Evening star., 1924-11-10
RECORD OF LODGE
ONE OF WIDE FAME
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who had been chairman of the reso-
lutions committee. found the original
draft of the platform with the inter
lined amendment to the bimetaIlism
plank. consisting Of the words which
We pledge ourselves to promote"
written on telegraph blank in Mr.
Lodges handwriting. Senator Chand-
Ter thereupon arranged a dinner, at
which he presented Mr.. Lodge with
silver cigar box valued at 800
Mr.. Lodges seat in the Senate was
not seriously threatened until the
campaign of 1910. when rival candi-
dates presented themselves for the
republican nomination and waged
bitter contest against him. In that
campaign he was Charged with hav-
ing built up a powerful machine to
control party affairs in Massachu-
setts. He secured the nomination.
however. and was reelected by a
margin of six, votes in the Massachu-
setts Legislature. He was reelected
In 1916 for a term expiring in 1923.
Seeking reelection in 1922. he was
faced with determined opposition
within and without his party. In the
primary campaign joseph Walker, a
former speaker of the Massachusetts
House of Representative and for
mer Progressive. was a candidate for
the Republican nomination for Sena-
tor. Mr.. Walker attacked Senator
Lodge as being reaCtionary and as
not properly representing his party,
but when the primary votes We're
counted it was found that the Senator
was an easy winner. To oppose him
in the election the Democrats nomi-
mated William A. CASTOR, Boston law
yer and banker. who made a vigorous
campaign. Mr.. Walker announced
his support of CASTOR and certain
other Republicans came out for the
Prohibition candidate, John A
Nichols. The vote ran close through
out the state and although Senator
Lodges reelection was assured by
the returns. it was not until after d
recount of the ballots, demanded by
both parties, that his plurality over
Castor was fixed at 1886.
Friend of Roosevelt.
Soon after leaving college Mr.
Lodge formed a close friendship with
Theodore Roosevelt. This was fos-
tered by their joint interest in history
and politics. and during Mr.. Roose-
velt's administration as President
Senator Lodge was invariably a fac
tor in conferences at the White
House.
During the Harding administration
he also was a prominent figure in
party colncils and politics.
The establishment of international
copyright. the regulation of immi-
grafton, the reform of the consular
service, and numerous other items of
notable legislation were largely
credited to him. AS member of the
foreign relations committee 1t fell to
him to take charge in the Senate of
the second Hay Pauncefote treaty
and of the treaty establishing the
Alaskan tribunal tribunal Of which
he became a member. For years he
was a member of the Senate finance
and naval committees, active in
framing tariff, taxation and naval as
well as international policies. The
Navy was his special interest.
His knowledge both of naval affairs
and Of international relations, together
with his position of leadership in the
Senate. led to his appointment by Pres
ident Harding. in 1921, as one of the
four American delegates to the Wash
ington Arms Conference. In that ca
pacity it fell to him to present to the
conference the four-power treaty which
he later piloted to ratification in the
Senate.
Mr.. Lodge travelled often abroad
and had the friendship of many
prominent European statesmen. He
spoke French fuently and was stu
dent of its art and literature, his
library being filled with busts of Ma
Loleon and French volumes. He also
had one of the largest collections of
hOOSeVelt letters.
Ancestors Noted.
Senator Lodges father. John Eller-
ton Lodge, was engaged in trade with
China and owned many ships. The
Senator once remarked: Il never
went to sea. but 1 knew every part of
ship" His great grandfather,
Massachusetts, from 1871 to 1895, and
was appointed by President Adams as
Secretary of the Navy when that de-
rartment was created, but declined
the appointment.
Senator Lodge made his home In a
picturesque mansion on the cliffs of
Nahant, jutting out into Massachu-
setts Bay. There as boy he became
an expert swimmer and master OF
sailboat. with a retired hsherman
as Instructor and companion. During
his service in Congress he spent his
summer vacations usually at his Ma
hant home, and, as he was an ardent
horsenan, was often seen canteflng
along the beaches and through the
villages I'm his later years he found
horseback riding too strenuous, ana
got most Of his exercise in walking,
although he continued to enjoy an
occasional swim in the ocean. He
was passionately fond of the sea,
which he once said conveys most
nearly the idea of infinite space"
Always COnsfderIte.
For many years Senator Lodge
served as moderator at the Nahant
town meetings, and in August. 1913,
he made a special trip from Wash
ington to preside at a special town
meeting called to consider the ques-
tion Of building a new schoolhouse.
A fellow townsman wrote: His attf-
tude in town meetings is liked by the
townspeople. His opinions are not
always approved. but he is interested
in all details, however small, and is
considerate of others opinions"
In September, 1922, the Nahant
townspeople, irrespective of party,
rendered him a reception and pre-
sented him with a silver plate in
scribed as "a token Of affection and
esteem"
Mr. Lodges wife, who was Anna
Cabot Mills, daughter of Rear Admiral
Charles H. Davis of the United States
Navy, died in 1915. He had two sons,
George Cabot Lodge, who died soon
after his graduation from Harvard,
and John E. Lodge, "a Boston lawyer.
and one daughter. Mrs. Augustus p.