The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-06-15
C.S. FORBES
NOW SENATE
D00RKEEPER
Congressman Dale Named
On Important Confer
ence Committee


Col. Charles Spooner Forbes, of
St.Alban 5, editor. author, historian
and one of the best known Repub-
lican war horses of the Green
Mountain State, takes office today
as a United tates Senate door
keeper. His appointment was made
by Sergeant at Arms David S. Bar
ry at the request of members of the
Vermont delegation in Congress.
The new appointee succeeds A.
Prentice Butler, of Jamaica. neph-
ew of Judge Butler, who graduated
from George Washington law
school Iast week and while pur-
suing his studies was one of the
Senate gallery guardians.
Federal service is no new eXper-
ience for Col. Forbes in fact it had
become pretty much a habit with
him before coming to Washington
He was u. S. Internal Revenue
Collector for Vermont from 1889
TO 1903; u. S. immigration In
spector at St. Adams, 1897-1912;
and postmaster at St. Albans, 1912
TO 1916. He was the last Republi
can postmaster in Vermont appoint
ed by President Taft to serve un
der the Wilson administration.
For forty years the Colonel
made literary work his profession
being succcssively reporter, cores
pondent, editor, author, and pub
Usher. He served at different times
on the reportorial staff of the St.
Adams Messenger, the St. Adams
Transcript, and the Burlington Free
Press, beginning his reportorial
career as ST. Adams reporter for
the last named paper in 1869. For
seventeen years he was manager of
the Vermont News Bureau of the
Boston Journal and Vermont cor
respondent of the New YORK Tri-
bune. He was the founder, editor,
and publisher for ten years of
"The Nermonter," an illustrated
magazine; and also OF Walton'S
Vermont Register. He is the auth
or several historical works, and is
now engaged in writing a history
of ST. Adams.
Col Forbes has been in political
life for half a century. He began
political activities in the President
ial campaign of 1872, as secretary
Of the Young Mems Republican
Club of St. Adams and is one of
the few survivors OF the officers of
the famous old Grant & ColfaX
clubs organized in Vermont fifty
years ago He has the distinction
Of having voted for every Republi-
can nominee for President since
Lincoln and for every Republican
nominee for Governor of Vermont
since John W. Stewart, in 1870.
He was the Vermont member of
the national Committee of the Re
publican League of the United
States from 1888 to 1898; a dele
gate to several National League
conventions; one of the organizers
and secretary of the Republican
State League in 1888 which had
membership of 100 clubs that year;
was secretary of the Vermont Nc
Kinley Club 1S96-189S; and has
been a delegate to and secretary of
several State Conventions.
He has long been identified with
the Vermont National Guard and
was Colonel and 4. y. c. on the
staff of Governor William 2. Dill
ingham (now Senator), 1888-1890.
in civics and patriotic organiza-
tions he has been similarly active.
He is we'll known among Vermont
ers resident in Washington. having
been a frequent visitor to the Cap
ital since 1870.
Among other noted NermonterS
who have held the position of door
keeper in the Senate or House may
be mentioned Major General
George j. Stannard, Jemes B.
Scully, f. H. McCuen, John +. Har
ris, A. }. Markham, and Col. George
II. Bond. Hoyt s. knight OF Royal
ton and Alonzo Emery of Ran
dolph are present incumbents.
In the Senate cloakroOmS and
about the CapitoI generally sym
pathy continues to he expressed for
Senator Page and his family on ac-
count of the tragic accident which
bcfell his daughter-in-law and her
companions last week. Also his
colleagues sincerely regret the fact
that trouble with his eyes should
have necessitated his absence from
the Senate at this time, apart from
the sudden summons home.
They point TO the fact that the
Senator has been one of the most
consistent members of the upper
branch in cndeaoring to maintain
a quorum during the debate on the
tariff bill and that he has been rare
" missed from the Senate during
the daytime whenever roll call
was demanded on any phase of that
measure.
New England Senators who have
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