St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-10-22


seat printed ballots a. had -. conro,;-
tor. Clarke, tak.:.lnr it for Granted
that the men..1ers were capable Of writ
| ing their own ballots the result la,gtt
have been quite different. Mr. Camp
was the successful man. and in him the
house will find IN admirable officer lie
has selected as lli- frs: assistant, Henry
\. Newell oi Shclburne- Edwin L.
White Of Woodstock, second, and Calvin
j. b. Harris of DanvIlle, as third assis-
tant, all OF whom appear quite at home
IN their new positions. Rev. Richard
Morgan, pastor Of the Methodist society
at Mortified, was elected chaplain over
Rev. J. {. lloughton Of Burlington,
formerly of Chelsea.
The official reports of the Senate will
be furnished by Col. +. NJ. Brown of
Montpelier and Geo. H. Shaw of Bur
ington-the same as last wear; while in
the House Col. \. c. Brown of Mont
pelier is re-appointed, assisted by Charles
+. Dodge of Montpelier
Thus have the reorganization of the
Senate and House been effected with as
little delay as was possible under the cir
cumstancc>, and the work of the session
,,-il L., /
On Saturday the standing committees
in the Senate were elected, which vIu
will find i'll the official report and it Is
expected that by tomorrow Speaker
Grandey will have made up the commit
tees of the house. when they, also. will
be announced in the official report OF the
house
On Saturday attern, on the committee
appointed to canvass the votes for gov-
crnor, lieut.. governor and treasurer made
their report, showing that Governor
N">hhun has received majority of
20,3J3: Lieut.. Governor IIemdec a ma
jority of 20,j3j, and Treasurer Page Il
majority of 2O.j21, bein. about the
same majoritics announced in the papers
at the time OF the election in September.
Immediately after the VOC WAS declared.
and after some little sticking on the part
OF a few as to tormalitic~, the senate IN
formally repaired TO the Representatives,
hall, where the cath of office was admin
lstered 10 the governor elect by Hon.
Asahcl Peck, one OF the assistant Judge,
of the Supreme Court, when Governor
Washburn delivered his inaugural mes
sage i'll person, a. was formerly the Gus
tom-a custom winch would he more
acceptable to the legislature and the peo-
pie If it was more generally observed
than it has been of late years.
The message Is not Il lengthy docu- .
mcnt, but full Of important suggestions,
which it will be well il the legislature
will heed. His Recommendation Of liIc /
abolition OF school districts Will perhaps
be received with ii-,rust by those who
have not given the subject careful
thought; but they have but To look at
the success which has attended such a
measure in towns where school districts
have already been abolished and central
or GRADED schools established, and the
advance that has been made in the
schools of those towns, to satisfy them
selves of the practicaRility OF such a
change, and of the greater benefits to De-
derived from the new system. Should
the present legislature pass a law in ac-
corG!ance with the recommendation OF
the governor in this respect, and place
the support and supervision of our COM
mon schools directly i'll the hands of the
towns, instead OF maintaining so many
weak and indifferent school districts. the
cause of education in the state of Yer
mont will have received mighty impc-
tus. The SUGGESTION, also, IN relation to
the law re"ulatin" the rate of interest. is
OF great Importance 10 the people of the
state. Under the law rs it now stands.
limiting the LEGAL interest TO six per cent.
capitalists will either send their monrv
out of the state for investment in local
tiles where the LEGAL rate of interest i
higher, or invest it at home in defiance
OF the law, eNtOrtlng from the borrower
a rate sufficiently high to compensate
them for all the risk they take of being
caught in the meshes of the law. by M
,crupulous men. | apprehand the GOV
ernor would not remove all restraint in
regard to the rate of interest, but would
have the law so altered us that the leaal
rate should he fixed at some reasonable
point, at the same time lcgalizing all
contracts when made in writing. The
LEGAL rate Of interest in almost all the
states Is rs high as seven per cent. and
in some much higher; while the general
government pays as high as seven and
threc-tourths per cent. Money Cannot be
had at the present time, at six per cent.
interest, and those who are compelled to
borrow are also compelled TO wink at the
violation of the law rs it now stands. or
60 without the money. There Is, there
tore, great force in the governors sur
gestions-fOr he merely SUGGESTS the need