Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-29

Vermonts delegation in the national
House of Representatives has seldom done
better sci vice and reflected a higher degree
o. credit upon our State than during the
present session of Congress. and this record
has been made i'll spite of the fact that the
control Of that body has been overwhelm-
ingly in the hands of the opposition party,
50 that the members of the minority have in
reality had little opportunity comparatively
to show the metal of which they are made
So far as the people Of this State alone are
concerned, it requires no measurement of
our representatives, by congressional rule to
learn the character of the men whom we
send to Washington. 1t has been the proud
boast Of the Green Mountain State that
she sends only men who are tried and true
to represent her in Congress- AMI Yer
mont's congressman during the present SEES
sion. as i'll the past, have only come up to
the high standard which has been set for
our representatives in the national House.
That our present congressman have been
able to maintain their own high reputation
as well as that of the State in a Congress in
which the republicans are in hopeless mi
nority, speaks we'll for their ability and in
huence ana for the quality of their expert
ence and, thus is furnished another proof
that the people of Vermont made no mistake
when they selected the Hon. II Henry Pow.
ers and Gen. William w. CIRCUIT to repre-
sent respectively the First and Second dis
tricts.
Congressman Grout. who was elected /,
his present position for the first time in 1889,
took a front rank among the new members
of the Forty seventh Congress and he has
won an envisbla place at the national cap
tal during his long term OF sary G in the
House. He was for number OF years a
member of the House committee who hal
charge of tho affairs of the District OF Col
umbia and the manner in which he dis
charged the duties of that position gained
for him the respect and admiration Of the
people Of Washington as we'll as the repre-
seutatives of the various States who
sojourn in the capital city He
has also endeareI himself to the
old soldiers in all partl Of tho United State
by the ability and determination which h.
has exhibited ia guarding the interests o
the Union veterans in Congress. Moreover
no man has sought more ZealouslY than Con
gresham Circuit 10 promote the interests o
his constituents, but he has done more thar
this. His voice has ever been heard on tn,
side of sound national legislation, and in
great variety Of ways he has sought to pro
mote the interests of the whole country, "a
well as those of his State and hi, constitu
ents
Congressman Powers is serving his second
term in the national House, and it is safe t.
say that no member has made more rapil
progress in winning for himself place hi Il
in the respect and esteem of his colleague
than has the representative of the first dis
trict of Vermont. Judge Powers is a tho
rough and loyal republican, but his strong
impartiality and spirit Of fairness together
with his judicial bearing have gained 70
him host of strong friends in the Hous
without regard to party. His selection "a
one of the republican members of the Hous
judiciary by speaker of the opposite part
was in itself worthy tribute and one no
often received by a member at the begin
ming of his second term in Congress. Con
gresham Powers is acknowledged to be ont
of the strong men of the republican minori
ty. and his speeches on the tariff and finan
cial questions are justly regarded as anon
the soundesb and most convincing deliyere