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GOVERNOR, 1905

When an artist calls with a pad to trace
The lineaments of that thoughtful face,
The dear old governor utters a shout
And orders the state militia out.
For the whims are many
Of Governor Penny—
Pennypacker of Penn,
 
When a cub reporter suggests a “steal”
In a Pennsylvania grab-bag deal,
The governor sees that the wight is took
And drawn and quartered and hung on a hook,
To please the many
Admirers of Penny—
Pennypacker of Penn.
 
If a newspaper hints that Governor P.
Is only human like you and me,
He has the editor shot on sight
And blows up his office with dynamite.
Which is good as any
Explosive to Penny—
Pennypacker of Penn.
 
For the kind old man is the flower of flowers
Of this democratical land of ours.
And that is the reason the papers pay
Respects to him in the warmest way,
As the friend of many,
Governor Penny—
Pennypacker of Penn.


On January 14th I presided over a dinner given at the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia to General Henry H. Bingham, the member in longest service in the House of Representatives at Washington. Bingham is dapper, always well clothed, pleasant in speech, brisk and breezy. He was on the staff of Hancock at Gettysburg and was three times wounded. William M. Bunn, of the Clover Club, Justice John P. Elkin, Hampton L. Carson, Senator

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