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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Mr. FRYE. Mr. President, I offer the resolutions which I send to the desk.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolutions will be read.

The resolutions were read, considered by unanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows:

Resolved, That the Senate expresses its profound sorrow on account of the death of the Hon. LLEWellyn PowerS, late a Member of the House of Representatives from the State of Maine.

Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended, in order that fitting tributes may be paid to his memory.

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these resolutions to the House of Representatives and to the family of the deceased.

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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES

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ADDRESS OF MR. FRYE, OF MAINE

Mr. PRESIDENT: The Powers family was rather a remarkable Arba Powers, a stalwart man physically and mentally, built for himself a log cabin in Maine, and from his home sent out into the world eight sons equally stalwart in mind and body. All of them, by their own exertions, aided only by heredity and an early training in economy, thrift, and hard work, achieved

success.

Nearly all of them held important public offices in Maine and elsewhere and discharged their official duties in a manner entirely acceptable to the people. These log cabins have, I think, made more valuable contributions to the Republic than have the homes of wealth and luxury. The oldest of these sons was Governor POWERS, to whose memory we pay tribute to-day. He had the advantage of education in our free schools, the first in the country having been established in the district of Maine.

It is an interesting incident that William King, our first governor, an ardent friend of Thomas Jefferson, visited him at his home at Monticello before he entered upon the duties of his office, and Jefferson, at his request, wrote the article in our Constitution which perpetuated our free-school system.

Mr. POWERS continued his studies in the academy; then for two years in Colby University; then entered the Albany Law School, from which he graduated with honor. He commenced the practice of the law at Houlton, in Aroostook County, the

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northeast county of this country, then mostly in wilderness, now said to be, in the value of its farm products, the fourth in the United States.

He gained what in those days and in his State was a large and lucrative practice, so large that he was obliged to take as a partner his youngest brother, Frederick, who later on became a judge in our supreme court. Mr. POWERS was a business man of great sagacity, of clear foresight, and invested his surplus earnings in wild lands, which became very valuable and made him a wealthy man. At the time of his death he was the largest individual owner in Maine, having holdings amounting to

200,000 acres.

Mr. POWERS was attorney for the State for the county of Aroostook from 1864 to 1871; collector of customs for the district of Aroostook from 1868 to 1872; a member of the house of representatives in Maine for six terms, during one of which he was speaker; was elected governor of Maine in 1896 and reelected in 1898. He was elected to the Forty-fifth Congress from the fourth district and elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress in April, 1901, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Charles A. Boutelle, and to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses.

I was a Member of the House in the Forty-fifth Congress when Mr. POWERS made his first speech. It commanded the attention of the House and made a favorable impression. While serving his State in its legislature he had a commanding influence in the enactment of important legislation. As governor he had strong convictions and the courage of them; he was fearless, not parsimonious, but wisely economical; and by his forcefulness, his tireless energy, his business sagacity, made his administration of the affairs of the State eminently satisfactory to the people, who reelected him by an increased majority.

Governor PoWERS was a first-rate, all-round lawyer, the product, I think, more frequently of the country than of the city practice. As an advocate he was forceful, exhaustive, and successful, if not eloquent.

As a legislator, his clear vision and business sagacity, together with his accurate legal knowledge and commanding presence, compelled attention and rendered him effective.

He was an ardent Republican, a firm believer in the protection policy, loyal to all of the fundemantal principles of his party, and yet always tolerant to those differing with him.

He made hosts of friends and few enemies. Socially, he was very attractive, was a fine conversationalist, abounding in apt anecdote, and quick of wit. He was a devoted husband and a loving father.

He fought well life's battles, and won more victories than fall to the lot of most men. In his death his country, his State, and his family have suffered a most serious loss.