The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-26

tNeI ntliH lhhen away. Dut II tne leH-
for all he wished the bill amended making the loca-
Graphical center Of the county and he showed the
e. IN ndeage 70 THOSE Obliged TO attend court
Fletcher said the friends Of the b dd not ask Tor
nous in asking for IT, and lie hoped il would be left
to the locating committee to decide upon the site
county Senator Amsdcn, for the committee,
son and Fletcher IN regard TO tho opinion Of the in
naDltants OF Orleans county In regard TO site.
bad ddPcdcd Rsa the
nre had authority to remove the shire town; and he
tee, whose duty i 70 locate the exact spot Of
ground wherein The building should be placed Sen
Which i should not be foresaled by the passage Of
ment, because OF the convenience IF Barton Land.
| ing for the people Of Craftsbury and Greensboro.
ebar@ hsh Sad light ssoasS
upon the subject and hoped the amendmept would
tor Chaplin opposed the amendment: The yeas and
mn Hobson Horton Johnson Mott THOMPSON ssp and
hap clark rsd ecaq GIBBS BT Greene
| Howe, Ide, Jones, McDufee Moren and paul-i5.
And the amendment not agreed to. Senator
d Thompson, moved an amendment, AUTHORIZING the
buildings to the town Of irssbursR Senator TbomT-
| son favored the amendment an act of Justice TO
the se pS aS also on s Inc
ne OBJECT was covered by separate 6 senator
car 1e hS Ye9 OF 6i was passed which was
| ~ was, on his motion, also ordered to lie
| On motion OF Senator Jones, adjourned.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The house was called to order at two o'clock the
The Fish Lan.-H. 356 in amendment to and for the
better enforcement OF the laws for the protection Of
| Hawley of Swanton moved that the bill be commit
ted to member to amend sec. I, so to allow seine
| fishing between February LIST and April LIST and be-
tween October lst and December st. MIR. Hawiey
not just to pass the bill while the Canadian fisher.
men were not restrained and that although 1t was
as soon a t f. pm WAS passed there was no assur
| posed the amendment. Personally he knew nothing
| about the matter He drew the Bill under the direc-
the council would follow suit Mr. Reynolds s"o Of
Alburgh favored the amendment. He thought only
to fish with seines four months. while Canadian fish
year Mr. Parker Of cambrdge opposed the amend nd
men at length and favored the passage of the bill
stop the devastation, which he knew existed, and
was resulting in the exterminatlon Of the fish The
favored the bill 1t was then passed.
JOINT AssEMBLY-BENNINGToN sHRIEvALTY.
AT halfpast two p. N. the senate entered the
ance to Adjournment, for the purpose Of receiving
| the report of the joint canvassing committee to
ton Of county officers upon the election of sheriff in
Remington county. The lientenant-governor was
president, and the secretary of state clerk Sem
ator Thompson of Orleans, the chairman of the
read by the S clerk It reyiewed the testimony
in detail of the disputed counts found in favor OF
| of Mccall in Arlington, Remington, Manchester
ard Rupert t These findings giye James H, L. Mccall
kqensS o ba @ @ Yots sRa hs
| The joint assembly was then dissolved.
| The WjlistoB Eiection.-The report of the commit
| tee on elections, declaring against allowing Smith
Derby Intercepted the committee in regard to the
evidence upon which the statement in their report
ceived in Washington until the 18th of last septem
IT. o reS OF ta 5se OF he
Wright during the hearings. Mr. Grout then argued
stated BY the committee that MT Wright wrote his
letter Of resignation in good faith and he claimed
could towards resignng, and that letter writ
y the he w at on ana &
election was valid; Mr.. Stickney of Bethel asked
resignation took effect, Mr., Clark said when he
had done everything in his power to diyest himself
was not postmaster after writing his letter of resig
Gsf as his pay BY the 9ngd states
sons which actuated the committee in making its
Nj. Henry Of chester said it appeared from the evi
dence that Mr.. Wright was postmaster at the time
until the 18th of September and the letter convey
ing the resignation was not received until septem-
| previous question. The demand seconded by
S G & % Seas to
| house adopt the resolution recommended by the
Grout Of Derby demanded the yeas and nays They
were called and resulted as follows: Yeas l+oi nays,
explained the reasons for his voting yes They were
eject Of S resgnatiop by letter was decided They
We're in short, that the resignation took effect when
thorties and placed on file Mr. Grout also gave his
reasons for voting no, They were based upon let
which the latter said as soon as Mr. Virgil had writ
ten the letter Of Tesignaton he ceased to be post
voted no because Mr.. Wright had received no emolu
place was not one Of emolument under the United
States government. Mr.. Randall Of Glover voted no
postmaster when he wrote the letter of resignation.
Mr.; Stickney of bethel said that his reasons for
meeting Mr.. Wright had done an in his power to di-
vest himself of the Office and had done what he
Ner Ldrs.-The governor. by the secretary of
proved and signed house bills 49, 2s pa and 1853; also
the Joint resolution in regard to the pay of Ashton
Passed IL coHearyrence. following senate bills
$. %, to pay Rolln Amsden the sum therein named;
lOi, in amendment of sec e37 revised laws; entitled
State printing stationery and stationers supplies
.Passed-The following bills were read the third
school IL" district treasures H. 355 in relation to
Sse Pg"iS H sns e by H. Daniels
taken up as special order and on motion Of Mt.
, special order FOR next Friday at 1885 A. NJ.
@ G krSgt M S for the Srs srsS saS o III
Ike % taken ken Up Pe e he efd an M
on the library the part of the house, explained
the needs OF the library they found them in max
ing their inves tgation and said that the committee
are of the opinion after careful deliberations and in
vestgation that the plan set forth IN the bill Is best
ADAPTED the purpose to be attained and which the
| best interests of the state seem to demand. He
| hoped the question would have the calm and delb,
crate consideration of the house and that II would
act wisely and judiciously in the matter; Mr. Dill
| bingham of Waterbury further advocated the pas
sage of the bill. He gave the result of personal in
vestgation which he had made into the needs of the
+ | library and reviewed the recommendations for such
| | a building which had been made in previous years
, | The proposed plan would preserve and render ac-
cess6le the valuable political history library, the
priceless historical collection and meet the needs OF
I the supreme court The commits sioners named were
conservative and iudicous men of marked executive
ability He hoped the bill would pass without oppo-
, sition Pending further discussion on motion of Mr.
| Bennett of Calais, adjourned.
Thursday, November 90.
neutrality-suspicious..
Called to order by the president. Devotional ex
ercises by the chaplain. Yesterdays Journal read
! and approved. ~, ,, Al, .
shire town of Orleans county. was called up again
,I,.,gt oil hat fha n