Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-12-04
The Close of the Session State House
Matters.

The session Of the General Ass cmhlv. for
1858, was brought to close at six o'clock, on
Friday morning of last week and with it ex-
PRED host of bills and resolutions, good, bad
and indifferent. The last rap of the Speakers
gavel released the "table" from the load of large
files of pet measures or darling schemes that
had there reposed IN silence under the ominous
''ordered to lie" The same welcome sound
released the wearied members, who, for more
than seven weeks, had been serving the State
or themselves-from their detention from
home and their usual avocations. A quick.
nervous shake of the hand, hurried good
bye sharp shrek from the steam whistle,
and the cars were in rapid motion, bearing off
from Montpelier the assembled wisdom, TO be
deposited in instruments at the several way sta
tons.
Amidst The large amount of business hurried
through with at the close of the session. there
was but little that will interest the general read
er beyond what related to the State House
question. Our last record was brought down
to the time when the engrossment and third
reading of the House bill (making an appro-
priation for the completion of the building,
OF 's557Oe, out of any moneys paid into the
Treasury on certain bond given by individuals,
citizens of Montpelier, for that purposc) was
ordered by vote of 1919 yeas to 80 nays. The
next day, Wednesday, the debate opened
afresh on the passage of the bill Two of the
speeches then made-one against the passage
of the bill by Mr.. DEANE of Cavendish, and
one in favor thereof by Mr.. WOODBRIDGE of
Nergennes-were the ablest efforts made in the
House during the session. Other members
discussed the merits of the question at consid-
cradle length, after which the bill passed reas
1872, nays SO. 1t will beinteresting to our read-
ers to see the yeas and nays on the question,
and we give them as follows:--
YEAs-Me,,r, Abbott Of l.andgrove. Adams, Aims
worth, Aldricll, Amdou, Bacon, Bair Billion Rur-
ber Barney, Bnscom, tatchelder Beaman Bellows.
Billings Of Nit Holy Billings Of West Haven Ring
ham, Bond of winlsl, 'Bourn. 5ridgmun, BRYANT,
Burton. Button Carrnan, Chafee Church, Clark of
Albnrgh, Clark OF Lincoln, Clark of Milton, Cochran,
Cox. Coy, Crane. Crosicr, Daniels Dex'er Durkee,
l,yer. Fay. Ferguson. Ferrin Of Mnrristown Fits.
F.emry. fii'tot i'rooklhc. franklin, Giddnrs, Graves
Of Baltimore Green, Gr;ili ih< Hnlbert Hall 4 sun,
ton, Hamilton, Hammond, Hart Hen.menwav of West
Wr'Sor, llemmenway # Wateryile. Hitchcock
iobTook, Holt Howe, Hyde, Ingalls,, Jov. Kellogg
kmgsbnry knowlton, Lamb, Learnnri. Lawrence
Lille, liusley of Ripton Linsley Of Rutland Lvrle
Mack, Mlr>h Matthewson, Mcdonald, Mil,inpton
Munroe Morse, Myers Of jamaica. MYERS O, Poy,unl
Niles, Noble. Omstead, Pitts Plat Pollard Raud1l
Of Pittsiorl, Reed, Rich, Richardson Of We>tmi uste
RIDER. Riddle Robinson Rockwell, Royce, s. ford
Sanford, Silver Smou 5, Smith Of Addison. Sr nth o
Ludlow. Smith Of Aonkton Stickuev. of Al dover
SncAney Of G'raen, Stiles, st. John Stoddard Store
Walker Of Benson. Walker of Clarendon. Waiter
Wells, West, Westover, Whitcomb, White Of London
derry, White Of Whiting, Whitney, Wicker, Wight
man, Woodbridge Woodwork, Wright-l32.
NAYs-Aessrs Abbott Of Barnet. Allen, Atwell
Baker, baldwin, Rean Bcdel Bel, Royce, Camp
Chapman, Celey, Clark of More,own, C6luri. Cole
C"l'amer, Cn.ler Cuis. Darling, DoHnc of Cave,llsh
Dow. Fn1nnr, farand Perrin OF Hmc,lnrph. Follons
by, Frost, Garfield Gay, Graves of knhv Hall O
Iurke, lianSIor' Hawkins, Hcbard Of Chci.ea He
bnrd If Randolph Hubbard, HOLSTER louehiou. House
,'nn'iey' JohnSol Jones. Joslyn, 6elInm, Kreeland
Lane, Lprl, Lovclnnd. LYMAN Lyon, Martini M,Cla
rv Mctiafcy. Merrill, Montague Neenham Nelson
Orcutt, peab dy, Perkins Powers. lricAaid Prirdlc
fr1uiv, Putnam of Greensboro, Putnam # Woodbu
~, kandai OF Roxbury. Rerrcw. Rchnjd,on e.
Ne,theld, Rounds Sanborn OF Law, SrtLoru # Shelf
field, scott Of Cabot, Scott Of CrniisLurv scar;
Shores, Slnytnn. Sleeper, Smith of Waterbury Soulc
SGaldng, swift. 1enretor, Warren Watts. Wehler
Wheeler Nheelock, White Of Washington, White q
! Wiul>or--ss.
In the Senate, an unconditional appropriate
bill had been considered when the House bil
reached that body. The House bill was immc
diately, after its second reading, referred 10 tn
Committee on Finance, which committee eport
cd the bill back to the Senate, with proposals {
amendment striking out all that part of the hi
requiring the money to be expended to be fir,
paid into the Treasury on the bond in otht
words making the appropriation without cond
tons In this form the bill was carried throug
the Senate by the casting vote Of the Presiden
The yeas and nays are as tollows:-
YEA,-seuators Stark, Billings, Harris, Clark
Rumsey, nj chulson. Everts Sanford, Nash Chtte
dem hias0n. futile, Wilson, Giecd, French--l5.
NAYs-Senators Bu'ler, Raymond, French of Win
sor, Hatch. Wilder, Barthot new, BE |, Poland, Iu
nam, DAYS, Chadwick, Wead, smith, French of f.
sex, Wort hngion-l5.
When the bin came back to the House wi
these proposals of amendment, the question b
ing on agreeing to the same, the House dis
greed to said proposals of amendment--ye
900, lays 00-and the bill with the proposal
&C., vas returned to the Senate.
The Senate, on motion of Mr.. Butler, vot,
to insist and to ask of the House a Commits
of Conference on the disagreeiug votes of Il
two Houses. Accordingly Committee of Co
ference was appointed, consisting of Senate
BUTLER, DAVIS, and GLEEn on the part of Il
Senate, and of Messrs LINsLEY of Rutlan
KELLOGG and NEEDHAM on the part of Il
House. Although four members of the Coz
mittee-complisiig all the Senators, and NJ
NEEDIIAM of the House, were in favor of anu
. conditional appropriation, a majority of ca
- committee could not agree. The House vot
to adhere, and there ended the consideration
- this bill
The House had already passed and sent
the Senate, a bill making appropriations for t
support of the government, and laying a tax
ii cents to the dollar on the Grand List of t
State for those appropriations To this bill t
Senate attached proposal of amendment
,. adding a section appropriating the sum of fc
ty-fve thousand dollars for the rebuilding {
:, State House, preceded that $4,000 be paid
to the State Treasury upon the bond given
:. the citizens of Montpelier by the first of Mar,