Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-03-19

trGCteu the attention Ol ine Slate ny MS
ablo argument for removing the capital
from Montpelier ard rebuilding the
burned State-house at Burlington. lie
was elected tothe State Senate against MS
protest in 1861, the dark days when strong
men were needed, and made chairman OF
the judiciary committee (; the next yeaI
he was chosen president pro tempore. lie
was foremost in body of which Paul
Dillingham;. Charles w. Willard, John
Stewart and Charles Powers were mem
hers. Mr.. Edmunds's marvellous faculty
for detail and thorough study of current
business served the public then as 1t does
now at Washington. DIR. Beecher OF
Hinesburgh tells story illustrating his
friends watchfulness Mr.. Edmunds
spoke to him of little bill, asking the
doctor to push it through his committee
in the Senate. Somehow the doctor
missed it, and spoke TO the Chittenden
county member about it. That bill,
returned Mr. Edmunds, has passed. l
want you to understand that no bill comes
into this Legislature that do not follow,
SO as to know its position each night.
Mr.. Edmunds entered the United States
Senate April 5. 1866, by appointment to
fill the vacancy caused by the death OF
Senator Foot, and was elected by the
Legislature for the remainder of the term,
ending March 4, 1869. He has been since
twice reelected, his present term expir-
ing in 1881. and his State will continue
him as long as possible in the body.
where he has become the acknowledged
Republican leader. That Mr.. Edmunds was
without previous congressional experience
II, tt.t-
ing ordeal. His legal ability and nssid-
uous atteution to the details OF Legislation,
united to quiet self-assertion made him
early prominent in that most conservative
of bodies A New Hampshire Senator
who essayed TO put down" the new men,
ber found the Fermonter enliShtenlng
him in that self-contained and convincing
style of which Mr. Edmunds is master
beyond any man in the Senate. His life
at Washington is familiar to the country.
He has shared in the best achievements
of the Republican party. Sometimes
failing OF the largest views III sectional
questions, his honesty of motive has never
been questioned and his personal intes-
rity is absolutely above suspicion. Low
ing that jealous mistress, tho law, Mr..
Edmunds, perhaps wearied with the
wrangling of partisan politics, has cher
;sbe,i no ambition beyond A possible de-
sire TO serve his profession and the coun-
trv in the serene ouiet of the supreme
bcncb The Vermont Senator therefore
commonJs the trust of the people as no
nrrsiJcntial aspiront can. The RepuJH-
can has lately published Mr.. Edmunds's S
ablo letter on the civil service reform
issue showing him to be right on the
great issue of the future. The full meas
Ero of his ,triotism and the crown of his
rorsnr ia shown in the electoral bill. De-
viscJ in the heat of partisan dispute and
AGAINST tho b;tterest party opposition,
Ills law was of f,ircst intent and served
to carry tbe country over that most ap-
nolIinS emergency in our recent history.
The crisis found its strong man in the
patriotic Senator who had utter faith i'll
the trirunph of the peaceful processes of
i',.
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