The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-07
Legislative Notes.

ONE of the members says he is going to
get his picture taken and send it home to
show how the election went.
REPRESENTATIVE PITKIN's high license bill
is the universal topic of discussion among
citizens as well as legislators.
THE house made several abortve attempts
to postpone consideration of the tobacco
bill, but was finally obliged to take its
medicine.
THE woman suffrage bill is to come up
for final consideration next Wednesday
afternoon, November IA. All interested are
requested to be present at that time.
SOME of the democratic members are still
clinging to the fond hope that something
will yet turn up to give them chance to
celebrate. Their grit is commendable.
THE official report gave the date for the
consideration of the woman suffrage bill as
next Wednesday afternoon" This is in
correct; the date given in the Notes, Wednes-
day afternoon, November ii, is the correct
one
REV. Mr.. TRUAx of Montpelier should
receive an appointment as assistant chap
lain from the legislature. He has con-
Quoted devotional exercises in the house
almost as many times as the regular chap
lain
SENATE bill 80, an act to provide for the
preservation of horse records, was referred
to the committee on manufactures. 1t is
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the next dog bill to the committee on the
judiciary.
THE house seemed to work better Friday
forenoon than when all the members are
present. 1t would perhaps improve mat
ters if the members who went home Thurs
day would stay there. They are the drones
in the legislative beehive.
| The gentleman from Swanton, although
off-side" in politics, is generally on the
right side of the fence in the discussions
in the house. His speech last week in
favor of the bill prohibiting the sale or gift
| OF tobacco to minors was an able argument
REV. j. G. LoRMER, who was elected as
representative from the town of Georgia.
was found to be ineligible and so did not
! take his seat. For the same reason he could
not hold the Office of superintendent of
schools, and Rev. G. W. Clark has been
appointed in his place.
THE solid senate was too much imbued
with the spirit of victory to submit to a pro-
tracted indoor confinement yesterday after
noon and adjourned without doing anything.
The house, owing probably to the presence
of the sad-hearted minority, managed to
hang together for half-hour.
THE house pages are not discharging the
important duties of their Office as satisfac-
torily as could be desired. The boys spend
too much time in "fooling and fail to keep
their eyes open for business. Clerk Stick
ney was obliged to go after one of the bills
himself one morning last week.
THE gentleman from Monkton evidently
thinks the selectmeu are having too easy
% %.iihe Vi IL anu nas ueNlseu d III rnetIou I ol
troduced by him Thursday provides that
era1ication and avtirnation of :, +ant cater'
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tho1Sh the Voihihi1tees hitsht nave Ne,S
g0ou reasons lor reporting loI OF against t,le
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mem pers Should not vote III the uark, ana
accordingly Introduced resoiuuoh request
ing thevolntnltlees TO elnpouy III uhelr re-
Por's 'he reason lor 50 reporting
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iaiS 10 aiSo nAou 10 tio l'onatVy ioi en az
tempt ny SUCH person u aV'aih d cer'iii-
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THE general committee OF the senate is
the custodian of house bill l35, introduced
by Representative Deming OF New bury, the
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INTERESTING ''i'o 10 eApeo'ou
A PLEASANT custom has sprung up at the
capitol in the last few years OF designating
one week during each session as ladies'
week, with the purpose of bringing together
at particular time as many as possible of
those ladies who desire TO visit Montpelier
WHIT WHIT Sile iegis.aeure Is conkeHeu. a ne
sett seneil uays ooililencihs WIN Noseitpe. ite
lltn nave this year oeeh sel apart lol .nat .it
purpose, anu ile annual lau1Ss s mes receP'lipn 10
WI, MI pe gwen ,ne evening Vi iHuIsuaS, tne i
lotn, 10 s'tenu which a eehelai ihNltatioh Is
eNtehueu 10 laules throughouV uhe state
THE Free Press comments as follows on
the action of the Rutland Herald in pub
fishing the report of the railway commits
sioners 1--WE do not care to characterize
this somewhat characteristic performance
on the part of the Herald. We simply re-
mark that it was not an exhibition OF en-