The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

his personality that holda msn aloof, thai
something that lrrieMsSd smith of hEichl.
gan into eAytn9 IN exsUuaive session ona
dAy Last winter. addressing BenaooI
Lodge. with whom no waa having q tannale
Mr.. Presidents don't like the ssnaaor'I
looha.'
To DO leader On q body llks the United
States Senate. where men can bo per.
soaded but not driven. caiolsd but MOI
forced. . man must have tho patiMnoa
and cheerfalnoss and oooIhaadad aseuto-
nsss and mastery of dsaAlls and knOwl-
edge Of human mature and above al ths
personal magnotism Of an Aldrich- Hs
cannot succeed with tho impasisne. nsr-
vOSs. impulsive nature that BROOKS of NO
opposition. and such b tho makeup II
SENATOR Lodge. and nobody knows that
better than Mr.. Lodge himsolf.
THAI 10 Why Hals. although ohAlrm&n oG
the caucus and of the steering oommittes.
waS not tho real laadsr of thu Senate.
but allowed the moro tActfal Aldrich 10
assume gradually tho place which he
might have otherwise contested with him.
Lt b Hale who signs the ordsrs az tho
steering COMMITTEES. but 10 h Aldrioh who
tells his party COLLEAGUES what 10 do.
10 b Hale who I'm his letter Of declinaakon
leaves the impression that everything
has gone 10 tho dsmnition bowwows.
optimism and hope and chssrfulness.
30 10 viii b when the new Old guard
10 In working order. Carter and Crane
and Ksaa have no real fear Of assuming
Tho responsibility Of party Legislation
They know that 10 Ia voten that count and
that work In thu committees and In thu
cloak room and In the caucus elects
moro than oPasoTy On tho floor. and yet
when orasOry must needs DO had Lodge
and Burrows and 0thsrs win bs there 60
supply u. and u they fail thSrs win always
be the loQuRCiOus insurgents" 10 draw
upon.
HALE A PowER n LE0IsLATIoN.
In the social life OF Washington Mr..
Hale more than Mr.. Aldrich win be missed.
Forty years ago Mr.. Hale. than known a.
Bubby Hale because % his loyal and
unquestioning devotion In the service Of
Blaine. then the leader Of tho House Of
Representatives. dwelt in modest board
ina house. In late years hs has been chs
master OF q mansion In q fashionable
quarter erected by the mother Of Mrs.
Hale. the widow oe Zachariah Chandler
of Michigan.
In. the days Of the early ssalwarts. che
predecessors Of the old guard. Chandler
was himself leadsr In the senate. He
was chairman Of the Republican national
committee In Is7a. whsn tho lfe of che |
party daDsnded upon che |
proper handling of the returns from the |
southern States He ssnf to the world |
hat famous despatch "Hayes has lso |
votes and 10 elSctsd.' and would never
lltsF . word in IL, even when confronted |
~ ths threat OF civil strife.
In forty years Eugene Hale. who was |
moe barsfoot boy in Mains. has marched |
.lOng To- fame and fortune and for a
quarter of . CENTURY has lived surrounded |
" the Injuries Of WEALTH and a devoGed |
amily. rcpulainG all attempts To lead |
,im from the Senate into places a sxscu- |
ave power and all the time rOserviRg his |
Of thought and action. |
Always a personally unpopular man be-
'ause he made no attempt 20 please, Mr.. |
Hale has been respected because az has |
lbility and his ieaFless0sss In expressing |
IN opinion.
He has never been a demaxo9us and |
las never been frightensd oy the fear
& popular dinApprOvAl. He has been |
opposed TO nearly every administrative |
'olicy of his party for the last ten years.
Is was a. strongly opposed 70 the policy
& the war with Spain a. wAs Thomas d.
iced. Indeed. his pro-Spanish proclivi-
ies were 80 well known that in q moment
4 ACCOMMODATIONS his colleague. Mr.
rye. in presiding in the senate one
iay. recognized the senator from
pain. As Mr. Hale arose 60 speak.
Although for many years the chairman
the COMMITTEES on Naval Affairs Mr. L
lAlo has hssn bitterly and unaltsrAbly
opposed to some % the most cherished
oliciss Of various Secretaries Of the
iavy and uncompromisinR in his hos
lity 20 matters Of naval policy having
he active and enthusiastic support Of
he entire navy personnel But the SEN
tor has gone on In hin own way. and his
over over legislation has been very
rsat. He has no peer In the art Of steer
" a Measure OF which he has charge
trough the mazss Of parliAmsntray II
and for lDcidity OF statement III
. has no equal.
SENATOR ALDRICH's PKRsosALITY.
Lvsng In washinton a. he has con- II
nuAlly for twenty-nins years. Senator
ldrich has never owned . houss here.
or usarly two-thirds Of the time his