Il
was never by planning of mine. and
as / look back on IL now I realize that
when I first ran for office ] was sure
1t was the last run | would ever make.
Senator Penrose in that interview said
nothing about the first law fee he ever
earned and which was paid him by
Phineas T. Barnum, the Snowman. Bar
mum had on exhibit in Philadelphia an
elephane which he advertised as white,
but more than one person who saw the
elephant In q side tent at Barnum's
circus and paid extra to see it, remained
unconvinced that the creature was ac-
tually white, the general opinion OF the
sceptical being that II was suffering
from some ailment OF It's thick skin
which gave it whltish appearance not
natural to IT, One or two newspapers
began to write jocularly Of the elephant
and Barnum decided that he ought to
have a lawyer write convincing piece
about It, A lawyer ready to take the
commission was not easy to find, but
young Penrose having heard of the mat
ter called on the Snowman.
From Barnum's office he went to his
own, and presently a monograph of his
on white elephantas was put in print and
distributed at circus performances. II
described the nature. habits. habitat and
characteristics OF white elephants and
their place In sacred and profanc history.
The book took so we'll that Barnum, after
giving copies away gratituousy for
day or two, began to charge twenty five
cents a copy for them. II was the lit
erary success OF his and Penroee's year.
but Penrose had made no arrangement
for authors royalties, and the S25 which