Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-11-01
from our Special Correspondent
Letter from Montpelier.
MONTPELIER. Oct. 2h.

| tnCt OF lnt SESSION hsSemOleu IN the
Representatives hall last evening to be
addressed by Hons. George +. Edmunds,
j, S. Morrill, and L. p. Poland. The gas
"shone bright over fair women and
brave men," who came together to well
come and to hear the men whom the
people have delighted to honor, AS was
TO be expected, the speakers, so recently
complimented by senatorial elections
were in the best possible state of feeling
with themselves and their hearers and
needed no other stimulus to speak elo-
quently and ably. His honor the Lieut.
enant Governor presided, and the seats
near the rostrum were occupied, not
only by the dignitaries of our own State,
but by several from Massach among
whom were ex.Gov. Clifford, Mr.. Pond,
the President Of the Senate, and Mr..
Stone, Speaker of the House. In the
course Of his speech, Mr.. Poland vindi-
Gated himself against the charge 'of I'M
soundness in the Republican faith, and
proved himself to be, if not ga radical
of the radicals" radical enough for any
reasonable man.
Was there ever time when there was
not quarrel pending among the rail-
roads centering at Rutland If so, it
must have been great while ago. The
very first bill introduced in the House in
1852, was one to authorize the Rutland
and Whitehall Railroad Company from
CastletOn to Rutland and the legislature
was convulsed to the end Of the session
by the fight over that bill. From that
time to this, there has been hardly a
year in which the Legislature has not
been appealed to for relief by some
Of the roads in that vicinity. This year
the controversy is again set on foot by
bill introduced by Mr.. Park of Benning-
ton authorizing the Bennington & Rut-
land Railroad Company to locate and
construct a branch railroad from some
point in the line Of their road in the
town of Rutland to the marble quarries
at West Rutland, or to extend their
railroad from its termination in Rutland
to the marble quarries, and in the con-
structiOn of such road to take and use
the lands of the Rutland & Washington
and the Rutland & Burlington Rail-
roads, aud to cross with their railroad
the tracks of those roads.
Another bill, general in its scope, but
evidently somewhat special in its in
tended application provides that where
there are two or more competing rail
roads, the whole or any part Of which is
in this State, and which connect with a
railroad in an adjoining State, any
| agreement between tie railroad company
in an adjoining State and the man
| ayers of either of the competing roads
by which the business of the former
| is to be given to one of the com
peting roads, to the exclusion of the
other, or by the terms of which the road
in the adjoining State is not to make
reasonable and proper connections with
one of the competing roads for the trans
mission of baggage, freight or passen-
gers, is against public policy and void,
and is made and declared to be INSIDE
meanOr and if any such contract shall
have been made before the passage of
the act, it shall not be lawful to carry it
| into effect. These bills are already be-
ginning to agitate the legislature, and
more particularly the committee on
roads, and there will doubtless be a
pitched battle upon them before the SEES
sion is over.
In the House this afternoon, the resO-
| lutions Of respect to the memory Of Sen
ators Colamer and Foot, which had
passed the Senate, were the special order
of the day. The Senate honored the oc-
cason by takinga recess for half an hour
and going into the House. Hon A.
L. Miner made the first speech and paid
a glowing tribute to the deceased sena-
tors. The Speaker left the chair and
spoke briefly and well. Mr.. Prout of
Rutland and MIR. Hubbard also spoke on
| the resolutions, the latter laying special
emphasis upon the early life of Collamer,
his struggles with poverty, and the no.
bility of his example. Mr.. Grover of
Wells, made his maiden speech which
attracted more attention than maiden
speeches are won't to do. He bids fair
to fill the place so long occupied by
"the gentleman from Wallingford."
New business has come in slowly to-
day. Four new bills in the Senate and
fifteen ia the House have been intro
| duced, increasing the number in the
former body to firty-three, and in the
latter to hundred and eleven. Eleven
of the Senate and twenty-three of the
House bills have been de6nitelydisposed
of by passage or rejection. The House
this afternoon summarilydisposed of two
bills by rufusing the second reading, a
rather unusual way of dealing with
| hills Int "a nothing more was at stake