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Show SENATE TO HONOR SENATOR FRYE LEWISTON. Me.. Aug. 8. The state of. Maine lost its senior United States senator and an almost lifelong life-long faithful servant when Vllllam Pierce Frye died today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen White, here. At his bedside were Mrs. White and his other daughter, Mrs. Alice Brlggs, who also resides here. Although Al-though he had hoen ill for a long time death came suddenly. Forced by the condition of his health to resign his position as president pro tempore of tho senate at the beginning of the ' present special session of congress, although he retained his membership In the senate, Senator Fryo soon aft- ' erward made his last journey to the city which always had been his home. For several weeks his condition was not considered necessarily dangerous danger-ous Up to last week he rested in. comparative comfort, spending much of his time in reading or in having some member of his family read to him. Last week the senator's illness ill-ness took a serious turn, but again ho rallied and this week his physicians expressed the hope that he might recover As lat as 3 15 this afternoon after-noon he appeared to be In a comfortable comfort-able condition. Shortly afterward It was soen that he was sinking rapidly and at 3 no o'clock he died A general gen-eral breakdown due to age and his extremely ex-tremely arduous career, Is ascribed as the cause of his death. Funeral arrangements had not been completod tonight. WASHINGTON. Aug. S. News of Senator Frve's death reached the senate Informally this afternoon while Admiral Togo was being given an ovation during a 10-mlnute recess. As the senate was still In the executive execu-tive session day of Monday, by reason of continuance under the agreement to vote on the statehood bill on the legislative day of August 7, it was decided that no announcement should be made today of the loss of the senate's sen-ate's oldest member oldest both In years and service. There was an unanimous desire that when adjournment was taken out of respect to his memory that It be for the entire day. This formality will be complied with Immediately after the senato convenes tomorrow. Senator Frye was famed for "his fairneFS to all members, whether as the presiding officer or In debate on tho floor. He never let politics interfere in-terfere with his unwavering consider-ation consider-ation for the feelings of his colleagues. col-leagues. Bv reason of tho recent Democratic victory in Maine and the resultant election of a Democratic governor and legislature, Senator Frye will bo succeeded by -a member of that party. The change will reduce the Republican Republi-can membership of the senate to 49 and Increase the Democratic to 4L Senator Fryo's erm would have ended end-ed March 4, 1913. There are said to be half a dozen prominent Democrats in the state who will aspue to the short-term appointment While there has been discussion already of the probability of a successor. Senator Johnson, the Democratic senator from Maine, declined to venture an opinion as to whom his colleague was Ukoly to be. The choice at present will rest with Governor Plalsted, who will make an appointment. The accession ac-cession of another Democrat to the nenate will make the Maine congressional congres-sional delegalion, for years solidly Republican, four Democrats and two Republicans. The Democrats already al-ready have half the Maine membership member-ship in tho house Senator Frye was one of the last two of that remarkable coterie of Maine statesmen, which began with Hannibal Hamlin, ended with himself him-self and Senator Hale, who retired at the close of the last session of congress, and Included James G Blaine, William Pitt FesBenden. Thomas B. Reed and Nelson Dingley. Both he and Hale began service in tho s'enate in 1S81, and Berved side by side for 30 years, a much longer time than any other two men sat together in the senate. Frvo began his service as tho successor of Blaine and Hale as the successor of Hamlin. Both entered hc senato after conspicuous service In the house, and hoth began tholr congressional careers in the latter body almost simultaneously. The parallel would have been complete com-plete If Mr Hale had not skipped a term between the termination of his houso and the boglnning of his senate sen-ate service, and If ho had not practically prac-tically voluntarily severed his connection con-nection with the senato by announcing announc-ing long In advance that he would not b.e a candidate for re-election after the conclusion of his senatorial term ended in March, 191L Mr Frye was in congress 40 years, giving him the longest continuous congressional record, with the two exceptions of Justin S Morrill of Vermont and William H. Allison of Iowa. For In years Mr. Fryo had been president "pro tempore of the senate, and bv virtuo of the fact that ho held this office when the late Vico President Hobart died, he assumed all the functions of vico president of tho United States during tho latter part of President McKiu-ley's McKiu-ley's administration Previous to the assumption of tho duties of presiding officer, Mr Frye was one of the most active debaters In the senate. Coming to congress before the close of tho reconstruction period following follow-ing tho Civil war, and being a pronounced pro-nounced partisan, he immed lately became an active participant in the discussions of the thrilling period Ho soon took front rank as a speaker and bv Hie time he had served 10 years had risen to a position of such eminence that but for his election to the senate, ho undoubtedly would have been elected speaker of the hohse. Roth as senator and as representative, representa-tive, Mr. Frye gave most of his time to practical questions. lie was for many years chairman of the sen ate comrnitteo on commerce, and in that capacity became an expert on all questions dealing with shipping, navigation, river and harbor improve-monts, improve-monts, lighthouse, rovonue cuttor and bridge legislation. He was ono of the principal promoters of tho movement move-ment In favor of 'subsidies for tho promotion of American shipping. So highly was his judgment in most of these matters regarded that no ordinary ordi-nary bill reported from the commerce committee was ever questioned. Mr. Fryo was also a member of long standing of tho committee on foreign relations. In some roapects this is regarded as the most desirable desir-able of nil committees, yet so desirous de-sirous was he to Bcrve the commercial commer-cial world, that when Senator Sherman Sher-man retired from the chairmanship of the foreign affairs committee, the Maine senator voluntarily surrendered surrender-ed the vacated place to remain at the head of the commerce committee. Of international questions, Senator Sena-tor Frye gave most attention to matters mat-ters Involving oriental relations. No man in public 1 fe had a better command com-mand of the situation in the Samoan islands while they were a hone of lDtornatlonal contention. He also waB familiar with conditions In Hawaii before the annexation of the Islands, and was an effective advocate of American control there. He was one of President McKin-ley's McKin-ley's ardent supporters in tho Spanish Span-ish war, aud when that conflict was brought to a close, ho was solected as one of tho American commissioners commission-ers to negotiate a peace treaty which he afterwards signed in Paris. Before entering congress Mr. Frye had attained distinction as a lawyer in his native city of Lewlston. The financial outlook was most flattering, but ho always declared that -while ho '1 probably would have been able to i jH amass a large fortune, he had no re- I kmM grets over his course in foregoing km this opportunity. fl Senator Cullom now becomes the Lm ranking senator in point of Iongoat 'I km service. I mwm oo : |