The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-09-27
THE VERMONT LEGISLATURE.
FORBES,S REVIEW.
Complexion of the Senate and House
Few Old Members Re-eIected-Ths

of the senate and House
Few Old Members Re-eIecIed-Ths
Coming Session.
The ninth biennial sess ion of the Yer |
mont Legislature opens Wednesday, ) Oct. |
4, The new Senate consists of 80 Repub |
hcans, there being no Democratic MEM
Der of this branch of the General Assem-
bly, this year, In 1856 there was one
Democratic Senator elected, and in 1884
the Democrats elected three Senators.
The Senate of 1888 contains three mem
bers of the Senate of 1S96-Hon. Henry
G. Bates and Hon. G. II. Bunker of Cal
edona county and Hon. Fred E. Smith
of Washington county, All the Senators,
with possibly two or three exceptions,
have had Legislative experience. Messrs.
ID X, SimOnds of Bennington county,
l.. f, Terrill and w, w. Higbee of Chit.
tenden county, T. NJ. Mansur of Essex
county and &c. Fix of Lamoille coun-
ty were members of the House of 1886.
| Nearly all of the remaining Senators
have served in the House. The Senate
divided by occupations stands as follows:
| Nine farmers, seven lawyers, five man
utaCtureTs. three merchants, two editors,
one physician. one banker, one president
of fire insurance company, and one
principal of an academy. The legal tai
ent in the Senate includes such well
known lawyers as Henry c. Bates of st.
bloomsbury, Z. NJ. Mansur of Brighton,
II. G. Fisk of Morrisville, George w.
Briggs of Brandon, E. B, Taft of Bur
| lington, W. L. johnson of Woodstock
and A. A. Butterfeld of Nottingham.
The State Press is represented in the
Senate by Marsh o. Perkins of the
Windsor journal and d. X, SimOnds of
the Manchester journal. The Senate is
a strong one.
The House of 1888 consists of 222 Re
publicans and Is Democrats. Three
towns-Bradford, Goshen and Granville
failed to elect representatives. The
House of 1856 contained 206 Republican
and 80 opposition members. The follow
ing thirteen members of the House of
1886 were re-relected Josiah Grout of
Derby, l. L. Parker of Peacham, j. A.
| Perkins of Bakersfield, Fl. o. Ward OF
Duxbury. Joseph Ha, lett of Moretown,
II. M. Adams of Marlboro, Ii. Mann, Jr.,
of Wilmington John Tudor of Somerset
G.. A. Benson OF Andover, c. II. Scott OF
Plymouth, w. II, Edmunds of Stock
bridge, Dwight Tuxbury Of Windsor,
and Charles p. Marsh of Woodstock
Thirty-nIne members of the House have
had legislative experience and ten have
been Senators. The House contains one
eX-gOvernor-fIon. Redtield Proctor
who represents the new town of Proctor,
which was incorporated by the last Leg
slature. The new town of West Rut-
land, also incorporated IN 1885, is repre-
scented by Democrat-J. Markham
elected by one majority. Among prom
inent members of the Vermont bar who
been elected to the House are Messrs. E.
+. Palmer of Waterbury, Henry Ballard
of Burlighton, N. l. Boyden of Ran
dolph, Walter E.Howard of Fair Haven,
| Charles P. Marsh of Woodstock, L. D.
EIdridge of Mddlebury and C,A.Prouty
of Newport.
The Senate of 1886 elected Hon, Henry
| C. Bates of Caledonia county president
pro tenn. and Chauncey W. Brownell of
| Burlington. secretary. Among the
names mentioned for the office of presi-
dent pro tenn this year are Messrs. Bates
of Caledonia county, Hammond of Ad-
olson county, Stranahan of Franklin
county, johnson of Windsor county,
Smith of Washington county and Man
sur of Essex county. The reelection OF
Secretary Brownel is probable.
The House of 1886 organized by elect
ing Josiah Grout of Derby, Speaker, and
w. w. Stickney of Ludlow, Clerk. The
second term principle has prevailed in
this State ic tie matter Of the office of
Speaker of the House, and Major Grout
will doubtless be reelected with sub
stanial unanimIty. He made an eff
cent presiding officer of the House.
Clerk Stickney is likely to be selected
again for the position which he has so
acceptably filed at previous sessions