The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-13
Legislative Notes.

Miss JENNIE, daughter of Representative
S. S. Bedard of st. Albans is visiting friends
in this place.
JUDGE POLAND has not discarded those
brass buttons, all reports to the contrary
notwithstanding.
AN arc light has been hung in the new
library, "and it giveth light unto all that
are in the house,
AS chairman of the committee on agricul-
ture our genial friend, Tinkham of Pomfret
is the right man in the right place.
SECRETARY OF STATE PORTER is a model
presiding officer, and fits the chair on any
occasion like the paper on the wall"
REPRESENTATIVE HAsELToN of Burlington
is suitably recognized by being given the
third place on the judiciary committee.
THE democrats did very neat thing in
deciding not to nominate or vote for a
candidate in opposition to Clerk Stickney.
WE were in error last week in stating
that Judge Poland had rooms at the Pavil-
ion. The judge is stopping with Hon. Jo-
seph Poland.
PRESIDENT PRO TEN BATES of the senate
administered the oath to Lieutenant-gov-
ernor Fuller in a most impressive and digni-
fed manner.
SENATOR JOEL c. BAKER of Rutland is
the chairman of the senate committee on
the judiciary, which place he will fill with
signal ability.
IT would seem that more members have
"seen service" than is generally supposed
Judging from the fact that quite number
wear only one arm.
G. NJ. BENNETT of Montpelier will be sec
ond assistant librarian during the session
of the legislature and Johnnie Adams will
be the librarians page.
THE pages of the house have united ON a
regulation uniform consisting of black hose,
.l, 1nuy tl.ar c, ~,
which they now appear.
SPEAKER CIRCUIT made a most favorable
impression and did himself decided credit,
by the few timely and sensible remarks he
made on taking the chair.
The members from Guildhall, Vershire
and Braintree forgot their credentials when
! they started from home, but were admitted
and took the oath on motion.
Mr.. JAMES f. MAHoNY, recent stu
dent in Secretary of State Porter's law Of
| flee, has been appointed messenger in Sec
retary Porter's office at the Capitol.
REPRESENTATIVE SMITH of Vershire left
| his credentials at home and in their place
produced his pension papers. The major
evidently intended to ego in on his war
| record"
CAPTAIN n. b. PROCTOR, the member
Der of the house Two years ago that dis
tinction was borne by "Uncle John " Quin-
| Ian of Charlotte.
THE ways and means committee has a
! sensible and reliable business man at the
head of it in the person of Representative
Bedard of st. Albans. Mr.. Bedard is full
of ways and means.
OF course Judge Poland is at the head of
the house judiciary committee, which in.
sures a thorough and able consideration of
all the matters which will come before that
responsible committee.
WE are glad to see our friend, w. A.
| Briggs, located once more in his old place
as clerk in State Treasurer Dubois office
Mr.. Briggs knows his business thoroughly
and is everybody's friend.
The improved appearance of the interior
Of the state-house is the subject of much
favorable comment from members and Wis
itors. The decorations are really worthy
of the highest commendation.
THAT the senate contains more cookbook
| ing men than it has for years is the verdict OF
everyone, particularly the ladies. We ad-
wise the senators, however, not to neglect
their duties to watch the galleries.
The gentleman from Braintree has
the mental and physical ability to " grasI
the situation firmly and hold his grip
Representative Flagg is built just right tC
wreStle with difficult legislative problems.
OUR journalistic friend, Blake of the Bar
ton MONITOR who is also one of the Orleans
county senators, is just as sound mentally
as he looks to be physically, and is "A credit
alike TO the newspaper profession and his
constituents.
REPRESENTATIVE ROBERTS of Shelburn
and Freeman of Richmond are thoroughly
satisfactory samples of young men as legis-