The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-06

tributing to them corrupt motives for
their legislative course and by charges
of the vaguest and most unsatisfac-
tory character which It is impossible
for them to answer. and which they
must leave to . grateful public to
spurn and reject az unfounded, In the
light of their honorable lives. Such
charges are not made merely out of q
malicious desire to injure the particu-
lar senator's, but they are made cum
Ningly and viciously to further the Inn
preston that most men now prominent
On public life are corrupt, or are I'M
der Influences, and thus to stir up and
'jnfiame the passions of the ignorant
and tho unfortunate against the exist
ing order.
senator Frye.
Your own able senator's have thus
far, | believe, escaped such attacks,
but their prominence, ability and dis
.'ttngutshed service do not assure them
Immunity. Senator Frye, that war
horse Of rep,nblicanism, is before his
constituents for return. to the senate.
Maine will certainly honor itself again
by continuing him in the seat in which
he has served his state and country
so long with marked fidelity and use
fulness.
Mr.. LittleAeld.
have come into this district at the
request of Mr.. Littlefleld to take part
in his canvass for congress. He Is q
legislator Of ability, honesty and cour-
age, with high ideals and clear per-
ception. In his defeat the public and
the republican party would lose
most useful representative. Mr.. Little
field believes what he believes with
earnestness. and does not hesitate to
state his reasons with force and can
dor. He is type of the men whom
this great state has been in the habit
of sending to both houses Of con-
,gress; men who by their force and
character and experience have given
to this state and the people, of this
state much more influence In national
councils than the number of its peo-
pie or the extent of its business inter-
ests and wealth would Justify. Wheth-
er In the house or the senate, II a bill
is to be passed, the question how the
representatives of Maine will vote on
1t, what they will say in opposition to
1t, or indefence of it, what influence
they will bring to bear with their fell
lows for its passage or defeat, have al
ways had to be considered by those in
trested either to favor or oppose the
measure. The people of Maine have
secured this, first by care In selecting
their representatives, and second by
continuing them in office after they
have acquired Experience, and this
sometimes even though upon particu-
lar measures in the independence of
their views, they may differ from the
majority of thei cronstituents. Mr..
Littfefield is staunch republican.
Sometimes he has not favored meas
ures which the administration hoped
might pass, but generally he is count
tide as one of the effective supporters
of its policy. He has been a strong
and efficient supporter of Mr.. Roose-
velt's policy to curb the misuse of cor
porate wealth and railway discrimina-
ton. He does not masquerade as a
republican and act as a democrat.
Nothing could be further from the
truth than that the administration
would be gratified by his defeat. On
the contrary, it feels the liveliest in
terest in and desire for his success.
Opposition to MIR. Littleneld en Account
OF Vote on Authorization Bill.
Mr.. Littlefield, together with Mr..
Cannon and some other congressman,