Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-18

having made noble record for him Sc If
by deeds Of bravery and endurance. For
the clerkships given to these soldiers,
there We're as many as thirty applicants.
The chaplain of the House, Rev. N. P.
Foster of Montpelier (Baptist) was elect
ed by an unanimous vote.
In the Senate, equal unanimity pre-
vailed. Henry Clark of Poultney, was
elected Secretary for the fifth time, an
honor almost without precedent yet not
unmerited. 1t was supposed that there
would be several candidates for the AS
sistant Secretaryship, and three or four
names were mentioned, but when the
ballots were examined every one was
for James S. Peck of Montpelier. He
was Major of the 18th Regiment, and in
that capacity won for himself good
reputation. The Argus attempts to blast
his political prospects by claiming him
as johnson man, but he is well vouch-
ed for as entirely free from suspicion on
that score. Hon. S. NJ. Dorr was elected
President pro TEN. of the Senate, he
having eighteen votes, against eight for
Hon. Charles Reed. Thus within forty
minutes from the time when the two
Houses were called to order, they were
completely organized and ready to pro-
coed with the business of the session.
A glance at the personnel of the Legis-
lature reveals some facts worthy to
be mentioned. An unusually large pro-
portion in both houses are new men,
bers,-in the Senate seventeen of the
thirty, and in the House one hundred
and forty of the two hundred and thirty
ive,-were not members last year. 1t
does not follow, however, that all these
are inexperienced in legislation. A
number of them are old legislators one
of them a member so long ago that he
had not learned that the members of the
House keep their seats when the Senate
comes in, and he rose to receive them as
was the custom in the good old DAYS.
There are several eX-Senators in the
House,-Mr. Clark Of Poultney, Mr..
Miner of Manchester, Mr.. Hubbard
of Stockbridge, Mr.. Harris of Wind
ham, and perhaps others. LAWYERS
are not quite as numerous in the House
as usual, and doctors are rather more so.
There are eight ministers in the House
three Congregational, Rev. Leonard Ten
ney Of Thetford, Rev. Edwin Wheelock of
Cambridge, Rev. Thomas S. Hubbard of
Stockbridge; two Baptist, Rev. L. A.
Dunn of Fairfax, and Rev. A. Lamb of
Nottingham; and three Methodist, Rev.
NJ. P. Ladd of Worcester, Rev. A. Trip
Of StrattOn, and Rev. Moses Pattee of
Brunswick. The last is claimed by the
Argus as Democrat. A noticeable fea-
ture Of the House is the unusual dupli-
cation Of names. There are twenty.one
couples Of members having the same
name, besides which there are three
Martins, three Johnsons, five Fosters,
and five Smiths. Strange to say, John
is not among the Smiths.
Gov. Dillingham; and Lieut.. Governor
Gardner were to-day inaugurated 1t
has been usual for the Governor to take
the oath of office in the Executive Cham
Der. with hardly more ceremony than
attends the swearing in of town clerk;
but this year the occasion was made
more grave and decorous by the Gov
ernOrs coming into Joint Assembly and
and receiving the oath from the Presi-
dent. The Message was delivered this
afternoon and is of more than the aver
age length. As the message will meet
the eyes Of your readers as soon as this
article, if not sooner, no abstract of it
is here attempted. The first bill intro.
duced in the House was by Mr.. Prout of
Rutland, providing for registration of
voters prior to town and freemen's meet.
ings; and the first in the Senate was by
Senator Reed, making habitual drunken
ness a ground for divorce. P.H.w.