Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-10-08
From Montpelier.


OPENING OF THE LEGISLATURE
MONTPELIER, Oct. 6, so
To the Editor OF the Free Press and Times:
The opening of the Legislature was I'M
usually free from friction and excitement.
The grave ami reverend Senate assembled at
the hour, with Lieutenant Governor Cotton
in the chair G. W. Browncll, Jr., ESD, was
elected secretary without opposition. On
assistant secretary there was more division OF
opinion and it took four ballots 10 settle the
matter. Mr.. Dwirell, the successful candi-
date, is young gentleman of excellent parts,
and will undoubtedly make a competent and
acceptable assistant secretary. Many road
ers of the FREE PrEss will he pleased 10y the
election as chaplain of the Senate, Of Rev-
Edwin Whceock Of Cambridge, a highly fit
and acceptable selection.
Tie House was in the main collection OF
new faces, though there is n small sprinklins
of old Members. Nineteen members OF the
| last House were reelected, and forty have
been members in previous sessions. Promi-
ncnt on the floor are Ex-Governor Page OF
Rutland, cx-Lieutcnant- Governors Taft and
llinckley, Mr. Abel of West Haven. who is
here for his eighth term and who is entitled
to DC called the Ncstor of the House, though
the ol,icsi member in years is Mr.. May of
Waterford. who is in his 73d year Hon. l..
+. fiiicld of Montpelier, late United States
District Attorney Capt. Ely-Goddard, who
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ain in the militia, and who is the youngest
member of the House and others of more
or less note.
DR. Nichols, Secretary of State, presided
with his customary dignity and familiarity
with the duties of the chair, till the perma-
nent organization, which was promptly and
tremendously effected.
Speaker Martin, after highly compliment
airy presentation by Col. Hooker, and num-
Der of secondings, was re-elec ted by accama-
ton. The reelection of Mr.. Newell rs clerk,
also took place without opposition, and he
promptly rc-appointcd his experienced and
capable assistants of the last session. Messrs
Stckney ard Merrill For chaplain. as
usual, there were half-a-dozen different can
diuates. One Of these, and not the success
full one, had had his ballots priRt6d. The
choice of the House fell by decided major
ity on Rev :. b. Currier of Moretown, who
was presented by Mr.. Fifeld as not only a
worthy and devoted minister, but patriot,
who shoullcrcd his m,lskct in 1861, and came
home with three rebel bullets in his body,
after two years of service and three months
in rebel prisons
/ The House showed piece of penny wis
dom, which augurs plenty of pound-foolish-
ness, in restricting the members to single
daily paper apiece, in place of the two
dailIes and one weekly uniformly supplied
heretofore.
! Gov. Farnham has made the following ap-
| pointmen,s for his personal stan George
| r. ChilIs of st. Albans, Chief Of Stall
/ Aides de Camp, wv. Il. Rowcll of North
Troy, Z. Ely Goddard of Ely, Horace J.
! Brooks of Burlington, NJ. X. Paine of Wind
sor, and DIN Scott Of Bennington. The
Governor-c.cct has also selected Lester +.
Thurber of Bradford as Secretary of Civil
and Military Affairs, and +. II. Brown of
! Bellows Falls as Clerk in the Executive De
partment.
! Scrgeant-at- Arms Phinney las made the
| following appointments: Senate Doorkecper,
A. d. White of Huntington; Assistant
c. S. Dana of New Haven; House Door
keeper, Hiram Skeels of Iiighgatc; Assist
ant, Wayne Bailey of Rutland; Clerk in
Sergeant-at-A Arms office, Arthur /. Jane
son of lrasburgh; Messengers, II. ID. Hop
kins, Jr.. Of Montpelier and Harry Briggs of
Brandon.
\ second drawing for seats in the House,
ordered by resolution introduced by a dis
satisfied member took, place IN the afternoon,
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the military parade and review.