Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17
YANKEE LAW MAKERS.
Great Statesmen From the Section
That Owns the Mortgages.
FRYE'S EVERY DAY COMMON SENSE
Hoar Is the Historian Of the Senate and
Hale Is Croesus.
FIERY LITTLE SENATOR CHANDLER

| CORRESPONDENTS OF THE DrsPATcH.I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-New England
is in proportion to its population the richest
part. of the United States. From Maine to
Connecticut the country is dotted with
savings banks and the bulk of the vast in
surance wealth of the Union is owned there.
Tom Reed tellsa story of a Nebraska farmer
who travelling through Maine happened to
stop at a little house hanging from the side
of a rocky hill which constituted the farm.
During his stay he made many cutting
| criticisms upon the character of the soil, and
asked the farmer why he did not go west,
where the land was so rich that you could
thrust your arm into it up to your shoulders
and pull from the bottom dirt as rich as
guano.
81 want to know" said the farmer, "and
where might such lands be?"
Where I live in the West" was the
reply. (which is in Blank township,
Blank county, Neb"
81 reckon l have mortgage on some OF
that land" replied the Maine man. And
he thereupon brought out an old tin box
and showed mortgages on half the farms of
the township. 'T bought these mortgages, :"
he went on, with what made off my farm
here, and as long as you fellows pay the
interest I guess will stay"
New England Owns the West.
And so it is all over New England. Yam
kee thrift has made the farmers the masters
of many of the richest lands of the far West.
| The biggest Office buildings of nearly every
Western city belong to life insurance COM
panies and are owned by New England.
Chicago was practically rebuilt with Bos-
ton capital and the rest of the States of the
Union largely rely upon New England for
the money and machinery which turns their
raw materials into gold and manufactures.
With the worst climate in the United States,
with half sterile lands torn by nature into the
roughest Of mountains and the narrowest of
valleys, New England has had to fight for
every inch she has gotten from the world in
the way of progress. She has had to save
her pennies in order to get her dollars and
| this tussle with the world has made her
strong and rich. 1t has hardened the intel
| lectual muscles of her statesmen and has
nodded them into a type of their own.
The Congressman from New England are
among the strongest men in Washington.
They number, all told, in the Lower House
only &c, or eight less than the representa-
tives of the one State of New York and two
less than Pennsylvania ALI New England
has only five more representatives. than
Ohio, and you can add the 10 New England
Senators to the 26 New England repre-
sentatives and the New England men here
then will only exceed BIZ two the represen--
tation from New York in both Houses.
Where the Leaders Camc From.
Still, it has been for years one of the
strongest sections in Congress. James G.
Blaine, of Maine, was long the leader of
the Republican party, and he held the
speakership of the House in the stormiest
times of our history. Now Thomas B. Reed
is the leader of the opposition in the Lower
House, and the Senators from New Eng
land are among the strongest of the nation.
Take look at the men from Maine.
Senator Frye is a typical Yankee, but with
it all there is no broader gauge man in the
Union. He is thoroughly equipped on all
public questions, and he tests everything
with the loadstone of common sense. He
was II years in the House of Representa-
tives before he came to the Senate, and had
made reputation there as bold and fear
less leader. When Blaine was made Gar
fields Secretary OF State he was elected to
take Misplace in the Senate, and his first
speech Vas in defense of New England and
against the South. Senator Call, of Florida,
had described the workingmen and women
of New England "as hungry, starving
serfs," and Frye replied that the working
people of one of the Stress of New England
alone had enough money deposited in their
savings banks to buy all the real and per-
sonal property of five such States as Florida
and have S50, 900, 900 left
He Roused the Whole South.
Shave 5000, 900, 600 deposited in the savings
banks, and the whole valuation of the State
of Florida is only $4,000, 000." He then
went on to attack Louisiana and North
Carolina and succeeded in angering the
whole Democratic side of the Chamber 1t
is popularity of his that he handles all
things without gloves. He is packed full
of practical common sense and he has
manly hatred of all shams and it does not
make much difference whether the sham is
a Democratic one or Republican one
There is nothing snobbish about Frye.
and he would Just as leave be called "BilP'
as Senator Frye. He tells a story of him
self when he was Attorney General Said
he: Gas 1 walked down the steps of the
State House met a man who accosted me
with Good morning, General Good morn
ing, sir, said L. When got on the train
another acquaintance spoke to me and said,
Good morning, Major Good morn,
ing, SIR answered At the
next station L met another friend
who addressed me as Good morning,
Colonel. And I replied, Good morning,
sir The next man greeted me with Good
morning, Mr.. Frye and I replied. Good
morning, sir. hardly knew which title
was the right one until as I was going up
the street to my home man met me who |
yelled out the same greeting that he had
given me in my college days and shouted, |
How are yer, Bill, and suppose that was
the best one"
Doesn't Believe in Hoarding.
There is, however, nothing undignifed |
about Senator FRYE. He said few wears |
ago that he was not worth $25, 900 and his |
salary probably constitutes his chief means |
of support. He does not believe in saving |
money and he says he got lesson to this |
effect from his grandfather when he was a |
boy. Said he:
II was brought up in a Quaker family |
and when daring my boyhood I got a
chance to take a trip to Boston my grand
father gave me S. to spend. I did not know
any boys in Boston and could think of no
way to have So worth of fun without bows,
so L kept the money in my pocket When
got home my grandfather asked me how L |
had spent the IS, and 1, with the air of one
who had done virtuous act, said: 4 did
not spend it at all, grandfather 1 have
saved it and have it in my pocket
"Hereppon my grandfather replied.
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