Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-05-25
The Senatorial ouestIan.


application 10, and aptitude for. the study oi all
subjects connected with Tariff and kindred mat
tiers Of legislation, have given him deseFNeiiy
high reputation, both in and out Of congress
Now. In spite Of all this, which We freely con
cele. we are not ready 10 admit that Tor years
Mr.. Morrill, has been talked Of as the piesf man
for Judge Collamer's successor IN the senate,
nor DO We agree with cur neighbor that mere
would have been no contest but for iortuitous
circumstances" public opinion IN vermont
has been for years digidod between the merits
Of Judge Poland and Mr.. Morrill, ior the pace
of United States Senator. The eniaerce OF
JUDGE Poland as a iuris;. the common sensS
comprehensIveness Of his intellect on all subjects
that command his judgment. his large personal
dignity, and self possession, have long des'gna-
ted him as lit successor TO Judge Collamer,
His course in Congress thus far has more than
justified the high estimate and confidence OF his
host OF friends and admirers ia our State, and
he will not come up before the Legislature an
uafricd man. For the position which he seeks
Mr.. Morrill, will ha the unirief man, for the
Questions which naturally eonie mp before the I.
S Senate Tor consideration are not u.ose iirectly
connected with the speciality IN legislation c;
which Mr. Morrii! is the able expoundeL--
Judge Poland aiming at Mf. Morrill, leader
shin Of the House would be an unifiaa man.
but Judge Poland aspiring to the senatorsniP IL
in every rsspect the peer of Mr.. Morrill,. and Is
fttcd Inv natural aud acquired ability. by char
acter and temperament (cg the position. Judge
Poland-s friends mean to keep uln where he Is
if possible. and the personal worth ana e+l.nent
ability Of the two candidates will doubtless
mako ti,- contest close and interesting one
That there shoail be several candidates for such
a u9sition Is not remarE2ble, and the contest
has no foundation in any othe. feeling than the
natural difference Of opinion respee''a- The su-
perior fitness Of enc candidate oyer another -
need not then develop any bitterness IN the DIS
cussion ard agitation which viii naturally ensue
between now and the meeting OF the Legislature,
and IN view Of the high character, ability aud
public services Of Judge Poland and NJ. Nor
rin. II onght not. We appreciate the honor
which VerUL,ut enjoys in Mr.. Morrill, leader
shin in the House, bot while we would not lose
that honor. we are still more reluctant 10 lose
Judge Poland from the u. S. Senate, where to-
dav he also in A different province iToIa bis F.Ta
wins honor for the Green Mountain State
Burlington Times, Dist
The FREE Pass has not denied that rome
persons may have talked Of Judge Poland as
the fttest nan for Sir. Collamer's successor,
rrr DO we see how the Times can deny that
many persons have long talked OF Dir. Nor
rill as the fttest man for that place. The
editor Of the Times, as we have been inform
ed, held that opinion previous to Mr. Po-
lands appoint ment. We remain fully
of our opinion that were Judge Poland st'il
occupying the place he has ably and accept
ably filed on the bench of the Supreme
Court. there would be No contest worthy the
name over the Senatorship on the East side
Of the mountain. The Legislature under
such circumstances would with substantial
unanimitv. as we believe, choose to retain
judge Poland on the bench. and send Mr..
Norr.u to the Senate The circumstances
which have taken Judge Poland from the
Enthusiastically and made it necessary to
fill his place on the bench, have altered to
some extent the relations Of the case, and
have made question where there was little
or none before. But that the final result
can be thereby altered, We do not believe.
The Times curiously eonceives that the
questions which now mainly occupy MI.
Niornll's attention as Chairman Of the Ways
and Means. do not come before the Senate.
Has the Senate nothing to DO with questions
Of finance and revenue? Docs the Times
suppose that the tax bill will not pass from
the House to tie Senate? Mr.. Morrill, is
an influential member of the Joint Commit
tee on Recanstruetion-is Reconstruction oc-
eupying no share of the attention of the
Senate d? The idea that Mr. MorrIii's eXpe-
lience in one branch Of the National Legis-
lature will not avail him in the other, Ut that
ne would in any sense 90 into the Senate an
..untried man, seems to Us absurd in the
extreme. lie is already well known and in
fluential in the Senate Chsmbcr-is oftener
called thithor for consultation. probably,
than any other member Of the House and
any new Senator might well be glad If in
wears Of continuous service. he could reach
the POSITION Of influence and power in the
5 nate which Mr. Morrill, VIII naturally and
easily occupy on his first entrance as
Senator.
There are other points suggested by the
remarks Of tie Tunes which we may allude
10 another day. Meanwhile we fully concur
IN it. remark that there need not and ought
not to lie any personal bitterness IN the dis
cushions concerning Senatorial candidates
which must inevitably occupy the people Of
the State. and the Legislature on its as
semhling