The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-03

sets. and Crane before he was very
long In his chair, convinced the electo-
rate that he was just the sort or man
to NIL that kind of bill. He had his
auditors go through all State depart
ments with the single idea of finding
waste and extravaganza for elimination.
and they did find IT, and Crane elm
mated 1t and became enormously popu-
lar thereby
He came back into public life after
he ceased to be Governor> when In 1904
he was appointed to the United states
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Of Senator George f. Hoar.
and took his seat in December Of that
year. The following January the Mas
sachusetts Legislature confirmed the
appointment by electing him to MI out
all of Senator Hoar's term. which was
due to expire in 1907. and upon its ex-
piration Mr.. Crane was reelected Tor
the succeeding tenn up to 1913.
Target for Muckrakers.
Senator Crane, like many men of
wealth and wide business activity who
nave sat in the upper house In WASH
ington. was an ideal target for muck
rakers and was variously described as
friendly to the interests" az states
man silent in debate. but articulate in
cloak rooms, and as a 'pussyfoot.' At
tention has been called often to the Cow
eminent contracts held by his paper
mills. to which it was always Cranes
custom to reply, il he replied at all. that
all the paper he ever sold the Govern
ment was worth all the Government paid
for IL.
From the profits of his paper mills
IN
out into many fields OF commerce and
finance. and at the time of his retire
ment from the Senate he was heavily
interested in the manufacture Of shoes
and woollen goods and was one OF the
largest stockholders In the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company and
in various of the companies allied with II.
AS a politician his great talent lay in
the fact that he made politics impef =
sonal and ignored criticism so long as
the political ends which he felt ought to
go through went through. Theodore
Roosevelt, a man who was the direct
opposite Of Crane In almost every hu-
man respect. who used TO say frankly
| to his face-that he did not find him at
| tractive personally, often called him into
counsel, heard mis- advice and acted on
1t and intrusted him with the arranging
and harmoniZing of various elements OF
| the party which showed signs of discord
Active In Party Rule.
Senator Crane was a member of the
| Republican National Committee between
| 1892 and 1900 and again from 1904 10
1872. He was n delegate at large to the
| Republican National Conventions of 1892
| 1896 and 1904. He was also a delegate
! to the last convention at Chicago, but
| his influence was not what 1t had beer
| at previous coventions, as 1t was known
| that he was interested In international
| banking and for that reason was be
lieved to favor the League of Nations.
| Senator Crane had been PRACTICAL,
out of politics for the last four years
partly because his expanding bushes.
and financial interests left him littl,
| time for politics and partly because hi:
| health had begun to fail. He announced
! as early as 1912 that he would quit pub
! lie life permanently at the end of hi
| Senatorial term. which then had sever
| months TO run, and that he was makint
his statement in plenty of time>so tina
such other men as considered themselves
candidates could get to work.
Senator Crane was married twice. Hi
! first wife was Miss Mary Benner o
Astoria, l.. I. They were married II
| 1880 and she died In 1884. leaving on,
child. Winthrop Murray Crane. Jr. II
1896 Senator Crane married Miss Jose
phine Porter Boardman of Washing
| ton, D. c.