AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PENNSYLVANIAN
Rudolph Blankenburg in Philadelphia and Henry Watterson in the Louisville Courier-Journal, both made efforts to reply to Quay's letter. The platform adopted by the convention set forth:
“We heartily endorse the wise, bold, fearless, honest, economical and efficient administration of Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker,” and the convention selected me as a delegate to the National Republican Convention to nominate candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.
A versifier wrote:
Surprise and consternation reign, |
For after weeks of stress and strain |
And labor which was all in vain. |
The boys who split the welkin |
With ringing Pennypacker cries, |
Their programme must forthwith revise, |
And shifting round contrarywise, |
Must raise the roof for Elkin. |
It is a pleasure to turn from the literature of journalism to the literature of the schools of learning.
The University of Pennsylvania on February 22d conferred upon me the degree of Doctor of Laws. In presenting me, J. Levering Jones said to the provost, Charles C. Harrison: