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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