Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-12-03
STATE NOTE AND COMMENT.

The efficiency of the railroad commits
sion law will depend upon the commits
sioners, and it is to be most devoutly
hoped they Will be men who will seek and
maintain the interests of both the people
and the roads, certainly with no discrlm-
nation against the former
IBrattleboro Rcformerl
Gov. Ormsbee did one Enthusiastically
good thing Friday in vetoing the bill to
legalize the grand list of the town of New
port for lSS4-5 and i. The trouble with
the lists is that they were not sworn to by
the listers, and the governor very proper
ly says that if the listers Of any town make
II list which they can not swear to, they
should be compelled to take the cOnse-
quenceS, and not ask the Legislature to
legalize what is clearly Illegal. There is
no other way of doing justice to the towns
and the tax payers that do their business
properly and honestly.
lFaiIhavcn Era
The Railroad commissioners are about
as conservative board as could be found,
and though their appointment may not
please the rabld railroad or auti-railroad
interest party, they Will that of the ma
iority of NermOnt's citizens, who desire to
see every interest of the state well looked
after
tSt. Johnsbury Calcdonan.1
y
week when it voted down Representative
Shurtletf's bill for the establishment of a
State board of pharmacy gS to Co. The
object of the bill is To have persons who
sell drugs and compound physicians pre-
scriptions undergo an examination by a
competent board, and if found qualified to
receive Il certificate Of that fact, and that
none others shall, after certain date be
allowed to carry on such business, 1t is
only question of time when such law
will be passed in this State.
Bra tlcboro Phunix.l
Whatever the final verdict may be on
the ability of the Legislature of 1856 as
body or on the quality of its work when
put to the test of actual practice, it did
the two most important things which it
was sent to Montpelier to do. 1t re-elect
ed Senator Edmunds and it enacted rail
road commission law The passage of Il
state board of health law was an almost
unlooked-fOr piece of progressive legisla-
ton, and the law to establish a State eX-
pertinent station for the benefit of the
farmers was move in the right direc
ton. SO much cannot be said for the
failure to enact a law TO provide free text
books in the public schools. The law Civ
ing towns which have adopted the town
system power to go back to the district
system on vote to that effect seems tC
us an unwise piece of legislation.
Vermont Watchman.1
Vermont is entitled to the proud anC
honorable distinction of being the first
State in the Union to advise the study %
scientific temperance in ne public schools
and the first State to make the study OPP
tional. Since Vermont led the way il
this matter % States and Territories have
followed her example She now leads il
making this study compulsory. and it i
confidently expected that the sisterhoOC
Of States will COHtinue to follow her leac
The credit of starting and promoting thi
grand and noble work belongs to on,
woman, Mrs. Mary Hunt of Boston. II
this State she has had the able and earnes
cooperation of Mrs. Perkins OF st Johns
bury, and other ladies prominently inter
ested IN the work.