Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-07
Nv Ralph M. WhiteSide.

s Washington. June 6.-To look at Senator Frye, the venerable states man from Maine, one would not think ne was a disciple of Walton. He is, aiowever, and an ardent one, at that. f When it became evident that con .8ress would not adjourn at as early date as some members hoped, an uueasy manner settled on Senator Frye. He was impatient to be away from the wranslings of the senate, from the storms of statesmanship, from the madding crownd of the cities and find rest and contentment in his camp in the Northern Maine woods
 As soon as the weather becomes un- C0mfortable. Senator Frye insists on aE6tting home. This is one of the req lbs it is hard to keep congress in g1Ssion until straw hats are accepted S9ithout comment.
 The Senator's camp is not like one Nok those maintained by multi-millon- aires. It is modest little place, near . stream, where he lives an outdoor life, fishes to his hearts content and spends the evening asserting his flies for the next days sport
 eWhen Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, sin6his maiden speech was expressing his opinion of the evils of Republican rule, he told little story which cer- stainly will be used when the presiden- tial campaign is sufficiently advanced to keep stumps occupied all over the country.
 "The condition of the country at this time he said, reminds me of an old fellow down home. He was sick and his doctor did not seem to do him much good. One day. the physician, finding him worse than ever, and in extTemis, decided it was best to tell him.
 "You are going to die, said the doc tor. It is my duty to tell you that there is no longer any hope. Is there any last wish you would like to make known?
 "Yep," replied the sick man. There Is a darned hearty wish, too.'
 "The doctor stopped to hear the faint words.
 "I wish to thunder l had called in ] different doctor,' said the old man."
 Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson never loses an opportunity to gain sup ,ort of the movement for more bat leships He is fighting to the last itch for appropriations to accomplish his end.
 s'The country wants more battle hips" he said, after a visit to Pres lent Roosevelt, recently" We should lave iear ships at once. have had opportunity of learning just what he public sentiment on this matter ,, and the people are for plenty of hips. They are the greatest factor or peace.
 We carried the first ditch this ses- ion by gaining TWO ships. Next year ,e hope to get two more. They will of pattern to make the present IreadnOuehts obsolete. Thirty thou ad tOns-no less That's the type the nited States should have.
 Captain Hobson spoke of the tur- ines as applied to battleships.
 "They y're coming" he said. As long go as 1897 was convinced that the lrbiner was the thing. In lecture Annapolis l told them to get ready r them, and they are now here.
 Captain Hobson's confidence of sue sss for the movement to have the ext congress provide for two more lips is rather broad hint as 10 hat the new naval program will oe,
 When the omnibus bill. providing IT public buildings was passed, there as not wratlier man in Washing n than Senator Burton. The appro- -iatiOn for his home town, Cleveland.