The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-21
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to take satisfactory action on the important
questions before them. Hurried legislation
is always poor legislation.
The Norwich University cadets were re-
viewed Wednesday on the state house
grounds by Governor Dillingham;. The
grounds were crowded with spectators and
the military drill was executed in manner
that called forth frequent applause. The
artillery squad was particularly lively in
its movements and the cannon was loaded
and fired once in every half minute. The
performance, on the whole, was a most
creditabe one.
In view of the charge in the last Argits,
that the WATCHMAN is responsible for
alleged glaring inaccuracies in the
official reports of legislative proceedings,
we take this opportunity to state, that for
any msstatements in the Legislative Notes
we are willing to shoulder the blame but IL
there are mistakes in the official reports, as
it alleges; we respectfully refer our con-
temporary and all others to the official re-
porters for satisfaction
THE statement of the Joint committee on
agriculture, that our young men decline to
take an agricultural course in connection
with those who are pursuing a classical
one" reminds us of the " incompatibiity of
temper" between the two classes that was
exhibited in the application of the title of
" dungies and similar classic epithets by
the classical dudes to the unfortunate
youth who have entered the university to
Jake Jne AGRICULTURAL COURSE.
THE Bennington Banner makes the
dmende honorable by explaining that an un-
credited use of the WATCHMAN's reports was
due to an oversight. The st. Johnsbury
Kleptomaniac, not the honorable Cdledonidn,
does not show its hands. Now if a certain
metropolitan journal would show an ordin-
airy appreciation of newspaper ethics, it
would stand higher in public estimation
than it does. The journal referred to has
! won deserved eminence and so its lapse
from honor is all the orenoticeable.
THE senate had lively debate Tuesday
morning on the bill to prohibit the sale or
! gift of tobacco to minors. Senator Bates
| touched the real point of the matter when
! he said that no legislation on this subject
would be successful, until the fathers set
the example to their sons and gave up the
use of the weed themselves. He was not
in favor of making laws for the children
which the parents could not live up to, nor
of prohibiting the former to do things which
the latter were every day declaring by their
| actions to be right
THE committee on public health gave last
week Tuesday hearing on vaccination. DR..
George Dutton, formerly principal of Ran
dolph Academy appeared against vaccina-
ton He claims that vaccination is only
another name for incubation for smallpox
and that it nerer under any circumstances
prevents disease, but on the contrary is
fruitful source of disease, and is, in fact,
blood poisoning Even if it lCdS a prevent
i've there is no excuse for compelling any
person to submit to it. 1t is an infringe
ment of personal liberty.
THE gentleman from Monkton thinks the
house did very wrong to refuse third read
ing to his bill for the destruction of tent
caterpillars. He thinks the damage done
by them would warrant legislation for their
determination. The gentleman should re-
member that all the pests from which the
farmer suffers can not be made the subject
for legal restriction. No one denies that the
festive potato bug does his share of dam
age, but it would hardly be the proper thing
to compel the selectmen to assume the re-
sponsibility of its destruction.
Mr.. PRoUTY gave a very satisfactory an
swer to the interrogation propounded by
the gentleman from Middlebury, as to how
it would suit the members to have their
wives elected listers and going about taking
account of the live stock of the town, while
they remained at home, fed soothng-syrup
to the youngest child, and tended slow fire
to keep the bread from burning. The gen.
tleman stated that he had given this ques-
tion his most careful consideration, and that
as for himself it would make all the differ
ence in the world who the hired girl was.
IL regard to the small attendance at the
State Agricultural College. the report of
the Joint committee on agriculture says:
"lf, as is claimed the agricultural depart
ment of the institution has proved to be
failure, it is through no fault of the manage
ment, but rather for the reason that our
young men decline to take an agricultural
course in connection with those who are
pursuing a classical one" This is the
principal argument urged by those favoring
the establishment of another agricultural
school separated entirely from the State
University.
In support of extravagant state expendi-
lures in general, and for bridging Lake
Champlain in particular the St, Adams
| Messenger alleges that Burlington has ex-
pended over S12000 this year on the one
| item of sewers" Nirabae dict,t, and mirac-
l ulous logic! Why didn't the Queen City"
ask the state to do it? town or county
, that has sewers, highways bridges to
build, and goes ahead and builds them
itself, without trying TO tease, cajole or buy
the state into doing the work for it, doesn't
, show ordinary municipal rprise-judged
/ by the standard of morals in force in the
Messenger office and in which its owners
have been reared.
THE Montpelier correspondent of the Yer
mont PhGnir gives vent to mournful wall
over the " disappointing result of the
vote on the woman suffrage bill He Tor
| perhaps she) says: "The debate on the bill
: lasted a full day. To many it was disap-
e pointing. Most of the speeches were long
g enough to be tedious. They consisted in
e the main of the arguments of the old ly
ceum days, revamped and brought down to
the present date by the interjection of the
= current Jokes and stories But if the debate
= was disappointing the vote was more So
l In 1856 similar bill passed the house by
vote of 135 to SO. To-day the vote stood
: 36 for to 1913 against"
4 THE senate of 1882 held a reunion Friday
< evening in the senate chamber EX-Gover-
nor S. L. Pingree was in the chair and c.
w. Brownell at the secretary's desk, The
following senators responded to the roll
: call: Addison, Senators Read and Fletcher;
: Caledonia, Ide; Chittenden, Burnap and
Whitcomb Franklin, Kelton, Brainerd and
Hogan; Orange, Boyden and Gilmore; Rut-
: land, Howard; Washington, Martin and
u jones' Windham, Estey and Cushing;
9 Windsor, Dartt and Goodwin. The usual
u mock session was held and resolution was
passed to hold another reunion during the
o legislative session Of 1890. At the close of
i the session the senators banqueted at the
Q Pavilion.
5 If the legislature adiourns at the custom
! AIRY time, it will have but seven days in
! which TO complete the work of the session
! Excepting the school bill, no important
i public measure has yet been reported The
9 railway bill, or bills, the license bill, the
I | matter Of the insane asVlum and numher-