NEN. SMECIAL service Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 11.
Moving in a direction which is expected to precipitate fresh Senatorial controversy, Governor John 8. Fisher appointed Mr. John' R. Grundy to Pennsylvania's seat, in the Senate left vacant by. the Senate's refusal to accept Wiliam Vare because of the excessive cam-
Mr. Grundy, a representative of Associ recently acquired. the the 'Pennsylvania Manufacturers'
title of "the arch-lobbyist from Pennsylvania" and he has figured prominently in the proceedings of which is investigating activities of Washington lobbyists, but he has declared that manufacturers of such important states as Pennsy!- mania have a perfect right to employ lobbyists to protect their n such matters as tariff legislation.
Testifying before the sub-committee, he declared that "it was great mistake each state was given two Senators" because wealthy states like Pennsylvania pay much more for upkeep of the Government, than such "backward" states as South Dakota, Idaho, Mis-'Montana, Arkansas, Georgia and South Carolina.
That a warm reception awaits the! name of Grundy when it comes before the Senate seems assured from the foregoing, and from another! debate in which Mfr. Grundy indulged while on the stand. He "took crack" at several individual committee members, including the chairman of the group, Senator Caraway, who inquired at one stage:—"When it comes to the interests! of Pennsylvania, the people of Idaho ought not to say anything?"
To which Mr. Grundy replied, "They ought to talk darned small."
When Senator Blaine of Wisconsin inquired what the witness thought of his state, Mr. Grundy said:
ator, I'd hate to tell you!"—
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