The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-13
Chr Rutlana Daily 6lobr
FRIDAY. JULY ID 1877.
oRowD1NG OUT THE YOUNG MEN.


An item is going the rounds of the press |
to the effect that Artemas Hale, of Bridge- |
water, Massachusetts,, Who is said to be |
ninety-four years of age and served in con- !
gress from lS45 to 1949 is "the oldest ex.
member of congress living II the |
statement refers to his age-which is nine- |
~ three Instead of nine'y-four, he having |
been born October 90 l7S3-lho statement
10, perhaps, correct, but here in Vermont |
and. probably 10 most of the other older
states of the L ion, there are number of
OK members of congress living" who lett
congress long before he thought of enterii
1t. 1t will be noticed that he was sixty
two years of aye when he entered congi ess
an ge at which, in Vermont, we usually
think II is about time for a man to r, tire
from &C i've public life. Surely there was
no young Ameri,a a in Massachusetts, pol
itics at that day.
Of the venerable misrepresentation in
cangress from Vernon still living we will
mention only twu-H land Hall of Ben
nitg ton and Henry F. James Of Waterbury.
Governor Hall lie eighty th ee years old
or rather will be on the twentieth Of the
present montb-apd entered congress- in
1888, at he age of t1irty-eight yeara, serv-
ing tutil l84S; and wa, subsequently, a
Judge of the supieu c cnurt and governor
of the state, rtuing from the latter office
and from pub ic lie in 1860 at the age OF
six'y-hve years.
Henry F. James. if he lives, will be
eighty five in Oct Der. After serving IN
the governors council four years, he was
elected to congress in 1895, at the age of
forty-three, and served siugle term. Sub
sequen'l y be was state treasurer for three
years and a memb, of the council of Cell
sors. reuiiug from pu5lic life at the age
of f1ftY-six years.
We refer 10 these. cases, that Of Hale as
well as Messrs. Hall aud Jones, because we
have head 81 much III Vermont abont iho
old fnRes uFurpiug all tho onces 10 lne
almost entire exclusion Of the young men.
However true that may be in other states,
nothing could lie farther from the truth
when applied to Vermont. A few cases
taken at random will show this. Take the
line of United State senators from the west
side of the mountain for Instance. Moses
Robinson was fifty when he was elected TO
the senate; Issac Tlchenor was thirty
eight; N thaniel Chipman was forty. five
Israel Smith was fo,ty-three; Jonathan
Robinson was fl ty one ; Horatio Seymour
was forty three Bei jamiu Swift was fifty
two; S Imuel S. Phelps was forly-ive
Solomon Foot was ty Dipe; and George
r. Edmunds was thirty. eight. Surely this
does rot look much Ike the OLD men
crowding the young men out of ufflce.
Let as look at the highest judicial ofi &c
In the stae-that of chief justice of the
supreme court. Moses r. johnson was
thirty seven years old when he became 6
judge of that court 4; Paul Soooner wat
thirty-four Nathaniel Chapman was ihir.
ty-four Isaac Tichenor was thiIty-three
Isrsel Smith was thriy-elght; Jonathan
Robins IN was forty-lVei Royal Tyler wa,
forty-three Asa Adds was forty Ave
Richard Skinner was thirty.seven; Dudley
Chase was forty-slx; Cornelius P. Val
Ness was thirty-nine; Samuel Prenlis
about forty. five; Charles X. williams wa
forty Stephen Royce was thirty eight
Isaac F. RrdHeld was lhirly-one; Luke p
Poland was thirty thlee and j I'm Pier
point was ffty.on We fave included II
this list the names of ali the chi, Justice
except three, -Elisla Payne. who reside,
In New Hampshire, samuel Knight an,
Enoch Woodbridge, have omitte
these solely for the reason that, at the mo
ment, we are unable to ascertain their age
when they took seats on the bench No
much crowdlng off of the young men
there
If we take those at present holding fice
we find that with very rare exceptions the
arc young men, or eniend upon their pre-
ent fl ;es as young men. The governor
fifty-seven years old, the lieutenant go,
ernor fury-four, and the auditor of az
counts forty eight. The secretary of sal
entered up n his flee at he age of lhiitI
nine, and the STATE treasurer at fihy-on'
The Judges of tue supreme court were fir
elected at the ages OF fifty-one, forty-l hire,
httS-one, fity.tight, forty-four, thirty
nine and f"fty-sx respectively. TT
Judge Of the United States court 10 fort,
four years old, ald became Judge of II
supreme court of Vermont at lhirty-si,
while the district attorney was appoin G
at the age Of irty-lhree, the marshal
the age of thirty-one and the collector
customs at the age Of tbiry-nvs. There