Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-12-02
The State House Question.

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DhbAiE IN Aiir' ""N'''> y
l., thl Senate ON Wrdn sday, Nov. l6, on the
~ r;..;a 60, ooo Car furniture. e.. oi
~" III
The Sla'e itousc'
Ma CLARKE inquired Of the Oh diman ol
,he committee on finance, whether these contracts
We're made durlng the last year,
- Nix. POLAND slid that many OF lhom, le
learned ufoh investigation were maize more
than year ago. OF the greatest item III The
bill Isl ,00o), s., 900 was nade more ii';in a
year ago. and 81 900 for the hraiing apparatus,
abou, a ar and halt agN,
MR. EyERTS inquired il all this indcbt' d
MSS was made nv the Sup rlnleodcnt-
Ma, POLAND sid he understood II was,
Ma. CLARKE said he tpu'd no., consistent
sywith bis views az a Sphaiot, " uhhnh ms
e,rrro,s r ON his bill Ia hlsjud5ment, the oh
esc,s sought BY this measure were Just aud rigii
H. was cradle the State TO pay dehls TOR which
he believed she was legally and eqn tahly hold
en- The relation OF debtor and creditor now
sahsisted between the State aud certain persons
wbe hsd furnished property aad Labor te 'he
State, under contract made ~ ue Sut'eiih'sni
en- 81 Constructor 81 NC ,2sno iious a's
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stare was rISPo"s'o.e hn' ''o p'y " s''o"
now was "he'he' 'no 80 ~ VIM" n 10y " ~
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''lu'"''o' -. Jus'ioe a''u e9u.t9'
Nh Cifl j ENDt'N saul, tue direef ques-
'ion presented by TINS olll IS very easy oi so'u-
hon- IL IS whetaer the state shai pay Tor prop
cry % winch IT mas taken 'he possession ana IS
now enjoying the oenehciai use. Should the
State pay debt incurred for that property
ms was qnle independent OF the question
whether the superintendent had authority to
bind the State IN contracting these liabilities.
ahat subject he would not enterupon now. The
simple Tact that we were now using the proper
~ derived through these co tracts created NOR
a obligation on the palt OF the State to pay Tor
It ihis was enough. Questions between the
State and the superintendent Should be settled
hereafter hut this bill was indirectly connect
ed with another subject OF no little Importance
so Vermont, and this he slo1ld proceed briefly
to consider. When the State House was burn
Ell the people ct Burlington and the rest of the
State having the same local preferences. claim
ed that the question OF The ""ation "t the Cap
itel ~ss an open question, and came here in the
winter Of '57 to secure lis location at Burning
ton. The contest that ensued was an acrimo-
nious one, public opinion WIS excited, personal
severely criticised Burlington made
as COED tight as she was able TO-, The Leais-
taturc, the tribunal Of ultimate resort in that
matter, decided IN favor OF Montpelier wrong
fully, unfairly, as he then thought and now be-
heved. But, he continued, have lived too
long not to know defeat upon question like
snis should not necessarily enoender personal
hostility between the individuals engaged in the
contest. Burlington regarded the question as
determined by decree from which there was
no appeal, and not one OF the citizens ever
Thought OF nursing his amnesty until an on
portunity was presented to CRAFTY il by inflicting
. blow upon the interests Of the town Of Mont
peler or It's eitiz ms. They and her representa-
s,vcs since have wished to determine every ques-
sion here presented upon fair and equal consd-
eratons, irrespective of the social so-caled Safe
Aiease question. They have never desired to
PUNISH tse citizens Of Montpelier for the par,
they took in that controversy, and il a bitter
feeling has been sreused, a local quarrel KEEP, on
1oot and The fires cf personal animoi,y kept
bufrsfg until the present session, Burlington i,
not responsible for Il. s,o the courseof Mont
peier and its friends, for The most part. ,hroi ph
oat this whole matter, Burlington and its frend
make no complaint 10 the vetg last marks
which ] made IN the Senate last year, took oc
raslsR to say TIA, should do everything in m,
r"~er 10 settle this local quarrel, and to rcmov,
y out OF the way Of future legs alton. in this
] know spoke the sentiments Of nv consti,u
cpfs. We have always a,td up 10 the spiri
as well rs the letter OF that declaration IIav,
we been met nv a corresrend;n4 f..,,,ne amor
the o:hcr side? Ii is questionable. with ms
whether ought to notice ano,her tbina can
nec'ed with this subject While the frien Is o.
Mou's'eiieI, for The most part have pursued 4
course 10 which do not object. few of Them
who a!e ambitious to sppeir in pr:n,. have
undertake 10 SAY, done more 10 pro,r,c, hi,
quarrel and excite feelings Of personal bosti,i,
Than oil the rest a the STATE put together.