The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-12-04
(From the Montpelier Daily Journal.)
EXEUNT.

The results of the session now ended
are briefly told. Sew cral progressive
and beneticent measures, moral and
material, of far-reaching consequence
to the state, were proposed by this leg
isature. Most of them have been eth
er killed outright or their strength and
vigor destroyed. Many measures of
trivial importance, or of limited appli-
cation, or of local and selfish interest.
have prevailed. No measure of dis
tinctive general character, intimately
affecting the public veal, has been pass
ed which will, like the act of 1880 to
equalize taxation, OF of 1882 to provide
revenue for state expenses, serve to
commemorate the deeds of the general
assembly of 1854. And yet this assem-
bly, had opportunities that were as great
as those vouchsafed to any of its pre-
decessors, but while affording rare in
stances of individual ability, zeal and
fidelity, as body it seems to have lack
ed the courage OF capacity or public
virtue to make the most of its opportu-
mites. Some of its more conspicuous
acts are that proposed By Senctor Idc
of Caledonia, relating to the property
rights Of married women, a measure
considerably changed by amendments
in the house from the form in which it
originally passed the senate; the act
placing trust companies on the same
basis with savings banks as to the limi-
tations and restrictions placed upon
their management; the act for the eff
cient protection of the fish in Lake
Champlain; the highway bill introduce
ed by Senator Chaplin of Washington,
but changed beyond recognition by a
mendments made in the house. Some
of the best work of the watchful men
of the assembly was in preventing the
fruiting of alarge crop Of tares that
was sown. These men deserve much
praise for the laws that hav not been,
though the end may prove that bad leg
islation enough has succeeded to make
in repeating and amending, a sessions
work for the next body of lawmaking
apprentices. We have said that no
measure of great public importance was
passed. The measures which failed
were the railway commission bill, the
various other bills relating to matters
of difference between the railways and
and business men or the general public
the board of health bill, the free text
book bill, and the bill adopting the
town system of schools. The railway
bills after long contests were defeated
in the senate where they originated; tn,
house throttled the board of health bill
and the senators, after the representa-
tives had shown, by the passage of thu
free textbook bill, a readiness to tax,
one step forward, chilled the rising
spirit of educational reform i'll this STATE
BY defeating the measure. In tn,
house the town system bill, the mos
important and far-reaching bill measur,
of the session, after long having beer
amended to meet every reasonable ant
some unreasonable objections, was stab
bed in the back by its professed friends
by men who showed by their cours,
that they had not the manliness to OPP
pose the bill in an open and HONORABLE,
fight. The legislature has appropriated
money with prodigal hand. The yea
and nays have been frequently demand
ed on matters of the most trivial conse
quence, but by rira roce on the las
day of the session, rs, 900 were scattered