Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25

pest system was established, and for the accommodation thereof more space was necessary. It also appeared that when the plans were perfected, the
 materials proposed would not harmo- nlze with the magnificent county court
 house which the city had recently erected facing on the historic New Haven Green. This Green was for meriy the site of the old state house when New Haven was one of the twin capitals of the state. It immediately adjoins the campus of Yale univer- slty and Is surrounded by some of the most beautiful structures of the city. The changes proposed involved an ad dluonal appropriation of about a half million dollars. The committee there upon again appealed to the senator, and he went to work upon the matter and carried it to success in such a way as to call forth the following statement from eX-President Taft who has now become a resident of New Haven and is Kent professor in the Yale law school. Ex-President Taft said, in recent interview in a New Haven paper;
 Ex-President Taft's View.
 Tn all it's proceedings the commit tees efforts were most ably seconded by Senator Frank B. Brandegee. In season and out of season, he has kept the local committee informed of what was the hitch here and what was the hitch there, so that action could be taken at the right time and in the right way to bring about the proper expedition and to avoid those obstruc lions which are almost inseparable from the procedure in the erection of public buildings. Senator Brandegee's action in this regard is of a piece with his general work for the govern ment and for the community he rep reSentS- He has no taste for giving publicity to the work which he does. and with the personal knowledge have of how much the New Haven community is indebted to him for the exceptional success that New Haven representatives had in pushing on this work feel that 1 should publicly note it and invite attention to it. AS the head of the Panama canal committee in the senate, when the republicans were in power, and now as the lead ing republican on that committee. he has given great deal of attention to the governments public work on the Isthmus. Similarly he has stood for the best things in the work of the judiciary committee. of which he is most important member People generally don't understand that the really hard work of a senator or of a representative is done in com mittee, where the evidence is taken of the necessity for legislation. the facts are ascertained. the amendments 10 the bill as introduced are prepared, and where a report is agreed upon, on the faith of which. without very much discussion usually. the recommended legislation is enacted"
 Looks at Things ICearIy.
 Such instances of the senator's quiet. conscientious and effective work for his constituents could easily be multi piled. Writing of the senator in the Saturday Evening Post within year. 4l,- ~Y 4-I Washington correspondent, spoke of him, under the title of Who's Who and Why as follows:
 Now, then. to point a moral and adorn a nutmeg, let me say that Frank Bosworth Brandegee was running true to form. One of the specialties of that senator of the United States is sub- stituting the real for the false: and another of his SpecidltfeS is having the quiet courage to do just this, which in these days of hocuspocus and per Sisfent pifie is a trait worthy of eel ebratfon and is herewith celebrated with all the pOTnp and circumstance the traffic will bear.
 Young Brandegee-he fs only for weight and has been a senator since 19o5-is a sane citizen. He looks at things that start many statesmen off on ghost dances, with clear and prop CT perspective. He has 8 lucid idea of prOprietes,- precedentS and per tfnences. He distinguishes sObeFiy be- tween performance and promise. He is no grandstander, whirlwindeF, spell binder or handshaker. What he is is a modest, intelligent. efficient and level- headed person, with more diSil- iusi0ns than illusions, and a fairly comprehensive understanding of the principles on which this government is founded
 Back of it all is a real sense of humoE that fofbids his putting crepe bands on his hat and sleeve, and his view is bread enough to make him certain everything will come out all right in the end.
 Nc Spotlight Senator.
 There is no opportunity for an ar guTnent over the statement that the United States senate has changed in personnel and in power in the past dozen years; but when you are looking for concrete examples, you will be in grave error if you pick Brandegee. There Is a person who Is a real sen ator, not a spotlight senator-a sen ator who attends to his job, does his work, undertakes all his responsibiIi- ties, meets all his obligations, is eff cient and capable, and doesn't parade around beating his breast and telling about it. There is a senator of wide scious, is quiet, and only assertive when he has a point to make. In- stead of cuItivating publicity. he keeps away from it. He has things to do, and he does them without fuss or fIme, and when the other repub- ucan leaders want little clear vision projected on a case in hand, they go to him.
 This quiet. unobtrusive, self-con- tained, capable citizen is one of the big men of the senate. one of the powers in that body His associates recognize him as a man of consider able ability and sound legal attain ments, and he has a direct and com handing influence on affairs He Is clear and logical speaker, mak-