Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-27

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The House spent Two days, yesterday and
day before. over two bills affecting county
seats-one dividing Windham county and
making new one, and one for changing
the sLiretown of Orleans county. Either Of
these would probably have stood a small
chance. alone. irrespective Of its merits
but together they were able to help each
other and each went through. The former
will fail in the Senate and the latter be
materially amended. no doubt.
\ bear bill. paying bounties FOR dead
bears. Increasing in arithmetical ratio,
with the number Of bears killed by any one
man. up to six, came up to day. 1t wasad-
vocated on the ground that they could not
make days wages hunting bears,
now. in the mountain towns but one
of is friends allowed s. that they
expected no favor from members that
never saw n bear He hoped the House
would "tear' with him, and rang the
changes on the word bear. till the House
rang with laughter The bill wa- lost, one
member declaring that under it, farmers
could afford to sell their sheep and go to
raising bears for slaughter.
The resolution in reference % the con-
duet Of Henry Oviatt," adopted yesterday.
as read by tie Secretary Of the Senate,
declared the conduct of that person to be
las uniustifable as it was meritOrious.'
This did not seem to he very good sense;
and on examination it turned out that the
last adjective was intended to be "mys-
terious." The Honorable Senator who
drew the resolution, it appeared. spells
mysterious with an ! where most people
put o., in the first syllable. His failure to
dot his !, further complicated the matter
The spelling was Strengthened out, anc the
resolution passed, though the Senate might
well have refused to pass q resolution
couched in such bad grammar and atrocious
English.
The bill to pay Julian Scott an addition
al IS 1000 for his war painting, came up in
the House this afternoon, having previous
" passed the Senate. Mr.. Davenport Of
Wilmington. who has hin elfwasted good
deal more than FIVE thous and dollars worth
of the peoples money in foolish and IN
consequential talk during this session,
spoke against the bill, out of his great
regard for the poke Is Of the people.
An extended discrssior followed. the lead
ing members aid hes. speakers of the
House sustain ng the bill, Gen. Grout, Mr..
Hyde. Mr.. Munson, who was really elo-
quent on the subject, spoke iorcibly and
well in support of the bill, as a simple act
of Justice to the artist. The Speaker left
the chair and spoke earnestly in favor OF
the bill. All together. few measures call
out hear Tier support than tbs did. The
profession al directors. LYnde md Dayen-
port, ant one or two others objected to the
bill. in ito. Others favored a-ller sum
than s. Geo The bill was ordered to a
third res ding by - majority, and then, by
a strange freak, the House refused to pass
it-a re suit aided by Kisses from the 10 iby
at a me- nbcr who, after the third readin z.
proposec reduction of the sum named i n
the bill. The vote refusing final passage
will probably be reconsidered and the bill
many yet pass, perhaps with a reduction of
the amount to be paid Mr.. Scott
After spirited debate on the Hyde bill
this forenoon, ITS reconsideration was re-
fused by a large Vote-ayes IS. nays l46.
The Senate to-day killed another of the
raid bills" against the Central road-that
in regard to appeals from orders of the
Chancellor. 1t also killed the House bill
taxing trust companies, by strong vote
% to 5.
The Montpelier Argus. the great advocate
of license law for Vermont. since the fail |
ure of Mr.. Norton's lieer Sc bill, says that
Norton was not the right kind of man for
the task entrusted to him. and that his
management damaged the bill. This is the
unkindest cut of the session. Mr. Norton
has done little or nothing but attend to his
license bill. He managed it. by all reports,
with much spirit; and he undoubtedly did
hs well Will IL as any man cOuIu nave. nat !
it miserably failed. was simply due to the
of the measure in the Legislature.
1t never was within cam on shot of passing
Vermont sustains the prohibitory law. No
bill essentially impairing its force has stood
the ghost of a chance of passage, in the last
twenty years. Aud this legislature simply
represents the wishes of the people, in this
matter.
There will be thin houses Tomorrow and
Monday, as usual. But Tuesday will give
one more good working day; and then the
assembled wisdom will cut and run for home
and roast turkey.
MONTPELIER, Nov "a.
The vote rejecting the bill to pay Julian
Scott. was reconsidered in the House this
morning The bill was then amended so as
TO make the amount paid to Mr.. Scott
"a coo instead of 5000. In this shape it
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