The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-09
Capitol Notes.

w lnunam county cOu1t Is pToposeu.
Bills have commenced pouring into leg
alizc the grand list of towns
The majority of the members of the
legislature evidently mean business.
The session promises to be a long one,
with very important legislation to be con-
sidersd.
Montpelier was deserted on Saturday,
but few of the me nbers remaining over
the Sabbath.
The announcement of the house CON-
mittees will be followed by the rapid in
troduct ion Of bills.
The first discussion of the session took
place Friday, over the change of the rule
for selecting seats.
The village of St. Adams asks the lcgis-
| lature to allow it to issue bonds for 100000
to pay its indebtedness
On motion of Senator Eldridgc of Addi-
son county, the senate has adjourned until
three o'clock ON Monday.
| Hugh Henry OF Chester has begun TO
| heat his legislative irons, ard will soon
hammer them in way that will mako
hustle among some of the grave legislators.
J. L. Martin, the young member from
| Londonderry, is active and watchtul
and will prove one of the best and most in
| fluental legislators of the present session.
A prominent legislator says The GLOBES
article on state expenditures strikes re.
sponsvc sentimen, in the legislature.
There will be demand for reform in
salaries and expenses.
The Central Vermont Railroad company,
| it is stated, deny that there is to be any at
tempt on their part to influence the repeal
of the railroad taxation law, prcfcrring to
test the question in the courts.
There was pretty general clearing out
| of the m embers on Saturday, and no busi-
ness will probably be done until Tuesday
morning, when it is expected the speaker
will announce the standing committees.
Senator Williams has introduced joint
resolution which has been adopted by both
houses, for committee to consider the
subject of reducing the expenses Of the
state government A move in the right
direction, which the people will heartily
endorse.
Senator Simons has been made chairman
of the'ccmmittee on the Reform school;
Senator Brigham is on the committee to
canvass the votes for county officers; Ser
ator Williams on the committee to canvass
the congressional vote for this district.
There is quite pressure upon Speaker
Stewart on the part of certain members of
of the house to secure for themselves or
their friends the Craftsmanship of the i'm
portant committees. And then those inter-
ests that are likely to receive the especial
attention and perhaps investigation of the
legislature are very solicltous in regard to
the make up of the committees which are TO
have the handling of their cases the most
noticeable of which is the insane asylum.
1t is to be hoped that both the speaker of
the house and president Of the senate will
have the courage to appoint fearless ard in
dependent men, who will not yield to the
pressure of the Vermont ring that now
holds the capitol in possession.
A correspondent of tho st. Adams Mes
senger gays:
The appearance of Gov. Fairbanks, as
he walked to the bar of the joint assembly
to receive the oath of office, was striking
| tI..N 90 oil xx,bn L. "A
arm in arm with him. Gov. Peck is well
known throughout the state and needs nc
description. Gov. Fairbanks is of medium
| stature, thin and spare, and looks more like
student than man of business If dis
affected republicans, who refused TO vote
, for him would take the trouble TO seek an
, introduction, his hearty grasp OF the hand,
, pleasant voice and kindly manner, would
make converts of them at once.
The Springfield Republican says: awe
observe that DR.. Atwater, the Vermont
commissioner of insane, In his report or
the Bratteboro asylum, lays great stress
; upon the fact that the asylum does not cure
so many as formerly, the percentage of re
coveres during the first two years of thu
, institutions history being thirty-two, ant
! for the past two years only eight per cent
We have no desire to take sides in contro
versy which will doubtless be fully venti
lated at Montpelier, but IT is fair to say
that our best Massachusetts asylums arr
7 also unable to cure as many as formerly
1 This results from the increase of the chron
ic insane az distinguished from the tempo
: rarily insane. Thus DIR. Earle of The
Northampton asylum reported, year ago