News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-03-11
Death Of Senator Proctor

United States senator RedheId
Proctor died in his apartments in the
Champlain at Washington, Wednes-
day afternoon of last week, theresult
of a brief illness following an attack
of grip, resulting in complications
which weakened his heart. At the
bedside when the 80 came were the
wife and Gov. Fletcher d. Proctor OF
Vermont, son of the aged Senator,
who bad been summoned there when
his fathers condition became critical.
J The remains were brought TO Proc
tor, at which place the funeral was
held last Friday, being largely at
tended by his people and rep
resentatlve men from Washington
and all parts of Vermont.
The Hon. Rcdfeld Proctor was born in
| Proctorsville, June /, 1881. He was
graduated in 1851 from Dartmouth Col
lege and studied in the Albany New
York. Law School, from which he was
graduated in 1859, and he was admit
ted to the bar at Albany and also at
Woodstock, VT In June, 1861, he enlist
ed in the Sd Vermont regiment, Vermont
volunteers, in which he was lieutenant
and ouartermaster. In July he was on
the staff of General Baby Smith, and
in October was promoted to the rank OF
major of the 9TH regiment. In October,
1866, he was promoted to the colonelcy
of the 10Th regiment, which in the menl-
orable and decisive engagement at Get
tvsburg was posted on the famous Gem
| eterv Hill during part of the second
| DAYS struggle. In August, 1868, he was
| mustered out of service, and Colonel
Proctor returned to civil Fife
| In 1869 he accepted the position OF
manager of the Sutherland Falls Marble
| COMPANY. Under his supervision the
business was greatly enlarged, and in
| 1880 his company united with the old
Rutland Marble Company, formed i'll
1868. This consolidation was perfected
through the organization, on September
80, 1880, of the Vermont Marble Com
pary, with Redheld Proctor as president.
To-day this is by far the largest industry
in the state and much the largest concern
in the world, Gov. F. ID. Proctor, being
its president since 1889.
The deceased senator was selectman OF
the town of Rutland in 1866, representa-
tive in the legislature in 1867 and 1868
and state senator in 1874. In 1876 he
was elected Lieutenant-Gov and i'll
1879 he was elected Governor.
March 4, 1899, Governor Proctor was
called to the cabinet of President Harri-
son as secretary of war. His conduct of
that high office was characterized by the
Hottest patriotism, and his influence per-
meated every portion of his great depart
ment. The present remarkable system OF
coast defense was largely inaugurated
by him.
After nearly three years service in the
war department he resigned, December Z,
1891, to accept the appointment by Gov.
Page of United states Senator of YER
mont. In October, 1892, he was elected
to the same position for the remainder of
the term remaining in that Office until
his death.
In February, 1898, Senator Proctor
visited Cuba to ascertain by personal
knowledge the exact conditions under
Spanish rule On March II he gave the
facts to the Senate as he found them. !
This report had a large bearing on the
intervention of this nation against Spain.
Senator Proctor had been three times
a delegate to the Republican national
convention, and in 1888 and i'll 1896, at
the conventions that nominated Harrison
and Mckinley the first time he vascular |
man of the delegation.
It's Practical PRoHIBITIoN.-The
number of towns and cities in Ver-
mont that voted license is cut down
from 33 last year to 26 this year,
with a possible one or two more.
Of this number probably only about
16 will actually have license. Some
of the very small towns that voted
license will not issue licenses. Each
year since the local option law be-
came operative the number of pro-
hibition towns has steadily increas-
ed. Probably the coming year, de-
spite the fact that Burlington chang
ed from no license to license, the total
under a prohibitory policy
will be slightly increased, as st. AL
bans, Barre and Bellows Fall we're
larger license centers. Of pop1fati6nf
that adopted no-license. - Rutland
News.
The death of Senator Proctor re-
duces the number of Union veterans
in the senate to eight. There are
ten ex-confederates, however, max
ing an aggregate of 20 per cent. who
saw service in the civil war. Net
withstanding the comparative youth
fulness of some newly elected men,
bers, the senate is still a body OF
graybeards.
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