The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-02-09
new NEWS Of YEsTERNA
Senator. Frye Of Maine and IT,
vice-Presidency.
Ills Version Of story That HE WIS.,
Declined for Him the NominaSSeo
Tor Second Place While No
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Was Fishing.
BY e. >. EDWARDS.

ey e. J. EDWARDS.
Since the death recently Of Willaa
p. Frye, long time senator from Aaias
and president pro tempore Of the seat
ats.--a senator for whom the countr1
at large held the highest respect-
story has been much circulated to ~
effect that Senator Frye-or rather ht1
wife for him. while her husband va
awag fishing for trout-declined ~
nomination of vi~ce-president on the Rot
publican ticket in 1880.
A favorable opportunity came to ~
at n time during the presidends1
campaign Of 1884 to ask Senator Frye
II the report we're true that he had del
clined the nomination for vice-pEess
dent after General Garfield had bees
nominated for president. 1
1T isn't exactly true" Senator Ffy4
replied. There was received at M
house at Lewiston while | was awae
from home a telegram p%urporting u
come from members Of the Maine detof
cation to the Republican national ooe1
vention asking me II I would accep9
the nomination for vice-president. NJ
wife wired for me In reply stating tha1
/ would not. The telegram. howeveeR
was not unlike others which membero,
Of state delegations when the question:
of the vice-presideDt is under consider
alton send to some citizen OF thoir,
state. 1t doesn't mean much. sup
pose my friends at Chicago at thae
time wanted to be in position II the o.
perfume moment came to suggest M.
name"
We'll. Senator" ! asked. "supposinG
the convention had nominated yoos
Would you have accepted the Domtno;
toni"
Il would have been compelled to %
cept 1t; no man could receive the n0m-
ination, for vice-president and then do
cline 1t, thus compelling the nomtnar
ton of some n else, and afterwards
have any standing with his party
Il happen to kAOw." c0otinue68ear.
stos Frye, that General Logan vas
bitterly opposed to the movement eAr
gineered by bis friends in Illinois thak
leo to his nomination for vice-presidenk
after Blaine had been nominated Tor
president by the Chicago conventi0a
of this year. know that when hak
was first told that his friends at Chit
cago would nominate him for vice-pres4{
ident with Blaine. he fared up auA
said he wouldn't accept the nomtnar
ton. But when the nomination va
made he was compelled to accept It,
he knew me could not remain In publle
life II he didn't. But II We are beaten
in this campaign haven't any douoS
that It Will be some consolation for L.
gan that. through defeat as candidate
for vice-president he will keep his sect
in the senate. No man now q mem
Der of the senate 10 more contented il
that membership than 10 Logan. aa4(
/ am sure that Il would chafe ht0
greatly to be removed from the Aoor q
tho senate to the vice-presideata4l
chair. have been told that HeaevI
Wilson, who was nominated for vioor
president with Grant in 1879 vhsA
Wilson was United States senaiss!l
was personally very sorry that to
nomination had been made. He kneu((
that II he vas elected vice-2residsa&t
" he. was. he would iose bis ssat q
senator and be utterly without ear
influence excepting Of q personal kinll
with the senate. Logan also has ~
same situation before him.
Personally. l am very glad that -
further attempt was made to bring
about REORGANIZATION for v~ice-prestdeot
with Garfield. GARFIELD took BIaine
from the senate and made him secfop
tary Of state. ! was chosen tn an
Blaipe's u%tiexpired term In the sonata
and 90. you see. during. the past for
years ], have had more influence O
the senate floor than I could possibly
have wtslfed 40 presiding omcsr q
that body"
Copyright. 1911. by n. j. Edwards. ~
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