Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-15
THE RUTLAND HERALD,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1888,
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Tho C,pital {, very quiet, tor The day
,acyiau, L. the Assembling ot ths lFgIsla-
tan, owing, ia a Ia.lsuJc, a. rle fat thA,
the rulr for the selection oi seat, ia lhe
House Of Representatives has been chang
"A. Previously the selection Il seats ha,
taken place On "Wednesday, BY the lnem'
hers announcing 10 the Clerk the number
a the chair chosen by him. Now the Sc
lection Is 10 take place on Thursday morn
ing nj = o'clock, by the Clerks placing in
a box prepared for the purpose, ballots
designating the several towns in the State,
and proceeding TO draw ,hereirom On,
ballot At time until all are drawn, And
a. each ballot is drawn, the number from
the town designated ty the ballot, person
ally, il present, or by proxy ii absent, Sc
leots his seat. This will consume several
hours, AMI as the system is new will be an
occasion OF much interest and amusement,
Tho method il similar in the Senate, al.
though they are drawn by county delega-
ton. aud not by individual member
The Sergeant at Arms, il is understood,
had made the following appointments
Door-kceper of the Senate, Samuel Everts
If Cornwall; assistant door keeper, John
C. Pattcr. Of Bloomfield door keeper OF
the House. John Bsrden, Of Wells; assis.
I..lt.,a Of Traxs Ws.,
I. Dewey, Of Montpelier, and Henry O.
Fisk, Of Morristown, will probably be ap'
pointed Pages Of tho Senate The Score
tary Of State has appointed D, G. Thomp-
son. OF Montpelier, and Fred. W, Wilder,
Of IVES, Rupert, as his assistants.
There are thirty applicants for assistan,
clerkships in the House, and there ar,
only five to be appointed, therefore il will
be readily apprchended that the usu-
ally clear and courteous clerk, Mr. Flagg,
is in somewhat Of n pcrplexed state OF
mind.
The organization will he effected early
there being no contest of the principa
officers. To night however, their appears
to be two candidates for Speaker, Gen
George w. Grandey, of Vergenncs, and
Col Redfeld Proctor, Of Rutland. From
present prospect, Gen. Grandey will be
elected. as Col Proctor has not been con.
sidered a candidate until within few
days, and a large majority of the member,
ef the West side Of the mountain have
committed themselves to Gen. Grandey
therefore the support of Col. Proctor must
come from the East side. which is not {
natural source. Therefore, it is generally
expected that Gen. Grandey will b,
chosen, from his position, experience ant
tho prominent mention of his name fo
the office for several weeks past.
The usual crowd will probably visit tn,
Capitol on election day. Although the
preparations that have been made by
pcddlers, huckstcrs, &C., do not appear t.
be as extensive as in former years. Tho
ordinary accompaniment of horse racing
trading, etc. will undoubtedly come of
on the Berlin side Of the mill pond, which
is really one Of the most ludicrous feature,
Of election day at the Capitol
No prospective view Of the probabl
work of the session. or its length, can b
given at this early period. Gov. Pag,
has not yet arrived. Lieut.-Gov. Thoma'
arrived this afternoon. Very few of tn,
senator's are here. Senator Allen, of Rut
land County delegation, is the only on
that has not yet arrived. Senator Dye
of Addison County, who has recent
been seriously i'll, although yet feeble,
here. Representatives Frishie, of Poult
ney, Wood, of Fairhavcn, Abel, of We,
Haven, Jones, Of Benson, Barney, ,
Castleton, Holmes, of Sudbury, Procto
Of Rutland, Harrison, of Mt. Holly, an
Batchclder, OF Wallingford, have arrive
Rutland County thus far is more largel
represented than any other the West sic
of the State. The message of the Cover
or will not be communicated until Frida
afternoon, and we hope TO be able to pu
lish il in the HERALD on Saturday.