St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-03
Legislative Notes.

hat the taxation of railroads Is Il
fixed policy in Vermont. is eVinced 10y
the passage unanimously. 10y the House.
"t the hill taxing the real estate of rail
loads III each town hey passed through
The "ill prov idr> for the collection of
taxes from the lrssres and managers of
railroads. and Iepcals all acts incunsis-
rrnt With 1t.
The Reform School people are asking
fnr Il laI 90 appropriation tor that in>ti-
tuition. There seems to he Il disposition
to withhold any sum greater than is
necessary to fairly support the school,
letting the erection of new buildings
go over To other times
DIR. Erwin of Newport. has intro
durrd Il hill in the house. which is inten-
died. t" make quackrrN an otf'ensc
against the law, ~ well us against the
welfare "i society. The hill forbids
those Who have no diplomas OF certiti
Gates from some medical societies, To
practice medicine.
y correspondent very pertinently
asks - Does it not seem impossible, to
keep Il working quorum of the legisla-
tine in Montpelier over Saturday and
Monday. The proceedings 81 far on
these days air Il mere blank, and, with
out Il more diligrnt attention to bust
ness than they have Vet observed, the
day fixed hN the President for Thanks
giving November :tOtlI-Will find them
with their work undouc or half done.
y very clah"iatc and stringent dog
law i in the Legislative mill, which will
ib.tl,. lt,nlI sn,.h hAn lin
and slaughter among the dogs as was
never before Witnessed in this State.
/ The hill provides that all dogs shall
Wear cnllalS. he registered, described
and licensed at two dollars Il head
ANY p""l dog that does not wear Il
collar, is under Il ban aud all persons
are invited to shoot the same. The
money paid iuI the licenses is To lie
kept To pay damages to sheep owners
=. whose animals have been injured oI
killed 10y their canine enemies.
The House passed Il resolution to
invite Mc>Sr>. Edwards of Newport
Phelps of burlington. Davenport OF
BlatIleh"r". DichrN of st. Johnsbury
etc. to cNpound Democratic doctrin,
to them. but the Senate killed the
/ resolution. The Freeman gets s;rcas-
! tie over this episode. and makes the
| real Democracy rather ridiculous:
| Bnt what an adulterated article was
attempted to he palmed off us the "ra'a
old jamaica of democratic doctrine
| 70 think of the men named aS repre-
>cntativcS of true democracy II it
/ had been Hiram Atkins, VI. ID. Gilman
Geo. VI. Fisk, b. b. Smalley, and j. W
4 Bliss. the mover of the resolutions thel {
| would have been the pure article. but
not one of the five men named in the
resolution has Il straight democratic
record. MI. Phelps said here last
August in substance that he cared
nothing for either party and voted with
OF against either a> he took Il notion
Mr.. Edwards is an old wing whose
democracy is 81 indi>tiurt that some
of his county folks thought he would
pass pretty Well as the republican nom
imrc for congress this fall Mr.. Daven-
port the seventh cousin of Juve, aud
the older brother of his Younger broth
81. supported the republican candidate
for governor in IS7l; and Mr.. Childs.
of the bland smile and perpetual tongue.
the great >moOth-boIt of the campaign
in fact. h.ltrd the democratic nomina-
ti"n Tor congress in this district two
Years ago : while ASA VI. Dickey SUP
ported |. :. Grant the very last time
hc had Il chance to. 1t was what the
Snowman would call grand and un-
parallclcd combination. The Senate
merits the condemnation of all vhu
appreciate Il good thing tor preventing
the exhibition. because We never shall
look upon It's like again. Think of the
author of Essex Junction" and that
united bag of wind from Bennington
BEN" placed on the same platform,
bill was introduced Furnishing
attempts To commit crimes, which
attempts aIe interrupted OF failed here
the crime. If accomplished. is punish
able 10y death ol imprisonment for life.
the attempt t" be punished by inplis-
| ohment ten years. all other crimes at