Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-30
CONGRESSMAN
COLDSBOROUCH
WILL Be JUICE
Slated To Resign His Congress-
iOnal Seat In Favor Of Fed
eral Judgeship

It is generally erpected that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will soon appoint Con-
gresham T. Alan Goldsborough to
the Federal Bench, and in anticipa-
tion of this there has been much dis
cussion in all parts of the Eastern
Shore as to Congressman Goldsbor-
ough's successor. Prominent among
those mentioned as likely candidates
has been the name of Senator Olin
R. Higgins, of Hurlock.
Many of Senator Higgins friends
have already called upon him to urge
him to run for this important posi-
tion, and he is known to be taking
kindly to the suggestion. If the ap-
pointment of Congressman Goldsbor-
ough takes place, it seems certain that
he will be a cindidate, and that he
will have the support of many promi-
nent Democrats of his own county as
well as of the other counties on the
Shore.
Senator Higgins has long been ac-
lively interested in the public affairs
of his county and his record of SER
vice is an enviable one. A resident
of Hurlock, he is a former member
of the Town Council, a member of
the Chamber of Commerce, of the
Lions International, of the Cambridge
Rotary Club, and is former chair
man of the Dorchester District Boy
Scouts of America. He is Past Mas
ter of the Masonic Lodge and Past
President of the Dorchester and Car
oline County Past Masters Associa-
tion.
He has for many years been es-
pecially interested in the public school
system and was the first President of
the Dorchester County Parent-each-
ers Association and the first Presi-
dent of the Hurlock ent-Teachers
Association. In 1924 Governor Rit-
chic appointed him to be member
of the Dorchester County School
Board, where his services proved to
be of great value, and where he gave
unstintingly of his time toward the
improvement of our county schools.
In 1884 Senator Higgins was elect
ed to the State Senate from Dorches-
ter county and served in that office
for the last five sessions of the Mary
land Legislature He was not a cam
didate for reelection.
His record in the Maryland Senate
was a distinguished one, and his work
there was of lasting benefit to his
county and his State. AS the chair
man of the important Committee on
the Chesapeake Bay and its Tribu-
taries, he steadfastly stood for the
interests of the watermen of the State
and for legislation that would benefit
those interests. He served also on
other important committees, including
those on Finance and Agriculture,
and was a member of all conference
committees for discussing and adjust
ing differences between the Senate
and the House of Delegates.
It was principally through his eff
forts that the new bridge across the
Cambridge Creek was definitely as
sured by the State Roads Commission
mad work on this much needed i'm
provenent is expected to start in the
immediate future. He was also in
strumental in procuring the new build
ino for the Eastern Shore State Hos
pital.
! During his service in the Maryland
/ Senate, Senator HIGGINS took prom
inent part in all of its deliberations,
and sponsored much legislation of last
inc benefit to the State. Among the
! outstanding measures introduced by
him was the bill providing for the
/ filling of vacancies in the Legislature