Word: vares
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William Scott Vare in Philadelphia bosses the eastern end of the State. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon and his nephew William Lorimer Mellon in Pittsburgh administer the western end. When the U. S. Senate refused to seat Mr. Vare, Governor John Stuchell Fisher, a Mellon man, appointed Joseph Ridgeway Grundy of Bristol, arch-lobbyist for the Tariff, active raiser of campaign funds. Long used to dictating to politicians though never before a large officeholder, Mr. Grundy greatly enjoyed his transition and soon regarded himself as the G. O. P. boss of the whole State. An upright Quaker...
...primary was approaching. Senator Grundy was a natural candidate to succeed himself. Boss Vare chose as his candidate for Governor Francis Shunk Brown, onetime State Attorney General, Vare attorney in the Senate fight. Varemen approached Senator Grundy about a Grundy-Brown ticket. Senator Grundy not only spurned this alliance but also, without consulting anybody, announced that his candidate for Governor was Samuel S. Lewis, onetime State Treasurer. Promptly, with the help of William Wallace Atterbury, President of the Pennsyl- vania R. R. and Republican National Committeeman, Boss Vare chose Secretary of Labor James John Davis as his senatorial candidate, made...
...week closed he turned spitefully on the Vare machine, charged it with saddling Philadelphia with a huge debt, with "feeding at the public trough." His charges were reminiscent of those that George Wharton Pepper, Mellon senatorial candidate, made in vain against Mr. Vare four years ago. Always quick with a retort, Varemen accused Grundy of helping to "unload" on Pennsylvania some land at Valley Forge under the false pretense that it was George Washington's camping ground...
...seemed generally agreed upon these Pennsylvania points: 1) The Mellon influence will from now on dimmish in Pennsylvania politics; 2) Senator Grundy, with no ticket-mate, will be badly beaten by Secretary Davis; unless 3) with Mr. Pinchot contending formidably for the nomination for Governor against Mr. Brown, a Vare-Mellon deal has to be made, with Secretary Davis dropped as the price of electing Brown; 4) William Scott Vare remains more of a political power in Pennsylvania today than he ever was before the Senate rejected him, by simply waiting until the other element of his party...
Work Done. Last week the Senate of the U. S.: ¶Passed (53-31) the Tariff Bill (see p. 15). ¶ Adopted a resolution authorizing payments of $25,000 each to Senators-Reject William Scott Vare and William Bauchop Wilson of Pennsylvania to cover costs of their election contest. ¶ Confirmed the nomination of Judge Thomas Day Thacher of New York as U. S. Solicitor General...