Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-11

The Council Of CensO has closed IL IA
! sion with very commendable promP'ness'
important business of its two days session ms
been the anpointrnent Of the usual standing Gull
mittees, with a special committee 10 inqD'-e
the expediency of reporting an anieiiui.e-'
isb;,c tho councl of Censors and providing some
mora democratic method Of amending 'he OOn-
s.;.n,ior. another TO INQUIRE into the expeiiency
Of adopting female suffrage; and others IN REFER
enee TO lengthening the term and changing 'he
mode of election Of Judges Of the Supreme
Coprt. in reference TO the constituhonal'y oil
the acts for bonding towns in aid of railroad cor
porations, and in reference to biennial sessions
If the legislature, and one or two other subjects
more fully set forth in the report Of proceedings
in another column. We understand the Council
to be decidedly of the opinion that it IS their du'Y
to give the people chance to vote upon the
| question Of abolsLing the Council, by reporting
an amendment Of the Constitution to that elect
and that the plan informally agreed upon l. TO
get the business alon at the next session IN july
so that it may be completed at another oriei ses-
sion early in October, by the issue OF call Tor
A Constitutional Convention, in time for the
legislature to make due provision for the same.
We al.o understand that majority Of the Coun-
ell are in favor Of reporting an amendment pro-
yidinr for biennial sessions of the Legislature.
Beyond this the probable action Of the Council
capuoe be foreshadowed with much certainty.
So far the Council has done its work promptly
and well.
A ccrrespo udent Of the St. Adams Messenger
calls attention to the heavy expense Of private
litigation to the State. He says - Cases can
be found in every county where the State has
been put to an expense Of more than two hun
lred to two thousand dollars, to try single case
The litigants. Of course, pay their lawyers and
their witnesses, and the pitful sum Of SUI
towards paying court and jury fees while IN
many, and | might say, most cases, the state
has to pay the jury on the trial and the panel in
! reserve, all amounting to 80 men, besides the
Judges, officers, stationery, &c., sometimes ten
md fifteen days and quite often, when the mat
.er III controversy is not equal to one tenth oil
heexpense to the state This is cles rly inequit-
,ble and oppressive. There can be no justice IN
,omp cling thepruient honesta Woodworking
1eopl, Of theState 70 pay the expense o.. settling
The c, ntroyersies Of the careless, shiftiess and
,onten tious portions Of the community. 1t Is
true hat many honorable, prudent men are
lrivel into court to defend their rights, but
much less Of that class would be drawn into the
aw we're it not that evil disposed persons are
thus aided by the State.
So Ehat / would suggest IS, that the entire er-
Dense Of all GIRL suits should be paid BY thepar-
ties Such was the early judiciary system in
this State, and if such was now the law, We
she old soon see great falling of of the business
# our courts. Let the parties once know that
IL entire expense Of litigation viii fall upon the
| party who shall be decided to be in fault, and
p a,ties would be found settling and closing up
beir controversies, rather than hazarding the
eIrful expense Of trials.
That, doubtless, would be one effect Of such a
raange. And another would probably be that
many more would suffer wrong than now do,
-ather than undertake the risk Of obtaining re-
iress at law. II seems to be the rule Of civilized
society that he non-litigious must support
| &C. urts for the contentious. the honest men pay
fer iails for the dishonest, aud the thrifty sup
ort the shif,less. and We confess that We do not
expect to see any great change in these respect:
IN our day. Yet after all, there may be point
worth serious after ton in the suggestion mad,
above.
The y. Y. Comm, rcilI says that because DR.
Mary Walker has chosen to wear a costume
which, though somew hat peculiar, She has found
TOO comfortable and CO 1venient TO be discarded
she Is made the subject Of heartless sneers, and
a general target on VIII, h newspaper correspon-
dents ezpend their wit Against this it protests
aud denounces the Unjust &c Of denying her claims
10 office from . country which she has, under
,ryiug and dangerous cir, ums-ances, devotelly
served. Il continues ''-Sor can it he said that
| this woman has not capacit y or virtue, for she
has mastered one of the most learned and difficult
professions. and is probably the superior il
| point Of Intellectual attainme1ts Of any half
lozen Of the wire- Of the poiticilus, correspon-
dents, and editors who are daily sneerins al
| her"
But for what reason does DR.. May Walker 50
7er-istenty seek Offices at the hands Of the gov
eminent, while she has = profession a tolera5lt
le-ree OF success in which would bring a flr
larger and S,Irer income than any clerkship She
night obtain in Washington, 1t has been often
.ssertel that were females admitted to the Trac-
rice of medicine, their services would be sought
by those Of their own sex in preference to maxi
rlctioners: and the success Of some women a,
physicians would seem TO make good tle claim
Yet here is an instance Of a lady who HIS gained
her diploma, pncticei in hospitals, and enjoyed
unusual opportunities for curing a knowledge
Of her profession, and Yet cannot find patient:
enough to make 1t worth her while to attend Il
them Where We see person perseveringly
pplying for some possible 5000 elerkshipi
while she has profession which ought to bring
her an annual income Of FIVE times that amount
The suspicion naturally arises that there is sGne-
thing wrong somewhere.