The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
P. jSING OF HHE OLD GUARD
LOWING CHANGES IN TEE
INITFD STATES SENATE.

Inc ,, Nt % Ab1rtcA and Male Leaves FPyt
AIone 90 the md Leaders-TAs nuls
or seniority Ilkely 90 Prsvcnt AM
Re,OIuiIon IN Ghe senAtsS wayp.
W,sHNoroN. April at was chArao.
.ar.st., g senator Aldrich In writing his
,,ts.- ~ tho Governor Of Rhode Island
informing him of his determination NO,
T., - A candidate fov rOeleCtion that he
s.i4 nothing expresaing diagruntlsment
slth political conditions. nothing of thu
reE-"t that he must feol in paFtinG with
Die p,liucal associates Of q lifetime and
aotElng indicating thas he h pssslmissio
a. 10 the future OF tho Republican party.
II the senate or of thu Unitsd States. II
vAs Characteristic too % Senator Rugsns
HA... % Maine In announcing hia coming
retirement 20 can q spade q spade and 90
ct everybody know thAa he was angry
aud assxusssd. % meguhesdly no had
the right 20 be.
The-s two lsansrs Of the United seates
senate. ooworkmxs in that body for
nearly thirty ysars. tntAEnats personal
tr4snds and oompanionA. ars 90 unlike
IA tamparAmsne and manner a Q hum
ntlx bird 10 unlike q GROW. and yse IN
al the ysars that they have puallsd To-
Kssher In harness 90 Tar 90 anybody
EnowS neither has once kicked over tins
traces.
The old guard diaa. huA never sur
r~adsrsl. sang QUE the soldiers % Napo-
Icon in thsir crowded hour. but tho pass-
ing II the old guard 0f tho United stAtss
Senate 10 In Sffeos . suFrendsr. noe per-
AAps 20 political foas but 60 comhlna-
u A.. ma @s.rs
even these able statesmen. forceful poll
texans and clever men Of anairs Success
fully 20 overcome.
With the passing Of Aldrich md Hale
but one member OF the rsalsold guard
remains. and he sits In lonely state. a
mere shadow OF the virile. aggressive.
courageous legislator Who until Q short
time ago. wh1n the ahadows began 20
bengthen. vas wont TO stand In the main
aisle OF the Senate chamber and with
tossing mans-and blue eyes rolling with
fire frenzy huPl defiance &C the enemies
Of the q. o. p. This In william Pierce
Frvs Of Maine. who after March q. isii.
II he too does not In the meantime yisld
o. the inevitable. will be father Of the
senate a. hs would be to-day but for
,he circumstances mat Mr.. Hale precoded
hun IN the senate by fourtsen days.
Mr. Frye h an old man nov. old In
Years a. In public ssrvice. and though
he has the honor OF being President pro
t-nporo Of the Sctsats and chairman
Of the great Committee On Commerce.
with a desk In the very centre Of the
lon the front row Of the |
Republican aide. he ats morOss and al |
most dazsd. al IL unable or unwilling to |
the meaning Of the out |
hurst Of popular opinion that has been |
making the Uuitsd States Senate the |
storm csntrs Of criticism and that IL |
sweeping the party there from iss moor
ngs.
Eugene Hale came 20 the Senate from /
the HOUSE of Representative on March |
= IssI. as tbs succeessr OF Hannibal Ham
In. one OF the most illustrious StAlwarts
NJ the Republican party. and two weeks
la,er he was joined by Mr.. Frye. also
promoted from the House. Mr.. Frye
uas elected TO the Senate TO succsed
N. most brilliant man In public life SINGS
Henry Clay-Jaunes Gillespie Blaine.
Who although none the lees a Stalwart.
went to his political grave by reason
~ tho enmity OF that wing Of his own
party that fought under the stalwart
amer
sven months later came Nelson Will
r arrh Adrich. also from the House OF
60 take the scat of ths
popular military hero. Ambrose 2. Burn
I'D. and from that time. twenty mine
years ago. these three distinguished New
r CHAMBERS have been the very keystone
NJ 'I" Senatorial arch upheld by the
.r"ut-rs 4 the old guard.
the OLD GUARD.
49, % means To senator Frye to SEE
4.- AId Aldrich passing out II what IL
seemed % these two when tho members
' -t. ia guard first called laid down
r..r arms But when Mark Hanna. Plat
rr-ticut and Quay Of Pennsylvania
a .,h he was never strictly speaking
~.-rr.,ar q the old guard Of tho Senate
s"i Allison Of Iowa gave up their Sena-
auai 'ags- they did so by the decree q
'-as '"roa and not Of their own free will.
Neither AIirich nor Hale was ever a man
AIRY hts heart upon his sleeve. and
-' -."y were not ashamed to show moist ,
v- 8. when these distinguished aaso- :
a'.- % the labor 81 conducting the J
.'a.-. It va" United States senate laid
a. 20" BURDEN.
N.-- Wa not a leader Of the Senate. ,
merely the circumstantial authori !
DO" i"'til- q an economic policy that a
.. -H1rn" largely the stock In trade Of
b. f"ughhcan party. Hanna was q T
-a '.. .n th" business world. but more %
'-'"r. Tins quality shone forth in his a
90 ig.rn"ut of political campaigns and T
To- 80 a-ginning 20 manifest itself In a
." .'.a & higher politics and legislative a
'-. ."tv"ns-s when he was taken. n
~ ,Onnecticut was not a leader =
'" his clear logical mind. grsat
-ft .'utS and rugged honesty Ied his
a- 'o follow him because they felt
~ . ID. night. and Allison. nofwith- :,
a- wisdom and patience and :,
.ud vide experiences. was al y
over In many a battle Alllaon y
.. more venfuresoms and audA- :,
20 .' Sho derived ms knOwlea9e and :,
nifty Of leadership from the :,
e. .-. 80 tho man who was content y
ud him
I and Hanna and Platt and !"
Nl Edmunds Of Vermont Tor a :,
...4 - succeasor. Proctor. and -
frraH.f. Ill., - -