The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-05
MOURN FOR
SEN. PROCTOR
VermOnt's Senior Senator
Died Late Yesterday
AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS
Had Served as Governor of Vermont, as
Member Of National Cabinet and
as United States
Senator.
AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS

as United States
Senator.
| Washington, d. G., Narch 5.--Unites
States Senator RedfeId Proctor of Yer
mont died at his apartments, at thu
| Cnamplain, here yesterday afternoon
after a short illness following an attacl
Of the grippe. The senator's son, Gov
FLETCHER d Proctor OF Vermont, who
was summoned to the city, was at the
bedside when the senator passed away
Senator Proctor was 70 years Of age
The senator mad been i'll for about d
week. His ailnent was diagnosed al the
! grippe, which later developed into pleu-
risy with pneumonia complications
which affected tile heart and whicn, ID
his enfeebled condition, proved too much
/ for his powers OF resistance.
Besides his son, Governor Proctor, the
governors wife and several intimate
4 friends were at the bedside when death
occurred. The senator's body will be
taken to the old home in Proctor, vt.
The senator had been III feeble health
ever since the assembling of Congress
and it WAS remarked By his friends that
for the first time IN their recollection, he
had failed to return from his nsual
summer fishing trip in the high state
OF health which he always enjoyed His
condition became alarming yesterday
and the members Of his family were no.
tined that the end was near
The news Of his death reached the
Senate a few minutes after o'clock
when Senator Warren was urging the
passage Of bin to increase the nav II
the army which Ii measure that for
many wears has attracted the interest
Of the late Vermont senator.
No announcement Of the death was
made to the Senate The information
was communicated To Vice President
Fairbanks, who Immediately advised
senator Warren. Mr. Warren asked
that the pending bill be laid aside for
tie day. TIE Senate then adjourned. II
was not-desired formally to announce
the death for the reason that ii MAS
thought best to lav aside The business
for al entire Jay in respect to the sen.
ator's memory.
Rediied Proctor was born at proetors
ville- Vermont june L 1881, and was
therefore ii his 18th year : lie was the
youngest son Of Jabez and Retsey Park
erl Proctor He was graduated from
Dartmouth college in 1851 and subse-
qaentiy attended the Albany Law school.
graduating there III 1859 and being ad
mitted % the bar al Albany. and also at
Woodstock, Vermont lie praetised law
for time with his cousin. Judge Isaac
+ Redfleld, III Boston
n the early part Of the Civil war he
enlisted in the Third Vermont regiment.
being commissioned lieutenant and quar-.
termaster, and then he was assigned to
the STAFF of General William +. lBaidyl
Smith. iie then became major of the
Filth Vermont. serving with that regi
ment twelve mouths. When the Fif-
teenth Vermont was organized. lie be
came its colonel During the battle of
Gettysburg his regiment was stationed
on Cemetery Hill for part of the see.
ond days struggle, Colonel Proctor was
mustered out Ia August, 1868
He then returned to his native state
and served in the Vermont legislature
as representative for three terms He
was member Of tie state Senate two
terms, acting ~ president pro fem. lii
1876 he was elected lieutenant governor
on the Republican ticket and two years
later became governor. He was dele
gate to the National Republican con.
vention N 1884 and was chairman Of the
delegations in 1883 and 1906,
Ia 1880 President Harrison appointed
Mr. Proctor secretary Of war, a position
which he filed two years. until 1901.
when he was appointed United States
senator to succeed George +. Edmunas.
IN October. 1892. the Vermont leaigia.
ture elected him to GIL both the unex
pred and the fun terms. He was twice
reelected the second election coming
October Is, 1904. His present term
would not have expired until March
3. 1911.
II will devolYc upon the son. Cover
nor Fletcher Proctor. TO aOpoint a sue.
cessor to his father in the national as
sembly.
The name Of Proctor IS well known in
connection with the marble industry of
Vermont, the late Senator entering upon
that business IN 1860. when he accepted |
the position Of manager for the Suther /
land Falls marble company. near Rut. |
land. The Vermont Marble companv
was organized in 1880, with Redfeld |
Proctor as its head.
It's principal producing plants are now
located at Proctor. Center Rutland West I
Rutland and Pittsford aud the town Of /
Proctor from q small hamlet has grown
to a prosperous village of some twenty T
five hundred people ali actively Identified F
with the marble business. When Colonel +
Proctor first took hold Of the marble T
business it was comparatively small f
affair, but owing to his business saaar. /
itY and foresight and energy. it has +
grown 10 large proportions In its +
numerous quarries thousands of blocks +
Of marble are quarried each year. and t
under its huge piliHg derrieks there are +
kept constantly on hand from ten to f
fifteen Thousand blocks from which a /
can always be made Of differ
ent varieties of marble In iis mills I
something over two hundred and iftv I
gangs Of saws arr operated continuously
from Monday morning 10 Saturday night F
saving out the rough material from the I
block that later j. sent to the shop TO
come out a finished product.
When Aif Proctor entered the cabinet
n 1850 be turned the presidency and 4
actire management OF the great concern i