Evening star., 1924-10-24
GRUNDY PUTS COP.
. ON HIGH PEDESTAL
Pennsylvania Asserts All
Horse Thieves Are Demo-
I Gratis, at Fund Probe.
By Consolidated Press.

".1usb funds" the Borah Senate In
vostieating committee has learned
lust what the rock k-ribbed repuolic-
anism" of Pennsylvania means ne
traditional seeds of democracy IN t.e
solid South never were planted IN
such firm soil as the Republican roots
in the keystone State. In Pennsyl-
= yania they paraphrase stephen De
ratur's immortal words and say: N!
party, may she always be rlsht' ou'
right or wrong, my party.
In the solid South" the Democratic
partv is taken for granted ana no
body bothers about it much one way Oh
the other. In Pennsylvania theS 'ilanA
God daily for the Republican party
.nd sunnort II militantly with mind
and money.
This loyalty Of Pennsylvania TO the
G.. o. P, has been one of the out
standing revelations of the slush
fund inquiry. The committee got most
of it's information on the subject from
Joseph r. Grundy, who lives IN bris-
tol, Pa, but has many corporate con :
nections in Philadelphia. MIR. Grumpy
saws he has been raising campaign
funds for the Republican party Tor
the last 20 years or so and is going
to continue in that "God-given work
until he dies He feels II the dis
charge of sacred obligation TO
his county. his State and his nation
Horse Thieves "DemOcrats."
why, YOU know up IN Pennsyl-
yania we still have the saying that
every horse thief is Democrat
smilingly remarked Mr.. Grundy 10
his Senate inquisitors. but. of course
We do not contend that every betio-
crat Is a horse thief.
hrou1ht some animaQ-
versions from the Democratic mem
bers of the committee to the enect
that 1t was no wonder millions OF
dollars were necessary for the edu-
cation of the Keystone people.
Yes. l am sorry to say, retorted
Mr. Grundy. that we have few
people up there in the backwoods who
are still voting for Andrew Jackson,
The committee struck tartar IN
Mr.. Grundy. the man cited by Senator
La Toilette as the arch shaker
down" in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Grundy
was an effective witness because he
has a keen sense of humor and never
lost 1t for a moment during his long
examination There was no mirth in
his manner, however, when he spoke
of the beneficent influence of the
Grand Old Party upon the affairs OF
the Nation.
Exalts Grand Old Party.
He admitted that he regarded those
vino desired the most to strike down
that party as vicious and ignorant.
This was particularly true of the
followers Of Senator La Toilette.
Mr.. Grundy thought that anybody
with a sense of gratitude and in
telligent self-interest" should not
only believe in the Republican party
but give funds to it-give until IT
hurt and then some more.
Mr.. Grundy gloried in his Repub-
licanism and in his achievem in
raising a big fund for its war chest
He said he did this not because he
felt Pennsylvania was in danger: he
felt the money ought to go to the
good work in other States.
Mr.. Grundy. who stepped into the ma
tional limelight through the charges
of Senator La Toilette. is a pleasant
faced gentleman in the early COS
He has gray hair which still retains
evidence of its once sandy aspect He
has stubby <gray mustache. close
clipped, and wears gold-rimmed spec
tacles. His face Is rather round and
bit forid. His grayish blue eyes
have not few smile wrinkles in their
corners. Mr.. Grundy says he was
brought up to believe in God and the
RepuDIicdn party, ana ne mas never
wavered for an instant in his devotion
to both.
Makes Wooden Yarns.
Mr.. Grundy Is a manufacturer Of
wooden yarns and has other interests
In the wool business Some one sug-
gested that he was the author of the
famous schedule K in the Payne
Aldrich tariff. but Mr. Grundy denies
the soft impeachment He says that
schedule came down from the fore
fathers. He speaks of it with almost
a biblical reverence Once in his tes-
timony Mr.. Grundy spoke of the vast
Industrial empires" surrounding Pitts
burgh. This seemed to get the goat"
OF Senator Caraway of Arkansas
You mean the infant industries we
have heard SO much about?" he asked.
"Oh, they have grown older" sug-
sested Mr.. Grundy.
But apparently not able to stand
afone." retorted the Senator, who
throughout the hearing has been
trying to show that the protection Of
the tariff is the real cause of so
p. Mr.. Grundy denied all that He
said all Republican laws were equal
ly good.
Does that go for the volstead
act?" demanded Caraway.
We'll, I wasn't. thinking particu-
Iarly of It,"
But you thank God for the entire
Harding and Coolidge administra-
tions?"
Yes sir, and I thank you for the
suggestion"
In its final report to the Senate
the Borah committee can say it found
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