Show TO LAY ASIDE SENATOR HALE OP OF MAINE WILL REFUSE TO CONTEST FOR SEAT IN SENATE after belg being n chosen five times with out opposition veteran statesman does not wish to enter into scramble for office augusta me positive announcement of the early retirement of eugene hale from the united states senate was made here on tuesday the news came in a confidential telegram from washington A letter from senator hale to byron boyd chairman of the republican state committee in which ho be declines to engage in a conflict for the sena tor torsh ship lp was received by chairman boyd bod tuesday in the letter senator hale did not once refer to the condition of his health but instead called attention to the fact that ho be had been given what no other man in maine had bad received live five unanimous nominations for continuous terms in the senate and it did not seem fitting for him to make a personal contest tor for the succession senator hale talked with a degree of freedom during tuesday afternoon concerning his announced determination to retire from the senate hebold he told his friends that having been accorded the unparalleled honor of five full EUGENE HALE united states senator from maine terms in the senate without contest ot of any character he did not relish the prospect of entering into a scram scramble bire at his present time of life while abile 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 contends so far is as the contest has gone the andl indications are entirely favorable to his re reelection election it is the conflict itself that appalls appals him eugene hale has served continuously in 16 the senate since 1881 in 1899 when he came up for re reelection election for his fourth term in the senate some opposition developed from his attitude in opposing the war with spain but this soon disappeared several months ago former associate justice frederick A powers of the maine supreme court announced his candidacy for the tha senate and for the first time since 1876 1976 when lot M morrill of augusta was elected a contest was started tor for one of the maine senator ships |