Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-29
TIRED OF PUBLIC LIFE.
Senator Dawes Mota Can
didate for Reelection,
SKETCH OF THE VETERAN
During Thirty-Six Years Of Continuous
Service in Congress.

itffaFifeLD, nhaHs aug. c'-ttisocoH
Daw~ wss fossd by press representa-
Live In his library at his home ON Elm
btreet, Pfttsheld H- received she reporter
tortisilg. ssd wa troe 70 tllk about bis
letter, sAAoos,oing THAI he would with
draw hon q Eenornlnation 10 the United
Etatee senate
hls. Dawes said "I have for some time
been consiAsrtag axis step,snl when had
fally mads ~ my mind 10 withdraw from
the senssa. / thought Il duty owed tho
commonwealth. aud especially to the Re
tlblicsn party. to write the letter that l
Lave, eaphaticnily announcing that was
! osa candidstefor reelection have taken
Time " consider the matter. aud l think
~hcn my term OF service expires next
-iasch that should be relieved from any
..rther public duties. shall have been
sn congress nc the time my term expires
thirey-six years-eightecn years In the
puse and eighteen years Ia the senate.
Ink this IL sbous as long a time as any
.. ~ could De expected TO serve continu-
sly. vial to spend the remainder of
tiy days Qnlvtly NJ my home here. OF
! 'urso shail practice law more or less os
t,ng ~ my health remains as good ~ 10 Il
now
"i'o you take this ssep, Mr.. Dawes, on
nocogns a your healshfs
"ao, nos a, all. Ny health Is as good now
a. IL was az ysssrs ago, and even better.
I faos, dsrias the last five or six years
lave been Ia good health, and 1 am per
J cay wol nov"
rs'sa Of His Record.
The reporter sskoL Mr.. Dawes what he
considered tss most important part of his
2 'T,JT IN ooa sress. He said: That Is u
a..iul question % answer, but l should say
sbi .'l.ortals "a place rs l ever filled was
~ of chairman OF the ways and means
sJmmittco ia the house. l was chairman
ut tho colainitteo FOR four years During
thst time three Of the most important
TiR bills that have ever passed went
sarouyh both branches Of congress and
Sre now on thJ statute books
Ar. Dawes also spoke Of the tariff meas
t.rs OF 1888. when John A. Bingham OF
Ohio represented tho wool growers and
ilr. Dawes The wool manufacturers of the
Fountry. The bill that passed congress at
plat time was one of the most important
tilss in the history OF the country, and has
t,sn on the statute books ever since. II
tlts been the foundation Of the tariff legis-
lation In congress from that time TO this,
pFAl nihVofy SHOWS tuNb - an oXCce0-
t.ty important measure The senior
kehator also spoke Of the excitement which
existed In Washington tho winter before
Inc war, as tho time thas Floyd ordered
ths removal Of the guns 70 the south He
p,sso spoke Of tho remarkable career of
tUanton from that time on through the
var. MIR Dawes said that this was the
most exciting time that he has ever expert
,aced In shc thirty-siH years that he has
been In congress. IL was not known one
day what tho noxt would bring forth, Mp.
Dawes was one Of che secret committee to
ascertain what was being done In the
presidents cabinet at that time. He said
thaA he aud two or three other men
ACTED Private Dctectives.
md they were able day after day TO inform
the members Of congress- what was going
on In the secret sessions Of the cabinet.
They had friend In the cabinet who gave
them the information, leaving notes at the
roots Of certain tree in Washington,
which mr. Dawes and another member of
the secret committee got and revealed the
contents 10 tho membas OF the house next
,lay. This important work gave the clue
- what was going on, and was All exceed
rayiy important measure In view Of the
Impending war. These facts have never
been printed.
When the senator was asked about his
career in the senate, he said that he had
enjoyed his years In the senate quite as
much as In the house. His work there had
been more exciting, and had occupied q
great deal of timo, especially the commit
tee work. He spoke particularly of the
c'!airinanship OF the committee on Indian
affairs, and Sid: II have visited nearly
ovory Indian agency In this country, even
going to Alaska during the time I have
been chairman of this committee felt 10
necessary TO make myself perfecely fsmil-
iar with Iniian affairs, and found that
could not do 30 unless l visited them ut
their homes. I have visited agencies Ia
Indian territory, Dakota. California aud
other places many times. and last year /
made the "trip to Alaska. What I have
accomplished for the Indians IL a matter
Of history, and does not need repetition,
DO not say that / have accomplished all
this, but do say that the committees on
Indian affairs has always worked In har-
mony, and has been able to carry measures
Through congress 20 the advantage OF the
rcd men. While we have done our duty
by the Indians, we have also been able TO
show TO the world that the American
people are disposed to be humane toward
tbem."
Mr.. Dawes has always taken an active
part In the discussions of the senate as ne
did In the house. His opposition to au-
thorizing the coinage Of silver dollars, his
work on the committee ON appropriations,
uf which he h still member, and other
matters which have come up ia the senate
during his career there do not need repeti.
uon.
His Early Days.
The early career Of Senator Dawes 10
well known 10 his Berkshire constituency
and prst<y we'll known throughout the
state.
He was born In Cummington in 1914,
graduated from Yale college In 1880 aud
Taught school Ia Windsor and other towns
ION the east borders Of Berkshire for sew
,eral years, during the whole time using
his spare moments to study law. When
nc was admitted 10 the bar he commenced
lpractice In North Adams and had his Office
i'm little stone building which occupied
the site where Boland's block now stands
ION xain street.
II have lived economically all the while
II have been In congress-" said the senator,
''and ind tha. come out with about the
lsamc amount OF money that went In
with own my home here In Pittsfeld,
but | have not got rich out u my
long career NJ public servant"
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