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 To his contemporaries, the passing of Wil- 
 liam Henry Haile from the sphere of his genial 
 and helpful activities in the world's life of his 
 generation seemed an untimely cutting off of 
 ripened manhood, an inscrutable frustration 
 of high endeavor for noble usefulness, and a 
 visible lessening of active and obedient forces 
 that make for righteousness in that best sense 
 of willing, modest, and unswerving service of 
 God and man. 
 
 The outspoken recognition of private and 
 public loss, the sincere expressions of mourn- 
 ing, and the loyal attestations to the endearing 
 personal qualities of the man included all ranks 
 and conditions of his fellow-men, wherever in 
 the wide range of his opportunities the kindly 
 personality of William H. Haile had touched 
 the religious, social, political, and business en- 
 
Preface 
 
 vironments of his life for more than three- 
 score years. 
 
 In the spiritual economy of the universe, 
 
 " Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot 
 Which men call Earth," 
 
 the impulse and inspiration of such a life re- 
 main to bless ; something is left behind that 
 lives on in the grateful memories of all who 
 knew and loved the man, immortal in its silent 
 influence on the hearts and lives of other men, 
 — how potent and far reaching, who can tell? 
 The open record of his life is its own suffi- 
 cient memorial, and the purpose of this brief 
 chronicle is simply to preserve, in more per- 
 manent form, the published tributes and appre- 
 ciations which followed the announcement of 
 the death of William Henry Haile at his resi- 
 dence in Springfield, Mass., on the thirteenth 
 of February, 1901. 
 
 EDITOR. 
 
 Springfield, Mass., 
 May 1, 1901. 
 
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Bioorapbical 
 
Biographical 
 
 William Henry Haile was born in Ches- 
 terfield, N.H., September 23, 1833, the son of 
 WilHam and Sabrana Walker Haile. 
 
 His father, the first Republican governor of 
 New Hampshire, was a merchant and manu- 
 facturer, and from him the son inherited his 
 interest in the woolen manufacturing company 
 at Hinsdale, N.H., where he was associated 
 with the late Rufus S. Frost of Chelsea. 
 
 The Hinsdale establishment is nearly as old 
 as the century just closed. Two previous mills 
 on the same site have been burned. In 1849 
 William Haile took up the business in com- 
 pany with Daniel H. Ripley, who subsequently 
 sold his interest to John D. Todd ; Mr. Todd 
 sold out in time to Mr. Frost, whose firm had 
 been the selling agents of the mill for some 
 years, and a little later William H. Haile was 
 taken into the firm. Although William Haile 
 died in 1876, the firm name has never been 
 essentially changed. 
 
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 During all his years of active life as a manu- 
 facturer, the elder Haile lived in a plain two- 
 story house directly opposite the mill ofifice, 
 often going away to a seat in the legislature, 
 then to attend the constitutional convention 
 and preside over the Senate, and finally, in 
 1857 and 1858, to serve as chief magistrate of 
 the state. 
 
 The family removed to Hinsdale when Wil- 
 liam H. Haile was a child, and there he attended 
 the public schools, and fitted for college at Kim- 
 ball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. He 
 first entered Amherst, and after a year there he 
 went to Dartmouth, where he was graduated 
 with honors in 1856. He remained loyal to 
 New Hampshire and its college, and retained 
 through life his interest in Dartmouth. 
 
 Leaving college, he came to Springfield and 
 began the study of law with Beach and Bond. 
 The fact that his sister had married the late 
 Ex-Mayor John M. Stebbins largely influenced 
 his choice of that city at the outset of his 
 career. He was admitted to the bar in 1859, 
 and for a short time practiced in Boston. But 
 the ancestral business appealed to him more 
 than law, and in 1861 he removed to Hinsdale, 
 and became a partner in the firm of Haile, 
 Frost and Company. 
 
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 The business was subsequently incorporated 
 as the Haile and Frost Manufacturing Company 
 with Mr. Rufus S. Frost as president, and Mr. 
 William H. Haile as treasurer. Mr. Frost and 
 Mr. Haile were always close friends, and their 
 personal and business relations during the many 
 years of their association were harmonious and 
 cordial to a remarkable degree. 
 
 After the death of Mr. Frost, in 1894, Mr. 
 Haile became president, and in due time his 
 son Henry C. Haile became the treasurer of 
 the company. 
 
 Mr. Haile was three times elected to the 
 legislature of New Hampshire, in 1865, 1866, 
 and 1871. 
 
 In January, 1861, William H. Haile married 
 Miss Amelia L. Chapin, daughter of the late 
 Ethan S. and Louisa (Burns) Chapin of Spring- 
 field, making their residence in Hinsdale until 
 187 1, when the claims of Springfield drew them 
 back to establish their permanent home in that 
 city; since 1876 on Chestnut Street in the 
 house once occupied by George Bancroft, the 
 historian, and later by the late George Walker, 
 a pleasant substantial mansion with ample gar- 
 den facilities stretching back in the old-fash- 
 ioned style. 
 
 It was not until the fall of 1880 that Mr. 
 
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 Haile first became prominent in the local poli- 
 tics of this section. He was known to the 
 politicians as a business man of quiet tastes, 
 upright life, active in the First Church, who 
 did business in New Hampshire. 
 
 As a synopsis of this political evolution, a 
 graphic extract from the columns of the Repub- 
 lican is here given, preserving, as it does, the 
 local atmosphere and the political issues of 
 that period. 
 
 "During the campaign of 1880, Mr. L. J. 
 Powers, who had served the city with credit 
 for two terms as its mayor, had some active 
 enemies, and a ' still hunt ' was inaugurated to 
 defeat him in the Republican caucuses. 
 
 "In despair of success, at last, the late Benja- 
 min Weaver, and others went to Mr. Haile 
 with representations that persuaded him to per- 
 mit the use of his name, and the result was 
 that the caucuses gave Mayor Powers 346 votes 
 and his opponent 417. 
 
 " Mr. Haile was duly elected over the late E. 
 W. Ladd by a majority of 465. He made a 
 painstaking, tactful, and successful chief magis- 
 trate of the city, but the work wore on him 
 and he declined renomination. 
 
 " The next year he was elected senator from 
 this district, and served two terms. This was 
 
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 his advent in state politics, and introduced him 
 to the Commonwealth as a Republican of grow- 
 ing consequence. He served on important 
 committees, and in the election of a United 
 States senator was a leader in the support of 
 John D. Long. 
 
 " It was in 1889 that Mr. Haile was first 
 nominated for lieutenant-governor on the ticket 
 headed by John Q. A. Brackett, and both were 
 elected. The next year Governor Brackett ran 
 to meet his defeat at the hands of William E. 
 Russell, and so was permanently retired, while 
 Lieutenant-Governor Haile was again elected. 
 In the next election Colonel Charles H. Allen 
 of Lowell, now governor-general of Porto Rico, 
 was the Republican candidate for governor, 
 with Lieutenant-Governor Haile renominated ; 
 Allen was defeated and Haile elected. 
 
 "In 1892 Lieutenant-Governor Haile was 
 nominated for governor, and Roger Wolcott for 
 lieutenant-governor. In this contest Mr. Haile 
 was defeated by Governor Russell, and Roger 
 Wolcott was elected lieutenant-governor. The 
 governor had 186,377 votes and Mr. Haile 
 183,843. It was unfortunate for the Springfield 
 candidate that the name of Wolcott Hamlin of 
 Amherst, the prohibition candidate for governor, 
 came after him on the ballot, so that careless 
 
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 voters marked Haile and Wolcott Hamlin, in- 
 stead of Haile and Roger Wolcott. In this way 
 many votes intended for Mr. Haile were nega- 
 tived, enough, the party managers have be- 
 lieved, to lose him the election. It is a matter 
 of fact that a surprising number of presumably 
 intelligent voters confessed to this mistake. 
 
 " In 1893 Mr. Haile stood in line for another 
 nomination to the governorship, with practi- 
 cally no opposition or question as to what the 
 republican party ought to do. His friends 
 were extremely anxious to give him the vindi- 
 cation which they felt to be his due, and Mr. 
 Haile was himself confident of the outcome of 
 the trial. But while he had thought deeply 
 upon the duties that the governorship would 
 bring, and had gone so far as to formulate a 
 reform policy, which he believed would benefit 
 the state, he had premonitions that the strain 
 of the governorship would be more than his 
 strength could bear. He became convinced 
 that it was time to conserve his physical forces. 
 And so, deliberately, in full realization of all he 
 was abandoning of assured public honor, he 
 decided that to the business cares which were 
 imperative he could not safely add the burden 
 of the governorship. In this decision he was 
 supported by his wife and a few of his nearest 
 
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 friends, not politicians. The announcement of 
 his decision March i6, 1893, came as a bomb- 
 shell to the Republican managers and the people 
 of the state. It was resented by many. 
 
 That it was a wise determination time has 
 shown, in that Mr. Haile's strength would un- 
 doubtedly have failed more rapidly under the 
 pressure of executive cares, particularly as he 
 had some reforms to urge that would have en- 
 tailed irritant factors. He regretted most of all 
 to disappoint those friends whose loyal support 
 he held at its full value. The Reptiblican then 
 said: — 
 
 This year Mr. Haile's business calls for more at- 
 tention, and he desires such personal freedom as could 
 not be had if he remains in politics. The honor 
 which went with three terms as lieutenant-governor 
 fully satisfies his ambition, and to that was added the 
 unique position of having the nomination for gov- 
 ernor come to him unsought and really undesired. 
 His public record has been honorable and creditable 
 in every way, and if now he elects to conserve his 
 business interests and health, and enjoy in fuller 
 measure the home life that is dear to him, who shall 
 say that he has not chosen wisely and well } 
 
 It was thus that the path was opened for the 
 late Frederic T. Greenhalge, so that he was able 
 to obtain the party nomination that fall, after a 
 vigorous fight for it. 
 
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 But while thus personally "out of politics," 
 Mr. Haile's interest in it never flagged. He 
 maintained his relations with men active in the 
 affairs of the state and nation, and was constant 
 in his attendance upon Republican state conven- 
 tions. He was one of the presidential electors 
 four years ago. As has been said, he viewed 
 with keenest regret the growth of our distorted 
 national relations with the people "of the Phil- 
 ippine archipelago, and when he was made 
 chairman of the committee on resolutions of the 
 state convention of 1899, he accepted the place 
 with full realization of possible friction at this 
 point. It may not be generally known that if 
 his draft of the plank, which especially dealt with 
 that question, had not been acceptable to his 
 associates and the convention, he stood ready 
 to step aside. There was a point beyond which 
 his convictions would not permit him to go. 
 He drafted the platform entire while resting in 
 the White Mountains, and it was accepted with- 
 out essential modification. 
 
 The Philippine plank is worth recalling in 
 this connection, as expressing views which he 
 held to the last : — 
 
 The recent war with Spain, which was necessitated 
 by humanity, has been overwhelmingly vindicated by 
 the results so speedily and splendidly attained. We 
 
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 commend the tact, the patience, the skill, and the 
 statesmanlike spirit with which the President has 
 approached the perplexing problems arising from the 
 war. Under the treaty with Spain, the law of nations 
 put upon the United States the responsibility for the 
 peace and security of life and property, the well-being 
 and the future government of the Philippine islands ; 
 accepting this responsibility, it is our profound trust 
 that the present hostilities can be brought to an early 
 termination, and that Congress, guided by a wise and 
 patriotic administration, will establish and maintain in 
 those islands, hitherto the home of tyranny, a govern- 
 ment as free, as liberal, and as progressive as our own, 
 in accordance with the sacred principles of liberty and 
 self-government upon which the American republic 
 so securely rests. 
 
 Mr. Haile's business interests were large. 
 His place in the woolen trade is shown by the 
 fact that upon the death of Mr. Frost he was 
 elected president of the National Association 
 of Wool Manufactures. He was also interested 
 in the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Com- 
 pany of Adams, which has been so strikingly 
 developed by William B. Plunkett. 
 
 The choice of Mr. Haile for the presidency 
 of the National Association of Wool Manufac- 
 turers, in 1895, was due, in a great measure, to 
 the favorable impression made by his eloquent 
 speech at the great mass meeting of wool manu- 
 facturers in New York City in January, 1894, 
 
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 to protest against the woolen schedule of the 
 Wilson Tariff Bill, which had then passed the 
 House of Representatives in a form which 
 threatened the extinction of the wool industry. 
 
 Mr. Haile was president of the Hampden 
 Loan and Trust Company, in which he owned 
 a large interest and felt great personal pride. 
 For many years he was president of the Spring- 
 field Gas Light Company, a trustee of the 
 Springfield Institution for Savings, a director of 
 the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Com- 
 pany, Springfield Library Association, Pynchon 
 National Bank, Winchester N.H. National Bank, 
 Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company, 
 Massasoit Paper Company, and the Chester 
 Paper Company ; vice-president of the Spring- 
 field Cemetery Association, and a member of 
 the Springfield Fire Commission. 
 
 In 1898 he was appointed by President 
 McKinley visitor to Annapolis, and he was 
 chairman of the committee on resolutions for 
 the last state election (1899). He was on the 
 reception committee on the occasion of Presi- 
 dent McKinley's visit to Springfield, and was a 
 personal friend of the President. 
 
 Mr. Haile was an active member of the First 
 Congregational Church, and held office in the 
 Church, Parish, and Sunday school. 
 
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 He was a member of the Winthrop Club for 
 many years, and of the Middlesex Club and the 
 Massachusetts Club of Boston. 
 
 The following editorial appreciation, quoted 
 here by permission from the Republican of 
 February 14, throws many interesting side- 
 lights upon the character and career of 
 " Springfield's first citizen." 
 
 " The news of the death of Ex-Lieutenant- 
 Governor William H. Haile will carry sorrow 
 coextensive with Mr. Haile's wide acquaint- 
 ance, for he was surely one who loved his 
 fellow-men. In him all men saw a transpar- 
 ently true man, the embodiment of the virtue 
 of New England, anxiously kind, faithful, be- 
 loved. We shall all miss him, and how much 
 he was to the community and to individuals 
 will be realized beyond the thought of some. 
 
 " It is justice to say that whatsoever things 
 were honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good 
 report he stood for — not assuming anything, 
 never an exhorter, but living as his own, in 
 simple faith, the beliefs inherited and embraced. 
 There was nothing complex about him in intel- 
 lect or character, only an honest man, faithful 
 in word and deed, transparently genuine. He 
 had a fondness for clean politics and for public 
 life, and took his republicanism as he did his 
 
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 religion. But he was rooted in the American- 
 ism of freedom, and, hke Senator Hoar, was 
 greatly troubled by the recent national depar- 
 ture from our historic principles of liberty; 
 though, like the senior senator, he could not 
 turn his back upon President McKinley and 
 the party to which his lifelong allegiance had 
 been given. He could not be anything but a 
 straight Republican. 
 
 " But to the last he believed, also with Senator 
 Hoar, that 'the people that gained the great 
 heights of the Declaration will not abandon 
 them.' He had faith that time and events 
 would right what he believed to be a lamenta- 
 ble departure from the true American doctrine. 
 
 " This death removes the man who was, in all 
 our public functions, the foremost citizen of 
 Springfield. It was to Mr. Haile of late years, 
 since he became prominent in public life, that 
 everybody looked as the person fitted to preside 
 on our public occasions, whether a Republican 
 rally, a meeting in which all citizens were inter- 
 ested, or a great banquet. This duty he cheer- 
 fully accepted and performed well. 
 
 " He never came to such an opportunity 
 unprepared, but, in brief, sensible, and well- 
 considered speech, was adequate to the occasion. 
 Of fine personal presence, with a pleasant voice, 
 
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 of good carrying power, and full sense of the 
 proprieties, he did credit to himself and to the 
 city. Failing health had of late cut him off 
 from such service, and the man able to fill his 
 place in such ways is not in sight. 
 
 " He gave up his useful part in the community 
 life reluctantly, and step by step, as the need 
 came. ' I should like to live much longer, in 
 order to do more good in the world,' he said to 
 a friend, after his serious invalidism made the 
 future doubtful. ' I say this to you,' he quickly 
 added, 'because you will understand.' He was 
 ever modest about himself. Here we get an 
 insight into the deeper purposes of this life, the 
 real man who was kindly and helpful almost to 
 a fault, so much so that designing persons some- 
 times imposed upon his generosity. But this 
 was by far the lesser element. 
 
 " His generosity, the desire to serve, made him 
 ready in giving, not only to local interests, but 
 in the wider field of missionary, charitable, and 
 educational causes that reached out to the coun- 
 try and the world. If he was fortunate in this 
 world's goods, in having the money necessary 
 to live well, to travel, and to enjoy such comforts 
 as appeal to a refined nature, he never lost sight 
 of or weakened the sense of stewardship that 
 belongs to such fortune. 
 
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 " The individuals he has helped would make a 
 long catalogue, and the grief at his death will 
 include all phases of our citizenship. The man 
 had no enemies. His was a nature that 
 abhorred the thought of enmity, and to differ 
 sharply was a pain from which he instinctively 
 shrank. There were those who interpreted 
 this saturation of kindliness as evidence of 
 weakness, but the men who came closest to him, 
 who understood his firmness of purpose where 
 principle was concerned, and saw how he girded 
 himself for resolute action when the need was, 
 understood Mr. Haile better. 
 
 " In essentials he could be as unbending as the 
 man of more aggressive front and greater pre- 
 tensions to firmness. But he loved peace better 
 than war, and his visible and dominating charac- 
 teristic was kindliness and the wish to serve. 
 He was most ingenuous on this side of his 
 nature. Speaking of the operatives in his mill at 
 Hinsdale, N.H., he often said: 'Yes, I keep a 
 club in my office, and I call it kindness. It never 
 has failed me in dealing with my help — they 
 are all my friends.' And so they were, many 
 of them inherited friends from his father's time, 
 bound more closely to the son in a mutually 
 self-respecting manufacturing community. It 
 is no exaggeration to say that the operatives in 
 
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 Hinsdale will feel that they have lost an elder 
 brother, ever kind, forbearing, and reliable. 
 His liberality was great, and it was true 
 generosity because the heart entered into the 
 givino^. 
 
 " The conscience of the man in all his rela- 
 tions to the public service was so sensitive as 
 to prove a hard taskmaster, threatening his 
 physical well-being. He wanted to do things 
 just right, and this introduced the element of 
 worry. But if the spur was relentless, it availed 
 to produce good work. When he was filling 
 the ofhce of mayor, and worrying at night over 
 its duties and problems, he confided to a friend 
 that he had lost a good many pounds of flesh 
 since taking the office. ' Ah,' placidly re- 
 joined his friend, 'you must be making a good 
 mayor ! ' a remark which Mr. Haile often quoted 
 as carrying an assurance that did him good. 
 It was both true and helpful at that time, when 
 the new harness fretted him unduly. 
 
 "To the duties of the lieutenant-governorship, 
 especially under Governor Russell, of the oppo- 
 site political faith, Mr. Haile gave close attention 
 and infinite pains. 
 
 " It was, of course, a more exacting office 
 under these conditions than under a Republi- 
 can governor, because the lieutenant-governor 
 
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 was the Republican leader in such matters as 
 came before the executive council, over which 
 he presided. In this difficult position Lieuten- 
 ant-Governor Haile acquitted himself well, at 
 the same time maintaining the most pleasant 
 personal relations with Governor Russell. He 
 was especially attentive to pardon cases, and 
 spared no exertions in their examination, and 
 in looking after the state institutions as they 
 were related to the council and the executive 
 department. 
 
 " Mr. Haile enjoyed his service in Boston, 
 especially as it enlarged his acquaintance and 
 brought him friends throughout the state. He 
 enjoyed the friendliness of other people, and it 
 was a satisfaction to him that in each of the 
 three years he was elected to the second office 
 on the state ticket his vote was larger than 
 that of the Republican candidate for governor." 
 
 His constant activity and devotion to every 
 interest of the church and Sunday school are 
 appreciatively set forth in the addresses given 
 in that church on the occasion of his funeral, 
 which are elsewhere presented. 
 
 Of his nearness to the popular heart of the 
 community, the following reference to the sub- 
 ject, from the editorial columns of the Republi- 
 can, found responsive echo in the hearts of all 
 
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 who were privileged to share in the last honors 
 to the dead : — 
 
 " The people gave ample testimony yesterday 
 that Ex-Lieutenant-Governor Haile had been 
 Springfield's foremost public man of his gen- 
 eration. His funeral was in the thought of the 
 people, many hundreds of whom stood as the 
 body of a beloved citizen was taken into and 
 from the church where he had been such a 
 faithful and valued factor. The church itself 
 was filled, not only with the official representa- 
 tives of the municipality and the state, our men 
 of affairs and of the professions, the directors 
 of the corporations with which Mr. Haile had 
 become identified, but — what was far more 
 impressive — with men and women from every 
 walk of life, the humble quite as conspicuously 
 as the well-to-do. 
 
 " Much was revealed to one who sat and 
 watched the procession pass the open coffin. 
 Face after face, careworn women with their 
 little boys, told of where this man's helping 
 hand had been extended. Not since the bod- 
 ies of the late Judge Shurtleff and the beloved 
 Dr. Buckingham were laid away had there been 
 such a coming together of a mourning assem- 
 bly that included all of us. Not intellectuality, 
 or any of the pomp and circumstance of public 
 
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 life, moved men to the tribute paid to these 
 three citizens — it was their nearness to our 
 average life, their helpfulness and the desire to 
 serve, always active and never dulled, which 
 knit the people to them, their good will and 
 kind speaking. It does not need that any one 
 should laboriously draw the moral of Mr. Haile's 
 life. There are lives so simple, clear, and true 
 as to be an uplift. Personal weaknesses are lost 
 in the sense of goodness. Their ending begets 
 sorrow that does not need celebrating, so visi- 
 ble, genuine, and pervasive is it. That is what 
 the people of the city saw and felt yesterday." 
 
 Mrs. Haile survives her husband, and besides 
 the son, Henry Chapin Haile, who succeeds to 
 many of his father's responsibilities, there is 
 one daughter living, Alice, the wife of Dr. 
 Cheney H. Calkins of Springfield. The first- 
 born son, William Chapin, died in infancy. 
 
 Two sisters also survive him, Mrs. John M. 
 Stebbins of Springfield, and Mrs. O. G. Dort 
 of New Hampshire. 
 
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The funeral of Ex-Lieutenant-Governor Wil- 
 liam H. Haile was held in the First Congrega- 
 tional Church on Saturday, February i6, and 
 his memory was honored by the largest assem- 
 blage of representative men that has gathered 
 for a similar occasion in several years. The 
 services, although simple, were in keeping with 
 the dead man's tastes and life. The floral trib- 
 utes were unusually elaborate and appropriate, 
 including tokens from all the many institutions 
 and circles of activity with which Governor 
 Haile had been identified, an especially hand- 
 some one being sent by the Republican state 
 committee. The pulpit and platform of the 
 church were solidly banked with palms, mak- 
 ing a beautiful background of green, which was 
 relieved by a single cluster of lilies on the pul- 
 pit stand. In front of this green the fine coffin 
 of silver gray, with old-silver handles, was placed, 
 and the floral pieces were arranged in the seats 
 immediately in front. A large part of the seat- 
 ing capacity of the audience room was reserved 
 
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 for those who had signified their intention of 
 attending the services to do honor to their de- 
 parted companion and friend. 
 
 These included: James J. Myers, speaker of 
 the state House of Representatives; Edward 
 S. Bradford, state treasurer; Edward F. Ham- 
 lin, executive secretary; Colonel A. H. Goet- 
 ting and Dana Malone, representing the 
 Republican state committee ; Ephraim Stearns 
 of Waltham, member of the governor's council 
 in 1891 and 1892; Mayor Hayes; members of 
 both branches of the city council ; members of 
 all the boards and representatives of all depart- 
 ments in the city government ; several former 
 mayors ; directors and employees of the Hamp- 
 den Loan and Trust Company; directors of the 
 Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Com- 
 pany ; trustees and employees of the Springfield 
 Institution for Savings; directors of the Spring- 
 field Library Association ; directors of the Mu- 
 tual Fire Assurance Company; and members 
 of the Springfield Cemetery Association. Be- 
 sides these, there were representatives of all 
 the other banks in the city, and many of the 
 local stores and manufacturing institutions. 
 Governor Crane had planned to be present at 
 the funeral, expecting to arrive in the city 
 about one in the afternoon, but a telegram 
 
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 announcing illness in his family made it im- 
 possible for him to stop. The governor 
 sent messages to State Treasurer Bradford 
 and Executive Secretary Hamlin, informing 
 them of the emergency, and expressing his 
 regrets. 
 
 Brief services were held at the home on 
 Chestnut Street at 2, Rev. F. L. Goodspeed 
 offering prayer. The body was then taken to 
 the First Church, where the more extended 
 service was held at 2.30. As the hearse was 
 drawn up in front of the church the honorary 
 bearers stood on each side of the steps, while 
 the coffin was borne into the church. While 
 the procession was entering the church the 
 large congregation stood, and the solemn still- 
 ness of the occasion was broken only by the 
 repeating of the funeral service. The honorary 
 bearers were: Henry S. Lee, Julius H. Apple- 
 ton, Edward P. Chapin, Charles E. Brown, 
 William F. Whiting of Holyoke, Edmund P. 
 Kendrick, William G. Mclntyre, Peter Murray, 
 William E. Wright, James L. Johnson, Ed- 
 ward C. Rogers, Stephen Chapin, William B. 
 Plunkett of Adams, John A. Hall, B. Frank 
 Steele, Solomon B. Griffin, A. A. Packard, 
 James A. Rumrill, R. F. Greeley of Boston, 
 and A. W. Damon. The active bearers were 
 
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 Sergeants Perkins and Hadd, and Patrolmen 
 Haynes, Goodwin, Sibley, and Atkins. 
 
 The service was opened with the reading of 
 passages of scripture by Rev. Dr. F. L. Good- 
 speed, after which Rev. Dr. E. A. Reed of 
 Holyoke spoke briefly of his acquaintance 
 with Governor Haile while pastor of the First 
 Church. Dr. Reed said in part : " I have been 
 asked to say a few words of the man who has 
 gone from among us. My knowledge of him 
 came when it was my privilege to serve this 
 church. I remember well when he came to 
 this parish, and it was a distinct gain to us, just 
 as his leaving it now is a distinct loss. He 
 entered into the activity of the parish, both in 
 its social and spiritual life, and he showed a 
 love for all the activities as was only possible 
 for such a man. I think his faith was un- 
 affected, hearty, and intelligent. I do not know 
 why so many of our laymen and business men 
 are not found in the prayer meetings, and the 
 other circles of church activity. Governor 
 Haile was a most active man in business, yet 
 he found time to be superintendent of the Sun- 
 day school for many years, and he had a con- 
 stant zeal for the church life. I could not say 
 anything you do not know. 
 
 " He was a good man, a generous man, giving 
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 of his substance and of his thought. All my 
 thoughts of him as a parishioner, business man, 
 and neighbor — for it was my privilege to live 
 near him for a time — are the most pleasant. 
 He was a man who was found always on the 
 right side, and he always did what he believed 
 to be his duty. There are many men in a 
 community who are able, and have real piety, 
 yet with all these advantages and endowments 
 they are unable to do much, simply because 
 they lack the disposition. The life of our 
 friend was marked with sympathy and cordial- 
 ity. We shall never forget his cheerful and 
 friendly greeting. I wonder why we do not 
 practice these things more. Our friend has 
 left his noble Christian life as a legacy to his 
 children and this parish. May I die the death 
 of a Christian, and may my end be like his." 
 
 Following Rev. Dr. Reed, Rev. Dr. Good- 
 speed, as Governor Haile's pastor, gave the 
 address which follows. The services were 
 closed with prayer by Rev. Dr. J. L. R. Trask, 
 and the body was borne to the tomb in the 
 Springfield cemetery. 
 
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XTbe Hbbrees 
 
Pastor of the First Congregational Church 
 
 I CANNOT hope to add anything to the tributes 
 of respect and admiration that have already been 
 offered to the memory of WiUiam H. Haile. 
 After all, what a man is in business or in pub- 
 lic life resolves itself back into what he is as 
 a man. Before any man is a manufacturer or 
 an officeholder, he is a man, and what he is 
 as a man will determine his character in all 
 the departments and relationships of life. In 
 honoring Mr. Haile, we honor ourselves. He 
 does not need our praise. His life, as we look 
 back upon it, has spoken its own best eulo- 
 gium. If there is one scriptural phrase which 
 seems to express the dominant note of his 
 character it would be, as it seems to me, this : 
 " In his tongue was the law of kindness." He 
 never harbored a grudge. He was too noble 
 to impugn the motives of others, too busy to 
 turn aside to anything which did not contribute 
 to high living and the good of man. He put 
 
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 the best interpretation possible upon every act 
 which seemed aside from right, and gave the 
 wrongdoer the benefit of every doubt. He 
 possessed that charity which "suffereth long 
 and is kind." He never willingly brought 
 grief or pain to any human being. He had 
 the heart of a woman for gentleness, the spirit 
 of a prophet for righteousness. In his life the 
 angel song of " Peace on earth, good will toward 
 men," was reechoed and fulfilled. It was his 
 hope and his prayer that as the nineteenth 
 century had put an end to slavery, so the 
 twentieth century would put an end to war. 
 
 With a refined rather than an extravagant 
 taste, an ear open to all appeals, and a heart 
 which responded to all necessity, he was a man 
 gentle in manner, knightly in courtesy, frank 
 in expression, transparent in motive, noble in 
 his ideals of honor and the worth and weight 
 of truth when wrought into character. An 
 optimist by nature, his presence was sunshine, 
 his greeting was good cheer. He lived in the 
 Spirit, and without parade or seeming effort 
 allowed the spiritual to control and uplift alike 
 the common life of business and his public ser- 
 vice. He was incapable of intrigue, a stranger 
 to dishonor. He harbored malice toward none; 
 he exercised charity toward all. 
 
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 But beneath all the warm geniality and 
 gentleness of his life there was nevertheless a 
 strong undercurrent of solid Christian princi- 
 ple. He had a rare faculty for considering a 
 question from all sides, but after such care in 
 examination had been exercised, his opinion 
 settled down into conviction and was rarely 
 changed. He was an earnest and consistent 
 advocate of temperance, and through his public 
 service so steadily and unobtrusively did he 
 stand by his convictions, as to make his example 
 tell for the cause and win for him the respect 
 of his associates as a consistent temperance 
 man. Whatever others might do, he always 
 turned down his glass. He stood by that 
 right which is " the sacrifice of self to good "; 
 he renounced that wrong which is "the sacri- 
 fice of good to self." His whole life, public 
 and private, as it has been lived amongst us, 
 was on this principle so well expressed by the 
 poet: — 
 
 Take thou no care for aught but truth and right, 
 Content, if such thy fate, to die obscure : 
 Wealth palls and honors ; fame may not endure ; 
 
 And loftier souls soon weary of delight. 
 
 Keep innocence, be all a true man ought ; 
 Let neither pleasure tempt nor pain appall ; 
 
 Who hath this, he hath all things, saving naught ; 
 Who hath it not hath nothing, having all. 
 
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 To us in the church he loved, he was an 
 inspiration. Loyal to the word of God and 
 to all things vital to the Christian faith, he was 
 broad in his sympathies and his benevolence. 
 He cultivated all the graces — faith, hope, 
 courage, unselfishness. He was a catholic, 
 broad, large-hearted, wide-minded man. He 
 carried principle and system into his religion, 
 which was a part of his life. Honored and 
 trusted by his brethren in the church with 
 many important and arduous responsibilities, he 
 never gave the impression that he was over- 
 burdened or felt his service irksome. He had 
 a keen and high sense of Christian steward- 
 ship. With him, living was sharing. He 
 "gave himself with his alms." Wealth was a 
 divine trust. True men were trustees of that 
 which, to withhold, was loss, not gain. He 
 never felt that lust of acquisition which eats 
 out the true life and violates the first command- 
 ment with that covetousness which is idolatry. 
 He felt that ability was responsibility, and that 
 the generous alone are great. And so he gave 
 his heart, his hand, his time, his means, himself. 
 
 A corporate member of the American Board 
 of Missions, and also intensely interested in the 
 progress of Christianity in all our national 
 bounds, he swept the whole field of opportu- 
 
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 nity. He believed intensely in men, and 
 whether it was a church in Dakota or a college 
 in Oregon or the need of the Indian or the 
 call of the negro or the distress and ignorance 
 of the Chinaman, he, from his watchtower, saw 
 the opportunity and the need, at once appalling 
 and sublime, and was true to the strenuous and 
 exalted demands of Christian stewardship. He 
 had no hobbies, but heartily cooperated with 
 every movement to nourish and ennoble man- 
 hood, whether in Springfield, on the far frontier, 
 in Bombay or Pekin. Keeping his ideals, his 
 illusions, if you please, to the end, he believed 
 in man, in man as an inhabitant of earth, in 
 man as a son of God fronting eternal possi- 
 bilities. He was able to overlook the feet of 
 clay and see only the golden crown. He 
 honored every man's personality; he felt, with 
 the pagan moralist, that "man should be a 
 sacred thing to man," and fulfilled also the 
 apostolic injunction to " honor all men." In 
 every man he sought for the good and not the 
 evil, the angel and not the serpent, the Christ and 
 not the Adam. Seeing beyond what man is, he 
 beheld him in the light of what he might become. 
 He loved New England, her hills and valleys, 
 and her people. He was proud of his New 
 England ancestry and of New England's splen- 
 
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 did history and her influence in the nation and 
 the world ; but he felt the futility of trying to 
 live on ancestral heroisms and of worshiping 
 traditions of sacrifice and toil, however noble 
 and glorious, unless we, the sons of the Pilgrim 
 and the Puritan, were willing to dedicate our- 
 selves to the best and highest God has revealed 
 in bringing in the reign of righteousness 
 and truth and brotherhood as the crown and 
 glory of life. He loved his adopted state, 
 and gave to the Commonwealth which had 
 honored him an absolutely honest and disin- 
 terested service. He loved our city, and no man 
 derived more happiness from the building of its 
 institutions, from its material prosperity, and 
 from its intellectual and spiritual progress. He 
 loved the scarred veterans of the rebellion, and 
 could never do too much for an old soldier. 
 
 In politics he was a Republican. He believed 
 with all his soul that republicanism was right. 
 Still, he was not a party-bound man, and when 
 his party had deviated, as he thought, from the 
 way of wisdom, he could protest. He recog- 
 nized that there were good men in all parties, 
 and he was never betrayed into bitterness or 
 uncharitableness toward a political opponent. 
 He rejoiced with unspeakable joy over the 
 burying of sectional animosities, and while 
 
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 absolutely loyal to the uncounted brave who 
 sleep on in southern swamp and on southern 
 battlefield, yet beheld with thankful heart the 
 survivors and heroes of that bitter time mingle 
 cheers and tears above the boys of this later 
 day who from North and South alike marched 
 loyal to one flag. Tolerant, just, humane, he 
 tried to help lift the world's heavy burden and 
 quicken its impulse toward the light. He was 
 unselfish and incorruptible. He, too, would 
 rather have been right than to have been Presi- 
 dent. 
 
 Says St. Paul, " To die is gain." Gain for him, 
 but loss to us ! Gain for him in enlarging the 
 sphere of life, gain in passing from a lower to 
 a higher stage of exercise and development, 
 gain in the motives of immortality, gain in the 
 ministries which heaven inspires, gain in the 
 dignity of nobler service and a loftier range of 
 activity, gain in assuming the bearing and put- 
 ting on the vesture of a prince in the palace of 
 the King — the larger grafted on the smaller 
 life. There he is the same, yet better, changed 
 only as the bud that blooms, changed only as 
 the sun which, obscured before, throws off the 
 veil of the eclipse of sailing cloud. He is not 
 shorn of strength by death, but released to take 
 his intellect, his friendships, his heart's elec- 
 
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 tions, his yearning, and his craving into a 
 land of fullness and fruition, even as the sun 
 still shineth in his strength, when, to light 
 another hemisphere, he sinks with all his 
 beams below the sea. If love be of God, then it 
 must be immortal. If it be the very music of 
 the universe, no death can quench the ever- 
 lasting song : " In my Father's house are many 
 mansions ; I go to prepare a place for you." 
 
 As the spaces between us and it are bright 
 with passing spirits, so is the city being builded, 
 growing to keep pace with the redeeming pur- 
 pose of God. To it they come streaming as 
 doves tossed by the storm come flying to their 
 windows — "a great multitude that no man can 
 number" — to the city of unbroken time, of 
 limitless progressions, which Christian faith be- 
 holds, just as sometimes from a mountain at 
 break of day we have seen a city shine out 
 from the receding mists — spires and towers and 
 roofs of gold from out the changing glory of the 
 
 cloud. 
 
 " There is the throne of David ; 
 And there, from care released, 
 The song of them that triumph, 
 The shout of them that feast ; 
 And they who with their Leader, 
 
 Have conquered in the fight 
 Forever and forever 
 Are clad in robes of white." 
 
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Memorial Services 
 
JHemorial Srrbtrc at ^tiams, JHass-, 
 iHarri) 24, 1901 
 
 A MEMORIAL service for Hon. William H. 
 Haile was held in the Congregational Church 
 at Adams, Mass., on Sunday evening, March 
 24, 1 901. The service was arranged for by 
 Mr. W. B. Plunkett, who had for some years 
 been associated with Mr. Haile in business, 
 and who was his warm admirer and friend. A 
 special program had been prepared and printed 
 containing Mr. Haile's picture upon the front 
 page. The church was beautifully decorated 
 with Easter lilies and other flowers, and special 
 music was rendered by the choir and an orches- 
 tra. In spite of a severe storm, a large audi- 
 ence assembled, composed largely of men who 
 had known Mr. Haile and had listened to him 
 when, on several occasions, he had addressed 
 them upon political and religious themes. Sev- 
 eral mentioned Mr. Haile's fondness for the 
 beautiful passage in Phil. iv. 8, which he never 
 tired of quoting, and which was read as the 
 scripture lesson of the evening: "Whatsoever 
 
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 things are true, whatsoever things are honesty 
 whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things 
 are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatso- 
 ever things are of good report ; if there be any 
 virtue, and if there be any praise, think on 
 these things." Thus did his happy tempera- 
 ment transmute everything to gold ! 
 
 Rev. A. B, Penniman, pastor of the church, 
 conducted the devotional exercises, and Rev. 
 Dr. Goodspeed of Springfield delivered the 
 address. After giving a sketch of Mr. Haile's 
 early life and of his pubUc career, he mentioned 
 the elements of his power and of his character. 
 He was of New England ancestry, and his early 
 life and training prophesied noble things for his 
 mature years. As the morning prophesies the 
 noonday, so youth is prophetic of age. Man- 
 hood is in boyhood as the oak is in the acorn. 
 The life epic, completed at threescore and ten, 
 is the song of twenty sweetened and enriched 
 by experience and trust. A man who has 
 improved the morning will have a calm after- 
 noon and a cloudless sunset. 
 
 Dr. Goodspeed said that Mr. Haile had left 
 us the lessons of a life exceptionally noble and 
 beautiful. He had made exhibition of a char- 
 acter of gracious charity, of high-minded justice 
 and devotion to duty, and of far-reaching gen- 
 
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 erosity. The apostle says, " Whatever is made 
 manifest is light." Every man stands in a 
 reflected glory, in a borrowed splendor. Mr. 
 Haile was a Christian man. So far was he 
 from pride or boastfulncss that he ascribed all 
 he was to the Christ, whose spirit of boundless 
 charity he had caught to a remarkable degree. 
 His judgments always leaned to mercy. Con- 
 cerning any wrongdoer he was careful to in- 
 quire : " What were the man's antecedents ? 
 Was there prayer in his childhood's home.'' 
 Did he know the love of a good mother? 
 What are his recollections.'* As a child was 
 he shielded, or did he pass an exposed and 
 tempted youth ? What was the power of he- 
 redity upon and within him.?" — all these con- 
 siderations, which are so often absent from our 
 verdicts upon conduct, Mr. Haile was always 
 careful to take into account. He felt that 
 back of the manifestation lies the man, and 
 that God, who measures not the doing but the 
 doer, keeps his eye upon the design in the soul, 
 which perhaps the hands are powerless to real- 
 ize before the gaze of men; that the city of 
 God is built of temples not made with hands, 
 temples whose workmanship was wrought only 
 in a dream of what the heart longed to do but 
 could not fulfill. Therefore it was his rule that 
 
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Memorial Services 
 
 we ought not to judge one another, but stimu- 
 late one another to love and good works. 
 
 Amid the rancor and the bitterness of earth 
 he taught us the nobility of manhood, the 
 sacredness of the soul, the beauty of sweet 
 charity, and the strength of the patience of 
 Christ. Thus the good do their work upon us 
 and upon the world, and pass to their reward. 
 " The mountains melt into the distance and the 
 cedars fall." Out of our sight and beyond our 
 call, has passed a beautiful life, " in its simplicity 
 sublime." Those who knew him best, loved 
 him best, and to-day they sigh 
 
 ** for the touch of a vanished hand, 
 And the sound of a voice that is still ! " 
 
 But he is still ours, his friendship, and his ex- 
 ample, and his memory are ours. The true, 
 strong lessons of his life are ours. Therefore, 
 
 " Why make we moan 
 For loss that doth enrich us yet 
 With upward yearnings of regret ? 
 
 Bleaker than unmossed stone 
 Our lives were, but for this immortal gain 
 Of unstilled longing and inspiring pain ! 
 
 As thrills of long-hushed tone 
 Live in the viol, so our souls grow fine 
 With keen vibrations from the touch divine 
 
 Of noble natures gone." 
 
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Proclamation l)u tljr fHayor of 5>pringticlti 
 
 
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 William P. Hayes, Mayor. K^VCli frCiL/C, FEBRUARY 1 5, I90I. 
 
 To THE Citizens of Springfield: — 
 
 The death of Hon. William H. Haile, one of the 
 foremost citizens of this city, makes it fitting that the 
 people of this community should give proper public 
 expression of their feehng at this time, Mr. Haile's 
 services as Mayor of Springfield, Senator from the first 
 Hampden district, and Lieutenant Governor of this 
 Commonwealth, as well as the activity manifested by 
 him in the public affairs of our city, all attest his deep 
 interest in the welfare of the people and whatever 
 might contribute thereto. His life among us has 
 been such as to attain and deserve the commendation 
 of all good citizens, and his death is widely recognized 
 as a public loss. 
 
 I therefore recommend that the city council and 
 all city officials attend in a body the funeral services 
 to be held at the First Congregational Church at 2.30 
 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, February 16, 1901 ; 
 that flags be placed at half-mast throughout the city 
 during the day ; and that there be such a suspension 
 of business as may be practicable between the hours 
 of 2 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. 
 
 William P. Hayes, 
 Mayor. 
 A true copy. 
 [seal] Attest : E. A. Newell, 
 
 City Clerk. 
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 caiwa vhoti to mourn t^c oaatn o^ouv moveo \c\\ou^ citiKg. 
 
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i^lesoluttons passcti tig t\}t National Association 
 of SEoolrn JHanufacturers 
 
 Hon. William Henry Haile, president of the 
 National Association of Wool Manufacturers from 
 1895 to 1900, died at his home in Springfield, Mass., 
 on February 13, 1901, aged 67 years. In Mr. Haile's 
 death the national association sustains a loss which is 
 shared by the community in which he was the repre- 
 sentative citizen ; by the Commonwealth which he 
 served with conspicuous honor in her highest coun- 
 cils ; and by the industry which recognized in him a 
 type of the manufacturer who ennobles and uplifts 
 the caUing. 
 
 Mr. Haile was president of this association through- 
 out one of the most important and critical periods of 
 its history, covering the tariff revision of 1897. With 
 natural convictions regarding the necessity and advan- 
 tages of the protective policy equitably and properly 
 applied, he guided the organization through those 
 difficult and trying days with singular tact and skill, 
 reconciling conflicting interests, counseling and com- 
 manding harmony and mutual concession, never los- 
 ing control of the situation, never departing from the 
 urbane dignity, the natural equanimity, and the sim- 
 ple sincerity which distinguished him in all the rela- 
 tions of life, won for him the love and respect of his 
 associates, and commanded for the national associa- 
 tion a degree of influence and power which made for 
 the lasting good of the industry it represents. Not 
 alone the members of the association, but every one 
 connected with this great industry, whether as grower 
 or manufacturer of wool, is under a debt of gratitude 
 to President Haile for the tireless and disinterested 
 fidelity with which he discharged his trust. 
 
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 As a presiding officer, President Haile was emi- 
 nently just and correct in his rulings. As a public 
 speaker he was graceful, temperate, earnest, and elo- 
 quent. As a public servant he was conscientious, 
 conservative, and faithful to the smallest detail. As 
 a citizen he was strenuous for high ideals, and gov- 
 erned by the highest conception of private duty and 
 the strongest convictions of the right. As a manu- 
 facturer he was beloved by all his employees, and 
 illustrated in his dealings with them the humane and 
 brotherly spirit which dominated his life. As a com- 
 panion and friend he was always genial, generous, 
 and loyal. 
 
 The members of the National Association of Wool 
 Manufacturers, grateful to the divine providence which 
 spared our former president for so long a life of honor, 
 usefulness, and benevolence, replete with public and 
 private services to every good cause, desire to place 
 on record this testimonial of their love and esteem 
 for their departed friend and associate, and their 
 profound respect for his character as a man and a 
 manufacturer. 
 
 The sympathy of the members of the National Asso- 
 ciation of Wool Manufacturers is extended to the 
 members of President Haile's family, and the secre- 
 tary is instructed to make this memorial a part of the 
 records of the association, and to transmit a copy to 
 the family. 
 
 William Whitman, 
 Charles H. Stott, 
 William M. Wood, 
 Frederic S. Clark, 
 RuFus F. Greeley. 
 
.Springfielti BoarU of ^Tratie 
 
 At the Annual Meeting of the Springfield Board 
 of Trade, held April 9, 1901, the following Resolu- 
 tions were adopted : — 
 
 In the death of William H. Haile, the Springfield 
 Board of Trade mourn the loss of a valued member, 
 a man whose life has been a constant exemplification 
 of the highest, purest type of manhood in the family 
 and domestic circle, and in all his business relations 
 and dealings with his fellow-men. 
 
 He has been a member of this Board of Trade 
 since its organization, and although he has never 
 taken part in its official affairs, yet he has willingly 
 and interestedly associated himself in the success of 
 any enterprise that gave us the privilege of calling 
 him in consultation. 
 
 We sympathize with the community in the loss of 
 a good citizen ; with his friends and acquaintances in 
 the departure of one whom we sadly miss ; and we 
 tender our sincere condolence to the bereaved family. 
 
 Attest : 
 
 Fredk. S. Sibley, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
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E\}t Citg Hibrarg Association, <SjjrincjRelt(, 
 llass- 
 
 LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE. 
 
 THE LIBRARY, MAY 28, 1901. 
 
 At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the 
 City Library Association, Springfield, Mass., May i, 
 1 90 1, the following resolutions were adopted, and the 
 clerk was instructed to transmit a copy of them to 
 Governor Haile's family : — 
 
 Resolved, That the Directors of the City Library 
 Association at this first meeting since the death of 
 their associate, the Honorable William H. Haile, desire 
 to express their sorrow at the loss of a co-worker and 
 friend who was highly valued by each one of them, 
 and their gratitude for his noble life and service. 
 He had been a director of the Association for nine 
 years and was ever faithful in the discharge of the 
 duties of the position, aiding materially by his wise 
 counsel and sympathetic interest in the administra- 
 tion of its affairs. He had earlier, from the beginning 
 of his residence in Springfield, been a friend and sup- 
 porter of the institution, showing a keen appreciation 
 of its great work of popular enlightenment. He 
 shared our joy in its recent development and our 
 ambitions and purposes for its promising future. He 
 had made notable personal sacrifices for its welfare. 
 In all of his relations with it he exhibited the high 
 principle and conscientious public spirit which dis- 
 tinguished his life and made it a fit exemplar for the 
 youth of this community. 
 
 Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon 
 the permanent records of the Association and that a 
 copy of them be transmitted to the family of Gov- 
 ernor Haile. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 J. C. Dana, Clerk. 
 
tributes from ^gsociatrs tit Public Htfe 
 
 From Hon. John D. Long, Secretary of Navy 
 
 I AM very much pained to learn of the death of 
 Ex-Lieutenant-Governor William H. Haile. He was 
 such an embodiment of vigorous life that I cannot 
 reaUze he is gone. He v^as for years a prominent 
 figure in politics in Massachusetts, always represent- 
 ing the highest and most progressive lines. He often 
 held high public office, and was a model of official 
 integrity and efficiency. No one ever questioned the 
 purity of his action. He would undoubtedly have been 
 more in the public service if his business interests had 
 not been so large and engrossing. He has left a noble 
 record and an inspiring example. He was a type of 
 the men who, prominent in business life, yet find time 
 always to put their good influence in government, and 
 often to exercise its functions. I feel deeply the per- 
 sonal loss. Who can forget his cheery manner, his 
 genial smile, his kind good fellowship } His entrance 
 into a room was like the flooding in of sunshine and 
 good cheer, so, also, will be his entrance into heaven. 
 
 John D. Long. 
 Washington, D.C, Feb. 14, igoi. 
 
 From Hon. George F. Hoar, United States Senator 
 
 I unite with the whole Commonwealth in sorrow for 
 the loss of Springfield's honored and beloved citizen. 
 
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 He was my stanch personal friend, he was on the 
 righteous side of every public question, his kindly 
 nature and genial manner give life an added charm 
 for those who knew him. 
 
 George F. Hoar. 
 Washington, D.C, February 14, 1901. 
 
 From Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, United States Senator 
 
 I am greatly grieved to hear the news of Lieuten- 
 ant-Governor Haile's death. He was not only beloved 
 by his friends, to whom his kind heart greatly endeared 
 him, but he was also beloved and respected by all the 
 people of the state. He was a high-minded, honorable 
 man, a patriotic, zealous public servant in the many 
 important offices which he held. His death is a loss 
 to the state which has honored him and which he has 
 honored both in business and public life. 
 
 From Congressman Gillett 
 
 I heard of Governor Haile's death with great sor- 
 row. The departure of such a man is a serious loss to 
 any city. His unquestioned integrity and cautious con- 
 servative judgment gave his opinion great weight on 
 any subject, while his genial, generous nature and ex- 
 tensive acquaintance and universal friendliness added 
 a personal influence which in any emergency could be 
 most useful. He was a distinguished citizen to whom 
 every one could appeal with confidence, and it is a be- 
 reavement for the city as well as for his innumerable 
 personal friends, 
 
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 From W. B. Plunkett, Adams 
 
 Mr. Haile had that strong character and high trust 
 in God which has been a source of inspiration to all 
 his associates. I believe he met every obligation to his 
 family, to his state, to his country and his God to the 
 full measure of his strength, and his life has been fixed 
 in the affectionate and reverent memory of the people 
 of New England. I prized his genuine friendship. 
 
 Frorn Judge M. P. Knowlton 
 
 The death of Ex-Lieutenant-Governor Haile will 
 bring grief to the hearts of a wide circle of friends 
 in all parts of the Commonwealth. I have known him 
 well for many years, and I have never known him to 
 do or say anything that was unworthy of a Christian 
 gentleman. His life in all its relations was marked by 
 a conscientious devotion to duty. As a public officer 
 of the city and of the state he was highly esteemed by 
 everybody. He had a tender regard for the feelings of 
 others, and he would go all lengths short of the disre- 
 gard of duty to avoid unnecessarily giving offense. 
 
 His kind feelings for others and his uniform cour- 
 tesy won him hosts of friends. Add to this his gift of 
 graceful public speech, his high character, and his intel- 
 ligent comprehension of public affairs, and we have 
 some of the causes that made him a trusted servant 
 of the people and a favorite standard bearer of his 
 party when there were many other good men ready 
 for public service from whom to make selections. His 
 sudden death is a great loss to his adopted city, and 
 to the wider community in which his influence has 
 been felt. 
 
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 From Ex-Mayor Edmund P. Kendrick 
 
 Mr. Haile was known to every one in Springfield 
 as a most valuable citizen, whose desires and aims 
 were always in the right direction. He was always 
 strictly upright in all his endeavors and motives, and 
 being a man of excellent judgment in all things, he 
 weighed carefully all problems presented to him. 
 When he made up his mind, his judgment was 
 usually correct. He was always interested in his 
 friends, taking pleasure in their successes, and ready 
 to help any one he could. His ability as a business 
 man was great. Being a man of warm friendship, 
 his death will arouse more sympathy in Springfield 
 than that of any other man. 
 
 Frot)i James E. Dunleaw 
 
 My association with Mr. Haile was principally as 
 a fellow-member of the fire commission, and in that 
 position I came to recognize that he was invaluable 
 to the public and to the taxpayers of the city. To 
 every question he gave careful thought and investi- 
 gation, and his action was always conservative. His 
 prominence gave him great knowledge of business 
 affairs, and this knowledge he was ever ready to 
 apply to the work of the commission. His long and 
 varied experience made his service of remarkable 
 worth. As for his citizenship, all can testify to that, 
 and his friends can all tell of affability, generosity, 
 and capability. 
 
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^long tije ILint^ of l^is Hocal ^ctibities 
 
 George C. Fisk, president of the Wason Manufac- 
 turing Company, knew Ex-Lieutenant-Governor Haile 
 when both were boys together in Hinsdale. Mr, 
 Fisk left school when he was twelve years old and 
 went into a store. He said that Mr. Haile was a 
 good scholar, and stood at the head of the common 
 school of the town. He was a good boy and popular 
 among the better element. He avoided getting into 
 the scrapes of the wilder set, and was universally 
 regarded as one of the best young fellows of the 
 community. Later, when he came to have to do 
 with the employees in his father's factory, and the 
 Haile and Frost Manufacturing Company's establish- 
 ment, he at once grew popular with them, treating 
 the meanest with kindness and consideration. The 
 boy early showed a marked taste for politics. When 
 his father went to the Legislature for the first time, 
 young Haile, of all the family, was the one most 
 interested and proud. Mr. Haile was always inter- 
 ested in his native town, and there, as here, was 
 always a generous contributor to public causes. On 
 the building of the town hall, which was recently 
 burned down, Mr. Haile gave the large bell for its 
 tower. This was melted in the burning of the build- 
 ing, but has been recast for the new one. 
 
 Of Governor Haile's service as mayor of Spring- 
 field, Albert T. Folsom, who was city clerk from 
 
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 1862 to 1887, joined in the common testimony to his 
 unfailing courtesy and even temper. During Gov- 
 ernor Haile's term there was nothing of unusual 
 importance which came up for settlement. He was, 
 says Mr. Folsom, the most conscientious of public 
 servants, possessed of the highest resolve to do that 
 which was right. He often took time to decide what 
 was right, but his mind once made up, he was im- 
 movable. In addition to all his other quahties, he 
 had the somewhat rare ability of serving as an excel- 
 lent presiding officer, and he was always fair-minded 
 and always respected. A pubUc mass meeting was 
 held in the City Hall at the time of Garfield's death, 
 and over this he presided. Mr. Haile decided some 
 time before his term was up not to run again, and, 
 in spite of pressure brought to bear, declined renomi- 
 nation. 
 
 Of Mr. Haile's life in his business relations, W. G. 
 Mclntyre, treasurer of the Hampden Loan and Trust 
 Company, of which Mr. Haile was president, empha- 
 sizes first of all Mr. Haile's unvarying cheerfulness 
 and his " apparent inability to speak ill-naturedly of 
 any one." " If he could not speak well of any one, 
 he said nothing. He would come into the oflfice," 
 says Mr. Mclntyre, "and though he might be ill 
 himself, he would certainly be bright and cheerful to 
 all around him. If any clerk happened to be ill he 
 would show the greatest concern and sympathy. He 
 was always thoughtful and mindful of the well-being 
 of others, and though few knew of it, he was 
 extremely generous. Mr. Haile's strong character- 
 istic," says Mr. Mclntyre, " should be called that of 
 the peacemaker. The worries and vexations inci- 
 
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 dental to business never served to ruffle his serenity, 
 and his influence was cahning and pacifying. The 
 last time he was in the offices of the trust company, 
 he referred to it as the institution for which he felt 
 the greatest interest, and his whole attitude bore out 
 this feeling. During the past year or two he could 
 not, on account of illness, give it so much attention 
 as he would have wished, but what he did was, like 
 all else that he undertook, well done." 
 
 Of Mr. Haile's life as a church member. Rev. 
 F. L. Goodspeed, his pastor, told of his active mem- 
 bership in the First Church for more than twenty 
 years. He was an earnest church worker, strong in 
 his devotion. At one time he served as superin- 
 tendent of the Sunday school. He was a member of 
 the church cabinet, and a corporate member of the 
 American Board of Foreign Missions, he and Mr. 
 Goodspeed being the only members from Springfield. 
 His interest in the work of foreign missions was very 
 great. He was, says Mr. Goodspeed, a man utterly 
 lacking in guile. In all his duties he was to the last 
 degree faithful and conscientious. His generosity 
 was little known, but it was large. The dominant 
 note in his character was its bright and radiant 
 optimism. 
 
 Mr. Charles E. Brown of West, Stone and Company, 
 an intimate personal friend, and fellow-member of the 
 First Congregational Church, said : " Mr. Haile was 
 the best man it has ever been my privilege to call my 
 friend and confidant. We served together on the 
 parish committee for sixteen years, and no man had 
 the good of the church so much at heart, at all times 
 
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 and in all ways, as Mr. Haile. His one purpose in 
 life was to make duty a real privilege, and to honor his 
 Master in every thought and act of his daily life. He 
 was always genial, generous, and thoughtful, and I 
 remember that at Thanksgiving season his constant 
 anxiety was lest some family should be left without a 
 turkey, and he often made an extra contribution to 
 the charity fund, of which I was treasurer, to make 
 sure that no one was overlooked. In all financial emer- 
 gencies or needs of the church, his aid was always 
 prompt, willing, and generous to a fault. In all our 
 years of intimacy I never heard him say an unkind 
 word, or knew him to have an uncharitable thought. 
 Mr. Haile was a rare man in all the lovable and kindly 
 traits of a Christian gentleman, and these qualities 
 make his loss so truly felt by all who knew him in 
 every walk of life." 
 
 Of Mr. Haile's life in friendly association with 
 those about him, E. C. Rogers, his friend of many 
 years, has this tribute to pay : " I knew Mr. Haile 
 well, and esteemed him most highly. I have been 
 closely associated with him for years in the church, 
 socially, and in business. He was a Christian gentle- 
 man, always kind, thoughtful, and considerate. He 
 was uniformly correct in his judgment, and once hav- 
 ing arrived at a conclusion stood steadfastly by the 
 position he had taken. He was a true friend to all 
 those who knew him, and would go out of his way to 
 render service to those in trouble or affliction. It 
 was his delight to do unto others as he would have 
 them do like service unto himself. He was always 
 pleasant, agreeable, and hopeful, and what could not 
 be helped to-day must be endured, and later it might 
 
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 prove a blessing. How many, many times during 
 his life here among us has he brought down blessings 
 upon his own head from those he has helped when 
 in distress. He helped every worthy cause that ap- 
 pealed to him, and his generosity was unbounded. 
 No citizen of Springfield took a deeper interest in 
 the welfare of his country, the state, and the City of 
 Homes, than did Mr. Haile. He will be greatly 
 missed and mourned by his friends, and by most of 
 the citizens of his beloved commonwealth. He was 
 a noble, pure, and true man." 
 
 James L. Bowen, commander of E. K. Wilcox 
 Grand Army Post, says : " Governor Haile was a very 
 warm friend of the soldiers. He was generous in a 
 financial way, and always ready to use his influence 
 and money in their behalf. He was made an asso- 
 ciate member of the post during the commandership 
 of the late William P. Derby, and was one of the 
 first to receive that honor after the post decided to 
 establish the branch. Governor Haile was generous 
 in helping the post during the work of building the 
 memorial hall. While he was in health he was a 
 frequent guest at the regimental reunions. I remem- 
 ber an instance when an attendant at one of these 
 reunions spoke of hard times and lack of work, and 
 at the close of the meeting Governor Haile made 
 inquiries and took steps to assist that man. On one 
 Memorial Day when I was previously commander of 
 the post, Governor Haile sent me fifty dollars with 
 which to pay the dues of needy members who had 
 become delinquent. These were mere incidents in 
 the long list of many good things he did for the 
 veterans. He always did his good deeds quietly, and 
 
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 with no thought that they would be mentioned or 
 paraded. He was one of those fine men of the true 
 patriotic American type. We never had to go to 
 him for help. He came to us, not merely with offers, 
 but with substantial aid in hand. It would be impos- 
 sible for me to enumerate his many deeds of kind- 
 ness that came under my observation during the more 
 than twenty years of our acquaintance." 
 
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 From the Springfield Union 
 
 In the death of William H. Haile the people of 
 Springfield lose a good friend, and the state loses a 
 splendid citizen whom she has delighted to honor in 
 many ways. There is no man in the city whose death 
 would be more universally mourned. Approachable, 
 kind, affable, generous to a fault, were the qualities 
 that won for the lieutenant-governor the love of all 
 with whom he came in contact. And those who 
 loved him respected him for his honesty, integrity, 
 and high Christian character. 
 
 No word was ever said against William H. Haile, 
 and William H. Haile never spoke ill of any one. If 
 he could not say something good of others, he said 
 nothing. Of no man could it be more truly said, 
 " None knew him but to love him, none named him 
 but to praise." 
 
 In front of the Union office, last evening, a man, 
 who might have been a city laborer from his garb, 
 stood with his eyes fixed on the bulletin announcing 
 Mr. Haile's death. Then he passed on with this 
 comment : " So the poor man is dead, is he } Sure, 
 he had a heart bigger than all outdoors." 
 
 And the homely phrase of the laborer exactly de- 
 scribes William H. Haile. "A heart bigger than all 
 outdoors." 
 
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 Mr. Haile was a useful citizen, and he made the 
 world better for having lived in it. He was a model 
 man in his home and in the community. Diligent, 
 faithful, accommodating, and gracious of manner, he 
 accomplished a purpose in life. He served the city 
 as mayor, and was thrice called upon to serve the 
 state as lieutenant-governor. That he was not gov- 
 ernor was no intentional fault of the people. In his 
 public life and in his private life, Mr. Haile was the 
 man the people took him to be. He was never the 
 cause of regret. 
 
 From the Springfield Republican 
 
 William B. Plunkett of Adams, who was one of the 
 honorary bearers at yesterday's funeral, did business 
 with Mr. Haile long before the latter became identi- 
 fied with and a director of the Berkshire Cotton Manu- 
 facturing Company. The fathers of both men — 
 Governor William Haile of New Hampshire, and 
 Lieutenant-Governor William C. Plunkett of Massa- 
 chusetts — were friends, and did business together, 
 and warps from Adams were then used in the mill 
 at Hinsdale, and are to-day. But still another gen- 
 eration has come on the stage. The son of William 
 B. Plunkett, William C. Plunkett, is to-day selHng 
 some of the product of the original Plunkett mill at 
 Adams to Henry C. Haile, the son of William H. 
 Haile — grandsons of the original governors. Wil- 
 liam B. Plunkett, by the way, has lost some distin- 
 guished directors of his cotton mill during the recent 
 past — David A. Weils of Norwich, Conn. ; Theodore 
 Havermeyer of New York ; Edward N. Gibbs, treas- 
 urer of the New York Life Insurance Company and 
 
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 president of the Berkshire Manufacturing Company ; 
 and now Mr, Haile. 
 
 President McCall, of the New York Life Insurance 
 Company, has been elected in place of Mr. Gibbs, 
 but the other vacancies are to be filled. The Berk- 
 shire Cotton Manufacturing Company will be fortu- 
 nate if it can maintain the remarkable standard of its 
 past. 
 
 Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Haile were warm personal 
 friends, and the many kind expressions of affec- 
 tionate regard from Mr. Gibbs, during these later 
 years, were very precious to Mr. Haile. 
 
 Their last meeting on earth was at the annual 
 meeting of the Berkshire Company at Adams, Mass., 
 October ii, 1900. They were both feeble, Mr. Gibbs 
 especially so ; and as they parted Mr. Gibbs said : 
 " Good-by, Governor ; God bless you ; I may not live 
 to meet you here again." 
 
 Mr. Gibbs died October 20, and it was a satisfac- 
 tion to Mr. Haile that his health permitted him to go 
 to New York with his son, to attend the funeral exer- 
 cises on the 22d. 
 
 It is interesting to recall the last meeting between 
 the late Ex- Lieutenant-Governor Haile and Sena- 
 tor Hoar. It occurred when the senator made his 
 campaign speech here November 2, and Colonel Goet- 
 ting drove Mr. Hoar to Mr. Haile's house. The 
 meeting was extremely cordial. Mr. Haile had been 
 obliged to shun rallies, and he and the senator had 
 much in common, because their views regarding the 
 Philippine question coincided so exactly. The con- 
 versation naturally drifted to the plank in the plat- 
 form of the Republican state convention of 1899, 
 quoted in the Republican yesterday, which expressed 
 
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 the "profound trust" that Congress and the admin- 
 istration " will establish and maintain in those islands, 
 hitherto the home of tyranny, a government as free, 
 as liberal, and as progressive as our own, in accord- 
 ance with the sacred principles of liberty and self- 
 government upon which the American republic so 
 securely rests." Senator Hoar declared that this 
 exposition of the views of Massachusetts Republicans, 
 as set forth by Mr. Haile, "would stand." 
 
 From the Boston Herald 
 
 However it may have been in his home city, the 
 death of former Lieutenant-Governor Haile, yester- 
 day, came as a surprise to citizens of Boston and of 
 the state generally. The announcement was re- 
 ceived with sorrow, for he was well-known and 
 highly respected, a citizen whose departure from 
 life is a public loss. He had retired from politics 
 several years ago, after an unsuccessful candidature 
 for the governorship ; but his business interests were 
 so numerous and extensive, and his public spirit so 
 constant and generous in its manifestation, that he 
 seemed hardly less a public man than when he had 
 an office at the statehouse. He came of excellent 
 ancestry, received a liberal and professional educa- 
 tion, and, doubtless, would have won high rank as a 
 lawyer had he not early been drawn away to assist 
 in the manufacturing enterprise of his father, the late 
 Governor Haile of New Hampshire. This decided 
 the nature of his life work. Intelligent, upright, 
 sagacious, enterprising, he won confidence, and had 
 responsibilities thrust upon him in increasing meas- 
 ure throughout his long career. He was respected, 
 
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 honored, loved, and trusted, and he deserved it all. 
 Always a stanch Republican in his political principles, 
 he was neither narrow nor bitter. Had he become 
 governor, we do not doubt he would have been an 
 efficient, wise, and conservative administrator of the 
 state's interests. He belonged to the class of honor- 
 able business men who exalt the fame of the state by 
 the nobility of their characters and the beauty of 
 their lives. 
 
 From the Boston Journal 
 
 Massachusetts has a pleasant memory of the Hon. 
 William H. Haile. His service at the statehouse 
 came at a trying period in the life of the Republican 
 party, a period of stress and conflict for which Mr. 
 Haile was not constitutionally fitted. But he bore 
 himself faithfully and well, and accepted gracefully, 
 in 1892, his defeat for the governorship by the more 
 aggressive and immensely popular young democratic 
 executive, William E. Russell, then in the height of 
 his fame. Mr. Haile has had small share in politics 
 of late years, but to the last he was an important man 
 of business, kindly, liberal, and public spirited. He 
 was held in especial esteem by the people of his own 
 city of Springfield, and the operatives of his woolen 
 mills in Hinsdale, N.H., the backbone of the pic- 
 turesque little town in the Ashuelot valley, regarded 
 him as an ideal employer. So he was. Massachu- 
 setts has many such captains of industry, but it can 
 ill spare even one. 
 
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 From the Boston Globe 
 
 The death of Ex-Lieutenant Governor Haile of 
 Springfield, hastened as it was by anxiety over the ill- 
 ness of his son, will be generally mourned by the citi- 
 zens of Massachusetts without regard to party. 
 
 Mr. Haile made a notable record in the heutenant- 
 governorship, to which he was chosen three successive 
 terms. He enjoyed much popularity in his party, and 
 was known as one of William McKinley's most trusted 
 friends. 
 
 As man and as citizen, Mr. Haile enjoyed and 
 deserved much respect and popular good will. 
 
 From the Boston Post 
 
 In every relation of life William Henry Haile, who 
 died yesterday at his residence in Springfield, won the 
 title of a distinguished citizen of the Commonwealth. 
 In intellectual attainments, in business ability, in per- 
 sonal integrity, in pubhc spirit, and in faithful service 
 in the stations to which the people called him he was 
 respected as a fine example of the New England 
 race. 
 
 Although Mr. Haile is most widely known through 
 his occupancy for three years of the high office of 
 lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, this was but 
 an incident of a public service extending over many 
 years. While yet a citizen of New Hampshire, of which 
 state his father was at one time governor, he was for 
 several years a member of the Legislature ; and after 
 taking up his residence permanently in Massachusetts 
 he was chosen mayor of the city of Springfield, and 
 for two years represented in the Senate the district in 
 
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 which that city is located. His record in the second 
 executive office of the Commonwealth was highly- 
 creditable. It is, however, as a successful man of 
 affairs, conducting a large manufacturing industry 
 and holding many positions of trust, and as a good 
 citizen in every sense of that phrase, that he will be 
 best remembered. 
 
 From the Boston Traveler 
 
 He possessed to a marked extent the good will of 
 his party associates and the esteem of the people of 
 the Commonwealth. Mr. Haile was a man of broad, 
 liberal ideas, and in his death Massachusetts mourns 
 the passing away of an honest, loyal son. 
 
 F7-om the Rockland Free Press 
 
 Last week a man died in Springfield. Numberless 
 men ceased, last week, to breathe. This Springfield 
 man conducted with success a large business ; for 
 some years he was lieutenant-governor of Massachu- 
 setts. Others have carried on a business as large, 
 and larger ; and also served the state as Heutenant- 
 governor. 
 
 This Springfield man was kind, loving, generous. 
 When he knew to a certainty that the end of his 
 work here would soon come, he wished he could live 
 longer. Not to make more money ; not to satisfy an 
 ambition for distinction in the state ; not to have for 
 longer time the pleasure of hfe ; not to live, because 
 he'd rather live than die, or because of any fear or 
 misgiving about dying. He wanted to live longer so 
 
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 that he could do " more good." Blessed be his name 
 forever. 
 
 It is uplifting to think of such a man : to step 
 aside from the greedy rush of men and nations, and 
 ponder on his wish, his only wish, to live. Others, 
 without pause, will keep going the business that was 
 his, it will be forgotten that he was lieutenant-gov- 
 ernor. A single line will suffice to record the career 
 of a president or king ; the fall of nations perishing 
 under the weight of their own armaments will be told 
 on half a page of history. The works and words of 
 love of this Springfield man will endure, the story of 
 his noble life, his ready hand and generous heart will 
 gladden and inspire men. 
 
 From the Springfield News 
 
 With the death of Mr. Haile there passes from the 
 life of this city a man who had been actively identified 
 with its interests for many years, and one who had 
 been in the public eye almost continuously since his 
 advent here. In his death the city loses one of its 
 foremost citizens, and a man whose loss will be felt in 
 many quarters, especially in business, social, and polit- 
 ical circles, in all three of which he had always been 
 prominent. His death comes as a shock to his 
 friends. 
 
 From the Springfield Homestead 
 
 The community can ill afford to lose such men as 
 William H. Haile. Conscientious in his public as 
 well as his private life, he stood for all that goes to 
 make up the higher citizenship and the higher life. 
 
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 From the Congregationalist 
 
 Among many noble men we have known in the Con- 
 gregational ranks, we recall none more wise-minded, 
 guileless, and unselfish than William H. Haile. In 
 these days when successful business men are so often 
 accused of materialism and greed, we point with 
 grateful satisfaction to this man who made money 
 honorably, used it as a Christian steward should, gave 
 his best energies freely in the service of his fellow- 
 men, was loved and trusted by his employees, and 
 was held in honor by all good men who knew him. 
 Such a life wins young men by its example, and its 
 influence abides long in the world. 
 
 From the Arlington (Mass.) Advocate 
 
 Ex-Governor William H. Haile, who has been ill 
 for nearly a year, died on Wednesday. "Just such a 
 man as those noble Cheeryble brothers that Dickens 
 has immortalized, with the qualities that command 
 worldly success, with an intense desire to make his 
 prosperity a blessing to others ; religious without 
 cant, generous beyond measure, liberal without pre- 
 tense, yet with the rare gift of knowing when to say 
 yes and when to say no ; with great tact, with kindly 
 words and cheerful smiles and helping hands, carry- 
 ing sunshine into sad lives and desolate homes ; and 
 filling all his surroundings, even the monotonous toil 
 of factory life, with lightness and joy and love — such 
 a man was William Henry Haile." This is a tribute 
 of one who knew him well. 
 
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 From THE Mill Town in the Ashuelot Valley — His 
 Interest in the Old Home 
 
 Correspondent of the Springfield Republican 
 
 Hinsdale, N.H., Saturday, February i6. 
 
 " Mourning most of all because they should see his 
 face no more." These words found an echo in many 
 hearts in this quiet country village of the lower Ash- 
 uelot valley when the news came Wednesday even- 
 ing that William Henry Haile was gone forever, and 
 there are no more sincere mourners anywhere than in 
 this New Hampshire town, where his boyhood and 
 youth were passed, and where in later Ufe he spent 
 some' of his best years. Born in Chesterfield, which 
 has produced its full quota of distinguished men, his 
 parents removed to Hinsdale when he was scarcely 
 three years old. Mr. Haile was accustomed to repeat 
 later in life a saying of his mother, that when they 
 left Chesterfield " it seemed like abandoning paradise 
 and going into the wilderness," for the Hinsdale of 
 that day was little more than a scattered hamlet, 
 while Chesterfield was the most flourishing town in 
 Cheshire county, with a larger population than Keene, 
 with an academy, four stores, two hotels, and a cote- 
 rie of eminent men to give character to the place. 
 The common schools, even of that day, in Cheshire 
 county were, however, considered the best in the state, 
 and in Hinsdale was laid the foundation of an educa- 
 tion which Meriden, Amherst, and Dartmouth rounded 
 and completed. Some of his early schoolmates speak 
 of the youthful Haile in the highest terms, as full of 
 life and buoyancy, a favorite with teachers and play- 
 
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 mates alike, an attentive scholar, and distinguished 
 for his uniform kindness of disposition, which was 
 characteristic of his whole life. As he grew older he 
 made himself more or less familiar with the various 
 departments of the woolen business, as carried on in 
 the mill of his father, and acquired a taste for this 
 industry that grew stronger as he advanced in life, 
 and caused him to give up the profession of the law 
 and succeed to the business of the father. From 1861 
 to 1 87 1 he was a citizen of New Hampshire and a 
 resident of Hinsdale, prominent in town affairs, rep- 
 resenting the town repeatedly in the Legislature, 
 serving as moderator in town meetings, acting as a 
 member of the school board and identifying himself 
 with the growth and prosperity of the place. He 
 built a tasteful residence on the slope above Main 
 Street, thus opening a new street in the village, called 
 High Street, and occupied the same with his family 
 until his removal to your city in 1871. There could 
 hardly have been a more thoughtful and considerate 
 man than was Mr. Haile, so far as his employees were 
 concerned. He knew them all by name, always 
 greeted them with a bow and a smile and without 
 familiarity, gained their unbounded esteem and re- 
 spect. So long as he lived, his visits to the home of 
 his youth, though more and more infrequent, were 
 looked forward to with pleasure by all his friends. 
 While a resident of the town, and even afterward, he 
 interested himself in the welfare of the church, the 
 Grand Army, and the old friends of his youth, and 
 made it apparent that this interest was genuine, and 
 the overflow of a noble nature. It is impossible to 
 estimate how long and dark a shadow his death casts 
 upon this community. 
 
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