Evening star., 1922-05-16
MAI REED is OUT TO SUCCEED
CROW IN UNITED STATES SENATE
Seeks Nomination at May rs
Primaries-virtualIy Unop-
posed for G. 0. P. Honors.
speeIa, corresnonaencs Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PITTSBURGH, May S.-The success
sor of William E. Crow in the United
States Senate will be Maj. David A.
Reed of Pittsburgh. Both OF Penn.
sylvania's senators are members OF
the body by virtue OF their appoint
ment by Gov. William c. sproul. Crow
was named for the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Philander Chase Knox
and George Wharton Pepper for the
Penrose seat. Senator Pepper ana
Maj. Reed VIII appear as candidates
for the party nomination at the pri-
william J. Burke Of Pittsburgh.
congressman at large, former rail-
way conductor. and a labor leaoer OF
prominence in western Pennsyivanla.
Is an active candidate against sen
ator Pepper. Maj. Reed virtually is
against him for the remaindereof the
term for which Senator Knox was
elected. John C. Lowry. lawyer OF
Somerset, flied a nominating petition
for the term to begin March next,
and his name will appear on tne .9n pa
lot but he Is making no campaisu:
and thus the nomination OF MAJ. heeo
for both terms is assured.
Great Political Changes.
Times have changed in Pennsylvania:
The successor of Boies Penrose as cniei
of the republican organization IN the
state has not appeared. When fenrose
died powerful and prevalnng par.y
manager departed from the poiltlcal
stage. His rule was absolute. From
his Offices in Philadelphia he named
the candidates of the republican party
in Pennsylvania, he dictated its
policies and he was senator i0f
nearly thirty years ASK any poh. on.
tician in Pennsylvania to designate the
man who will take the place OF Penrose
and the answer will be that It. never
will be filled. that Penrose was the iast
Of his race that concentrated poEtics
in this state such as he knew. Is q
thing of the past. Since the death OF
Penrose the political map OF Pennsyi-
van1a is not the same. The staie mas
sixty-seven counties and formerly the
republican voters In every county diVld-
ed along factional lines. described with
accuracy as Penrose and antl-Fenrose.
In Pennsylvania is republican ma
Is expected to be counted in hundreds
of thousands. The temple remains. but
the priest has departed.
A few days after Senator Knox had
been laid to rest in the little cemetery
that lies almost within the shadows OF
ton made his headquarters at Valley
Forge. the suggestion was made to
Gov. SprouI that he appoint Judge
James H. Reed of Pittsburgh to the
Knox vacancy in the Senate. The gov
ernor said he had decided to name State
Senator William E. Crow of Uniontown.
Gov. Sproul Praises Reed.
| However, If I change my mind"
Gov. Sproul added. Il Will not choose
| Judge Reed. but his son, Mai. David
| A. Reed. He would prove senator
Of courage as we'll as ability, and he
Is of the right age"
Pennsylvania long ago adopted
school system for its senator's The
state has achieved its position in the
Senate because its leaders there
were reelected term after term and
won their spurs. Simon Cameron en-
tered the body at the age Of forty-six
Donald Cameron began at the age Of
forty-four and remained for twenty
years Matthew Stanley Quay was
| elected when ffty-four and died IN
| the harness fifteen years later. Boies
| Penrose was first chosen when thir-
ty-seven. Senator Knox was in
| vited into the Mckinley cabinet at
! the age Of forty -four, went to the
| Senate to succeed Quay. left it to
join the Taft cabinet. and returned TO
it. where he died in service. These
ended as chairman of the most i'm
portant committee Of the Senate:
! Under them the great industrial and
other interests Of Pennsylvania were
cared for. But not only that, the in-
| fuence Of Pennsylvania in all ma
| tional events was potent.
! Crow went to Washington and took
the oath of senator, but attended
] only three sessions Of the body. For
months he has been at Mercy Hos
pital in Pittsburgh gravely III, a
pathetic figure Of politics. Early In
| April he announced that he would
not be a candidate for election to the
came to Pittsburgh as q news
paper man to interview Maj. Reed.
He readily assented to this and for an
| hour or more I talked with him. at
his offices in the Union Arcade. When
] he enters the Senate he will be the
| youngest member of that body save
one. Senator Harrison OF mississippi
Is forty years old. Maj. Reed 10 forty
tinction as he will be the first soldier
of the world war to become a member
| Of the upper branch Of Congress.
| He is about six feet tall, slender,
smooth shaven. with piercing eyes
that denote a man of action. He
speaks slowly and his method of
| thought is direct and definite. AS I
talked to him, he reminded me Of a
college professor had known, who
! used to deplore the decadence Of
| literature sbecause the magazines
would not print the articles he had
written on Chaucer. Maj. Reed got
| his physical training on ranges in the