St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-04-22

4 the most DiIIor contests OF history
over the seats of certain members and
has never been charged with dis
honesty or unfairness in the trying
! positions he has been obliged to as
sumo. II may be put even stronger
| there has never been any suspicion
Of his motives, despite the warm
hostility of the opposing factions.
He is also a member of the judiciary,
committee, the committee on con-
servation, the navy department and
| territories besides others of less i'm
portance in a national way. He is
thoroughly respected and admired
by his colleagues and for this reason
is able to accomplish whatever he
| may attempt in a national way. But
as chairman of the special immigra-
ton commission created in 1907 and
as member of the committee on i'm
migration Senator Dillingham; has
built a monument as honorable and
enduring as that of any Vermonter
In public life. When he began his
work on this subject he had the OPP
position of foreign governments who
delighted in sending their undesir-
ables to America and the great trans
Atlantic steamship corporations
which reaped rich financial harvests
transporting the hordes to and from
this country. Unmoved by this for
midable opposition the senator sys-
tematfcally began the collection of
facts regarding the immigrants and
the evils practiced by and upon them,
and when he had them ready pre-
sented them to the country. With
this strong foundation he has slowly
erected structure of restrictive acts
that have protected this country from
untold harm and expense. His work
is not finished. One of the import
ant bills of the series is now before
the senate and Senator Dillingham;
is looked upon by that body as the
best informed man in the country
regarding immigration. He is still
doing effective and beneficial work
for his country and bringing higher
and higher honor to the little state
that has furnished him to the nation
for this great work. The nation de-
sires the experience, the honesty
and the ability of Senator w. P. Dill
bingham in the solution of this vexa-
tious problem.
A special opportunity is now open
to Vermont in the senate. There is
to be considerable change in the
membership of that body. Men who
have worked there for years and are
we'll versed in the problems Of the
country are to give way to inexperi-
enced men. Grant that the new men
come there with the strongest deter
mination to serve the public alone
they will lack the knowledge of how
to accomplish their objects and the
man who has been there long enough
to have acquired this knowledge will
have the advantage of them. He can
serve his country better than another
well meaning but inexperienced man.
IL 0OAdbOA OIluOAI udS
the knowledge necessary for leader
ship, the honesty necessary for pub
lie service. He can serve Vermont
and the nation to better advantage
than ever before.
The Question Before The Voters
We assume that the people of Yer
mont still desire their state to hold
as prominent a place as it deserves
in our national councils and under /
takings. 1t now has in Washington |
two leaders in national work 1t |
must be evident that it cannot in
crease it's prominence by withdraw
ing both of these leaders from the |
positions in which they have attain
ed their greatness, RELOCATING one to
private life and placing the other in
a position he must enter as an in
experienced man. Each is a credit
in the position he now occupies.
Neither is suspected of disloyalty, of
inability or dishonesty, and neither
need be sacrificed.
Vermont is to try for the first
time the direct election of a United
States Senator and has before it the
precedent of the old system of send
ing to Washington all the Vermont
ers possible who will bring credit to
he state. There seems to us no
better policy for the voters them
selves to adopt. They should save
,or the state every man who deserves
iaving. The voters now have the
privilege of saving Mr.. Prouty for
lis great work and saving Senator