St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-10-11

nr.I<I\,. OF IHT SESSION "EGA\I/A-
nos uI IHE TWO IIOI -.

The. Great minority of senators and
Members hciu" new men. unacpuaintcd
" lth each other. and unknown to the
old ~ra"rr>. ii Was particularly difficult
tuc.,lrulatc chances with precision. The
chief matters of interest were the Speak
rr~hip and CIrk>hip of the House and
the Presidency pro tenn. of the Senate.
1t Was known that Lieut.. G"N. Dale.
having accepted position III the Gus
toms bcparln tmt. would not II" present
to preside at the opening of the Senate.
and that il would he necessary To elect
Il President pre- tenn. III once. /" tins
position Hon. llcmam Carpenter. of
Washington county. Was considered 10y
his friends I" Ice entitled 10y reason of
his Years and experience: hut there vas
also Il strong party among the new Sell
at"r>. who favored Hon. Lyman &.
lliuckl,\. of Orange county. he lat
ter. though Il new Senator. l. IN old
Legislation. hHNiu" repeatedly represent
cd his town Chcl~ra. IN the House. and
hay in" been always Il prominent and
lrLdm" member. The choice fell on
Nh. lIjnrklt.N. He took the chair with
entire >clf-p">~c>>iom. and will till il c;r-
pahlN whenever called To ii.
over the Secretary ship nf the Senate
there Na~ no contest. Col. Knapp of
Middlchurl. withdrew his name ~ Il
candidate. IcaNim" the field clear to As
,i~tan; Secretary Mason l.. Carpenter.
! few Senators urged the value of the
Ion" experience OF Secretary Henry
Clark. and gave him Il few votes when
the ballot WIS taken: but in View of
hi- absolute withdrawal from the can
/ .
adhered To bN hm.hc could not of course
hc pressed. and Nh. Carpenter WIS
elected with substantial unauimitN
There was little thrcc-corncicd con
test over the Assistant Secretary ship of
the Senate. which required It second
ballot t" settle The successful candi-
date. Nr. Baldwin. has been Il laN stu
dent IN the office of Hon. II. II. Powers.
ct M"r1i>'"Wm. and i we'll spoken of.
The House did not organize quite ="
>m""thll. The Secretary of state.
Hon. Gc". Nich"l> presided during his
hIict occupancy of the chain. with his
usual dignity. precision and courtesy.
Ia the vote ion speaker. Nj. Fairbanks
led ON the tir>r ballot ~ il had been
predicted III N"m columns that he
would. Nh Henry. of Chester. then
Withdrew his name and uudcItnoh to
transfer his strength to AiT. lIl~kin>.
whose name stood second on the ballot.
lis Kind of movement. " hich at course
commonly ndi"at,.> an arrangement I've
tween two candidates to Kill oft Il third.
i ~uuctiuit.> successful. H. it va>. fnI
im~ramcc in The Republican State Con
>rnli"u at Montpelier This year: bat it
needs I" hr successful to lie pleasant T."
hook back upon. tnr the movers. In
ihi~ c:t~,' il failed About half of Mr..
II"uIN 81 votes Went over to Mir. Has
l>m~. aud thc rest t" MIR. Fairbanks.
WHO ua> elected 10y - majority. The
vote ton Nj. IIa>kim~. considering the
fact that he i an absolutely new mem
h''I. Na~ certainly Il very c"mplImcnta-
~ one.
hc result "t the election of Clerk
viii hc u surprise I" many of your read
els. hn had hoped the choice would
tall on Nh. \rWrll. Ills name WAS ,t
: trrriNclN presented 10y MIR. Ball"u nt
Burlington. and handsomely seconded
10y Mr.. Olm~hrc of brandon. and Mr.
smith of Il. NlHn>. The facts HAT he
had arccpiHiIN pclt"Incd the duties of
the office dUriH" tn" illness of Mr..
amp: that the east side of the State
hINim" the Speaker. the clclk-hip
-h"uld 90 L" the west side. aud that the
state had tins year pretty generally
adopted the one term principle in state
offices. were duly urged M his favor.
VII. Camps hackers. on the other hand
urged hI~ "NpCI fence ~ Clerk. and his
excellence ~ Il reader. and denied that
the question of locality was Il material
one. Nh. Buttcriicld. one of his sec
uud,r~. nlludcd To the facts that Speak
cI and Clerk had both been from the
same county. in the recent history of
the House. and that one clerk. Mr.
Fla|T. had had five elections to th, of
Tee. and another twelve. in succession.
In the Voting. Il good part of Addison
county for reasons NOT necessary NOW To-
mention. event back" on Newell. aud |
HAY" heard II minated. also. that the.
unsuccessful candidates for Speaker
were very willing To repay thittcmdcm
county. tor such support ~ il gave +"
Fairbanks. 10y defeating the candidate
for Clerk from that county. How that
may he. 1t" not know. But Mn. Camp
l. Clerk 10y a lmgr majority. and hr
viii hc Il very competent and efficient
one. Is every body owns. and a> his
competitor would have been had hr
p been elected. Mr.. Camp has appointed
Col. l.. +. Knapp of MiddIrhurl. a> his
first assistant.
:" the House WIS organized before
dinner.
II i. on the whole. Il very good look
ing House. Though there alc many
quite Young men. the presence of such
Veterans a. Judge Marsh of lIinr>hurmh.
4 q, 1. NJ
Field of GUiliord whose " Iitr hairs
look like thnrc>corc and ten. though he
l. hut little over thrcc>corc. givc> Il
>tald appearance to the body and shows
that ii has ''nld men for council
Judge Marsh. now q. i the oldest
mcmhrr here. and il i of interest to re
call The tact that jo,tg-onc years ago he,
was member here. and had for Il icl-
low mcmhcI Julius Converse. now here
again ~ Governor of the State.
ON takim" the chair Mr.. IImcI>Irl Id-
dressed the Senate ~ follows:
SENATOH>: return You my sincere
thanks for the honor conferred. and ful
this kind expression of Your confidence
and regard. in clrctim" me ~ Your tenn
porarN presiding officer.
Allow me to SAY that whenever dur
img the present session it shall become
my duty and privilege +" preside over
N"u deliberations. shall ii" it. :" tan
~ III me lies. with courtesy and strict
impartialitl toward all. Always rely
ing. however. for success upon that hi
vine aid. without which nothing can he
done. and upon that kind indulgence
and t"rhcaancc from You all. which in
times past has ever been extended 10y
the Senate of Vermont to its presiding
officers again thanking YOU. would