Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-26

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W., wv" LAWS "" WE'VE KILLED u" We
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l"' ''V'S'''ur' ""J"urh'd S"c "'' at elghu
"''"'N yesterday morning after session
| "' just seven weeks. lts work. or rather
l'9 "''0' 'ol "' Ju"E'u ny reference 10 the
llN' "i new laws AMI tine list OF slaughtered
measures gwen III another column 1t has
| been Pheasant session Tor all IN and about
tine l'glNl"'ur'' though unev'nttul for one
Wll'h promised at the outset to be So full OF
/ SPICY contests. Most OF the work has been
done M the committees whose work has re
crIv'd Ilttl' ovorhanng IN either house.
h' manner III when proceedings IN the
House ana senate nave been conducted is
wen Illustrated ny the action ON the railroad
commission nm. TINS hlll was "A sort OF
compromise a' FEAST $" lar as some "i ITS
/ provisions W'r''"nrrrh'd between the two
/ I"'''"I' III th' committees ana was not
| "''PI'h 10y 'h'ih without mnch debate and
| long CONSIDERATION. Inc time IN winch that
| h'I was actually before the two houses was
less IMAM an h"ur' II" amendment being of
/ tered ami mo- real discussion OF the matter
| n''ilE entered INTO. Even lnkham ct Pom
! ret VINO was h"ld enough to make what he
thought were arguments against it, was
drlNeh INTO his hole 10y the rWhelmlng
vote GiN'4 Tor ITS third reading, and sat 81
rent "h'h the vote ON It's passage was taken.
some measures have been discussed pref
! W thoroughly but 1t was not until the last
"aNN Oh 'hr session that the ice seemed to
nave been broken ana the restraint among
th' members consequent upon meNperienc"
WIN '"'h "ih'r ana with their position as
legislators seemed thrown aside 1t Is safe
! L" say IlH''' were tht session tn begin To-
MORO" ana the members were to begin
WIN th' experience they now have to do
th' work OIL the session over again. the list
"l the acts "l INNb would read quite diff
i'r'htlN from what 1t now does.
In speaking "l the personnel of the lcgis-
laturr there is none the less opportunity for
! speculation aS to what 1t would have been,
or seemed to Doe, II yesterday had been the
beginning rather than the end of the Sos
sion. insist upon 1t, there were no speech
makers IN TINS legislature and 10y speech
makers ! do not mean simply orators or
laxative members, hut men with voice.
learning taste. discretion, tact and power
"i reasoning which compel listeners and
make legislator carry influence every time
h' rises ." speak. Judge Poland was the
] u a. Mr
Marsh was the most elegant and venerable:
Mr. butterii'ld the most practical; Mr.
Mnh,ur the most adroIt MIR. Abel the most
selfish ami kreh' capt. smith the WtucSt,
and MIR. Ihkham the most sclf-consciou,,
but Wlthal the most frank.
In the Senate Col. Baker rather led in
""na''' ana senator Bates would have RI
vailed nm m the leadership but for the lat
t'r' weakness IN tavoring "a license law
word should be- said about the presiding
officers The president of the SENATE. Lieut.
Gov. Fuller, was one of the best presiding
officers the senate has ever had. He was
found IN ms place when the hour for open
lhS the day session came, and he despatch
eel business with ease and rapidity. He was
/ popular among the members both in and out
"i the char which he occupied through the
choice OF his friends. who honored him with
the place ON account Of their liking for the
man. ana not because he sought it and took
it as a step To something higher Speaker
TROUT can hardly be said To be up to the de
sired standard Of the usual presiding officer
/ who ought 10 have full knowledge Of par
haucntary rules and decide matters in ac-
/ c"rdanre with them and with precedent
rather than in accordance with a mumenta-
/ ny impulse or personal feelings of favor or
/ policy. Few IF the members saw much of
/ their Speaker except a, he appeared in the
chair. which seemed to be considered quite
/ an elevation To its occupant. 1t was rather
/ painful tu the members to See the several
abrupt Nnuhs suffered at the hands Of the
Speaker 10y the gray haired and veteran
legislator from Waterylle, though they were
amused at the latters action ON one of the
last days of the session when upon being
roughly addressed 10y the speaker he stood
still 10y his seat with closed eyes. waiting for
I "A courteous recognition from the Speaker.
Such IA recognition came at last. and .Iudlrr
Poland. Suppressing his feelings, proceeded
I to speak calmly ON the subject before the
4 House
The members from Wmdham county
have generally compared very favorablv
with their fellows. Mr.. Butterfield has
been most prominent of the Representatives
and has been one of the leaders Of the
House Mr. Mann has taken an influential