Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-17
Editorial Comment.
Senator HaIe's Services.
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Senator Hale mas done LOT +h'' 4
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Senator Hale's services in Congress,
covering 10 years in the House u
Representatives. and 20 years III the
Senate have been so connected VIII
all important legislation that REFER
ence to current documents enables the
Express Advertiser to answer our
friend from York county.
The Congressional Directory, access
sibIe to everybody, shows that Sena-
tor Hale is chairman of the great
Committee on Appropriations, the
ranking member on Naval Affairs and
the Committee on Census, and. pre-
vious to the last tariff revision. he
was made a member of the Committee
on Finance. dealing directly with all
such legislation. In addition to this
he was, by the unanimous selection OF
his associates, made chairman of the
new Committee on Public Expendi-
lures. which, in cooperation with the
President. is trying to introduce econ
Omy into public expenditures and to
reduce all unnecessary appropriations.
Under him on this committee are such
leading senators as Aldrich. Nelson
Warren, Root, Cummins, Penrose. and
an important representation from the
Democratic side. Senator Hale has al
ways cOntended for reduced appro-
priations. and has stood in the way OF
many projects and schemes for de-
pleting the Treasury. Whoever reads
the Congressional Record has learned
that in the work Of this great com
nittee Senator Hale and the President
are in entire accord
The value of Senator Hale's services
in Congress to the State of Maine has
been so apparent that whoever mas
followed events in the past 80 years
can readily answer our friend from
York county when he asks what bene-
fit Senator Hale has been to the
State of Maine. The senator has re-
ported every bill for the building up
Of the American Navy. which is now
second in the world, and in this policy
Maine has received great advantage.
Millions of dollars for the construc
ton of the Navy have been expended
in Maine all to good advantage, and
thousands Of laborers have shared in
this benefit.
When the Wilson German tariff bill
81 uCh 81 ulSiSllbuSiN DIT all MdlHc )
interests. and when her industries
stood still, the senator. who had been
foremost in advocating the Mckinley
bill in cooperation with his colleague,
Senator Frye, with whom he is in en-
tire accord in present policies. carried
through the Dingley tariff bill, under
which Maine has enjoyed greater pros
perity for 10 years than ever before in
its history
The course Of the senator upon the
present bill has been so apparent and
so influential that every intelligent
man in Maine appreciates it, Nearly
every industry of the State has been
safeguarded. and lumber, pulp and
paper. lime. granite, fish starch, and
every agricultural product that COM
petes with our Canadian neighbors
have been looked after. The county
of AroostCok has been emancipated
from its dependency on the ST. John
river mills with their privilege of en-
tering free lumber, and hereafter not
only will lumber cut in Maine on the
st. John waters and it's tributaries be
manufactured in the State, but all the
transportation will be carried on by
railroads in Maine. If our friend from
York will examine the provisions of
the last tariff bill he can see for him
self how important this is to Maine.
The senator has also been instru-
mental in providing for an interna-
tional tribunal which has put an end
to the lumber wars on the ST. John,
and which in due time will report
treaty provisions protecting every in
terest of the State.
There are scores Of other important
subjects of legislation which, on
careful examination of Congressional
proceedings, might be cited in answer
to Mr.. Foss' inquiry. but as we wish
to make early answer to him, we do
not think it necessary to go further
1t is difficult, perhaps. fully t. real
ize the influence and power of an old
senator who is trusted by his asso-
ciates in all matters Of important leg
islation. a point in instance occurred
the otner day, which showed the
weight OF Senator Hale in the coun-
CHS OF the Senate Chamber The bill
which he reported from the Committee
on Naval Affairs to the Senate, eXcep-
tlonal in its character and with hard |
y a precedent, placing Commander |
feary, resident of Maine, on the re-
tlred list as rear admiral of the Ma
w. YVES accepted by the Senate and
passed unanimously on Senator Hates
report and request Does any friend
OF Commander, Peary believe that any
new senator, MO matter how able ana
iiiu"stflouS ne might be, could nave
done this? And all Maine will thank
the senator foH his work in this mat
ter
Prominent dentlemen from Maine
who have visited Washington lately
say that the Senator is in entire mar
mony with the(president, and that ne
is consulted asS often as any senator.
Inc social relations of the PresideHt
ard his family With Senator Hale and
his family arc yerv close and always
cordial =
"h"h Senator Hale briefly al {
dressed the STATE Committee recently t
IN augusta he stated that President c
Taft is the head of his party;that he |
IS a sound Republican. and nat ms t
policies commend themselves to the !,
Republican party. and that u,cn Ma g
tiCnal issues the next eledlon IN 8
Maine must be conducted insupport I
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