Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
A BUSY DAY EXPERIENCED IN BOTH
HOUSE AND SENATE.
The various Committees Hard at Work.
Woman suffrage to the Front-Under-
hills Contested Election MontpeI-
Ter Notes,
For preceding sessions see second page. j


For rrooooi,o soss,on0 soo ..ooo.., ..7
-'0' P'''eU'us eV'sioiia Scc secono page'J
MONTPELIER, Oct 1G The worthy chap
Ian this rnnrntng read from, the ccrin+,,r,s
On tho odyanto-@a ,f r,atti.,,. ,,,,-1a,t',,,
v" 'iO ou Vantage vi EeluluS uuuerStdHu-
ing" Truly the necessity thereof is ap-
parent upon gianCing at some of the pro-
posed enactments iutroCuced i'm the
House Tho ,,ornir,, eeeeiou oc tba Gau
.I,'s 80 .rl.,
f0 ""' 9o"ieN ii''o "p''Ht''O' ~ Nle
seemed TO nave any DlIIs TO Introduce, so
10 keep that body cut 0 mischief resolu-
iion Wa. introdt1csd and odopt.d fnutrnc+
;rr. +be Joint oor,,,il,aa a., tbo ,oF,,
,I'i ''4' i va | ,i0 oi !eioi Ill
7O"o0i W i7'' "u'' 'N'J'e0' Vu'' llstiVut'oh
and report by bill or Otherwise. Mr.. Far
,3lau. of Swanton. thinks y man who owns
.apd occupies A new in any church. oupht
not to be uuit-claimed out of his possess
ION thereof, In case he docs not see fit to
subscribe towards the eynense of renair1nu
the church, He has therefore introduced
an act TO renesl thar norttnn of section
3G7'jR /, which an nropidso
NJ. Nar.h of VEopdst'oI ;,.roa,,oo,, =
hill incraueing tbe eoIor;os of sa,,'.,,i
indoes of nroh.ta Tbe increasa J., ~ a.,
oraded Amounts fror, s50 +n Si56 nor - ~ ~
mum according to the county the former
nulii 1i III Dranu lsle ana tne lalter IN Rnt-
has nresented a hill fiying y cartain pUnG nn3
definite salary for the county clerks i'm
lieu of fees as now provided. The judici-
ary committees OF ooth Houses VIII give
70 +b ,s,t ~ ~ ~ e G a a. Ioun GlelhS as
in each case 0N s''i''i -
I'll proposed in an act introduced nv
Ar. Proctor to make the supervsorship OF
ne Insane appolhtlve Ihe governor is to
dPPolnI tnree supervisors during the pres
% %tLU SESSION. py ana with the consent or
tue senate, 10 serve respectively =, and
yeafsi; yasi Alterward AS vacancies occur, to
Ve Hllei III lue same manner, Tor full
term Oh SIN years.
me afternoon session IN the Senate
opened win olll from senator Simonds
i;llenueu 10 lacilltate teaching the young
lucas no" 10 oot-turkeyWards-by re-
'egdiiZlne turkey shoots.
and Sena.e making The centra of tho W.
nooskl river as 1t now flows the boundary
W',! W. net Meer nm, the towns OF Jerlcno ana
nensated for th Land taem trn,, ~ II po o,I ~
basis of the land list of lSSS. In case the
treasurers of the respective towns cannot
agree IN that behalf the matter IS to be
pn ~ ttie ai,It i aiilenu Vi Hon. w. H.
LAP 90 'oii u ii'7ioaei'
THE COMMITTEES.
The varions com nroittees ara o,e4tino into
- -, ''- -''''ii7 ili'0
houses aoJourneu TINS afternoon meetings
were held. The military committee had a
hearing on the Soldiers Home hill Hon
Hrub Hanrv Gep paol, ard CoI ~,
i'e-, "ei, e0h anu Col' E9IeF
"ppcallHS oSlOIe Ihe cohnltlee
Or. Goodwlllie of Vernon appeared be-
fore the House committee on agriculture
in behalf of the ,neaenra to nrayapt od,,l-
teration of food III 9si nrrgi,g n faI,"r
able renort theraon in tha interae1 Of n,,h
Mr. phelns of Westminster one of +bo
most level headed members nf The Honra
made A short address before the ednrstion
committee in regard to II . to nroyida
for equal distribution of school property
suute, mn,vn haoins a., auopteu Ine loWn
district system 'Ne
rrnppurr1,, co~rrsu,,,, p, ,,,,,,,o>. ,....,
10 ''D I-'i'0 -oN -A'h
Ano ooiiin''lee on eiectlons gave near
ing tonight on the contested case from
hoefhill. Judge Hazelton OF Burling-
tbe cittino n,onohar Mn C1o W. -, ~
,yorth H. II IT, W :" ~
Io,. t.i. Gnu -"' ~ al
Thomas Reeves, |, + Tn; TerraIi md Tbonnas
Thorp. The first named was candidate
Ior town representative There is really
IN S,ondint, ra.bn ~, ii.e IaSr tne tnree p!aln
"opiectors." It is claimed by them that
In fact no choice was made for town rep.
resent tive, in that while Mr.. Woodwork
had one majority AS his friends claimed
yet there We're II TO 10 illegal votes cast
1t was alleged that votes for town repre-
sentatlyes were put into boxes for justices
ballots, and other irresularties We're
claimed TO have occurred: These claims
were supported by ailldavlts, as were the
counter claims OF the incumbent, which
were mostly OF the negative order, except
thst IN regard to the alleged irregularities
the TENOR ofthe sitting member S atiidavits
was shlnny on your own side" The
Case was not quite concluded
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
rh, o,,, o.i.,a.,, ...,,.,
Ane several pelltionS lor this poom are
materlallzlnR III the form of bills, and sew
eral measures are in course of preparation
to be presented TO the House II baboov.
eth the ladies' TO send alone their netitions