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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
FRYE and the Vice Presidency

sineered by his friends in Illinois that
led to his nomination for vice-president
after Blaine had been nominated for
president by the Chicago convention
of this year / know that when he
was first told that his friends at Chi
cago would nominate him for vice-pTes-
ident with Blaine, he Jared up and
ton. But when the nomination was
made he was compelled to accept it
he knew he could not remain in public
life If he didn't But if We are beaten
in this campaign | haven't any doubt
that it will be some consolation for Lo-
gan that through defeat as candidate
for yice-president he will keep his seat
in the. senate. No man now a mem
Der of the senate is more contented IN
that membership than is Logan, and
| am sure that it would chafe him
greatly to be removed from the floor of
The senate to the vice-president's
chair. | have been told that Henry
Wilson, who was nominated for vice
president with Grant in 1872 when
Wilson was United States senator
was personally very sorry that the
nomination had been made. He knew
that if he was elected vice-president.
as he was. he would lose his seat as
senator and be utterly without any
influence excepting of a personal kind,
with the senate Logan also has the
same situation before him.
Personally, am very glad that no
further attempt was made to bring
about my nomination for ice-president
with Garfield Garfield took Blaine
from the senate and made him secre-
tary of state. was chosen to fill
Blaine's unexpired term in the senate,
and so, you see, during the past four
years | have had more influence on
the senate floor than I could possibly
have welded as presiding officer of
that body.
downright 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
How Senator Frye Once Arrested ar
Audience That Was Breaking
Up and Held 1t EnthraEled
by His EIoquence.

No finer demonstration Of the power
of real orator, both to get the ear of
an audience and, having done that, to
hold the audience as long as he
chooses as if in the hollow of his
hand, was ever made in New York
city-at least since Civil war days
than that which occurred at the
climax of the Republican party's cam
paign in the metropolis in 1900:
The climax of the campaign, so far
as the Republicans were concerned.
was the great mass meeting held in
Madison Square Garden. The simple
announcement that Theodore Roose'
welt. governor of New York state and
the Republican candidate for vice
president, would speak at the meeting
was sufficient of itself to pack the
vast auditorium of the Garden to its
capacity. 1t was estimated that at
least $4,000 persons were in the audi
torium when Governor Roosevelt be-
gan to speak
After the hero of San Juan Hill had
finished his speech and taken his seat
amid great cheering, there arose at
once from all parts of the Garden the
familiar sounds of many persons leav-
ing the hall. Indeed, in great masses
the people began to rise from their
seats and head for the exits. 1t was
painfully apparent that almost all of
those who had been attracted to the
meeting had come out of curiosity to
see and hear the Republican party's
candidate for vice-president. 1t had
been announced that William p Frye,
United States senator from Maine,
would also address the meeting-that
he had been especially invited by the
Republican county committee to come
on from his home in Maine for this
purpose But most of those who had
heard Colonel Roosevelt speak knew
nothing about Mr.. Frye except that
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
Tommy's Appeal.

Tommy's father was a minister
while Tommy was only mimic
about five years old Tommy and his
friend Bobby used to play going to
church sometimes. Tommy always oc-
cupying the pulpit while Bobby was
supposed to lead the choir and to take
up the collection
One day Tommy's mother happened
to hear a particularly earnest appeal
from the pulpit in the nursery. so she
stopped to listen. Tommy was ad
dressing the congregation
What this church wants" he
shouted. mimicking his fathers ac
cents, lis money. We want money for
improvements We want money for
the Sunday school We always want
money for Easter and for Christmas
but what we chiefly want money for
right now is for the Fourth of July
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
Power of Real Orator Shown

he represented Maine in the senate
and that knowledge was not sufficient
to keep them in their seats after they
had heard and seen Governor Roose.
welt.
General Francis v. Greene, at that
time prominent in Republican politics
in New York state, presided at the
meeting, and he was greatly mortified
when he saw that it was apparently
about to break up of its own accord.
General Greene had already called
upon Senator Frye, who advanced to
the front of the platform and began
to speak in low tone of voice. But
nobody paid any heed to him, and he
was visibly discounted
Suddenly, General Greene had an
inspiration. He was blessed with a
very powerful voice. and in stentorian
tones. that carried above the hustle
and confusion occasioned by the de-
parting thousands, he cried as he adj
vanced to the edge of the platform:
Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Please re-
main seated SO that you may hear the
acting vice-president of the United
States, Senator Frye."
1t was most tactful and efficient
way of arrestfng that departing
crowd; to refer to Senator Frye as the
acting vfce-president, which he was
by virtue of the fact that he was then
president of the senate, was to give to
him an official dignity which he was
entitled to. And no sooner had Gen
eral Greene made his appeal than the
people hesitated and the thought
seemed to run through the mind OF
all: eve have just heard the Repub-
lican candidate for vice-president, and
this man who stands before us is act
ing vice-president. We will see what
he. amounts to as speaker" So
many reseated themselves, but many
more remained standing, awaiting the
first words of the acting vice-presi-
dent.
Senator Frye. with his beautifully
modulated, fiutelike voice, spoke a sin
gle sentence. The crowd gave him
instantly it's ear. He spoke again.
The crowd began to settle itself firm
ly in the seats. In three minutes he
had that vast audience enthralled.
and in the three-quarters of an hour
which he used in making his address
not one person left the hall Then,
when he had finished. they all sat for
a moment in silence before they burst
out in wild applause And that is one
of the finest tributes an orator can
receive
Copyright. 1911. by E. ), Edwards. All
Rights ReSerVed.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
Kinq Edwards Pipe.

King Edward possessed pipe quite
as obnoxious to genuine smokers as
the carved monstrosity in Chicago.
When he visited Constantinople in
1862 he smoked narghile with the
sultan, and on taking leave was asked
to accept the pipe he had used as a
souvenir of his visit. 1t had a gold
stem and was inlaid with diamonds to
the value of about $4,000. This, how
ever, is a modest. pipe compared with
the narghile smoked by the shah OF
Persia on state occasions With all its
appurtenances, which include a jewel
encrusted water bowl. the kallian, as
it is called. is worth at least $50 900
London Chronicle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
Was Lonely In Private Life

to the practice of the law seriously
When left Washington | associated
myself with my old law firm. but
cannot say that l have worked seri-
ously; | have been a lawyer in name
only. presume that may be little
rusty. But it is not so much for the
purpose of earning a good income that
am going to renew practice as it is
to occupy my mind. | shall certainly
rust out completely if l am not active
ly engaged in some kind of employ
ment from now on
And them continued General
James, che looked at me with a smile
which l remembered from the days of
our early association when he was col
lector of the port of New York and
was deputy under nina smile of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
General Arthur, After Leaving the
White House, Found Himself a
Mere Atom in the Life of
New York City.

am sure that was the last mem
Der OF the original cabinet of Presi.
dent Arthur who saw him and had a
chat with him. said Thomas L. James.
VINO was postmaster general under Ar
thur from September, 1881, to Janu-
ary' 1882, and at eighty years of age
Is New York city's dean of national
bank presidents.
one afternoon not long before Ar
thurs death, which occurred in No
vember, 1886, had occasion to take
surface cart was before the DAYS
OF the trolley-directly in front of the
Grand Central station, New York. AS
l passed down the aisle | heard nv
name called. | looked around and
saw ex-President Arthur occupying
a corner seat in the rear end of the
car. 1t was he who had called tn me
as passed by him. l am sure that no
person in the car but myself realized
that one OF its passengers was the
man who had been the twenty.first
president OF the nation. Certainly
the man who sat next to Arthur did
not recognize him; for when the eX.
president politely asked him to move
up a little so as to make room for
me the man granted the request re-
luctantly. But observed that mis- man.
ner changed instantly when he heard
me address the ex-president as Cen
eral Arthur.
Have you ever regretted quitting
public life?' Arthur asked me, apropos
of nothing, apparently. after we had
talked little On general lines
suppose, Mr.. President" | said
In reply, that 70 man has ever held
high public Office, at least in Wash
lngton, without occasionally, when in
private life, finding himself yearning
again for the excitement and sense of
power that high public office gives. !.
confess that occasionally have felt
that way
Don't you find that you are some
times lonely, now that you are in pri-
vate life? the general next asked me.
No | said not in the sense that
you mean. | would be lonely, though.
were not engaged in active bust
ness
That is the very reason why |
have decided to resume seriously the
practice of law was Arthur's reply.
of course. have had many expert
ences. have discovered what the
inner life of a president is, and have
had my share of the sense of power
which is associated with that Office
] have learned, however, since left
the White House. that almost all Of
the friends president makes are
merely superficial friends. I have
been very lonely since | returned to
New York. Nobody comes to see
me. am a mere atom in the life of
this city Therefore, I am going back
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
says 1e11 Was COCO to Wisconsin.

Gov. McGovern declares the year
1911 was good to Wisconsin. Pros
perity, contentment and unexampled
progress have been the portion Of her
people. Even in the face of most gen
erous appropriation for the support OF
education and the maintenance of her
penal and charitable institutions, be-
sides the expenditure OF 100000 a
year to build the new capitol and
more than third as much more to
aid local highway construction, hes
revenues, nevertheless, so increased
as to permit tae remission of almost
$1,000,000 of state taxes.
Among the important legislative re-
forms adopted this year were prefer
entail voting at primary elections, a
comprehensive corrupt practices act,
home rule for cities, a presidential
primary, new and distinct plan for
the initiative, referendum and recall
q workmen's compensation act, the
creation of an Industrial commission
empowered to adjust all differences
between capital and labor, and an
educational board to promote voea-
tional training, state aid to highways,
conservation of water powers and for
ests, an income tax and childrens and
women's hours of labor.
An entirely unique commission was
also created, called the board of pub
lie affairs. 1t is authorized to investi-
gate and devise, with the aid of ex-
perts, ways and means for the econo-
mic betterment of the state, to audit
the accounts and supervise the work
of the various state departments and
to submit plans to the next legislature
for the introduction of greater eff
ficiency and economy in the transac-
tion of public business.
This board has organized, and is
now hard at work conducting an ex-
animation Of the states system of
bookkeeping and investigating prob
lens connected with the cost of living,
cooperative farm marketing and buy
ing, prison tabor, educational systems,
state budgets state bonded indebted
ness, immigration, settlement of unoc-
cupaed lands, city dev alopment and
kindred subjects.
The public life Of Wis1cs,dEt:7. is in
stinct with inspiration, springing from
the. blending OF method and spirit
peculiarly and distinctively shown.
Tie method is that OF science and the
spirit OF democracy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
His Version of Story That His Wife
Declined for Him the Nomination
for Second Place While He
Was Fishing.

Since the death recently of William
P Frye. long time senator from Maine
and president pro tempore of the SEN
ate.-a senator for whom the country
at large held the highest respect-a
story has been much circulated to the
effect that Senator Frye-or rather his
wife for him, while her husband was
away fishing for trout-declined the
nomination of vice-president on the Re
publican ticket in 1880.
A favorable opportunity came to me
at one time during the presidential
campaign of 1884 to ask Senator Frye
if the report were true that he had de-
clined the nomination for vice-presi
dent after General Garfield had been
nominated for president.
1T isn't exactly true" Senator Frye
replied There was received at my
house at Lewiston while | was away
from home a telegram purporting TO
come from members of the Maine dele
cation 10 the Republican national con-
vention asking me if | would accept
the nomination for vice-president My
wife wired for ne in reply stating thai
l would not. The telegram. however,
was not unlike others which members
OF state delegations when the question
of the vice-president is under consider
alton send to some citizen of their
state. 1t doesn't mean much. sup
nose my friends at Chicago at that
time wanted to be in position ii the OPP
portune moment came 10 suggest my
name"
Wei. Senator" 1 asked, ''supposing
the convention had nominated you:
Would you have accepted the nominal
tion?'
Il would have been compelled to &C
cent it; no man could receive the nom
nation. for vice-president and then de-
cline it. thus compelling the nominal
tlou of some one else, and afterwards
have any standing with his party
II happen to know continued Sen
a,or FRYE. that General Logan was
bitterly opposed to the movement en-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
NEW NEWS of YESTERDAY

rare sweetness and kindness and
said:
You don't suppose 1t will be a
handicap to me in getting a practice
that | was at one time president of
the United States?'
"A few minutes later. as my car
reached the street at which was to
leave it. babe my former chief in the
cabinet room at Washington good aft
ernoon and wished him every success
at the bar; and his parting words to
me were these:
Perhaps you will hear of my max
ing an argument before the Supreme
court at Washington. | should be
very glad if had chance to dc
that But the chance never came.
His death occurred before he could
get fairly started in the active prac-
tice of his profession"
Copyright. 1911. by E. j. Edwards All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
Wants Commission RuIe.

The formation of bureaucratic or
commission form of government, in
stead of democratic, to administer the
in an open letter of State Superintend-
ent of Schools Charles P. Cary, adj
dressed to teachers and the general
public. The letter is the second of a
series, the first one of which crit
cised the University Of Wisconsin as
being too much entangled in politics.
IN this letter he says the impression
prevails that university professors oil
rect much Of the state legislation.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
Eou.vocaI.

How did you make out about the
contributions for that church oyster
support"
Jaw, the folks gave US raw deali"
Baltimore American
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
Some Luck.
Been hunting?"

Been hunting?
Yes
Any lucs?"
Some Found man who wouii
cash check when the game warden
told NE what the f1e was"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10

Income Tax Law Is Now Effective.
Two new safe policies became eff
facfive iii Wisconsin on Jan. /, the
first the new income tax and the sec
on6 the new plan OF life insurance by
tic state. 1t is improbable that either
will result in much in the early part
of January, as the income tax law is
now in tie supreme court and the
state tax commission has as yet an.
nounced no appointments for local In
come tax assessors, while the insur-
ance department is still Formulating
it's tables for the new state 0ts insur-
ance rolicies and ap~sities.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
Catholics Have First Chapel.

Catholics Have First Chapel
Wisconsin has long been recognized
for its innovations and new ideas.
Among the first Of these in a reHg'o
field is the establishment of secular
church at a state university.
ST. PauPs university chapel of the
University of Wisconsin is the first
institution of its kind in America, and
for that reason it's work Isl being
watched with interest, not only by
clergy Of the Catholic church, but by
spiritual men Of the entire country.
Is Catholics of Wisconsin realizing the
necessity for religious training among
their sons and. daughters at the uni
versity, have contributed about $4,000
toward a sum Of $4,000 raised for
Catholic institution at Madi-
son. A chapel was erected in 1909
with a seating capacity of over 400
persons, and the eZperim ent was tried
It proved a great success, for every
seat in the building is filled every
;St.:cday The Rev. H. G. HengeTf, for
a few years assistant at the Holy
Redeemer church, Madison, is pastor.
He is a young man, and received an
education of four years among Faro
pean Jesuits and years Of training in
United States schools
ST. Pau1's chapel is a religious and
educational corporation chartered m
der the laws of Wisconsin 1t can
rightly be called Catholic college
attached by the church to the Univer
sity Of Wisconsin. Besides bringing
the students into closer and more con-
slant contact with the church, it, con-
ducts religious services, supervises
the religious instruction of the stu
dents, and promotes their closer mu-
tual and social intercourse. This has
been possible only by the erection Of
the chapel, which cost $4,000. The
building is built of Bedford limestone
on Tudor-Gothic architectural lines
It's interior is one large auditorium
with an arched ceiling. All walls are
Immediately white.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
Many Conventions for Milwaukee.

Many Conventions for Milwaukee.
Fifteen conventions will be held in
Milwaukee this month.
The first will be that of the Wiscon-
sin Cheesem akers association, which
will be held jan 1912 The Wiscon-
sin branch of the American Poultry
association will meet Jan. H-16. and
with it will be held the annual Wis
consin feathered stock show.
On Jan. 16 will be held the conven-
ton of the Wisconsin Automobile as
scciation, in conjunction with that of
the Wisconsin Retail Automobile Deal
ers' association as well as the conven-
lion of the Wisconsin Real Estate
Dealers association. The Wisconsin
Electrical association will meet Jan.
Ills, and Jan. 1925 the convention
of the Western Association of Elec-
trical Inspectors will be held.
The Wisconsin Skat league will
meet here Jan. rs. The convention
of the Wisconsin Granite Cutters as
ISOLATION will be held Jan. 81. Jan.
30-31 the alumni organization of the
dental department of Marque tie uni
yersity will meet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-10
STATE FARMERS
GET FREE BOOKS
travelling Libraries in Great De-
mand in Rural Sections.
700 STATIONS ESTABLISHED
Wisconsin Is the Third in the Union
to Recognize That Reading is
Needed as Much on the
Farm as in the City.

Madison.-It is through the travel
Ing library department of the Wiscon-
sin free library commission that the
citizenship of the state is reached at
the greatest number of points. Miss
Lutte E. Stearns, chief of the travelling
library department, has seen this
work grow from small beginning
until it now embraces over 1000 trav-
cling library stations, including the 700
stations established by the state Ii
brary commission, and over 800 sta
tons in the fourteen county travel
ing library systems.
Good roads, rural free delivery,
farmers telephone lines, and travel
ing libraries are the four great modern
agencies that are doing much to re-
lieve the old time isolation of farm
life
Wisconsin was the third state in the
union to recognize the fact that read
ing matter is needed just as much or
the farm as in the city, and that it is
more appreciated in the rural commu-
mites than in cities, with all the cities
distractions.
In 1896 the Wisconsin state library
commission enlisted the interest of
Senator James H. Stout, Dunn county,.
in the movement to secure reading
matter for his home district. Mr..
Stout expended $500 for the purchase
of sixteen travelling libraries. These.
libraries proved so popular that TWEEN
ty-one more were purchased shortly
after, which with fresh additions to.
each box from time to time. have
been in circulation in the county dur
ing the last fifteen years.
In the beginning, other counties
were also obliged to- depend upon the
private benefcence of individuals or
Women's clubs for similar collections.
In 1903 the legislature made an aE-
preparation to the commission fog
travelling libraries, and it now has
over 700 travelling library stations
scattered all over the state There
were over 100000 issues of the book
in these libraries during the last BIZ
ennial period, many volumes being
literally worn out by the readers.
Since Sept. 1, 1910, I.400 boxes of
books have been shipped out into the
state.
These travelling libraries are made
up of the best of the most recent
books of fiction for old and young,
travel biography, literature useful
arts, fine arts and sociology The
commission circulates three sizes of
travelling libraries. The twenty-five
volume, for the small northern hss;E
lets; the fifty-f1ve volume fGr the bet
ter populated Districts, and the 100
volume for the largest villages. A
collection is sent to community for
the mere payment of the freight upon
receipt and return, upon application of
ten people in the community, or of a
local school board where no postofficc
exists. This constant exchange-the
receipt Of fresh reading matter at FREE
quent intervals-is the best feature of
the system, enabling the most isolated
community to be kept alive mentally
by the influx of fresh ideas.