Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1920 — PENROSE IS MUCH PLEASED [ARTICLE]

PENROSE IS MUCH PLEASED

Pennsylvania State Boss Issues a Public Statement. Philadelphia, Pa., June 12.—Mr. Penrose in a statement this afternoon gave unqualified indorsement to Senator Harding as the man preeminently fitted for president. He said: “I learn with pleasure of Senator Harding’s prospective nomination at the Chicago convention. “Senator Harding was one of my earliest candidates for the nomination, upon whom I looked most favorably. - “I had frequent conferences with him. He is suited preeminently for the office, and if, in the evolution of events, he should be nominated, it would be a splendid thing for the Republican p£frty and satisfactory to all Republicans.”