| Show HALE DALE DECLINES TO CONTEST FOR SEAT Maine Statesman Content With the I Honors Received at the Hands I of His Pine Pin e Tree Tre e Friends FrIe n ds dsA I I II AUGUSTA A A He Me April 19 A letter from Senator Eugene ugene Hale to toA A Byron Boyd oyd chairman of the Republican state committee in I which he lie declines to engage in a conflict for the was re received received I by Chairman Boyd tonight In the letter Senator Hale did not once refer to the condition of his health but instead called attention to the fact that he had h d been given what no other man in Maine Name had received five unanimous nominations for Cor continuous terms in the Senate Senat and it did not seem fitting for him to make a contest for the succession Senator Hale HaJe took occasion to predict that should the Democrats carry the next House louse of Representatives s within ninety days daya after tho the opening of the next Congress a freo free trade tariff tarI bill will be sent nt to the Senate in n which Maines principal and inter Interests ests will be marked for slaughter The letter to Mr Boyd dated Wash Vash Washington ington April 18 follows Your Tour notice that the state commit committee tee requests me to preside at the Tune Juno convention has been received and I fully appreciate the honor and dence de nee the request implies But It is Isn not n t at all certain the session of Con Congress Congress gress gross will end before July Tuly therefore tha the committee should elect some other presiding officer Besides this it is IsI I not certain I will be in Maine at the time and I take this occasion to say through you that I decline to engage in a conflict for the Longer public service servie is not necessary necessary necessary sary to my peace of mind and the prospect of retirement has in It little disagreeable to me The party narty has bas given given en me what no other oth r man in Maine has ever received five unanimous nomina nominations nominations lions for tor five full continuous terms in inthe inthe inthe the Senate and it seems unfitting for forme forme forme me to make a personal contest for the succession Content With Past Honors The situation will not me either a grumbler or a malcontent My ly desire Is to see Governor Fernald elected by bya a good majority with a Republican leg at his back It 13 1 furthermore important that Maine should send four Republican representatives to the th next f ingress to avoid what may maybe be he the trial day for all Maines indus t tris and business prosperity hould Should the Democrats carry the e II Huse nise of Representatives Represent within ninety nays after the opening of the next Con a free ree trade tariff bill will be sent sont to t till tie Sen wh lt 1 1 pal Ial al industries and interests will be for slaughter Whoever re reI relis I alls iUS lis the situation under the Morrison Ml hll and later latr under the 8 S lIn n 11 bill will fully realize r lize this This 4 taster to tc Maine can only b be prevented 1 v HP He ns retaining control l of oft t o n t Hon House e of or Representatives 1 10 tIll end f n a full fun Republican dele deletti delettI n from Maine MaiDe in the next text Congress will ill be bt needed more mort than ever before p loa U d to bi secure this all ull my sympathy and andi ande i e arE aro at the command of the tha I Surprise in Washington Washington ashington W April 19 The positive pOI tut of ot the prospective retire u lt at ut of ot Senator Hale from the Senate following so sa closely on a similar an announcement regarding Senator Aldrich Al pf tuned to have a stunning effect upon the tite f Senate That the oldest of the senators in point of service should voluntarily de dei deIde i ilde Ide to retire from that body was scarcely less of a surprise than that the recognized leader should have hae decided upon a similar step Moet Moat of the sen son senators senators declined to make any comment Senator Hale Hole was In the Senate building early eari In the day dar but kept aloof from other othel senators and from vis generally He was engaged In a conference on appropriation bills bUls Many lany n r f those successful su in getting a talk talka a ith ah him found him reticent on the sub jP je of his withdrawal but to his inti Continued on Page Six HAlE DECliNES TO CONTEST FOR SEAT Continued from Page One mates he made no denial l that he had written a letter to Maine stating his hla attitude and outlining his intentions Nor did he conceal the fact that he probably would not be a candidate for reelection By the retirement of Senator Hale the Senate will lose the oldest of o Its members In point of service and the Republican party the chairman of Its caucus and Its titular leader Who Wh will be the th leader lead r of the Senate now was asked of Senator Dolliver today In connection with the coming retirement of Senators Aldrich and Hale I suppose the mantle of the th leader leadership leadership leadership ship will be deposited In I the Smithson Smithsonian ian institution together with other rel relics relIcs relics ics ofa of a discarded and abandoned system system system tem replied rep led the Iowa senator who isone Is Isone Isone one of the Insurgents against the pres present present ent organization control of the upper chamber by a few veterans Uncle Joe Will WUI Stick Washington April 19 As he be was leaving the White house Speaker Can Cannon Cannon non nOli was asked If the retirement of Senators Aldrich and Hale would have any Influence on him or other members of the House He declared that the senators had been Influenced wholly by considerations of health Political considerations he believed did not enter Into their de determination determInation determination termination As for himself the speaker after tak ing a fling at muckrakers declared he was going to live years longer and have a good goo 1 time while he was doing doln It Senator Hales Reasons While still far from voluble Senator Hale talked with more freedom tonight than during the day concerning his announced an announced announced determination to retire from the Senate He told his friends that having been accorded the unparalleled honor of five full terms In the Senate without contest of any character he did not relish the prospect of entering Into a scramble at his present time of life While this was the principal reason given by the senator he made It plain his course had not been dictated by any fear of the result The senator con contends contends contends tends so 30 far as the contest has gone the indications are entirely favorable to his reelection It is the conflict Itself I that appalls him years old and unused to opposition in his political aspirations he simply hesitated to enter upon a scrimmage which while it probably would result in his triumph would be injurious to his health and at the same time greatly disturb his peace of mind A man of robust constitution Mr Hale has been equal to any demand upon him until the last year or or two Recently he lie has experienced attacks of illness which while not serious them themselves themselves themselves selves have called out warnings Mr 1111 Hales record of five posed elections Is without precedent and Is except In the case of his colleague Senator Frye Mr Frye has had as many unopposed elec but one of his terms was frac Naturally Senator Hale does not wish to mar this remarkable record He would feel almost as badly over a tri triumph triumph triumph won at the expense of a party struggle as over a positive defeat As Is the case with Senator Aldrich Mr Hale Is a It member of the monetary commission and will continue his ices In that body Career of Senator Hale Portland Me April Hale has served continuously In the Senate since 1881 ISSI In 1899 1599 when he came up for tor reelection for his fourth term in the Senate some opposition developed from his attitude in opposing the war with Spain for this soon disappeared Several months ago former Associate Justice Frederick A Powers of the Maine supreme court announced his candidacy for the Senate and for the first time since ISiS 1876 when Lot M Merrill Morrill of Au Augusta Augusta gusta was elected a contest was started for f r one of the Maine |
