The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-10
Rutlaaa WetkvA GIabe.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1876.
Legislature of Vermont.
sENATE-AFTERNooN.
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OF Weybridge for the year 1876 ordered
to lie.
From committee on education, in favor
Of senate Bill 80, an act relating to the Ii
ocnsing of teachers with proposals. of
amendment, which were agreed to the
bill ordered to he read the third time.
From select committee of senators from
Wtndham county in favor of house bill
1l7, an act laying a tax on the county Of
Windham, third reading ordered, read the
third tine aud passed.
Unfinished busincss-Senator Williams
moved TO reconsider the vote refusing the
passage of house bill, 49, an act in amend
Tnent Of section 81, chapter o., p. g.; mo-
ton ordered to lie.
Senator Seymour moved to reconsider
the vote refusing the third reading of sec
ton Is, an act relating to liens at law; on
motion ordered tn lie.
Joint resolutions-By Seua.or Walton
requesting senators and membeis of con-
gress to use their efforts to protect fish
cries in waters within the Jurisdiction of
different states, and the British Provinces;
adopted.
From tie house joint resolution Iclat-
ing to national affairs.
Senator Cushmaa moved that the resOlu-
tion5 he referred to the committee on fed
eral relations.
Senator Seymour thought the resolutions
ought to be considered now.
Senator Whitcomb hoped there would be
no delay.
Senator Walton said he hoped his friend
from Windsor would withdraw his motion;
Senator Cushman Withdrew his molten
Senator Guild demanded the yeas and nays
which were as follows: Yeas 81, nays
none. Absent senators, George Grout and
Leavenworth. 50 the resolutions was
adopted.
Senator Sowlcs called up the joint reso-
luton relating to temporary adjournment,
and offered several formal amendments
which were agreed to, and on the adoption
OF the resolution, Senator Davis demanded
the yeas and nays which were as follows
Yeas Senators Belden, Butterfed Carpen-
ter, Guild, Hall, Landon, Lynde, Mason,
Richardson, RiXford, Seymour, Sovlcs,
Spauding, StoTrs, Thompson, Walton,
Wheelock, Whitcomb, 10. Nays, Sena-
tors, Brigham, Cushman, Davis, Eldredge,
Huntington, Lothrop, Simons, Waterman,
Williams .. So the resolution was adopted.
Senator Guild called up the joint reeolu-
ton providing for int assembly for the
election of certain state officers; Senator
Simons moved to amend by substituting
9th inst; agreed to, and the resolution as
amended, adopted.
On motion the senate adjourned.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Read third time--H. 49, establishing the
salaries of certain IT ttc officers ; passed.
IL. 112, in amendment of section IS,
chapter 81, G. g., relating to the rights of
married women passed.
Reports--From committee on final adj
journment, in favor of JOINT resolution pro
vding for final adjournment On the tweu-
ty-frst day of November st six o'clock in
the morning. Mr.. French Of Woodstock
moved to amend so that the adjournment
shall be made at five o'clock in the after
noon, which was agreed t.. The lc3olu-
ton was adopted on the part Of the house.
From general committee, against II. ZIG,
defining the measurement of round TIMBER
third reading refused.
Bills, etc, INTRODUCED and referred-By
Mr.. Wales of Burlington, in amendment OF
an act relating to the grand list approved
November 26, 1879; to committee on grand
list
By Mr.. Martin of Londonderry, author
izng the Vermont Valley railroad com
pany to issue bonds; to committee ON rail
roads.
BY. Mr.. Dean of Barnard, in amend
ment of, and in addition to an act approved
November 10, 1866, relating to the fees of
sheritfs and constables; to committee en-
judiciary.
BY Mr., Hazclton of Cayendish, to legal
izs the gIand list of the town of Cavendish
for the year 1876; to committee on grand
list.
BY Mr.. French of Woodstock, relating
to trcasurers of savings banks; to COM
mittee on banks.
By Mr.. IIlpgood of Underhill, in amend
ment of section 6, chapter 1902, &. g., re-
lating to damages by reason of insufliciency
of division fence to general committee.
Joint resolution-By Mr.. Foster of IVES
ton, that
WHEREAS, Middleton Goldsmith, one Of the
fish commissioners, has transmitted his report
to the governor, and
WHEREAS, 1t appears that Merritt C. Ed
mundS, the other commissioner has expended
all or nearly all OF the money used by said
commissioner, therefore he 1t
ReSOlUed, That the governor be requested to
procure from said Edmunds a report in detail
OF the Il oney expended by HIN on account OF
said commissioner during tHr past four years,
and transmit the same to the legislature fer
their use; a1Opted on the part Of the house.
BY Mr.. Bushnell, of Stlrksboro, that
when we adjourn on Friday afternoon, it
shall be to meet at three O'Clock on Wed
nesday afternoon next. Ga the question
of the a lOption Cf the resolution, Mr..
Hutchinson of Hancock demanded the
yeas and nays, which were takc1-ayes 1877,
nays 81. So the adoption of the resolution
on the part # the house was agreed to.
Special order-At II o'clock the resolu-
tons introduced by Mr. Woodbridge of
Vergennes, in relation to national affairs,
were taken up as the special order, the4
question being, shall the resolutions be
adopted?
Mr.. Battel of Rjpton, said he desired to
speak in the interest of harmony through
out the country. He was sorry this reso-
luton had been introduced, and thought we
should have followed the example set by
the governor in his message, in which he
made no mention of national affairs. He
lad been in the south, and when he first
went, he supposed he would be obliged to
take with him a revolver, and defend him
self against the Ku-Klux; but instead, he
had found only hospitable treatment in all
the states he had visited. But he eaid there
is a trouble down south, which we can
better allay by not Introducing partisan re-
solutions that trouble results from giving
the negro ballot, which has resulted in Civ
ing the people OF the south the worst posi-
bic government. We must, in some man
ner, seek to remedy this state of affairs.
lie visited the legislature Of South Caro-
lima, where was negro in the speakers
chair, and a majority of the house over
whom he presided, were also negroes. He
believed that legislation from such negro
government meant only robbery, and we
had no right to expect any other state of
affairs from such an ignorant body of men.
He referred to the increased debt of the
state of South Carolina, and attributed it
solely to the corrupt and ignorant negro
legislature. He avowed himself republ-
can, and that he should next Tuesday vote
for the man who stood by his country in the
time of its ned, and not for the man who
was both copporhead and a traitor. At
the same time he had seen the evils of class
legislation in the south, and could not shut
his eyes to the cause of the present troubles
in the south. He regretted that these reg.