Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-04-16

the journals which were such violen
opponents of a Protection of this indus
try in the position of Instructors ant
oppoSers of American manufacturers
show what deliberate misrepresentation
and disregard of truth and progress ma!
come out OF pure partisanship.
RESIGNATION OF MR.. EDMUNDS
Ohio State Journal.
The resignation of United States
Senator George F. Edmunds, rendered
yesterday to Governor Page of Vermont,
was not entirely surprise. There have
been rumors to that effect for sometime,
but in his retirement the Republican
party loses one of its strongest pillars in
that legislative branch of government
Senator Edmunds has rounded out a
quarter of a century in his country's
service and richly deserves the rest that
his retirement will give. Since April,
1866, he has stood among the leading
expounders of constitutional law in the
Senate and never betrayed his party by
single vote cast in all that time. He
served with Sherman and Thurman and
was an especial friend of the latter when
the "Old Roman" represented Ohio in
the upper House" The personal
friendship of the two was a matter of
almost national interest and no one will
regret more than our honored citizen the
resignation of Vermont's distinguished
son. Senator Edmunds took large
part in all the legislation following close
upon the war and since, and has left the
impress of his craftsmanship upon many
of the most important measures that
have engaged the attention of the Senate
in all that time. Hewas never wanting
in any particular. For years he was at
the head of the judiciary committee and
stood in van of the great lawyers of the
Senate. He was the author of the |
famous "Edmunds act" for the regula-
ton of Mormonism and the abolition of |
polygamy, and to Judge Thurman and |
himself was due the passage of the
Pacific railroad funding act. They both
also served as members of the electoral
commission that made so much history
in 1877. Judge Edmunds was a candi-
date for President before the Republican
National Conventions in 1880 and 1884,
and had considerable strength.
There are many reasons for the retire
ment of Senator Edmunds. His health
is poor, as is also that of his family, and
he is worn out with work. He never
fully recovered from the bitterness of
the defeat inflicted upon him by his
fellow Senators when they refused to
join with him in compelling President
Cleveland to give to the Senate the
reasons for the removal of Republican ;
office holders. That was sad disap- {
pointment to him. The defeat of the {
election bill was also blow that came
with power upon him. He had set his |
heart upon the passage of that measure.
Another reason is that some of the new I
to the Senate have not
deferred to the older Senators, as was c
heir due on account of age and long
Iervice, and Edmunds could not brook a
he wild Western brand of craftsmanship '
displayed by Wolcott and that school of S
senators. The time honcred usages of i
he Senate were trampled upon and that C
,ained him, and he thought it time for ?
lim to quit, full of honors and years,
md with the well-earned fame that il
omes from long service in the Senate. v
Vermont has no man that can fill his
hoes. e