Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-18
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Il. 1869.
Editorial Correspondence.
MONTPELIER. Nov. 10, 1869.

MONTPELIER, Nov. l0, 1869.
The two Houses occupied Tuesday
mostly in debate In the Senate the de
tata was upon the bill to aLolieh tha deati
penalty, and the Newbury Seminary con
troyersy The House was engaged n
the morning on the consideration of a bill
to give Justices of the Peace larger luris
iiction. and in the afternoon upon IN
ereasing the pay of the Superintendent
and Chaplain of the State Prison. Thes'
Gentlemen axe two worthy officers faith
fully performing their duty. The Chap
lan's salary is entirely inadequate 10 th:
labor performed Rev. Mr.. Butler has
evinced in his duties az Chaplain self
sacrificing spirit, and great interest in
aseh individual shut out from the world
Dy tue prison wall He has not only
Eeld the usual seIg.pa required on the
sabbath, but has inculcated Ehqles9nla
religious morssll instruction hesides be
has learned the ignorant 10 read. and
made cheerful the gloomy hours OF pris-
.uer.. life He who makes glad the heart,
li-peis the gloom ot TIE prison. and leads
the wayward to repentance, and seooIt- ee
the guide and interpreter between The
convict and the outer world, and has a
heart to feel for Others woes, should re-
teIve aproPer and just equivalent for his
lahors, and the he trty thanks OF the legis-
,lturo, ae be does the gratitude of the un-
fortunate class 20 whom he ministers,
rather than be subject Of criticism and
parsimonious show of economy, because
a few hundred dollars are asked to make
fair equivalent for the useful christian
labor aud devotion with which he per-
forms the not To be coveted position oec u
pied Justice should be done TO this faith
ful servant. who performs high mission
80 The erring inoarcerated in prison walls
Col Joyce. or Tuesday, presided over
the House in q portion Of its proceedings,
evincing presiding an..lltiea .. s~s"
character He Is rapid IN the dispatch OF
business, clearly understanding its order
aud routine, announcing it in clear,
ringing voice, and made decidedly good
impression His familiarity with parlia-
uen.aey practice was surprising to a
majority of the house, b., il is not u
matter of astonishmeat to those who re-
member that as :, bright, active boy, he
was in his earlier years Page to the
Speaker Of the House, and oftentimes the
Pages of i legislative body obtain and re-
,a.n more parliamentary law than the
members
The election of Judges Of the Supreme
Court was effected with less excitement
han had been anticipated. From time
10 time there have been spasmodic efforts
10 agree upon candidate TO take Judge
Witson's place, but as usual Tor several
pre7feuOyears has ended in smoke. In
he circuit of Junge Trout, at one time
It seemed as if serious divisions were to
taka place. bat they were happily harmon
zed, and resulted in the unanimous cleo
zion of Hon Hoyt RI. Wheeler of
Jamaica, now member OF the Senate
from Windham county. There may be a
natural anxiety to know something of the
aew Judge and his antecedents. He was |
born in Chesterfield, New hampahira, /
IN 3oth of August, 1893, and is sc years
IF age He pursued most Of his legal
studies with Charles r. Field, completing
them with Messrs. Beadly and Kellogg,
Il brattleboro and was admitted to the
Windham County Barin 1859. He settled
in the practice of his profession al dar,.aiass
whore he now resides. He has rapidly
risen in his profession, until he has sse-
cured large practice in the counties Of
Windham sud Bennington. He is quiet
modest, unassumirg gentleman, not sue
ceeding by any brilliant power of rhetoric
or oratory, but by his thorough UNDER
standing of the principles of the law,
especially the English common law, and
by ths mastery of every subject which
eame within his province to investigate. i
He has natural judicial mind that hes
enabled him to make ready application
Of his knowledge to cases in hand, He 1
has long been marked among his associ-
ates at the Bar as possessing eminent
qualifications for the Bench, and it has
been very evident for several years that
be would be called to an early vacancy in
the Supreme Court. Last year great
effort was made to transfer him to the
circuit of Judge Wilson. This is his
third year in the Legislature, and the
second of his Senatorial term. He has
been considered the lawyer of the Gen
aral Assembly since his connection with
it. We heard one of his colleagues, who,
although not lawyer yet good Judge
of the qualifications for such position,
and one also who had been associated
with him upon important committees, re.
mark, that he should most cordially +,
give his vote for Mr.. Wheeler, because he
was gentleman of high legal attain
ments, unquestioned ability, strict in
tegrity, and above all influences from any
source, and one Of the rare men of the I
present era in the history of our
State" This remark FROM the source |
from which it came was no unmean,
ing compliment, but an earnest ad- /,
miration Of the man. Our own personal
acqnsintance with Mr.. Wheeler fully !
iustiAes thsdull endorsement Of the CON- /
usndations bestowed upon him. We 3
most cordially commend him to the cor. {
dial reception and sstssu d tho people oi ]
he !udiciafeircutt to whaeh be = about .
'amovs, ~ ono worthy Of their cond- I