Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-10-02
From the Rutland Herald.
yc-uOn, IN The United States senate.


vs-noni IN The United States Senate
From grst to last Vermont has been r1-.
ably rerreseuted II the national councils
/ In the Senate especially, where each S-st-
| has al equal voice aud vote. and Httle
| Rhode Island is the peer oi Peun-y lvania,
! the weight Of personal character and tu-
I superior psr-oual ability Of hc- Senator.
/ have gwen Vermont prominence
Vermont has had uat lev Senators. There
are bu; few men living to-day who, - u-eiu-
/ bers of the STATE Legislature, could h@7,
/ personally participated IN the election ID
/ the =. scholarly Prenti-s. 0r Of Sanae- ;
I pbeins. the great lawyer and lg4lciau. q
/ whom Webster said that IN bin ne Away
/ muui an antagonist IN the Supreme Court
/ VINO taxed hin 10 the full limit o. ms p1~-
or Men OF this generation when 1lei
/ think Of Vermont in the ullec States sen
ale. AZ once see before them the =. ic--iic
/ face Of Collamer and the splendid personal
prcseuce Of FO0tc. Each of thee great
; men was in fact the complement o- tLl
Other " men thinking of them 81 lepre-
/ senting Vermont IL the Unlrei >-ate- Seu
/ ale II Is hard q diss1ciate ilem IN -
{ representative capacity ihey seem 9 unit
ana as such become fitting symbol 10 tl-
/ reuius and character Of thelr State a
/ member of Congress dying II or have
/ mad such tributes paid 10 their memory Dg
/ their Colleagues. And ever ~l-lc tar
question was euLl0u-ly asked cu-ll tae--
/ places be mace good il seemed a. tnai
| time impossible Eight years hAvo nos
passed since the death OF these Distinguish
/ ed men. '- The wEirlsig % time has 1rul- b,
( it, reyense-' and cImpensatl1ns W nai
/ changes have taken place The question
/ now Is rather v .I can Ma~sachu-c-cs d. o.
/ keep up uer historic place and po~er and
! reu0Wn 90 the door, where " eosier and
Sumner have wOn such llstl1s ul-le1 il--e
ior her and themselves.
But how die- Vermont stand to-day
Senator " r-in went naturally lutn tle
I place which hc has so acceptab.y Allied.
/ bearing with him the prestige Of fourteen
years OF faithful and NOS; honorable service
/ 10 the House. anG d character " known and
/ -ead Of al men. About min there car
I really be no question with candid men
" men senator Fo0te died Mr. E1mgnd-
was wei known IL Vermont. II . fame
F that extends through . whole state must
sil.l be termed local, chen E-muud- had q
brilliant local fame, bat II Wa chiefly t. a
presiding officer. His great success as
+ speaker Ut the House o. Representative
had made hi name familiar l. every bJly
al who had been II the Legislature w.tn
him knew MS power and sc1ieness a. d de-
batter. while his reputation a. g most skill
i fu. lawyer had been every day extending
itself outside Of ChE5euden county And
when the question arose. 90 rs BIO snail sue
coed to the place MADE vacant hy the death
VI Senator Eo0t?' Or several uaue~ that
would naturally -ugges. t1sIIselTe-. that OF
NJ E-munGs Wa perhaps the mJ~1 prom
nent is appointment O. The place pend
Ing the meeting oi the eg-S.ature gave gen
e-ai satisfaction and W. heartily r4-i1 e
sub-eq ue1tly b{ the people. And tie peo-
PIE have had no reason % regret Xmas CHOICE
0r u regard Il - D. Judged. On the con
trary. La MT the new Senator distinguish
ed himself and done s1lIi honor 10 the
State beyond even the general e-p-c---
tion9
Four pallIc men personally more ankle
than C0l-amer and fouts and Morrill, aud
Edmund- Il would indeed be hard 10 nslne
But DO Dot the Two iEsi just d amply AID
adequately emb1dy NermOa; ilte- a. the
Two iormer? l. not Vermont t. day a.
much of recognized power and personality
IN the United States Senate as she ga> zen
wears ago. Morrill, went INTO the senate
win a national reputation rc41y male Il
al once seated hin firmly there. De mad Only
10 add 10 It. EduuuGs had lI- national
reputation to make. and -o1lC OF his best
friends may have Ielt nervua> ar nrsr lest
hi> habItu4es q a lawyer. hi analytic tl-u
OF thought, his iJn1ne-s OF nice and -c-u-
rate Determinations might possibly uarrJ~
his mind and lead him 10 dwell too Gllca al
times upon details, " hen tIe Only Practical
question was abJu- general principles ur
measures But all such soLcitulss were
l1ug ago pur % -eS; lie ha- made t.r hlG4-
sell most honorable national rcputatllu-
Il his weaknesses arv a. on ' .rtur = side.
We ought IN these times % be thankful. t.
l. no small thing To have It CONCEDED tha5 a
Vermont Senator l. once more perhaps e
most acute ana able lawyer, IN the b.-l
sense OF that word, IN body made up Jog
,he mO>t part oi dlstlng uis1ed law ers.
We have spoken o. the small number VI
Senators Normont has had, and oi tteig
personal eminenee. How much OF ilat
cnInence is 10 be attributed t. the iaci ilat,
v hen tue trgclAen OF Vermont elected e man
70 thai CissIng uished position. they have
kept MIN 10 II a. long a. he Wa Wiling tl
stay OF the glls would permit. wing l. tle
best possible mutual understanding ot-t. cen
him and his csnS-Itulnt-- IL q more -ccc
"a! way &c might ask how much The longer
OF shorter term u SCrT ic. u Any uemu1l
of Congress, IL either branch, has had T.
do WIKI his power Tor good OF Ill, and s. ita
his ofhcial reputation Is it not ,=-e t-a,
long before the breaking orr If rue re1-l-
lion the Southern States had discovered
that an ascsndgncy IL TIE councils % tle
nation their custom gave them, u 40. iug
the same men II their places y - tCr.- O.
term
Il would be sre4; ni1y IL orc ID iA,
first fruits OF our new hlsnaiSl ys,el4 OF
elecing members u; the Stale Legislature
should be a disposition - " rotate 81 .le
choice Of United States Rspresenia-iv and
Senator'S. In 20 lar a. any sura disposition
has been supposed - show itself III the re-
suit in the second and hr-t Congressional
Districts. X ]. t. be depl1rel That ic j.
somebody el~e's % turn Is 8 Ore Idlully
narrow and unsafe platform 10 put one =
self On N choosing men for any responsible
office. 1t l. the practical surrender ot every
thing to the demaxogue, that home born
and bed enemy 10 Democratic Institutions,
who Is more than al others 10 be feared.