Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-02
Hale Of Maine.

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| for The Republicans of the State of
| Maine to retire Eugene Hale to private
life and send Judge Frederick A. Pow
ers in his place.
| No doubt Judge Powers is an able
man, and as he is a brother Oh the late
! Llewellyn Powers, former governor
! and congressman, it may pe thal he
has strong political influence. But why
| should Senator Hale be retlred
| Eugene Hale is one of the aplest men
| III public life. He was born at Iurner,
| oxford county, Maine, June . 1851 SO
| that he is now nearly "A years Oh age
| but he is nevertheless one OF the most
| active men in the Senate. he was ad-
| mitted to the bar in 1851. For nine
| years he was county attorney Tor
| three years a member OF the leslsla-
| ture; for ten years member OF the
| Federal house of representatives, ana
| while member of that body ne twice
declined a seat in the Presidents cabl-
| net. In 1874 Grant wanted hlm to be
postmaster in Su hayes
wanted him to be secretary OF the ma
| Wy. In 1881 Mr.. Hale was elected 10
| the Senate Of the United states 10 sue
| coed Hannibal Hamlin, who declined a
| re-election; each six years Thereafter
| Senator Hale was reelected, so That he
is now serving his 29th consecutive
| year in the greatest legislative body IN
| the World-a body so peculiarly conSti-
| tuted, organized, and managed that
| new senator, no matter how able he
| may be, must take back seat, and
| wait a long time before he can be in
! fluential or particularly useful to his
| state. Many very able men have en-
| deavored 10 crowd their way to the
| front, and have utterly failed; the new
| senators go to the tail end of unimpor
| tant committees; they are forced to
serve a period of probation; nobody
knows them; they have no influence;
they may speak, but they have little
| opportunity to know the details of i'm
| portant legislation, which is prepared
| by committees composed of the older
and more experienced senators.
Senator Hale, Notwithstanding his
great ability and his long experience in
| the House Of personalities, could do
| nothing more than work his way slow
| ly to a position of power and influence.
| He is now really one of the great men
! of the Senate; he has served longer
| than any other senator, for it was IL
| days later that Mr.. Frye, the other
| distinguished senator from Maine, en-
| tered that body. Senator Hale is chair
man of the committee on appropria-
| lions, he is second on naval affairs; he
| is second on the committee of census,
| and ne is fourth on the committee on
| finance. These are four of the most
| important coclmittees of the Senate.
In addition, he is chairman of the i'm
| mensely important comittee on eXpen-
| ditures-a new committee of the Sen
| ate, whose purpose is TO decrease the
| appropriations of Congressman he is
also member of the unofficial steer
! ing committee which to a large de-
| gree controls the, calendar of the Sem
ate, pushing forward certain bills for
consideration and holding back others.
| 1t would be a great mistake for
| Maine to retire the oldest and one of
| the ableSt senators, whose intellectual
| powers show no signs of weakness and
| against whose record no criticism can
be made merely to provide a place for
| a man VINO has had no experience
| whatever in national affairs and who,
even if exceptionally able and exceed
| ingly fortunate, could not reach in 20
years the commanding place in ma
| tional legislation which Eugene Hale
holds today. Maine would lose half
her present commanding influence in
the Senate by sending him back TO
private life. and q great loss an utter
~ needless loss, would be inflicted up
| on the whole country
| Bangor denies that Portland has the
only fire proof electrical building in
| New England. The News says: Pan
| gOr built modern absolutely fire
proof electrical building five of six
| years ago The York street station
| which houses the fire alarm, police
| signal and transformers of the munich
pal lighting plant is built of concrete
brick and steel and there's no wood in
| the place, except the chairs.
| Madison Bulletin: F. NJ. Messer of
| Arson has some strawberries from his
own planting. The plants started from
seed last spring in his garden. III
| November they blossomed and MIR
Messer transplanted them into Some
cans and the fruit ripened iri the
house. Since that time the plants have
again blossomed, and now Have ripe
berries for the second tinle within a
| few months.
| Brighton News; Supf. George w.
OVerend of the Pondlcherry Mill has
a very interesting b&ok in his possess
sion containing upwards Of hundred
or more pictures ST the late President
Lincoln-all tak9n from original mega
photograph sre as0 sfy 1aaD sr sn6
other promneHt men of his day. In
the back of the book are original pho
tographs of many Of the more promi-
nent actors and actresses of that pc
Rod The ! collection is one of the
very best IN the country and it re-
| qulred good deal of delving in back
garrets and other places to secure the
photographs. During the recent Lin
coin centennial many of the pictures
used in the newspapers cuts We're from
this collection and their use brought