Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-11-24
MATTERS AT MONTPELIER.
MONTPELIER, Nov.

DEAR SCISSORS Light breaks in at last
The end of this unusually long session draweth
near. Both branches of the Legislature have
adopted joint Resolution fixing upon Tuesday
morning next at o'clock, as the day and hour
for final adjournment The ordinary business
of the session has not been much heavier than
usual but the defacation of the late Treasurer
and the Investigations necessarily growing out
of the same, together with certain Bank inves-
legations originating it is said, in personal diff
fculties, have mainly contributed to this undue
extension.
Speaking of the defalcation of ex-Treasurer
Bates, | am happy to say that there is good
prospect that the State will not suffer to the
full amount of his depredations as heretofore
published. Indeed, l am informed by those
who are believed to be best posted in the mat
ter, that the loss to the State Treasury will not
exceed from $4,000 to $4,000. Mr.. Wright
of Castleton, prominent member of the House
Committee on Ways and Means stated in his
place on Saturday, that he would give good and
sufficient Bond to indemnify the State against
any and all losses from this source for $4,000.
If these things are so taxpayers will greatly
rejoice thereat.
Bills have passed both branches of the Leg
islature incorporating the Brattleboro Wooden
Company, and Incorporating the Marlboro and
Bratteboro Reservoir Company. Mr.. Ranney
introduced Il bill a few days since, to ncorpor-
ate the Lawrence Hotel Company the corpora
tors being the supposed proprietors of the Law
renee Water Cure. Bills like these and those
changing names, &C., are got through with great
facility, but when bills come up for considera-
ton making appropriations of money, they are
scrutinized closely. "1he gentleman from New
fame" who is the Cerberus Of the Treasury,
fastens upon them with grip so tenacious that
they are seldom allowed to pass the stage of
engrossment. Economy, rctrcnchment and
reform" are texts from which are daily preach
ed effective discourses.
The bill to establish an Agricultural Bureau
was more thoroughly ventilated in the House,
and Senate too, than any other which has been,
or is likely to be- before the Legislature. The
idea of its friends was to establish department
under the superintendent and control of a Sec
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such facts, experiments and results as shall seem
to be of practical benefit when arranged and
analysed to the farmers of this State. The OPP
ponents Of the bill, among whom was a major
ity Of the best farmers in the House, thought
that the information thus collected would be of
little practical value and that the chief result
Of the passage of the bill would be the making
of place for some fancy farmer who could there
by get living easier than by practical work on
a farm. This idea conjoined with the condition
of the Treasury clicked the bill higher than
kite" as one old farmer remarked.
The Montpelier question:" which is but
another name for the bill appropriating $4,000
to reimburse those who contributed to the re-
building of the State House, came up for argu-
ment and decision last week. Mr. Allen of
Rutland, in reply to spe oh made by Mr.. Den
ison, the Chairman of the Committee on WAYS
and Means at the time the bill was reported.
opened the discussion on Thursday in an able
and effective speech in opposition to the BILL
lie was followed by Mr.. Dcnison and Smith of
st. Alhans, in strong speeches for the measure.
Mr.. Gleed offered an amendment providing for
the payment of one half of the sum advanced
with interest thereon, which sum he said, by
authority, that the subscribers to the advance
ment were willing to take in full for the claims.
The next day this amendment as well as the
merits of the bill were argued, of which the
amendment proposed was rejected-yeas, 1903
nays, l25. In the afternoon the question was
taken on the bill as originally reported several
proposed amendments having in the mean time
been rejected, and the bill was defeated-yeas,
81; nays, 1877.
The yeas and nays are as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Andrus, Bailey, Baker of
Newport, Bowles, Brooks, Bushnell, Butler Camp
Carpenter, Chamberlin Chandler, Child, Church.
Closson, Cotton, Dale, Darling, DAWSON, Denison
Dickerman, Dickey, Dickinson of Chelsea, Dodge of
Lowell, Dwinell, Eaton, Ewood, English Farr, Farr-
ngton Gilman, Gleed. Godding, Goodrich, Gray
Green of Richmond, Gross, Haskins, Hayes, Henry,
Hlnman, Hitchcock, Holden lIopkinson, Hutchinson,
johnson of Woodstock, Kidder, kimball, Lynde Al
Willlamsown Martin of Peacham, Mills Morse, Mote
ly, Mouon, Nelson, Noyes, Cakes, circuit, Paine,
Palmer, Pingry, Pitkin, Potter Putnam of Tunbrldge,
p Tut, of Woodbury., 9uimby Rich, Robinson of
field Rogers, Sake, Sheppard, Smonds, Smith of Cor
nsh Smith of ST. Albans, Snow, Sprague of Randolph
otockwe!l, labor, lait, Iuggart Thomas, Thompson,
Toman, Waite, Walker of Stratlord, Warden, Water
house, Webb, Whittemore, Williams Wright of Cas-
tleton-04.
NAYs-Messrs Adams of Grand Isle, Adams of Pc
u, Albee, Allen, Atwood of Monkton, Atwood of
Starksboro, Bacon Barber, Barden, Barker, Barnard
Batcheder, Beard, Bond, Boyden, Boynton, Brown,
Brownc, Button. Campbell, Garfield, Clark of Mil
ton, Clark OF underhill Cobb, Colby, Coolidge Croft
Crosier, Davis, Dickinson of Benson, Dillingham;,
Dodge Of Mount Holly, Dyer, Edmunds, Estabrook,
Field, Fisk. Fletcher, Flint, Fuller of Londonderry,
Fuller of Nottingham Fuington, Gardner, Gddings,
Clifford, Granger, Green of Manchester liabert Hall
of Grafton, Hall Of Sudbury, Harrington of Victory
Harrington Of Weybridge, Hatch, Ilazeton Hill, How
ard, Howe Hunt Hutchins, johnson of Newark, John
son of Putney, johnson of Shrewsbury, Reyes Lake
Lame, Leach, Leonard, Lincoln, Loveland, Lynde of
Marlboro, Martin of Fenisburgh Marvin, Maxham
Miller Miner, Montague, Morgan, Myers, Olin Pierce
Perry Plmpton, Pollard Post, Prndle, Randall, Ran
ney, Reed Rice Ripley, Robbins, Ross, Bound, SAT
ford, Sails Sargent, Scott, Severens, Seymour Shedd
Sheldon, sibey, Smith of Brdport, Snyder, spauld-
ing Stebbins, Stewart of Mddlebury, Stoddard of
Townshend Stoddard of Westmore Thornton Walk
erof Whiting, Walter, Way, Welch Wells, Whtcomb
Of Bolton, Whtcomb of Jericho, Whitney of Athens,
Whitney Of Franklin, Whitney of Stamford, Wilkins
Willis, Winchel, Wood, Woodbury., Wright of Shore
ham, Wright of St. George-127.
ABSENT OR NOT VoTISG,-Messrs. Abel Baker of
Enosbnrgh, Bigeow, Buell., Cook Dean, Edwards