The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03
MAINE TALK.
HOW One Senator kcCpsHis Health
Frye rs The Outlook
Tor blaihe--l lie Netires from the Cab
met Because the Old Guard Comes
to the Front. Chicago. E,h.ro,,

o''-'NiSN, wv Io.-loeIiatOf RYE,
OF Maine, is back here, looking as fresh
as his own Maine woods, and is as
brown as fisherman, which he is.
"How 40 you manage to keep look
ing so well, and to always be in such
good health ?" said one of his Senatori-
al colleagues who sat near him, and
who can never hope to rival the Maine
Senator's Drawn and muscle until he
has recess from his champagne and
tarrapin and makes better use of his
legs.
81 suppose the reason is because I
take care of myself When the work
is done | hunt for rest, and I general
~ find it. avoid towns and cities and
all great crowds. Events like this of
Yorktown | shun, and l would take a
tram IN an opposite direction rather
than mix in that hustle. When school
is out strike for the woods, and / STAY
there. have been three times to the
Kangely Lakes this year, and | stay as
long as | can. We have comfortable
quarters in our camps, and l was less
troubled with mosquitoes all summer
than L was here in Washington last
night. Two hours fighting in the
morning, when the fnny people are
hungry, and two hours fishing at night,
and boating during the day, gives you
the good digestion that waits on appe-
tlte, and gives you clear head and a
sound limb. See here, am an oars
man." and the Senator extended his
open palm and showed the oarsman's
callous hands, as hard as that of Jack
Tar.
"By the way" said the Maine Sena-
tor, there was a touching scene on one
of our fishing lakes soon after the Pres
ldent was shot. | was out in the mid
die Of one of our largest lakes, and the
wind was very high. You would hardly
think it, but the wind quickly makes a
high sea there, and the waves we're
running so high that there were not
many who cared to venture in a frail
boat upon those waters. The news of
the death of Garfield had come to the
shore, but no one was found willing, or
who dared, to come for me. A signal
could not be heard or seen, so the mes
senger with the telegram from the
Sergeant-at-Arms left a note for me
when should land. About 3 in the
afternoon my companion and myself
noticed away off on the lake, rising
above the waves, little boat making
towards us. The wind was blowing a
gale, and we were beginning to be some
what concerned about getting in our
selves. We soon discovered that the
rover was a young girl of IS, the
daughter of the guide. She had ven.
tured to risk her life alone in that little
boat to bring me the news. Pulling with
a strong arm up around our boat she
cried out, Our President is dead,' and
bursting into tears, rowed back to the
shore. We quickly lifted anchor, and
made for the shore ourselves. Their
began long journey through the DARK
woods on a blackboard until midnight
a half-hours sleep, and through thu
woods again until q freight train wa
caught, and | reached Boston on tn,
way to Washington"
"But what is going to be done il
Maine as consequence Of all this up
turning III Washington-the death o
Garfield? What is to be Blaine's fate
We hear all sorts of stories. One i
that he is coming back into the senate
Another is that he will stand for Con
gress. Another that he is going to b.
Governor of Maine What do peopl
in Maine say?"
"The people in Maine have not sail
a great deal about it yet, but suppos
they are all thinking"
"Do the people in Maine expect Mr.
Frye to resign his seat and let MI
, Blaine come back into the succession
of his old seat?'
'The people of Maine think that Mr.
, Frye probably will retain his seat, ant
, if the State of Maine is republican hi
will be pretty likely to keep it for si1
years more. I told Hale the Other
, day that, if Blaine wanted to come
back to the Senate, it might be wei
, for him, Hale, to resign and make the
, vacancy that was wanted. Hale said
that he would take the proposition into
consideration. 1 do not look for hi
, resignation this week"
, "Why shouldn't Lindsey, of the
Third District, re sign his seat in Con
gress, and let Blaine come and make Q
canvass for the Speakership
Lindsey probably could answer that
best himself. Perhaps he could be in
duced to do it. 1 know nothing about
it. The Speakership, however, is not
, an ABSOLUTELY certain thing under the
present outlook for any party or per.
SON. 1t would not do for anybody to
, stake any very great chances on the
Speakership."
Mr.. Frye in entering upon his new
career as Senator has brilliant pros
poets. He more perfectly realizes the
old maxim of sound mind and a
sound body than any other Senator.
There is no one in the Senate of his
, years who has his physical health, and
+ no one whose mental faculties are
keener. Mr.. Frye seems to be 35, and
boyish-looking man; but he is
more than once grandfather, and the
congressional directory says he is fifty
years of age.
"What is going to happen to Blaine,
and what do all these contradictory
rumors mean about his relations to
/: Arthur and the Cabinet?"
The question was put to man who
! stands very near to Mr.. Blaine, and
who ought to know, if anybody does,
the inner history of the cabinet since
the tfatal 10Th of September at e.
|, boron.
"Well, I will tell you what it means
with Blaine. He, doubtless, would have
liked to have remained In the cabinet