Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-07
The Supplemental Appointment Bill
Law.

Among cur Warrington iespai5hey yes
terd,v, vss enc which sztes that the
President has ,ig-el the Supplemental Ap-
p1rti5nmeut Bill, which gives back 10 Vermont her
taud member Of Congress. Tie B-l mus. have
finally passed u Taa-sley, though the Congress
sionsl Report Tor TIE AsscciSted Prals coutsneiuo
mention q tie fac,. Ga "wednesday the bill rss
in the hands # Committee CT Conference, the
two houses having ais.-resi or the last amend
mezt attached by tie Senate. Bot the bill is
nov at lart = lav. art o9s State aai New
Hampshire 1etsia their representatives. in Con
g-ers. Vermonters Eil rel ice tAst the question
is se.tei for suo.her daczle and that l. is settled
miti Is
Tie Press Of our State have very generally
given cordial recognition Of tie services Of Mr..
willard, who introduced tie a.l and took the
chief lab5rinr oar il securing iu pass age. Per-
hsps come others Of the Vermont delegation,
who alfo rendered efficient service to the same
and. have hardly had tuch mention as they de-
served. We have gstherei from the record and
other sources Of information the folio wing fAote:
The plan Of securing third member for Yer
mont, by increasing 5y niae the to.a, number Of
members as Fixed By the original apo rionment
bill, vas originally suggested by JUG Poland.
Mr.. Posul propo1ed It in the form Of An amend
meut to the original bill. and alppor ed it in A
five minutes speech. which WIS all the time he
was allowed The bsarinss OF the an eminent
we're probably no. AL salsrs.ool by II House,
in the bas,y d.se1zsi5a given to IL, ID it wsu
voted down 4 similar amendment w,ls offered
in the Seutte by Mr.. Morrill,, and as voted
down there. although both our Senator showed
in clear and sorctlc treeslss the IN US tee done
10 our State in the apporuonnent After the
passage Of the bill, cur three re )teeentatives
consulted together on what msasu res could be
taken to still secure TO our State
her three MEMBER. ami deed i, upon Mr..
Wizards suggestion, 20 make the Effort to secure
tie passsge OF = t1pplcueatsl tili, giving an a.
ditioua member 10 u.ae States .ad increasing
the total number cf members to -33 MIR. VII
lard drew and introduced sue : biz, al / i
went TO The Judiciary Committee, which fol 'tu-
nAte'y was largely composed Of members frc u
States which would gain a meiab ,r by the bill.
It thus secured stteatioa, and ey satuaily favor
able report from ;he committee. But the temper
OF the House w.s ayerse to OF ening the app1r-
tonme1t after IL had been ono settled, and it
was soon found that the only ope Of the bill was
- al
influence and argument IL this end Mr. VII
lard lsbored persisterdy. Mr. Poland gave
the important artists ace which bis popularity
and influence anon. the Representatives enabled
him to render vi Smith siso felt strong and
hopeful intereV in the bill, and did what he
could, ghen in Washington. The bill passed the
House fnall' p, sithout debate, By strong ma
jority. In u &c Senate, Mr.. Elmunds took charge
Of it, sni gave to it careful management.
Our SEP alors did not debate it, but argued
the quf suon in conversation wiki Se1stors. till
amsil ity for it vas SECURED. It Sss thus the
bin a. finally carried. To the result all Four
Yer a1ut delegation contributed, though not all
in egusI degree; sni al 10 proportion TO their
Sd are IN the work should share in the credit Of
, scurirr our state from the loss OF third Of lie
representation. The Montpelier W-aichman
4 puts ;he case vel, as follows:
To Mr.. Willard more than TO any Of our mem
bers Of Congress, is 20 be given the credit Of
saving our third membe-, zlthough Mr.. Ed
muIis seems 90 have engineered the bill through
the Senate with little friction, in comparison to
what might have been expected, and both re
ceiyel great assistance from the carefully drawn
up argument, and tables prepared by Hon. Z P.
Walton, which were printed by order Of the Sen
ate. 1t hiss been suggested by seyersl Of our
exchanges, that reelection from this district
il due to Air. Willard for his services in this
matter. and while we do not fully concur in the
view ths' for tins geTrice alone he should be
thus hono5ed. we do think that his able, up
right, and manly career as member of Con-
gress. Gi9ei 10 his success IN this matter ren-
der biz reelection both proper and desirable
A rrrr- N r,,,;o.sr, raSoioaz in tho uarna