Las Vegas optic., 1911-02-28

near Ellsworth, Me-, where, during
the vacations of congress for several
years past. he has "loafed about
and enjoyed himself. At Ellsworth,
Senator Hale has a collection of old
English plays which is said to be
one of the best in the country. Out
of them he gets great personal en-
joyment, but when reading and driv-
ing pail on him, he goes on to Ban
gor and Portland for little city life.
A few miles from his country home
he has a summer camp where he
| frequently stays for weeks enjoying
the fishing and indulging in medita-
ton ON the philosophy of life. 1t is
Senator Hale's intention to follow
this program upon his retirement from
the senate.
When Senator Aldrich becomes ex-
Senator Aldrich, he will still main
tain an official relation to the gov
ernment. When he was made chair
man of the monetary commission,
which is charged with devising a re-
form of the admittedly weak finan-
cial system of the United States, it
was apparent to Senator Aldrich, as
well as to his friends, in view of the
impending political changes in the
senate, which included the rise of
the progressive element, that if any
! thing was to be accomplished with
this legislation in the near future,
it would be necessary for Senator
Aldrich to disassociate himself from
it as far as possible in his official
capacity as senator. This fact, and
the further fact that the hard work
which he performed in securing the
passage of the Payne Aldrich tariff
bill through congress had seriously
undermined his health, led Senator
Aldrich nearly year ago to announce
that he would not be candidate to
succeed himself as a senator from
the state of Rhode Island.
1t is the intention of Senator Aid
rich to devote his entire time after
leaving the senate to furthering the
work of the monetary commission
and to his own private interests,
which are large and varied. Wher-
ever and whenever opportunity offers,
he expects, health permitting, to sup
plement the report of the monetary
commission with speech and argu-
ment, with a view to crystallizing
public sentiment so that legislation
may be had for the permanent es-
tablishment of fiscal system which
will lessen the likelihood of financial
disturbances. 1t is expected that
Senator Aldrich will divide his time
after his retirement between Wash
ington, New York and his splendid
home on Narraganett bay just outside
the city of Providence. When able to
do SO, he will be found addressing
merchants and manufacturers and
tinanciers throughout the country in
favor of the monetary commissions
plans.
"Grow Up" With the Country
Two of the retiring members of the
senate have definitely announced it
as their intention ito go back West
and grow up with the country" Frank
P. Flint, of California, and Samuel
H. Piles, of Washington state, both
informed the country more than a
year ago that they would not seek
reelection to the senate on the
ground that they could no longer af-
ford the luxury of the senatorial Of
fee at 81 800 per annum, when law
practice worth several times that
amount awaited them at home. Both
of these men came to the senate six
years ago when the boom in the Pa
cific coast country was just beginning
to make itself manifest. Both gave up
their law practice completely to
serve their constituents. The result
is that both, being comparatively
poor men as the general run of SEN
ators goes, have seen their brother
lawyers at home increase their bank
accounts day by day while they have
slaved in senatorial harness and ex-
pended their incomes in trying to
live in Washington city and in their
respective states. Both like the SEN
ate immensely, and both leave it with
regret. but both are equally moved
by the necessity which confronts
every man of family, of using their
best endeavors at the prime of their
lives in them and for the future.
Senator Flint will return to Los An
geles, a city which has exceeded all
others of it's size in the proportion
of it's growth during the last decade,
and take his place in the ranks Of
the bar, where he was United States