Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-30
SENATOR DILLINGHAM;.
(From the Montpeller Journal.l


despatch in the Boston Globe under
n Rutland date line, prints the opinion
Of politician who intimates that it
would not be unlikely Il the senatorial
fight this fall should be made even more
exciting and complicated by the with
drawal Of Senator William p. piliing-
ham. This, with naht on for the place
recently made vacant by the death OF
Senator ReGfeld Proctor to which ex-
Gov. John w. Stewart, at the age Of 50
years. was recently appointed, would
complicate conditions to an alarming ex-
tent. The politician whose name, by TIE
way, is not mentioned, bases hi intna-
ton of the possible withdrawal OF Sena-
tor Dillingham; on tho strength of state
ment said to have been made by SeDator
Dillingham; to friends that he did not
Ike Washington life.
This talk on the possible resignation of
Senator Dillingham; Is the height of folly.
He is now at his prime in life and career.
being e. years of age, although he would
easily pass for so. and able in influence
and power of accompl: hment. He has
been climbing rapidly in his modest way
during the past few years. gaining the
esteem Of his colleagues through his per-
sonality, and their admiration for his
ability through his deeds. There has not
been a day since he went to Washington
that he has not developed and at the
present time he Is a much-sOught sena-
tor among his colleagues who have pro-
found respect for his judgment and adj
vice and realizing sense of his lntlu-
ence in the Senate chamber and in the
committee rooms. At the present time
he Is chairman Of the immigration COM
nittee and it was his bill that was re-
Gently made into law. And Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, says that immi-
grafton Is the greatest question before
this country to-day.
Now the Journal does not know wheth-
er Senator Dillingham; likes Washington
life or not. Lots OF them don't. and
among them was Senator Proctor and
lots of them do. 1t is doubtful. however.
If a man has ever left his home In YER
mont to represent his state at the ma
tional capital who has not at times sat
down with his head on his hands. and in
a longing moment for Whit OF Green
Mountain air, a ramble by the babbln4 :
brooks, the quiet of a home NESTING
among the naples, come out with n
Does 1t pay. and what does It amount
to to be a senator in comparison with
these" OF course we all have the home
sick fever at times until our deaths,
There Is no mecca, beautiful and attrac-
tive as It may appear, for the homesiclt
man but home and who hasn't been
homesick at times? There's no place like
homo and never will be but We can't all
hnve the surrounding, and conditions that
We would like best without sacrificing
ambition and service to our fellow man.
II Senator Dillingham; once said to some
friends that he didn't like Washington
life he was homesck, that's all
Does 1t look reasonable that man like
Senator Dillingham; would lay down the
cause OF his State just at the time 1t
will be necessary TO start new man at
the foot of the ladder in the other place
allotted to the State. Just at the time
when his State needs him most because
he was homesick? DO you think he
would come home or go somewhere else
to live? Vermont is proud to have
him in Washington and there he will
stay. and there he will climb. and there
he will develop, and there he will take
care OF Vermont's interests and take his
part in the moulding OF the laws OF his
country and ours.