Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-04
SPOONER SENDS IN
HIS RESIGNATION
Reason for so Doing That He Can
No Longer Afford 10 Make Sac
riFice Position Demands.
President Says Natlon Loscs One of
The Ablest, Most Fearless and
Upright servants II Had.

Washington, March 8 - Senator
Spooner has written a letter to Gov.
Davidson Of Wisconsin, rendering his
resignation rs 1t senator Of the Uuited
states 10 take effect May I next The
letter was dated yesterday, but the fact
that such letter had been written or
Tint MIR. Spooner Contemplated rn-
signing did not become known ia the
senate until late today, when Al create
cd great surprise and the Wisconsin
senator at once found himself the sub
iect OF many anxious Inquiries. TO
AL these he replied that his mind was
fully made up. lie had found he said.
that to continue Ina his present position
would require a sacrifice on hs PARK
that ne could not justify himself Ina
making In reply TO questions h. said
he would resume the practise OF law.
but declined TO say whether he would
be located in Wisconsin. He did SAY.
however, that he would continue 20 be
citizen OF that state as long as he
lives
Vice President Fairbanks was one oe
the few public men to be made nee
duainted with Mir, Spoonnr's plans be-
fore he wrote his letter. The knowledge
came To him through the personal Cun-
idencc Of the senator but the latter
made no official communication on the
subject 10 anyone. The law does not
require that a resignng senator should
do more Than Mr.. SpoOner has done.
but some senators who have resigned
have given notice to the senate.
SENATOR sPooNER's LETTER.
Senator Spooner in his letter to the
governor SAYS.
u hereby resign the Office of senator
OF the United States from Wisconsin.
This resignation To take effect on the
LIST day of May. 1907
Both by law and custom the fore
going formula sufilces but I cannot
bring myself to surrender the trust
with which Wisconsin has so long ana
so highly honored me by " curt sem
tcncc which includes no word either Of
explanation or of gratitude.
"On the 18th day OF March I shall
have served in all i6 years as sena-
tor. This Is a long time for one
neither willing nor financially able per-
manently 90 abandon il, to take from
his profession. 1t has been taken from
mine for ] have not thought it com
patible with the full and uninterrupted
discharge of public duty to pursue it,
and | have therefore. during my SER
vice, with two or three trifing excep
tons, purely local. absolutely abstatned
thereiIom.
"For years private duty has plainly
demanded OF me an early return to
the practise Of my profession, and [
have never, Since ! irst took the oath
of Office wavered IN the deterpinatiOu
to retire on the expiration OF nay pres
ent term March 9, 1909. ] might well
content myself with u public declara-
tlon of my purpose so to retire, II II
were not Tor Il like declaration made ON
a former and similar occasion, and
what followed It, In the year 1900 |
announced through the press over my
signature 10 the Republicans of Wis
consin that | had 'unalterably deter
mined 10 retire from public life at the
expiration OF the term ending March,
1908, unless ! should deem 1t my duty
10 resign earlier. ] justified the an
upon the ground that the
people. and those who might aspire to
The office We're entitled seasonably TO
know from me that ] would not ac-
cept a recollection. Despite that dec
laratlon circumstances with which tile
people are familiar seemed TO make II
my duty TO accept reelection, prof