St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-25

tor Mead, of Orange County, "to estab-
lish the Office of Attorney General"
ought to meet with favor in both houses,
and from the people; and perhaps if
the lawyers in the two houses can dis
cuss the merits of the measure, and not
to electioneer one another,
as they did two years ago, as to who
shall have the Office provided it is
created, it may become law. Senator
Peck, of Chittenden County, has pro-
posed to reduce the salaries of the
Judges of the Supreme Court from
$500 to $4,000 per year; but l suspect
the proposal to reduce the number of
Judges, leaving the salary as it now is,
would be more acceptable to all the
present members of the bench, except
perhaps the one that would be retired.
Senator Ballard, of Chittenden County,
has evidently been unfortunate i'll his
selection of dentist to care for his
teeth and so he now asks the legisla-
ture to prohibit ''any person except
regularly authorized physicians and
surgeons to engage in the practice of
dentistry in the State of Vermont, I'M
less said person has graduated and re-
ceived a diploma from the faculty of a
dental college chartered under authOri
ty of some one of the United States, or
a foreign government, or shall have
obtained certificate from board of
censors duly appointed and authorized
by the provisions of this act to issue
such certificates" For the want of
anything more profitable with which to
fill up their time, both Senators and
Representatives have provided them
selves with good supply of clubs to
throw at the fish and game law, or with
a pocket full of stones to hurl at the
law which they claim so much Expresses
the pet dog which never thought of
worrying sheep.
But Mr.. RedingtOn of Rutland, in
the House, has paved the way for the
ventilation of long list of grievances
to which the people are subjected, I'M
der our present prohibitory law, by the
introduction of a license law said to
be very nearly an exact copy of the law
now in force in Massachusetts, aud
which is alike unsatisfactory to almost
everybody in that State. 1t came very
near being squelcheG on the question
of the second reading; but, out of
courtesy for the member who intro
duced it, it was finally allowed second
reading and was referred to the general
committee. | am told that the only
object in the introduction of this bill is
to give Mr.. Redington an opportunity,
when the committee shall report it back
to the House, to arraign the prohibit
tiOnsts, and the prohibitOry law, as
the cause of the increased cost of our
courts. But when Mr.. Remington shall
have ''spOken his piece" | suspect there
will be very little more heard of the
license law.
But very little has been done as vet
on the various matters presented for
the consideration of the General AS
sembly in the two admirable state pa
pers of Cows. Fairbanks and Proctor
The several special committees, how
ever, have much in their hands for con-
sideration, and it is hoped some little
good may grow out of the timely sug-
gestions made by both the retiring and
incoming Governors. A mass of rub
bish has been thrown into the House,
which has found its way to those COM
mittees ; but very much of it will, it is
hoped, never find its way back into the
House again.
APPOINTMENTS.
Perhaps | ought to pattern after the
formula of most of the correspondents
from this place, and cast a stone at the
Legislature for its frequent adjourn
ments. But cannot quite agree with
the popular idea that session of the
Senate and House eUery Saturday and
Monday is absolutely necessary to the
speedy completion of the work of the
present session. Indeed, am of the
opinion that more time spent in the
committee rooms, and more attention
given by the committees to the per-
lection of the bills that come before
them, would prevent much of the in
judiciOus legislation with which the