Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19

be asspmblaues of silent iudune tvhn 81,
and pronounce DEGREES. rather lhan hndine
in which each member may be advnrntn
as well as iudpp
Outside The legislative halls however.
there is less reserve Tur sofas and win,
dow seats of the Capitol corridors. the
Hobbies of the legislative halls. and other
places where u moments ictc II tcic can
he had. are the scenes OF MAN. con.ul-
tation which is to have its effect upon
what is hereby enacted by the general
assembly, etc" The walls Of these local
ties if they could speak would reveal the
secret power which in past legislatures
has caused many II surprise to the san
guine supporters of this and that meas
ure, ana which at the present time is
shaping what are to he "thr ltwI of 1856 )"
Go to the State House some morning an
hour or two before the forenoon session
opens There on the sofa III the corridor
of the Representatives hail are seated SEN
ator-- and the gentleman frum---
Now, senator, got this DiiI through the
house in spite of the adverse report of
the committee. Mr. and Mr. were
set against 1T, but got it postponed until
they were out, ana then called it up and
| 1t went All right. You see the principle
OF the thing Is right and 1t hits the case
or our town exactly. | wish you would
look after 1t IN the senate and speak to
senator -- about 1t. ! couldn't do any
/
| your Olll; put whtn 1t comes up in the
house | Will DO what | can do for it. 5"
Passing around near other couples you
hear
Hello, John, you got your license bill
in, see by jove, it's good one, too
Inc idea OF trying to patch up this old
dead letter OF II prohlbltory law has gone
far enough. wish ! was in the house
inns year ana "a give them some plain
talk on the subject. There is only one
way to stop this liquor business, and its
| by Just such law as yours Pm with you
! in that every time. '"Io-night No. I've
, got TO get OIL on the next train. Walk
along down with me, and we'll stop in at
- ana take something"
"Where's the FREE PRESS this morn
ing IRAN OIL the track wei, guess
we IL nave a quorum then. l was going
uoWh nome by tnat Train ms IS an out
rage. Confound these monopolles any
way W ny uldh they nave the tracks
clean. nope - commission Oil Will
ne accepted. lie ought TO impose a pen
atty OF $1,000 ilne ana flve year lmprlson-
ineht on the officials OF any road who al
| low snow 10 lall ON lts tracks.
ne report ought TO DE maze III your
name you are the chairman - yes;
DuU you see, introduced the Dlll ana ola
-- Is against me. | will defend it if he
says anylhlnS, Dut you sign the report Tor
II won 40 LOT me TO lather IL 100 nuch'
NV ~ t'i' GO - ~ ~. ny iAut
land people, wasn't 1t f'--'N ell, yes,
but don't see what makes - in such a
sweat about pushing the thing through.
There is some talk of dividing our town,
but am against these divisions. ON
! legislature is big enough already Now
| think the committee are right. just
look at that map doVn stairs. It's argu-
ment enough by Itself for division"
Now see here, you Know this old rat
stutier down stairs, the state bugologist.
Now what does lie Know about matters
and things Works hard OF course he
does. He thin ks he's got fat thing, but
we are just going to cooper him."
at was one OF the biggest pieces OF
nonsense ever committed by Vermont
legislature. W ny should tue whole gen
eral assembly 90 to Inspect bridge when
a special committee would have sutliced
we were sent mere TO attend TO business
aud not to go ON Junkets and vote our
selves vacation every week at the eN
peuse OF the state. see the amount OIL
work left to do yet some OF them want
ed 10 adjourn over I'LL Monday afternoon.
l should nave voted against IT, nc
the member quietly slipped oil to the
place where had deposited his satchel ant
taking 1t IN his hand started for the de
pot;
on dld that Well Mr.. - / though
Whtu Hedru int report ol the Colllihit