Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-03
The Junior. Maine Senator
Hsndsin Roll Of Petitions.
Maine Oranges Active in Send
|, ing in Petitions,
Senator Frye Has Prospects Of Be-
ing Senior Senator from Maine,

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When he returned to the Senate the
) other Gay after an absence of nearly
two months, Senator Frye, of Maine.
got the ear of the presiding officer for
a few minutes and he put in great
roll Of petitions which give some indi-
cation of what the rank and file of
people in Maine have been thinking
about in recent times. 1t took more
THAI one Of the broad columns of the
Congressional Record to contain the
mere enumeration of these petitions
which the junior Maine Senator hand
ed in and each petition, of course, con-
taired at least $50 words.
Some of the petitions were from
Grand Army posts. Those organiza-
tons in Maine are now showing con-
siderable opposition to the acceptance
OF the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee
which the state Of Virginia has placed
IN Stafuary Hall. Congress has not
yet formally accepted the statue and
| is not likely to at present. The state
of Virginia has threatened to withdraw
the statue of President Washington if
the statue of Lee has to be withdrawn.
| Not long ago protests from Grand
ARMY posts in Massachusetts and IL
lincis against the acceptance of the
I statue began 10 pour in and the mat
! ter has become quite an issue. Libby
Post. of Rockland: Burnside Post, of
Auburn; and the Military Order of the
| Loyal Legion CT Portland sent protests
| to Senator Frye against the Lee
| statue.
| The fraternal societies are still hav-
ing troubles with the classification of
| their publications in the mails. They
want those publications admitted to
| postage under the second class, which
the Postofice Department now refuses.
Local councils of the Royal Arcanum
at Bangor. Pressure Isle, Old Town,
and Waterville; Governor kavanaugh
Council of the knights of Columbus
at North Whitefield, and the Society
of French Canadian Artisans of San
| ford have all petitioned the Senate.
| through Senators Frye, to enact legis-
| lation which will admit such publica-
tons as second class mail matter.
The Maine Oranges. however, are
| most active nowadays in sending petit
tions and protests down to Washing
ton. The members of the Maine
| Grange are very much against the re-
duction of the internal revenue tax
on olcomargerine tax and. along with
other farmers organizations through
the country are laundering their pro-
tests in no uncertain tones.
Oranges at Frveburg. Medford, Ma
pieton. Rowdoin. Androscoggin; South
Waterford. Presaue Isle, Raymond;
South Blue Hill East Dixmont,
Itangolcy, Madrid. Searsmont. Morrill,
Viralavcn. East Sumner. Leeds. Bel
grade. Skowhcgan. East Dixfield, Stet-
son, limerick. Harrison. China, GOSH
en- West Minot. Wllimantc, Alder
River. Litchfeld, Red Beach. Waldo,
Penotscot. Calais. Ripley. Winter Har-
Dor. Washington. and Monroe. have
all asked the Maine Senators to try
to head off any legislation looking to a
change in the tax of oleomargerine.
A considerable number of Maine
Oranges have also asked the Senators
and Representatives to aid in obtain
ing legislation for the establishment
of a National Bureau of Health. The
agitation for such a bureau. which is
favored by President Taft has been
gaining considerable Roadway during
the past year.
The Boards of Trade of Bangor
charts Association of Lewiston and
Auburn all have memorials on file here
before the Senate against legislation
that all steamship lines having rail-
road connections and, have or may
have through rail, and water rates
sliaIl be subject to the Interstate Com
mercc law with reference to port to
| port traffic.
L,n,. G~c. INN in,
years Senator Frye has some prospects
| of being the senior Senator from
Maine. Although he stands on the
rolls now as the second oldest Sena-
tor in point OF service, he has none the
| less been all the time the junior Sena-
tor from Maine. But when Senator
Hale. retires to private life March )
| next. he will surrender his place as the
senior of all the Senate in point of
| service and also as the senior Senator
from Maine. That will mean the au-
tomato promotion of. Senator Frye to
the position of senior member of the
Senate and the Senior Senator from
Maine. Both positions are largely
matters of sentiment and yet they
amount to a deal first and last in the
advantage yielded to the possessor OF
such distinction.
! AS Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Is
land. has announced his intention to
retire next March the third oldest
i Senator in point of service will be
yielding and Senator Shelby NJ. Gull
lom. of Illinois, will rank after Sena-
4 tor Frye as the senior of the upper
legislative branch. If Senator Johh
w. Daniel. who has been in the Senate
longer than any other Dem ocrat' does
4 not recover his health. Senator JACOB
\ II. GalIinger, of New Hampshire VIII
| raak third in seniority after next
March and Senator Lodge, of Massa-
II clfusetts fourth.
Few of these elders of the senate
however can in the nature OF tnlnss
have many more years to tneif creoit.
Senator Cullom is very old ana ~
feeble health Senator Frye is nearing
tie so years limit. In comparison VIII,
II these men Senators Galinger ana
Lodge feel like young men, but oena,
tor Lodge will be so next month ana
Senator Gallinger was.,13 last 1hoi'ii'