The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-28
FRYE GIVES UP THE GAYEL
SENATE WILL NAVE TO CHOOSE
4 NEW PRESIDENT.
senator From Maine Doesnt Feel Equal
to the Task Any More and Probably
WIN Not seek Another Term -Gsiiin.
ger Likely 10 succeed In the Chair.


WASHINGTON. April 27.-Senator WiSf-
lam p. Frye of Maine resigned to-day
as President Pro Tempore OF the Senate
on account of i'll health. He will con-
tinue to discharge the duties Of Sem
ator from the State OF Maine and ex-
poets to serve out his full term. which
expires March Z. 1918 He will probably
not be candidate for reelection.
Senator Frye il confined TO his apart
ments al the Hamilton Hotel in Wash
ingtop. He is nearly 20 years old and
has not been in good health for some tknc.
At the beginning of the extra session
he let his colleague know that he intended
to take it easy and with the high sense
Of propriety he has always shown the
Senator from Maine. reached the con-
clusion that in his present physical con-
dition he could not perform the duties
OF the Senate's presiding officer pro
tempore
Senator Frye believe that with a busy
session ahead and the certainty that Vice.
President Sherman would have TO leave
Washin gton occasionally he tMr. Frye,
should resign and permit the Senate TO
choose n presiding officer more phys
ically ft 10 perform the duties. This
resolution was reached suddenly. When
Senator Frye learned that the Senate
wo,,lI no Ia,.
he called in his secretary aud dictated
his resignation and sent il TO Yice-Presi-
dent sherman. |. was Grief letter.
The vice-President laid it before the
Senate when that body ,net at noon. The
document was as follows.
will you communicate to the Senate
my resignation as President pro tempore
and convey my grateful thanks for the
long service they have given me in this
honorable Officer
The Senate took no action on the letter
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire
will probably be chosen as Senator Fryes
successor. He has been frequently called
TO preside over the Senate and has per-
formed the office efficiently. He is the
chairman Of the COMMITTEES on Com
mittees.
Senator FRYE has filed the Office of
President pro TEN. for fifteen years. He
has been acclaimed on both sides OF the
Senate chamber as uniformly fair and
impartial in his rulings.
Reports OF senator Frye's i'll health
spread rapidly after his resignation was
received at the Senate. Some of his
colleagues heard such Encouraging re-
ports of the Senator's condition that they
shook their heads gravely and voiced
their fears that he would never again
appear in the Senate chamber. but these
fears were shown later to be groundless
Senator Frye expects to attend some of
the Senate sessions next week His
general health. while il continues bad.
is better just now than il was two months
ago. or course the Senator admits that
his days OF official activity are over.
He will be 80 years old in September.
Senator Frye has served longer in
Congress than any other man in either
branch He began service in the House
forty years ago. After ten years in the
House and after being elected to his sixth
term. with the prospect of being chosen
Speaker of that body, he was suddenly
promoted 20 the Senate to succeed James
q. Blaine when Mr. Blaine became Secre-
tary of State in the Cabinet OF. President
Garfield, He has served continuously
in the Senate for thirty years
There is an interesting story OF how
near Senator Frye came to being nomi-
mated for Vice-President on the ticket
with Garfield in 1880. which il il had come
about would probably have made him
President Of the United States After
Garfield had been nominated al Chicago
and the leaders of the convention were
looking for candidate for Vice-President
they naturally turned to Mr. blaine =
friends and the choice fell upon Senator
Frye. A telegram was sent to Mr.. Frye
at his home in Lewiston. Me. asking il
he would accept the nomination of Vice
President
| Mr.. Frye was away fishing and out OF
communication with his home. but Mrs
Frye had some decided opinions on the
subject Of Vice-President and being un-
able to communicate with the Senator.
she promptly replied, signing his name ia
the telegram. that he would not accept
the nomination. When the story was told
later, showing how Mrs. Frye had prob
ably prevented her husband from reach
ing the White House. the Senator always
insisted that Mrs. Frye had replied cor
rectly to the telegram. saying that he
never took any action in politics without
consulting her and acting on her judg
ment,
Senator Frye has been one Of the ables'
men on the Republican side He had
been one of the most regular in attendanc,
on the sessions OF the Senate until his
recent illness interfered to prevent him
Time was when he was one Of the most
popular campaign speakers in the Re
publican party. As a public speaker h'
had few equals and he was much in de
mand. In recent years he has been less
active in public speaking both III the
Senate and on the hastings,
Senator FRYE was quiet and unobtusiv,
and In recent years has seldom taken par
in discussions in the Senate. He was IL
line for chairman of the Committee OF
Foreign Relations, but preferred service
at the head OF the Commerce COMMITTEES
and remained there, yielding the chair
manship of the more important committe
on Foreign Relations to Senator Cullom,
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