Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-10-26

that subject, are all from other counties,
and eight Of them are not in any way con
nected with savings bank management
Speaker Circuit no doubt intended to be just
to all sections in his makeup of committees
His home being in the northern part of the
state, the members from the northern coun-
ties were probably more persistent in press
ing their claims than those from the south.
ern.
Senators Butterfeld and Holmes both
have places on important committees. The
special interests of Wndham county will he
well taken care of in the Senate. OF the
thirty members of that body, twenty six
have had previous legislative experience
an unusually large proportion. The House
attracts far the most visitors, but the Sen
ate is, as a rule, more entertaining place
in which to spend an hour. The debates
there are carried ON in an ordinary CONVEX
sational way, as everyone can be distinctly
heard. On questions of much interest Il
large portion of the senators usually have
something to say, for or against In the
House it is of necessity, far different. A
member with average lung power cannot
be heard by more than one-half of his fel-
lows, a dozen men, with sufficient voice
and other necessary equipments, do nearly
all the talking of the entire session. A
member who, perhaps, thoroughly under
stands measure, and whose judgment and
suggestions would be of great value in its
perfection, often counts for but little be
cause unable to make himself understood
If he makes up his mind to press himself,
he is liable to find the bill passed and on its
way to the Senate before he can get his
ideas collected To person with no am
btion to represent his town it might seem
good plan TO divide the state into sixty to
| sixty five representative districts of about
| 5000 inhabitants each
| But little important legislative work has
been doue the past week. Quite a number
of bills have been brought up for final &c
ton, but in most cases they have been or
dered to lie as members who are specially
interested in them are away. The commit
tees are visiting the state institutions this
week, and thus a large number Of members
are absent. The state prison, insane asy
lum, house of correction, reform school,
soldiers home state agricultural college,
and the site of proposed bridge in Grand
Isle county for which state aid is asked, all
come in for visit this week from the seve
raj committees having the subjects in charge.
Committees are treated in a royal manner
on the occasion of these visits, and it is
. a,.l e., q, Il
estimates in their recommendations for APP
preparations The bill lately introduced in
cooperating the maritime canal company of
Nicaragua was made the subject of a bur
lesque resolution in the House today, auth
orizing the committee having the bill in
charge to visit the site of the proposed can
al and report to the House by bill or other
wise.
The general term of the supreme court
now in session, has brought several Wind
ham county lawyers here. At public
meeting of the state Bar association Tuesday
evening, very interesting papers were read
on the lives and public services of Judge
Redfeld Lyman q. Hinckley and James c.
Barrett prominent members of the assOci
alton who have died during the past year
Senator Edmunds made an argument
Tuesday before the supreme court in the
celebrated Moves will case. OF course there
was a great rush to see and hear him. The
court room was not built to hold crowd,
however and many had to be disappointed
The new court quarters in the library add
ton to the capitol are very nicely finished
and furnished, with the library directly
overhead and easy of access. The state
library contains about $1,000 volumes, of
which about $500 volumes are law reports
These include all the law reports ever issued
in the United States, with the exception of
Abbotts New York Practice and about
dozen other volumes, which are being grad
ually acquired A very large collection Of
the leading English law reports may also
be found here 1t is said that but three or
four states possess a better law library than
does Vermont
An interesting hearing on the savings
banks question was held before the com
mittee ON banks Thursday afternoon. Hon.
c. S. Page, Inspector of Finance, gave his
views at length He said that he would re
gard the reduction of the limit of deposit
from $500 as most unwise, as it would in
volve large Withdrawals from the banks,
only to be invested by individuals in West
ern mortgages and largely disappear from
sight for purposes of taxation He strong
ly urged the reduction to 40 per cent as the
limit for investments in real-estate mort
cages out of the state, saying that only five
of the banks would be affected thereby, and
only to the extent of some 1878, 900. Hon
B. D. Harris appeared in behalf of the Brat
tleboro savings bank. He strongly opposed
the reduction from $500 in limit of deposit,
and spoke of the effect on his institution of
the change in 1882 of the limit from $1,000
to $1,000 He said that it resulted in very
large Withdrawals, the larger part being
sent West and Guiding the listers He also
opposed the reduction to 40 per cent as the
limit for investments in mortgages out of
the state, on the ground that it would con
siderably affect the earnings of the banks
He said that the working people, women
and children who largely compose the de
positors should be properly guarded by law,
but that the state should not unduly restrict
the earning capacity of their investments
while it did not pretend to interfere with
the investments of the well TODD classes
Next week will be a good time to visit
Montpelier. Some of the important meas
ures will be up for discussion, and all the
members will want to put in busy week in
view of the long vacation that they will
take presidential election time The rail
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