Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-11-13
WHOLE NO. 297S.

81 incfaVe mat many are applicants Tor IT, the salNy
NJ Nichols said thm We follow out the provisions Of
this article We should reduce the salaries Of all o
GERS There many applicants even FOR the oiiee Of
Senaor There Ia old business ma kim that II Is bet
ter n pay high for work we'll done thar chcapy Tor work
poorly done the state wants hish minded men for this
Office, men WIN will BE- honor ~ the State aud
ought Nv pay salary sufficient 10 such men He
hoped the bill would pass.
Mr. Williams said that the judges are not Obliged 10
,eeept Of This ehee II they arc not sufficiently paid He
Thought that N pass this bill shall open wide the
door iIr the increase of the salaries of all officers
Mr. Child said that It made difference what We have
% pay our judges We honorable and able lie
wished ouri Judges 10 be able little from their
salaucs Tor their support IN their old age He would not
De IN favor Of their saving cxhorbitant sum, but
thought they should save AZ least Ave bundled dollir
NJ cushman opposed the hill This IL not the tine
70 raise the salaries of officers With the exception of
those officers who have additional labor to perform.
Mr Richardson said ought not be guided by
other States Vermont has existed for many years and
up to 26 the salary OF judge not over ten hun
dred doarsyet we had such men skinner and Williams
At that salary and Colamer and Picniiss salary Of
thirteen hundred dollars All but Of our Judges re-
oeived iheiI election when the salary only hhceu
hundred dollars, and some " them when the salary
only thirteen hundred II Is time 70 raise sslraies
When we az obliged 10 raise Of hundred cents
upon the grand list III thoueh the nolicy of The state
should h. ,o tesr a,r,r ,bass .i. f1 ~. w ~ .s. -
~ N applicants ftr all Of officer and he believed IL
10 be bis duty % vote against the increase Of salaries
Nf Cleveland moved 10 amcnd The bill by striking out
the words two hundred that the salary will remain az
two Thousand dollars agreed 90
met When the salary was ten hundred dollars times
we're very different from what they are now. Then ten
hundred dollars would go much further than eighteen
hundred now People m liking more money than
ever before and yet men unwilling 90 increase the
salary Of our judges becAuse frsnoth times hard
Would the Senator from Warrington (Nfr Richard con
be willing . live upon al income Of eighteen hundred
dollars, when he PROBABLY is making much money
than he di hve years ago although this accurs rebel
non vas not then upon us
Mt ichardsou thought the majority Of our people are
not makng 80 mlch money as formerly although per-
maps pecuaors are lie did not think professional
are makins near 50 much money as before the war.
rive judges are sufficient there is much bus.
ness as before the war AID the number he reduced
% h,c' he would Oe wiling 60 increase the salaries.
Mr. SatIfd sad II We ought 20 raise the salaries Il
have only i've Jndses W. certainly ought to raise the
salaries %, The siN judges. II We kse them
MI CLARK Of bennington said that he thought that
our judges receive amply suh irnt pay. tie refer
red TO- ih, grrat a5ties displayed by judge skinner and
sat "a ne lad up money upon salary Of ten han
Ia his opinion ,he and goo o all ages have died
poor 1t IS Of ue benefit 70 man to raise hts salary
pc s required n live 40 10 his means. Under that
! fashion, the more he has, the worse II is ior him
Nj Cushman thought It impossible TO graduate salA.
ries by the varying cost Of living.
Mr. stevens said that he a member Of the House
when the salary raised Tn eighteen hundred dollars
aud he then thought it right II that right then
ought Co raise the salary uuN, the price of every
tng is so much greatet at the present time,
The regi'teratuu report shows that over thirteen
thousand youug mcn have bncu ost 10 the dunng
the last year; aud this rsng IN considerable degree
10 our large taxes aud to the fact that have few in
ducemenis to keep our young men at home He thought
tha hsis no time 70 raise our taxes and he was obliged
10 vote against the bill
The thu reading u the bill was ordered. II to II
JOINT Rcsoift'on From the House, granting the use
o the Representatives. Hall this evening the CON on
! roads; adopted
On motion Of Mr FarrAr the Senate adjourned
HOUSE
Scal,c bin reti5,ied Number 2s to change the name
of Edwin Hersey, returned to the Senate its
request
fa,ed-H 100. amending eh 40 Of the general stat
uies' re aunY 10 the militia providing for an annual
correction OF the enrolment
Rcpoyn by Mt Wood yard, for general com against
l6i rearng u town liabilities 81 reading refused
by Mr Ram, against ii q. relating 70 marriage, al
tering ch 60 OF the general statutes.
MI White Of Coventry moved that the bill be ordered
I to lie, disagreed a.
The bill supported by Mossrs White, sewal, Me
Aster aud Miller and opposed by Messrs skinner and
Perrin, aud refused 81 readiog-yeas 65, nays l23.
JOIN, assembly yThe hour for Joint assembly having
arrived for the purpose Of eleotng Superintendent Of
The State Prison. the senate came in and Hon. Paul
Dillingham; tie President thereof assumed the chair.
Senator Williams nominated Daniel stearns Of Wind
for, and Nh Abbott sec lnded the nomination.
lard.
senator Peck nominated Hon Edwin Watson o
Woreester aud Mr. Tyler Of Wilmington seconded tn,
nomination.
The prc,ident appointed Senator Steven. Of Franklin.
Messrs Parker of Mddlebury and Dewey Of Hartford,
! as telers.
The resul, of he bao, was as follows to wit
Whole number Of votes 2i0
Necessary 10 choice l2i
James Pollard l37
Daniel Steatns 69
I Edain Watson 81
And James A Pollard was declared duly elected
This Joint assembly having pished its business,
the declared dissolved and the Senate retired.
Mr. Woodward asked TO be excused from serving the
com Of conference House bill 3d. and he excused.
The Speaker appointed MIR smith Of st Adams in his
stead.
JOINT Resolution by Mr. Wilson of Bakersfield,
granting the Of the Representatives Hall this eve
ming TO the committee roads for The purpose OF hear
FIn anfH
road Till, adopted
House bill lji, incorporate the Vermont state uni
versy aud assoclae Gu ege was taken as the special
MIR Chandler said that Congress had granted to th,
state considerable fund for the purpose contemplated
and therefore became 10 inquire whether 1t is best
to accept and appropriate the same not According
20 the hest Of his ability he had drawn this bl and had
endeavored do II with great fairness all who nigh
be Interested II he knew Of any pArtiaty in It, he
would strike II out or move TO dismiss the bill Twelve
Of fourteen Of the com had united in ending
the bill, tie then proceeded TO examine the bill The
first section provides for the establishment Of the inst
utou and the union Of the three colleges ia the
that they tax the benefit Of the Appropriation
Win reference to their accepting the chance 10 vi te,
there was ample provision | wa' difficult 10 say which
II the existing colleges will be joined with the agroul-
ural college, the had select gentlemen represent.
ing an the departments u learning all parts Of The state,
all the different interests to be board Of trustees
and the three colleges should it to unite they
could have seven out Of the thirty one trustees
With regard TO the location, II thought that II
would be best TO have 1t in OF the other of the places
bin provides committee disin'eresed aud qualified to
loo tie the same.
The fundihat has been granted is somewhat uncertain
As To amount II the fund should be worth what has
been estimated, II would yield Of from four
cgft thousand dollars That would by no means be ad
quate 20 the support Of independent institution but
hy creating new institution, uniting all those
stng and giving ihis income Ia addition the income
witch rs received, the college would bo independent
and the pride Of the Bat Il organize this col
ego giving the patronage Of the state aud do unite
the other colleges shall sap their lifcblood, They
! tpF. aftrUs hey ba fhnt
doing great good to the world They charitable
Institutions In sense aud we would not ruin them -
Coeg in Other states better endowed and draw
young from Vermont Nov II we should endow
coll go here and give vide scope, should have Tho
Just celebrity at least Of educating men.
The institution Of Norwich Is prosperous Just now II
has turned mas gallant icers who are now in ihs
army and he had the highest respect for all the college
I'm the sttei but they selfsupportng In view oil
all the facts the satisfied that Ia the Appropria
uon of this money they should put whsre 1t would
help these oolleges aud that all should help each
Other
The state Of Rhode Island has given their scrip u
Brown university. Nsg Hampshire has not apprOpI.t-
ed yet but has appointed com % investigate The mat
ter, aud Il is th 'ught ihk II Will 20 % the Ch,ndle
school IN Dartmouth college Ia Massachusetts, Cos
Andrew has urgently recommended the appropriation,
and it ght that " will gJ 10 the arTence (scirn
tihcl department of Harvard university lie had iee
told by friends If college thai the bill had been drawn
20 fivr other but ne happy 20 lern that n,
one else thought lie favored the union Of college,