The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-30
what Prominent Washington Paper
Ras 10 Say About South Dako-
ta's Big Senator
Exit" AS GOOD FARM HAND

NIL Al uOUD fAkm lANb
Takes Off His Goat When He Has
Work TO Do..Trdlts Of Character
Which Tell In Public Service
Hector Fuller in Washington Her
ald:-Among the most useful mem
bers of the United States senate, Kilt
redge, OF South Dakota, ranks high.
There are others who are nor snowy,
more conspicuous in debate. more
skillful in manipulation, but taken all
tn all, 1t is doubtful whether any SEN
ater has greater capacity for accem-
plishing results without personal pa
rade. Certainly no other is more Of
fective in pushing and formulating
legislation which will benefit his state
and the country, or in preventing the
enactment Of laws which would be
harmful to either. Kittredge is, the
\ senator who is always to be found
IN his seat when the senate is In ses-
sion. He is there when the chaplain
opens the day with prayer, and he Is
there when the presiding officers CAV
ell announces adjournment Through
the morning hour when new business
is in order. he watches every propo-
sition as closely as he would watch
the motions Of IN opposing counsel
in court, and on days when others
are trying to rush bills through to
enactment by unanimous consent, he
is there ready to PROFOUND An inquiry
IN any measure which esns to call
for further explanation. Other SEN
ators less a%ssiduous In their attend
ance are wont to depend upon him for
information and advice. until this ST.
lent man, always ready. always help
full, has come to have a standing in
a single term, which is rtvaled by few
veterans. The other leaders Of the
senate, without exception, have i'm
plicit confidence in his wisdom, his
common sense, his disinterestedness,
and his integrity.
The late o. H. Plat, of Connect
cut, one OF the really great senators
Of his generation, held Kittredge in
high esteem. It was he who select
ed Kittredge as a member OF the Jul
dietary committee, Of which he. was
chairman, and which ranks with
finance, appropriations, and foreign
affairs as n Of the four most import
ant committees in the senate. AS a
Kittredge's class. for ability. and still
fewer who r SO sensitive to the dis
tinction between what may properly
he undertaken by a lawyer In private
LIE and by one who holds public Of
fee. When he first came to the SEN
ate he vas q leader of the South Da-
kota bar and had a varied clientage.
Like every other lawyer Of ability
and recognized standing, his legal ser
vices were sought by railroad com
panleS, but he was never on the sal
airy roll OF q railroad company or any
other corporation. Since he has
been in the senate he has refused to
accept retainers from any corporation
" AeA~A Nh SS0A IA xVUOI0 COLI
tingency. be the subject Of federal or
state legislation or inquiry. When he
came to Washington he sacrificed
cheerfully the opportunity to make q
fortune At the bar, and like many
other great men before him, be de-
liberately chose the less remunerative
estate OF a public servant.
Kttredge was a farmers boy, born
IN the little town Of Nelson, Cheshire
county, Me-. Until he was sixteen
years old he worked at home on the
farm, attending the district school
nHe other country lads. about four
months every year. Then he went 10
livo in the family Of the Congrega-
ti0nal minister In Keene, tho county
he stndied Latin. Greek and matSe.
matics, and fitted himself to enter
Yale college, in 1878. For two years
after graduating In 1892, he read law
e Fart OF the time In the ONCE of
Judge g. w Veazy. then on the, SUI
preme bench Of Vermont, and after.
ware Interstate commerce commits
sloner. IL this way he prepared him
eeH to enter ~theMsenior year Of the
Yale law school. from which he was
graduated in 1885. after which he
went to Sioux Falls and began the
practice OF law.
From the time he entered college,
until ne hung up his single" ID
Sioux Falls. he helped to pay his
farm hand. There stiIl lives ii New
Hampshire . faithful friend d al
mirer who remembers how younR
Kittredgo could work. ThiS friend n
now advanced In years. but he haa 4
good memory. He recalls the dayn
when young Kittredge used to try to
ses pase g him when they were