The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-20

The Senate's most notable activities
yesterj.2y we're in expressions OF regret
for It's retiring leaders Senator AIdrich.
of Rhode Island. appeared upon the door
yesterday afternoon for the first I'm.
since his announcement was made pub
| lie Senator Hale, % Maine. whose de-
/ ccsion TO wiJhdray from the contest for
reelection became known yesterday
morning. also spent Il portion Of the day
at the capitol
/ Democrats and Republicans clustered
around the desks Of tho two New Eng
landerS and INDUCED in complimentary
statements. Some had previously writ
ten letters 20 these Senators. one Dem
! ocrauc visitor assured Senator Hale. that
every man, except one, on that side @.
! the center aisle would follow his leader
/ ship as they wouEld follow that OF no
other Republican Senator. Kean. Of New
Jersey; Ganinger, or New Hampshire,
! Warren. OF Wyoming. and Clay. Of Gecr-
gla, were a few among many who en-
| phasized opinions that the Senate would
| lose much in the retirement OF Senators
/ Aldrich and Hale.
In Toilette Defers Expression.
! The insurgents were not so cCmmen-
( datory. Senator La Toilette Of Wiscon-
I sin. prefers to wait TIL after the cleo
/ ton before accepting the current state
ments at their face value. He referred
/ especially 10 the statement OF Senator
AIdrich, who declared that he would un-
| der no circumstances be n candidate
! for reelection"
Senator Dolliver. OF Iowa, when asked
/ upon whom the mantle Of Senator Hale s
! leadership would fall. responded:
1T Will not fall upon any man in the
Senate. It viii be transferred to the
| Smithsonian Institution. and be held as
I a relic Of obsolete politics"
There are Rhode Island Republicans AT
/ the Capital who stul believe that Senator
Aldrich will not retire. but that the next
Republican legislature will insist upon
returning him.
| Maine Republicans here. on the other
/ hand, accept Senator Hale's plans as
| final. He IS five years older and In
/ Trailer health than Senator Aldrich Not
many days ago he was taken TO his
| residence In severe pain from an acute
attack Of Indigestion He has been un-
! able 10 sleep well at nights, and has
( found his strength failing him. When
! he attended a conference Of Maine Re
/ publcans at the Parker House IN Boston
/ last Thursday, at which the question OF
/ his proposed withdrawal was discussed
! he asserted that the worries OF the cam
| tor, I III
/ was certain he could not stand the strain
OF the fight which his Republican oppo-
nents were making upon him.
Men in Boston Conference.
The men in that conference included
State Chairman Byron Boyd, OF Augusta;
Albert r. Day and Col F. H. Parkhurst
Of Bangor; Seth NJ. Carter. Of Lewiston;
ex-Gov. John F. Hill, OF Augusta, and
ex-Gov. William T. Cobb. Of Rockland
There was a sentiment in the conference
/ that, as one of the participants expressed
| It. "the State is in imminent danger"
! However, they believe that the legisla-
| ture will be Republican. Senator Hale
/ while accepting that view. doubted that
/ no could be reelected. He reasoned that
| many INGHLibLlN~Li4S Ri N4lsAk AN5ASAfli lil Z
would be irrevocably opposed to his re-
election. and that they would be sufH-
| ciently numerous to make a deadlock
which probably could not be broken.
Senator Hale had his letter OF with
drawaI prepared for submission 20 the
conference. but it was brought back L
| Washington and revised to meet suG
gestions OF those present
No Harmony in Maine.
The regular faction Of Maine Republt
cans is by no means harmonious. 1t /,
said that the plane OF cleavage will
promptly appear, now that Senator Hal,
is out of the race. Representative +. c
| Burleigh. Of the Third Congressional dis
trict has strong organization In Centra
Maine. and ex-Gov. Hill. Of Augusta, 1.
one OF his supporters, While Gov. Hi
Is IN full accord with Senator Hale, Rep
resentative Burleigh's associates have re
/ sented the Senator's course in numerou.
particulars. They have felt that the,
have not been given due recognition, a.
against ex-Gov. Cobb and associates. Thi:
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