The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-06-14

sands of Letters the Ownership which
would have hattered most men He
has not saved hem.
Bnf he guards few priceless mem
orials
Chief am 'lg them is be magnificent
/ ly wrought SILVER aud gold loving cup
presented to him by the United States
Senate aud inscribed a- foho~e:-
"Presented 10 lion William p. Frye
at the close of the fifty.sixth t ougress
by AL the Senators. ia token OF their
/ high appreciation of the ability and
j importantly with which he has dis
charged the duties Of president pro tenn
pore of the Senate, aud of their esteem
aui pers Jnal regard fof bIm.'
Senator Hoar in making the pIesenta-
ton speech in he presence of all the
-euators sa'd that the suggestion Of the
presentation had come from the Demo-
cratic side Of the chamber, from poll
| teal opponent OF senator trye. He
added tnat llr Ffye's admiDistra ion of
/ he rules of ;he senate had been rather
an administration 81 the laws Of courtesy
than at sta ut1ry rnae m-nis
l. would be the work of supeteroga-
ton 10 g into the details of the high
and cordial esteem III which our Name
grand Old M AZ IL held by his fellows
in ashIDgton The people at home IN
NJ inc have had repeated evidence of
the high honor in winch he ID he'd. For
more than u third OF "a century he has
been IN the fe cest imeligh in the
forefront of the battle for the right
things. brilliant orator and far-seeing
statesman, and stands today, even in
these tIoublons times when regulations
are assalled, as a true gentlemen and
! honest patriot, without spot or smirch.
Henry Mcfarland has voiced the
sentiment of W ashington in the follow
il e writing
"Senator Frye has certainly been an
honest, faithful, Industrious and sue
cessful legislator and we'll deserves the
s,eadfast cOufi3ence Of the people of the
state He is not like many men of his
temp 'rmdnent, who, having the oGator-
cal gift, content themselves with exert
cIsiag it occasionally and spend the rest
of their time in idleness or worse, bu
he IL hard-w working and as business
like as any silent and e,hodical man of
| affairs lie has served on some Of the
most important committees in both
hou.c c, and always most acceptably and
With great Influence on legis alton, al
though no particular piece OF it is call
ed by his name but that signifies
nothing, for, like many other forms of
fame it is apt 10 be largely an accident
if man becomes known as the author
If one particular measure, and il indi-
c ties nothing as to the mans real char
acter or value as legislator. Certainly
senator Frye has looked out for all in
ttrests of his ~tate and of his section
with the greatest fidelity, winch is more
than some of the men whose names
have been linked with particular bills
have done He is lersonally popular on
DO h sides of the Senate because of the
respect for his ability aud bis attain
ments and the regard for his character
and bee luse, too, of his agreeable man
uers and the kiudlnees of warm
heart
II is well known that Senator Frye,
though in comic. table circumstances
financially, is yet poor man judged by
he ordinary standards now extent. He
gave up law practise that was netting
him $40, 900 10 S12 900 a year when he
entered public life. and of course the
same assidulty and abilities that have
made him PIE eminent at Washington
would have made hun a rich man years
ago
some one little while ago asked
him if he did not regret this financial
sacrifice.
tie sald, and Maine will heartily amen
the sanity of his utterance,
II would not exchange my life for
any monetary consideration. II | could
90 back and know that fortune await.
ed me AT the law | should do just as |
have done. coud have made money,
whereas | am poor but | have lived In
pleasant surroundings and have found
infinite satisfaction IN the honors and
confidence which my State has given
me"
This same sanity of view has ordered
all his useful and Well-regu life
After AL his weanng public service SEN
afur Frye is today OF unimp4ired vigor,
vitality and inteliec.-at the home of his
pubic usefulness to his State. because
ieep experience has been added IN his
varied endowment
To those who ask for the secret Of his
continued physical and Intellectual yigor
he says,
/ am out of doors every summer and
tEat has been my custom for years
90 to my Maine camp " here | fish, hunt
AuH take bLutI htdllHlut tANiNlSts -
far AS can remember | have never
spent a day ii bed from illness | have
nved in the open air as much as could
and have been orderly and regular in all
my habits Of life
With honest pride will the members of
the next Maine legislature stand in their
seats at roll call TO declare in ringing
tones their choice of William p. Frye TO
succeed himself as United States >ena-
tor, and the impor nee of his duty to
the nation rises above the petty cabals
Of politicians and the tangle of local is
sues And every man who casts his vote
in september can add his mite of irdu-
ence for this man who has been so true
to every Maine ideal.
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