Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-16
VERMCNT'S new SENATOR
Interested In Everything nnd Every
body and Up to the Timcs--I'opu-
inr In Washington.
{FrOm tho Boston Uerald)

al" Interested III everything John
"'""r'' the od-Ne"r-oio senator from
'c'Hlo'i'' asserted according To inc ios-
W" fieralu correspondent Il am young
you KNOW with an easy, genial sort
Oh s'"lie'
ANA am Interested III everybody.
nat If the way keep young why
should we draw ourselves into shcll?'
ferhaps II Is because senator stewart.
inc o'ueS' III years anu win the cXcep-
non OF fIor>dlah just come TO town.
we HounScS' ot senator's SHOWS so mu'h
interest III everybody mat cverNhodN at
.le o"Pl'"' ana ABOUT everybody IN
washington mas taken an interest IN nm
Vii Wv VA! I' arrived
EVerNoodN VINO goes INTO the senate
gallery ruhb"rs over tho northwest
corner OF IN" chamber In the "'horokce
srlp. To me desk where the brisk sub
s'antiai looking old Yankee las his seat.
re appears quite 30 years younger than
ne really is HIS conversation Is as spty
as ne Is 1t Is gentle and good-natured,
WHY nut sound lie leaped into popular
hy az once.
ike outdoor me- he said. "Whv
l We "'eh camping out every year for 30
years go swimming ana fishing and
i""lHF' can SWIM IKE duck
ana dlNc'
yes can dlV". In mead foremost be-
forc broaktast | enjoy going away with
the boys II Is very pleasant ON those
outings. many of which hay" been down
10 the shore OF the lax" Whamplain) I
nave iish"d there great deal in my
tlme-for bass and pike. The fishing
however is not what is used to be-" and
INC senator told how the divided iuris-
dicton over the lake--divided between
vermont New York and Canada-has
resulted IN the wanton destruction OF
nsn.
senator stewart Will not violate tho
traditions OF IN" Senate and throsh
around as many OF the western men do.
before he gets warm in his seat 81 have
no idea o' trying to max" set speech
TINS session said h" "Th"r" is too much
speaking ana too little thinking these
daNs. Rut I may make few casual re-
MARKS II there is occasion for if.
i nav" no plans to press for any par
ficular legislation. The session Is too far
ADVANCED nave not been in the RUM
ing. You SEQ, have just come in from-
'he bushes was not thinking about be-
coming a senator. II has all been rather
Sudden.
ono or the old timers at the Capitol
remarked mat YOU seemed lust as young
as Wh"n YOU were in Congress % years
hEo ana mat Nou mad not changed par
tcle' was suggested. can YOU say as
much ABOUT congress?
Ther' Is not such striking difference
as there might be-" came the response.
MANY faces appear In the House. The
other day ] had the pleasure Of listening
to Senator Teller. of Colorado. He's an
able man. When I came to Washington
years ago h" was secretary Of the inter
Tor under President Arthur DolliVor. Of
Iowa; julius Caesar Burrows of Michi-
gan, senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
We're In the House while was men,
Der. Allison. Haze and Frye ! knew as
senators "hen ! was here. II is not as
dlHereht now as II might be. feel at
nome IN the senate. II Is little more
qulet mere IMAM II was IN the House.
is the government growing better?'
'hihK So the new senator replied.
am not PeSShh'St ABOUT IN" con-
"uc' vi our puohc aHalfs' Progress
comes S'ep by STEP sometimes the
course Is MRZ'E. sometimes we may seem
10 "' 'o'r"sradins' Pu' people ran 10 get
II Ptrsp"cuNe' we near Complaints about
inc great combinations or the day and
condemnation or methods ana practices
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