Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-05-10

years be has served on the House
committee on appropriations. 1t is a
committee requiring the greatest In
telligence and greatest industry; there
is none more important to the country.
In the last three Congresses Mr.. Grout
has had charge of the district appro-
priation bill, bill which touches every
public and municipal interest in the
district among others, the schools and
all eleemosynary institutions. He has
been as true as steel. His judgment
has seldom if ever been challenged.
And il is a tact quite unprecedented
that the district bill OF last year framed
by his subcommittee passed exactly as
that subcommittee lett it, the whole
committee approved it without amend
ment, and still more remarkable, the
House adopted it without the dotting
of an or the crossing Of a t. Mr..
Grout has won such honorable distinc-
ton as this. There he stands. Watch
himi
The people OF Vermont know good
thing when they see it. nor do they
usually exchange il without an equiv
alent: not if they know themselves.
They pride themselves on this. What
a length of service they granted SEN
ator Morrill,! He deserved it. Mr.
GrOut has already seen a longer ser
vice in the House by four years than
has been granted TO any other member
OF Congress from Vermont. This is
what Nermonters think OF him. This
is one secret of his usefulness. lie Is
a man who does but one thing at a
time, and does that well. When he
went into the army he resigned the
position of states attorney; when he
accepted the position Of member of
Congress he gave up the practice Of
law One thing at time has been his
motto. When he went TO the COM
mon school he studied; he mastered
his lessons. When he taught school
in the winter, he mastered the boys.
Mr.. Grout is a practical farmer. There
is not an acre Of his farm in Vermont
that has not been enriched by ms
tread. lie has the same fondness Tor
stock as had Mr.. Webster. He knows
The difference between butter and that
which is not butter. There Is not an
interest of his native state into which
he has not studied. and which he does
not regard with a watChiul eye.
Though his friends playfully rally him
on his personal resemblance TO, per-
haps, the greatest orator Of antiquity,
he has contented himself with useful
speeches. rather than brilliant ones
speeches which his constituents can
understand. He always talks in a
Straightforward, manly way. His
maiden speech is Congress was m
favor of establishing a Bureau Of Ag-
riculture and giving its official head
seat in the Cabinet subject Of the
very greatest importance to the agri-
cultural interests of the country for all
time. He has constantly opposed all
government appropriations for the
support of sectarian Institutions; he
has stood in the way OF the unneces-
sary increase Of salaries, whether OF
clerks or teachers. He Is a square
man that will not 90 into a round hole.
Among his Congressional utterances
there are none which give an uncer-
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sions. Il rings like a stroke on the
anvil. III You desire Christian senti-
ment. You will find it in Mr.. CIRCUITS
tribute to the memory Of Senator
Stockbridge Of Michigan, from which
| quote this passage, which illustrates
his own ideal of a public man:
Mr.. Speaker. aside from respect
for the dead, If there be any profit 70
the American people in the memorial
exercises held from time % time In the
two Houses over deceased senators
and members. il Is 20 be found in the
lesson tor the living, and especially for
Young men. 10 seems to me that IN
the life OF this deceased senator may
be found a valuable lesson for Ameri-
can youth. Here was poor boy Of
humble birth, who won his way 10
seat in the American Senate, with only
limited educational advantages, and
with none Of the gifts OF arts Of ora
tory. which sometimes obscure defects
ia Judgment. and are frequently ac-