Show i Hitti Hitting g the Harmony Gifford Pinchot leader among the Progressive f forces has addressed an open letter to Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican leader in which he pleads for harmony within the Republican Republican Republican lican r ranks with a hammer Perusal of the letter would indicate that it would take a peace congress to harmonize what Pinchot thinks of Penrose with what Penrose may think of himself Pinchot asks Pinchot asks Senator Penrose not to accept the position of j chairman of the senate committee on finance The mere possibility j of Penrose being chairman of the committee is a Republican Re- Re Re Re-j Republican publican misfortune says Pinchot He refers to the senator as asa asa asa a liability to the Republican party Mr Pinchot in his letter predicts that the middle West will c cast st the deciding vote in tile the next presidential election The middle West Vest knows you he says addressing Senator Penrose as the most perfect living representative of the worst type of politics in America And then if this was not hammering for harmony strong enough Pinchot adds Indeed I am inclined to think it is fair to say that no other man in our history has ever represented i ito to so many Americans all that is worst in American public life If this is true it is a record and you are entitled to whatever credit goes with it j All of which makes a good start for an interesting political I campaign Gifford Pinchot may not be any great shucks as far faras faras faras as a political leader goes but he is certainly an outspoken chap and if he and Penrose remain in th the same party we can expect i ithe the bells of harmony to ring within the Republican party like a 1 cowbell on a dismal day |