Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-11-02
LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT,
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SENATE.
Tuesday. Oct. d.

Tuesday, Oct. "a.
Bills introduced By Mr. Chandler, to incorporate
the Troy and Capada Junction Telegraph company,
read twice and referred 10 committee of Finance
Sundry resolutions from other States relating to
slavery Whtneys Railroad project, &c. were COM
municated by the Governor and referred to 9TH
joint rules
Mr. Kimball offered resolution instructing com of
Education to inquire into he expediency of repeating
so much Of Sec l8 chap Is, S, relates to raising
money for schools apportoned to the number of scho
ars who shall attend passed.
The engrossed bills to extend the charter &C. of the
bank of Brattleboro-to .gulate the manner of
choosing highway suIveyors-to amend the law con-
corning petitions for trials &c. severay read Sd
time and passed.
Reports In favor of the bill to amend the act
latng to dvorce-read I'd time and orderd to 3D. read
ing; the first annual report of the Burlington Savings
Bank. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Prayer by Rev A Webster.
Reports Of committees. Bill to incorporate the annu
al conference of the Vermont Methodist Episcopal So
cety; laid on the table. That action is required
the report Of the commissioner of the insane Ask
ing to be discharged from the resolution of yesterday
relative to testimony before the committee of Elections
refused. Bill eXemptmg homesteads from attachment;
laid on the table and made the special order for
Thursday Bill relative to election of Electors of
anu Vi OOuBTBSSj SuSpeuu-
ed by the special ORDER
Petitions referred Of A Robbins and Others Of
Clark Wardner and Others relating to appointment of
justices in Reading. OF Henry Hannum and others.
BY Mr. Pangborn to elect Brigader General in
place of Gen Shaw resigned, 10 m TO- m0rrow-pas-
| sed.
| The Governor transmitted communication from
the Secretary OF State, containing remonstrance
from Canada East against obstructng the navigation
of Lake Champlain.
ELECTION OF U. s. SENATOR.
The House considered the special order, being the
resolution to proceed to ballot for Senator 3 p IN
Tuesday next. Mr. Converse moved to substitute
Thursday for Tuesday; agreed to. Mr. Beardsley
moved to Law the resolution on the table and make it
The special order for the 9th OF Nov. next at 10 m.
| Opposed by Mr. Converse and supported by Messrs
Beardsey and Heaton, but the char arrested the de-
bate of the merits of the question this notion when
Mr. Beardsey withdrew his motion for the purpose Of
allowing the question to be put direct upon the pas
sage of the resolution other words, whether the
election shall be made at the present session or post
poned to another year. The resolution was sustained
| by Mr. Dean of G, Carpenter of N, Whtemore and
Converse, who argued that the Constitution required
the Legislature to elect; that this is the time to elect
according to mmemoral usage that if an election is
not made there will be vacancy at the exraordlna-
nv session of the Senate on the 4th of March next
and Vermont and the Free States will not have their
full representation in the appointment of Cabinet for
the next four years. A refusal to elect was repre-
hended as disorganizing in its tendency, and neg
lect Of duty required by the laws and expected by
the people, and as an indication of purpose to make
this high Office the sport of coalition of dscordant
politicians On the other hand, Messrs Needham and
Beardsley argued that law required an election at
this particular tme that other states had failed to elect
on various occasions; that election could not now
be made satisfactory to majority of the people, mas
much as the dominant party in the Legislature is
minority in the popular vote that it is better to be I'M
represented than msrepresented; and indeed that the
state would not in fact be unrepresented as tulure
to elect would leave vacancy which the Governor
would fill. The last point was denied by Mr. Whlite,
more, who affirmed that the U Senate mas decided
that failure to elect does not create vacancy with
in the meaning of the Constitutions Iowa is now un-
ented she has failed to elect MT Con- 5s
us;nass of tbe special session would be completed
befare he cutld receive official notice of the vacancy
and fill it. 49,. 80 al,
and Mt the conclusion of the debate, MIR Beardsey
moved to postpone the resolution to 10 m Thursday