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placed on the able committee OF that wear
on the Judiciary. which was composed Of
William Hebard, Daniel Kellogg. I.uyal
G. Kellogg, George w. Grandey aud
John A. Child.
At the session Of ISL Judge Kellogg
made request Of the Speaker that he
should not be placed on any Of the stand.
ipc committees Of the House. a. the con.
dition Of his health would not allow con.
iinnous or arduous labor, which sccuunis
Tor his not being at the head of the Judi.
clary Committee, TO which he would very
properly have been assigned. He was,
however, on the Joint Committee on the
Library, chairman of the committee on
the bill providing for a general railroad
law. aud also on the COMMITTEES un the
purchase of au historical painting for the
State House.
lie was delegate from Benson in the
Constitutional Convention Of 1917 aud
1870. He was also one of the eight dele.
gates from Rutland county to the Consti.
tulional Convention Of 1857, and was
elected its President.
lie has been a director in the Bank of
Rutland aud ia the National Bank OF
Rutland for the past ten years. While
resident Of Rutland. he was one of the
yestr,men Of Trinity (EpiscopaD Church
His last official acts were performed as
chairman of the committee TO build the
Rutland County Court House, in which
he took dep interest, and gave much
time in the preparation of the plans.
The degree of Doctor Of Laws was con.
ferred on Judge Kellogg at Amherst III
1869.
He was elected Judge of the Supreme
Court BY the legislature of 1859 and an
nually reelected down to aud including
1867, but declined to accept the last eIcc.
tion on account Of his health. and Hon.
John Prout, Of Rutland, was elected to
fill the vacancy.
Since his retirement from the bench,
he had interested himself in historical
studies, and had written many valuable
communications for the press ON subjects
connected with local history of towns and
the State. His last published communlca.
ton was in the Vermont Standard, prov
ing from Cfiical records that Slavery
had no legal existence in Vermont" He
wrote history of the town of Benson for
Miss llemenway's Gazttteer. This is pro-
babiy the most perfect town history that
has ever been written in Vermont, and
will appear in the forthcoming volume OF
the Gazetteer.
As IA legislator, Judge Kellogg always
stood in the front rank. His extended
experience III the General Assembly for
several terms, his practice at the bar and
observation on the bench, and knowledge
of the wishes and needs of the people.
placed him in position for presenting
questions Of Importance and framing
measures that were adapted to the com.
mon veal, and he added his earnest ad-
vocacy Of every question to which his at
tention was directed, and generally with
success. His value as legislator was
more apparent at the session Of 1871.
Under the biennial system the laws were
to be adjusted to the existing condition
of affairs, and he gave his attention to all
statutes that were necessary to be amend
ed to make them harmonious, and all the
acts for that purpose were drawn and pre-
sented by him, which was labor rcquir-
ing great accuracy, and was work that
few could have undertaken and accom-.
plished without single omission. He
had, from observation both on the bench
and among the people, become firmly con.
vlnced that the time had come when the
interests of he people demanded the en-.
actnent Of ? general railroad law, and
he determined to become the champion Of
such a measure, and accordingly carly III
. the session introduced bill entitled "Au
act authorizing the formation of railroad
corporations, aud TO regulate the same,
which he deemed best in order that the
scheme might have IA fair impartial hear
ing, untrameled hy any other railroad
question, should be referred to IA commit.
, tee of seven members. The bill. although
in its main features, similar to the law o
New Y ork, met with the persistent and
strong opposition of existing railway cor
pora,iuns. both within and without TIE
State, who appeared onthe hearing OF the
committee by their attorneys aud officers,
aud iiually succeeded in influencing Gv,
oi the committee to present report
against the bill. Although Judge kel
logg did not prcsen: u minority report
yet he made a powerful argument before
the House, reviewing the positions takei
+ in the minority reporis--which perhaps
was the greatest speech Of his life. He
had to succnmb before the powerful rail.
road influence of the State, and his favor
lite measure was lost. Had he lived, il
would have been presented with more
force at future session, and become a
law. for it ives in the interests of the pco-
pie and against monopoies.
As lawyer, Judge Kellogg ranked high
FROM the commencement Of his career as
a lawyer he was remarkable for his studi
Gus and reflective habits. HIS mind wa,
broad in its range, and very harmonious
in its development. He examined a cas,
in its bearings, with logical discrimination
He became a learned AMI sound lawyer
His arguments, although perhaps not as
ready as some of his associates at the bar,
were exhaustive, as well as from his OWL
deductions as from investigation of au
th,rities, But the grandeur Of his posi-
tion rested ou the uprightness Of hi'
mind, AS member of the legal profes
sion he deserved and acquired an enviablt