Suddenly the after-dinner music in Pennsylvania Republican politics last week became as harmonious as Bach's Well-Tempered Clavichord. For the first time in 14 years or so, the quartet of Pew, Grundy, Martin and Davis was singing as one. The Irreconcilables had reconciled. But on no ear did the music fall sweeter than on that of handsome, handshaking Senator James John Davis. Puddler Jim was in the luck again.
For months Pennsylvania's Old Guard made no secret of its intent to scuttle Puddler Jim at the polls in the April party primary. The party's moneybags, Manufacturer Joe Grundy and Oilman Joe...
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