Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-10
The Recollection ofsenator PIatt.


 The Legislature has at least one agreeable duty to perform. The senatorial term of Orville H. Platt expires on the 4th of March next, and it is universally conceded that he will be reelected without opposition in his own party What makes this election spe- cially honorable to the Senator is that the Legislature in it's votes will be merely record ing the choice of a majority of the people of the State. Put to the popular vote within his party, MT. Platt would have as little op- position is in the two houses. MT. Platt will be returned simply upon the ground that the State needs his services and that he is the best man for the place.
 If MT. Platt were a less able man than ne is. usage might give him probably second term, since his character and conduct in his high and responsible place entitled him, by
 to the continued trust his constitu- '7saRe' - Platt goes back, as it were were by popular acelars. on nbeh be hos nef tame ground than this. In his term = ~ast to be recognized as one ot ths ssfohe-, allest and most trustworthy man III the Senate Under the experience of his office, his capacity has been disclosed and his char acter has declared itself It is not too much to say that he has steadily grown in his posi- ton. and each succeeding session has fouhd him more able to serve his State and more co,nnetent to seize with a statesmanhke .rrasp the whole circle of federal affairs. 30 that it has come to pass that the federal gov ernment needs his services quite as mtfch as the State of Connecticut needs them. We have al ways favored keeping in public life those who show in character and capacity special lit ness for it; and especially has 1t seemed necessary to us in small State like Connect icut that we should be represented by men who have acquired experience. It IS only by keeping in Congress men of great ability, :, who have had experience and have acquired not only influence but knowledge how to use it, that the weight of the State can be duly felt in our wide public affairs. MT. PIatt has found his place, and the State can not afford to lose his services in 1t.
 It is matter for good deal of State and party congratu1ation that the senatorial election this winter is to be so entirely har- monious; and to know that this harmony IS due to the eminence of the candidate for re- election, to his faithfulness, to his absolute rectitude in public affairs, to the striking ability that he discloses on all occasions when he comes before the public, must be especially gratifying to MT. Platt and his per sonal friends Although his friends knew of what stuff he is made when he was chosen, he had to demonstrate to the State and the country that rectitude of mind, that common sense and sound judgment and that capacity of intellectual performance which is more satisfactory and lasting than any showy brilliance We believed that he would make a Senator of whom the State would be proud, and the result more than justifes the expect ation. He will return to his second term upon the solid judgment of the people of | Connecticut of his fitness.
 | sSIt should be added, also, that the Senator has courage in public affairs, and always the courage of his opinion. In the great ques- tions of economy and finance, of the relations | of the State to the Union, of the Limitations of the federal government and of the rela- tions of great corporations to the public veal, he is sound and firm as rock. Dur ing the next six years the Senate will have to deal with perplexing questions of great magnitude, questions very hkel9 } in which the people will have to be protect ed against the encroachments of privilege and monopoly. In these matters the State can trust Senator Platt to the end of the chapter, without anxiety as to how he vii act in this or that contingency.
 And in this, well as in his ability ans sagacity, the State is to be congratulated o1 its choice