The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-20
Legislative Notes.

LIEUTENANT-G GOVERNOR L. X. FULLER
was at Burlington over Sunday.
SENATOR CLARK of Rutland also proposes
to create "a town to be called West Rutland.
Poor Rutand
REPRESENTATIVE WHEELocK of Berlin is
another member who proposes to regulate
barbed wire fences
STATE AUDITOR f. HENRY POWELL and
Mrs. Powell were the guests of DIR. Nichols
at Northtield Saturday.
THE appointment of Jesse Stearns, Esq.
of Middlebury, as clerk for the revision
committee was officially announced by the
speaker Tuesday.
THE boys had better be careful about
building fires in the woods while out hunt
ing if senate bill A. introduced by Senator
Chaplin, becomes law.
The barbed wire fencing bill of Mr. Peck
of Brookfield should become a law. 1t
should have been in force ever since the
system of barbed wire fencing began.
VERY fair specimens of gold silver and
lead were handed into DR.. Cutting for ex-
animation by the representative from Vic
tory. They We're said to be found in Brigh-
ton.
BRANDON is extremely fortunate in being
represented by f, f. Briggs. Mr.. Briggs is
sound and conservative legislator, and is
one of the most popular members of the
house.
The idea embodied in Mr.. Hazelton's bill
"to provide for the attendance of counsel
in behalf of the state in divorce cases " is
a good one, although somewhat of an inno-
vation.
SENATOR CHAPINs forestry bill to pro-
mote the growth of forests contains a pro-
vision concerning line fences which may be
objected to- The idea, however, is an ex-
cellent one.
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first bill Wednesday, it being to compel
employers and corporations to pay their
help weekly. This plan will not always
work satisfactorily.
STATISTICS inform us that if post is
sound it will last several years-and if this
is so the member from Georgia is likely to
die centennarian Mr.. Post knows lots
of things, and they are so, too.
MIR. BUTLER of Essex introduced bill
Tuesday aboishing the Office of town law
agent and empowering the board of Sc
lectmen to act as such This is a reform
that can very properly be effected.
SENATOR BUNKER of Caledonia proposes
to elect three listers, three selectmen and
three auditors in rotation, each to hold
office three years. This is in the direct line
of civil service reform and is good idea.
JUDGE BEDARD of st. Adams does not
bore the house much with cheap talk but
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that body. 1t is good idea for a member
not to say anything when he has nothing to
say.
| The gentleman from Middlebury proposes
to have the state pay auditors, commission
ers and referees to whom are referred ques-
tons for adjudication, instead of the parties.
This would appear to be legitimate and
proper.
Hon JOHN WAITE of West Randolph paid
his respects to the legislature Monday. Judge
Waite represented the town of Braintree in
the legislature in 1889 and again in 1861 and
1862, and he was also member of the senate
from Orange county i'll lo55.
Mr. BATTELL the alleged member from
Ripton, returned Monday night and is max
ing another earnest effort to hold his seat.
His counsel, Esquire Stickney of Bethel, is
bearing down ON the judiciary committee,
and hopes to make an impression.
WORK on the inside of the library build
ing is being pushed as rapidly as possible,
but it will be quite a while yet before the
interior is completed. The members, as a
rule, speak in terms of cordial approval of
! the general appearance OF the building.
MAJOR SMITH of Vershire made some
! very sensible remarks in the house Monday
afternoon in the matter of blindly endorsing
! the report OF committees without any in
Nestigation of the merit of the subjects re-
ported on A committee is not infallible.
GENERAL RIPLEY's railroad commission
| bill is carefully drawn, and is generally
| spoken of as great improvement over that
of Mr.. Higbee, and as likely to be more
satisfactory to every one concerned. 1t will
/ have to submit to considerable amending,
! however.
In the list of committees of the house as
/ published in this and other papers the name
of the member from Dover should have
been Snow of Dover instead of Shaw. We
ask Mr.. Shows pardon in behalf of the Off
cial reporters, and advise him to thrash
| those gentlemen.
THE bill presented by Mr.. BiXby of Chel-
sea " to protect minors who do not know
enough TO protect themselves should be-
come law as soon as possible, and should
take effect from its passage. Court rooms
are usually crowded with a certain class of
young men during the trial of nasty divorce