Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-20
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THE LEGISLATURE,

THE LEGISLATURE,
showers of Bills-More Committees
AppOinted-First Debate Of the Ses-
siOn-The Votes for Congressman
Personal News
Especial Correspondence of the Frec,Prcss Times.l
MONTPELIER Oct. IL.
Another shower of bills, which in this the
eighth day of the session, amount TO sixty
more than at the same time last session.
Divorces not TO be Made Easy.
The most lively episode of the day in the
House was a debate occasoncd by the bill
introduced by Judge Thompson to add ha-
bitual drunkenness to the causes for which
divorce may be granted Messrs. Munson
of Manchester, Childs of Bennington, Pow
ers of Clarendon, Plumley of Northiicld
the Rev. Mr.. Sherburnc of Rochester and
others opposed the bill, while Judge Thomp-
son, Mr. Noble of st. Adams, MIR. Stanley
of Leicester, Mr.. Carter of lIardwick and
others favored it. The opponents of the bill
argued that the divorce law should lie at
least kept as stringent as now while its
friends drew vivid pictures of the evils
which intemperance on the husbands part
brought upon families Mr. Mobiles prescn.
tation of the affirmative was an able effort.
1t was Mr. Mobiles first Appearance as a de-
bator and he was listened to attentively. AT
length, on motion of Mr.. Plumlcy, the bill
was dismissed by a vote of 101 to So. But
it was not dead yet. Mr.. Munson, who had
been one of its opponents, thinking that it
had not had fair chance, moved a vote of
reconsideration and that the motion he made
the special order for next Tuesday afternoon
at half past two. The motion was carried.
No Limitation to Hills.
Col. llookcr's resolution limiting the intro
duction of bills to the Goth of October came
up as a special order and the Colonel moved
that the time be extended to October 81.
Mr.. Childs Of Bennington, opposed any
limitation, upon the ground that the people
should have every opportunity to come to
the Legislature with their wants and griev-
ances. After some debate the resolution was
dismissed.
Committees Appointed.
In the Senate, the following special COM
mittees have been appointed:
On constitutional amendments, Senators
Howard, Page Hogan, Barber, Cutting
Crane and Dart. Joint special committee
on the part of the Senate on court expenses;
Senators Burnap and Walker Senator Page
as an additional member of the committee on
pointed.
In the House the speaker announced the
appointment of the following joint standing
committees:
on fourM joint rule. -NIessrs. Smith of
Of Shrewsbury, Culver of Middesex. Young
of Greensboro.
On library. Nlcssrs Burke of Albany
kmball Of south Burlington, Partridge Of
Norwich, Lynde of Dummer,ou and Walter
of East Haven.
On rtfoym Scho0l.- Messrs Pond of BeIk.
shire, Davis OF Marshfeld, Philips of Putney,
Manning OF Weston and Noble of Tnmouth
on games anil .tisherics. -Messrs Thorpe of
Charlotte, Chubb of Th,tford, Wood of
Woodford, WGodard OF Halifax and Walker
of Benson.
on house Qf Correction M,>srs. Horton of
Chitcnden, Grover Of Wells Way of Ando-
yer, Kent of Calais, and Jones OF Whceock
The Speaker ais appointed NJ, ssrs. Hook
er of Bratleboro, Batter .! Essex, and Car |
Ter of llardwck u special committee to con-
slider bill,whiCh Col. Hooker introduced III. |
500 to make the present law 10 prevent and
eradicate contagious diseases of cattle more
effectual.
The committee of the House in The revision
OF bills is Mcssrs, Roberts of Burlington,
Sherburne of Rochester, and Butler of Es-
sex.
As the House part of the joint committee
on court expenses Mcssrs. Allen of Ferris
burgh Battcll of Mddlebury, and Thomp-
son Of lrasburgh are appointed.
The Vote for Congre>smcn.
The joint assembly which was fixed for half
past ten this forenoon, to report the votes
cast for Congressmen, was OF no avail. as the
report had been mslaid. Like the famous
"king of France with full ten thousand
men, the Senators marched in in state, and
then marched out again, THIS afternoon,
the two Houses met again in joint assembly,
and the report was made and adopted as fol-
lows, and Governor Stewart and Judge Po-
land were solemnly dec Jared by DR.. Nichols,
the secretary, to have been elected.
In the Fist Congressional district.