Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-04-03
THE Exrsa SESSION.

n date of March 2eth, "a follows:
d The event of the week here has bee
if the converting of the State Legislature
d special session. The sudden influx (
two hundred and fifty Senators and men
e bers--of course all most noted for wisdo,
If with ehaplaisi clerks, door-kecper'
i pages, messengers, aud laborers, full twer
a ty-fve more, with a heavy lobby force Q
e from one to two hundred as in this case
cant happen in a quiet inland town lik
Montpelier, even in the Lenten season
without jostling the people more or leu
from the seven tenor of their daily rou
s tine. 1t sharpehs up the perceptions Of
people and makes them more responsive
They move quicker and talk faster. The
hotels are crowded, the streets are filed
trade briskcns and the quiet village under
the influence of so much new life and
high March winds .'puts on airs as if it
would BIO city. ia wld bsa ga.t; ~.
OBJECT OF THE EXTRA SESSION % D
/ The assembling of the Legislature Of
/ Vermont in extra session has not been
thing Of common occurrence. Twice le-
fore, within the memory of your correspon-
] Z. .#..
dent, has it been convened on the call Of
the Executive -one in 1857, to make pro-
visions for rebuilding the State House
which had been destroyed by FIRE, and
once in 1861, after the breaking out of
the rebellion, to promote the work Of rois.
ing troops for the country's defence. In
one case the EFFICIENCY was a State necessi-
ty. in the other a national. If in the
present case serious doubts were entertain
ed as to the propriety Of converting the
Legislature for the redress of grievances
which were merely local and affecting the
interests Of ohly a small portion Of the
people Of the State, they were entirely re-.
moved, it must have been, ty the clear
and full statement Of the facts by Gov.
Dillingham; in his message. Going over
the whole history Of railroads and railroad
operations in the southwestern part of the
State, he showed how seriously and ex-
tensivcly the people and the business in
terests of Bennington and Rutland coun.
ties have been affected by the hostile acts
Of the Troy and Boston railroad 10 sud.
denly Withholding those facilities for tray
81 and the conveyance Of freight which
have been maintained for fifteen years.
It is as if all the roads below Lawrence
n your State should suddenly cease to
entertain any interests in common, OF
make any connections with the Manches-
er and Lawrence road, aud thereby com
'el all freight and passengers on the line :
+ that road to reach Boston by the way
f Manchester, Nashua ard Lawrence.
he facts in the case, SO cruel and unjus- "
liable. were very readily entertained and
ppreciated by members of the Legisla- :
Ire, and they felt at once that the people =
Southwestern Vermont had grievances :,
hicb it was their duty and their pleasure =
redress
lsHuRT, SHARP AND DECISIVE"
The two houses lost no time in prelim.
aries, but under suspension of rules,
oceeded at once to grant to those in
hose interests the Legislature had been
nvened, all those methods of remedy
lich had been asked, viz: A law au-
orzing certain towns to raise money on S
c grand list, and the mortga giog of the ~.
itland and Bennington road to aid il
e construction of road to connect Ben.
iDgton with Chatham Four Corners, =,
Y. Great unaniniity prevailed IN :.
tn houses upon these questions. | e.
ink there was not vote against them O.
either branch of the assembly. These ~
Is passed the House on the first day Of ).
Session and the Senate On the second.
me
e Legislature was not more SUMMARY
thorough in Its part Of the work ~
ching the matter than will be those 81
'ple whose interests are SO intimately
'nected with the building of the pro. =.
ed road. Heavy private Subscriptions II
re been made for 1T. and the towns will Il,
Ike theirs as soon as they can legally 49,
meetings and vote the money, Col. 90,
'dsley, the civil engineer of Vermont,
been retained for service in the sur. n
and construction Of the road, and ;,
proceed at once to the field Of opera. -.
IS d te SOD agdl ai 5as % wv
'assa oae OTHER MATTERS. gm Il, W.
- enc
was not expected that the Legisla. den
}, called together for q specific purpose, We
Id, in its session of a day or two, thai
sact airy other business; but it did, ly .
ever, entertain score or moro of sub. der
J, and quite number Of them became frou
The most important Of these, per. turn