Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-11-27

house lad proved u so by having U twice before them
IL was one u vital im to his constituents aud
70 he people of the north part Of Bennington county
aud they bad sent him here q oppose the Burden
road, as It Is called This amendment proposed by
gcu lemen from Pouney, just wlrai have been
hghting here during the entire session. lie then re-
viewed She hitoiy Of the application for th road hing
originally for road from the state line Woodflfd,
aud the contest that was had oyf htt road in the lest
election n that county and the fact that those opposed
TO tue road had been victorious n h tvontest IL was
settled by that election thal the people OF Bennington
county we're posed 20 the rlad. To settle The c1u-
tfoversy and femove II from ths legislature, Mr. Ia
submitted o the Messrs Burdens the proposition just
read by the ocfk,wh oh was made as o0npromiss and
having been rejto ed, could not be used against Mr.
] Park or Oppontnts 20 the road
&c had been shITn vthal. contradiction hat the
road proposed by the committee was blth shorter aud
cheaper the asked by the Burdens aud the
ouc ih would most naturally select, unless TO
modae some ody else besides themselves. He then
viewed the evidence that had been submitted q the
cotnmiitee, which tended % show that there really
some other party in interest," there Mr. Gard lvf,
Nr sinley aud Mr. Fiheid all retained attorneys for
the Troy and Boston railroad oom9au. have been here
a. AuoIhtys iut lnis ioel Mr hooihaoni one OF the
iaaua- II the Troy aud Boston had asked have
lu ice published for this very road, aud whon Dd hat
hs piouAty could OF get It he backed cut Dur ng the
lti steeun faptsss a,y, Mf. Dlnisi ltobason, ffom
NIB an Doston road wont up to Beanil gou aud
made speech and 1ld the people they must % IA fof
Z me Burden road. Then, asain, Mr.. Wild Q. sho Is
~ nt f9r he Troy and Bsoa, has here during the
eaire session. lobaying for this road. Taking these
that the if1y aud ston had an ntercs 30 thi. road
Ae theu recrel 20 the n-ttiol As tnat n,d Desn ure-
solted here ior this read aud showed that the largest
part 4 tlem were from towns lying the ioe OF road
directly interested IN he Iroy \ Boston road On he
other haud tne entire business Of Bennington O.
on the bennington hutlaud road, have almost unau-
ui4usy atcd against IT, 4. To the claim " the
Messts Irdeus thAt hey we're developing he resources
o. The sae may be tue but Is hf he benefit Of
Troy aad not ior We mon instead Of bringing moneI to
Nwmjnt they are earning IT. Troy
He thought hat tho COMA tee had tAkea the wao.e
iIO consideration aud iepored what they thought
for The bet in tTesls OF the state II the road is but
where the com po o.e TO charter IT, 1t will acoommo
T u O. ID L. 4 IA
az ,haitsblrf where they had large amouat Of non,
which th p mat cant 10 the state line for TIA spottadon
70 Troy u tue road they ask fJr is granted lie beiey-
ed tley wou re eteT accommodated 5g the commit
tees road than by the thei asked for bat The lro
* ooston road p ssiby would not b..
'ome htd said that this vas M Park's contest aud
that the election made ia the interest Of Mr. Pork
rs Of Mr Park but In the interest Of my o3nsttueuts
W haze deep interest in ne matter Aud he Deiiey-
ed tue cams 10 0e tue Of every oNn the line Of the
beunif ln and ltuuatd road lie then closed with a
suoy o Mr Park, Apd demanded the yeas aud nays ON
tua adoption OF he amenlmelt proposed by The gentle
man from PJultney.
Nf Wigiht Of p1wna said he represented towa that
had some iuierts In this matter and referred to ufO
Vie cn Ia oil which had been introduced by Mr Park,
epeaug tights a4d franchises OF r0Ad chartered by
other states and running partly in this s'ae, nose
roads refused 10 make COM ecuons, which had already
been bu H. with oshcr roads That bill would des roy
ihs railroad fao lhes Of ths iowa Il fo"na. through
wut-h town the Troy ami bOst9n road U ldsr the
OIL feicre ed g. the right 90 tne Troy lstou to iun
their trains ihfough that town would be q on unless
Old connections al he state line Ia bennington
resumed here were interests IA the town Of fowla
sJeh wood aud lumber, het would DC accommodated
by the 81, lsed road asked for to Wo doid and hs
people were ia favor OF hat Dad that brought TO thea
shes- facilities for transportation.
Mr Wight thea ref rred the that h sd been
lOr thfuueh the gsiatuTe % Dond the and
the i-Auen,, Ut Mr ara in tnat mater a SAID he
opposed such legislation lie thought that The
BANKS in Bennng on aAd great influence in the last
ec5t aud hat II tne people Of Bennington had been
allowed TO ave expression 20 thei no est convictions,
hey utl have sent he opponent Of Mr. PAfk TO this
legislature % have aided these petitioners in getting
lner charter lie also referred fact that the
Ne srs Burden were skiing for road which they pro-
posed band with thei ON N iney and not BY bond
ng OF towns.
ar PARK replied sharply the insnustion that the
people OF Bennington were not allowed 70 sive express
ION their hone-t choice for representative by stating
tn & IA one OF uanks ia Bennington brother OF the
member from Po sua % Aiued iarge loan but few
dAs 5eiOe the eecuOn q 20 home aad defeat the
aidstes hl oppasei the Bdfden road The Idshmen
of the Messs Burdens sent Troy TO be natural
ixei 10 ghnst and 70 do must peJu them.
selves. The ram uteres was opposed To me Decause
sub croed $500 aid ia th enOreen snt oi the luor
Law IN Bennington lie then re.d from the iestm ny
taken 10 the OF Wocdfurl fjr the purpose Of
testing the elec ion the member from Woldiord,
It ppearel that Were bought and III At tie
parry who bought th 10 Dir Burden aat he hA paid
go for nv yiters, and dT told him was all right
"a hen Mr. Burden was asked how much monef be furn
ish 20 carry that election his reply decline 10
say lie also referred to thr attempt that had been
made 10 create prejudice against HIN by referring
,int assemble 10 which he had nominated democratic
minority Of ths justices Of the town of Bradford lie
dit So attn suggestion Of gentlemen Who sat near HIM
abolt these justices There were gentlemen in this
House all the circumstances Of the case, and
if they mad stated thr al the time h should hAv,
yielded u Them nltss cheeduly' hul ne i'una ma
memoers had had II whispeediu thci ears immeda e!,
alter ihs adj urnmeot Of hat int assembly, that MI
Park had sod ou the Republicans Of Bradford fir tbs
purpose Of gaining tle influence II The dem cratic mem
bers Of tas House in favor of bis side Of this c1nuover
s.. lie s9uIned such nsuuAuons. and refeIei tC
his in years past show that he had sympath
with copperheads. Aiter Tepyiug sharply and saroAs
cal, 70 the attacks that had been .de upon hm bitt
t "A NJ ma h,us na said / Vputl ri IA
ed know anything further respecting him or the po
st he has stskea this question he would refer tlen
Bennington County
NJ Wright u Povnal said it came with poor grae,
from the gentleman from Bennington to accuse him o
being eeot,d by moaey of ihe Troy and Boston road
and him ofvnu Grafton. when the gen Iemau
hnselfha BEEN the hrst TO suSnaute the editor Of
certain newspaper Of being hiftng and TO cal gen
uenen tue floor Of this house liars. lie further fo
piled the remarks Of Mr Park, and said he had eyi
nee in his possession t. provo tnat monel used
on Nj +. Iks side influence the election IN Wood
ford but would not take the time OF the house torea t
The ltAs and mars wee then caea on the adoption
flhe amendment prop1seI bY the gentleman from
Puutnoy, wnien disagreed 20, ayes "a nays 1853
Yeas-BsIIon Bigelow, Blanchard. Bullard, Cotton
Cooper, Corey, Crook Fox, Friaos, Grover, Hazsn
Hl irish OF GraGd Isle. Irish Of sesrsbur.hi Jones
Of Granny, Miller Monroe, Parker n M.rst9wn Pear
sJn p Of Fayston, Rood, sheldon, smith Of Fer
ri.bu'gh, spahOTd, Staples, ttyen, Wetmore VIII do 2
Wheeler Of kipton, Whesloea, Villains, Woodland
Wright IA.
, Ames, Andrews Atwood Ayers, Baird, Il II Gran
vle Ball Of Springfield. Baou, Bartlett, Benson, De
: atue, benton. Bliss. Brigham, Brookios, hioSn @
2 Burke Blckl n. Barton, CAdy. Catln, Clask Lleye
land Baintree Cleaveland otBrookhei 1olpy Conant
Converse Cofliss OF hichfird Craze OIsty, Davis o
Il. MoAlp Ier. uays Of sheffield DAVIS OF Troy, Dem
log Deunsln, Drake, Dres Eaton, klmore, kmm0ns
Farman, Fisher, FISK, Foster 4 eaais, FOsof o
Walden Foster Of Waiting Fuller Fulton, Gb3s, Gif
ford Glazer, Goodell, Go,s, q ahau, Gray, HAlbert
Hal Of Gfotou, Hall Of Orwell, Hancock, Ard
Harris OF WindhAm Haskins, HeIrick Hib1a d
Hinsde Holmes horion, Howe Of Castlet0n, Howi
= Of Jericho Hlyt. Hubbard HumphIy, Hyde, lshA am
Johnson, Jones Of Cornwall, Jones OF Mortified
Kellogg Lane Lawrence, LeonaII, LoyelAud, Lynde
Lyon, damn, Marvin, Mcintosh, Mead, Merril Miles
Miner Moore OF Chelsea Moore OF fgmo.h, NJ gan
Morse Of Bolton, Nelson, Noble Mott NouTse, NOJes
Parker 4 hartford Pa meT, Parker OF Woloot, PAtee
Peake Pc ton, Perkins ofSt Aibaus, Perkins OF ba
kersheld Phelps Pnlsbuty, Pollard. Proctor, Reed o
Danny, Reed Of Waitsded Rice, kichafdson, ROBBINS
hoDeItson, Robinson OF South Hero. K'gers, Ross
TO lnds husst, SAxton chedd OF hatdwiek Shedd O
West Windsor, shuleson, Sls0y, Simonds Smith O
East Haven, Smith Of Hghgate, Smtl VI StTahJrd, sol
lace, Soper, Spauding Spenser squisr, ssdId stet
son suekney, Stone, STUART ,WinInglon, sykes Ten
ney, Thompson Of Lyndon Tho npson OF Nj Tabor
loman. 1 Ogn, Tatle Van siosln, VArnum, Warren
Waterman weber Webster Weeks, Weleh, Well
I man, WheA ley, Wheeler Of jamaica, White, Wiley
Willard, Wiley Woods.--l66.
hr Ross of 81 Johnsbury said he uudertoQd this bill
= not wanted by the Messfs Burdens and would nj
answer their pufposes he therefore moved that it b
: dismissed
Mr. Fr.bie Of roultney said hat the Messrs Burden
dt not waut this charter aud he hoped he bill woU