Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-31

are several applicants from a county that
the contest becomes a very warm one. To
SO adjust the scales as to give proper weight
to the endorsement of an ex-governor ON
one set of papers as against that of Mem
Der of Congress, or a Judge, or "A college
president on another set, with proper re
gard to location and the many other matters
that enter into the contest, is oftentimes
difficult and delicate task The boys are all
good ones this year and are fast making
themselves solid with the members This
will avail them later in the session when
their pay. which is not fixed 10y law, will be
voted to them In late sessions it has been
s. per day The members are plenty who
saw in the fore part of the session. 81 would
like to have my boy do 1t for nothing but
before the end comes they are quite willing
to retrench in some other direction One
little fellow from Caledonia county present
ed very strong endorsements and received
an appointment, but when session time
drew near his parents wrote that they
couldn't spare their hoy and his place
was filled by another For the four posi-
lions as door keeper there were 30 appli-
cants this year man has to be "hus-
tier to get one of these places.
Mr. Clarks bill reducing the number Of
supreme court Judges and cutting down
their salary Is now receiving attention.
At the request Of the Judiciary committee
some of the Judges appeared before them
/ last evening and made statements as to the
time required to perform their present
duties properly The hearing was quite
largely attended and was very interest
ing one Judge Powers was the chief
speaker He said that as he had neen re
Gently "banished from the bench, be would
perhap, be pardoned if he took wider
range than the other, Tie showed that at
present the time of the court was quite fully
taken 10y the term work IN the different
counties and at Montpelier, tor all except
the months of July and August \ large
number of cases were heard al the general
term. which required written opinions Of
the court 1t was the practice to hear about
four cases "a dav on the average. and then
for the Judges to meet together at then
rooms in the evening, discuss and decid,
upon each case and delegate some one of
their number to write out an opinion. EN-
bracing the views of the court Thes,
opinions could not be written hastily Al
many of them lind their way into the Yer
mont Reports. and not only serve as pre-
cedents for years to come. but determine
the standing of our judiciary IN the lega
circles of the whole country. 1t rarel'
happened that any one Of the Judges wa
So nearly caught up in ms work but that h
had several reports on hand to write ~
The seventh Judge was added IN 1876
Since then the work of the court mad no
diminished 1t is true that there are j
several counties less cases on the docket
, than formerly but the cases are of NOR
{ magnitude on account of the growth q
q corporate interests III our state The r,
ductlon in number of the Judges as propo,
ed would necessitate the holding of som
of the county courts IN the months of Jul
a and August, when the farmers are too bus
' TO attend
s Judge Ross said that the fact that I'll
! Judges needed time to study and kee
abreast of the times like other profession!
men was too often overlooked. and thu
!, the tendency was 10 measure their labor
by the time actually spent in the coul
. room a letter was read from eX-Judl
1 Neazey, strongly urging that no reductio
~ he made in number and salary. and stain
II that while member of the bench, ne ofte
% mad to sit up till late into the night to ket
% up with his work also a letter from Judl
20 Tyler, in substantially the same line
g Judge Powers $ remarks
Every session since the seventh JUDI
was added a bill has been before the Hon
"a !. Il.
that held last evening have had the etfe
to head off the movements. think that
similar result will follow this time
Of The savings bank question is beginniI
r. to excite some interest. The committee
st the grand list mad all important hearir
~ last evening on Mr. Rythers bill makIl
To- all deposits exceeding $500 Teturnable
-d the listers for local taxation Promlne
e.. bank men were present from all over I
ut state Hon. H. ID. Harris represent
IN Bratteboro interests. He thought tn
:" any lowering Of the $500 limit would
re very disastrous to all the hanks He ga
~ in detail the results of the law of IL
r., cutting down the limit from $1,000 10 $50
r.. as illustrated in the Brattleboro Savin
i'll bank The net gain in deposits 10 the ba
'' in 1881 was Sl20. O0O-the net loss in lSe
Sl2, 600 They had means of tracing mt
of the money Withdrawn at that time as
was paid out IN New York drafts and
was positive that nineteen-twentieths of
Ii went out of the state, and that II was alu'
wholly lost for purposes of taxation Th
ON larger deposits as a rule were the accum
lations, with small yearly additions,
u, small sums deposited by laboring men a
women from ten % twenty years ago.
of was sure that they had but little mon
that was put there by the wel-to-do class
en- for the purpose of getting low rate Of I'd
nd alton The effect of the bin would surely
P' to greatly cripple the banks by driving I
money into the savings banks of adloinl
~ states or to the West The result wol
a. a. follow that the local demand for mon
~ could not be supplied, as that large class
on people formerly found in every town, "
III were ready TO lend their neighbors 500
call had nearly disappeared
'e' Mr. Sherwin of Jamaica was called uI
" and said the present system was work.
well and should be let alone ANY radl
us change he thought would have the effect
reduce the share of taxation that this cl
~ of money bears The leading point &
lr, the bank men tried to emphasize was t
NJ OH savings bank money bears the burC
ont of taxation, while only a part of OF
iaS species Of property gets into the list
the Mr. Ryther was present 10 defend
Of bill He thought that the man who
OF his property IN money was better of Il
tef he who had 1t locked up in land, and [
II if the former could put his money in
a. bank aud escape with a sixth-tenths of
-1t per cent tax, the same rate should be
W tended 10 the farmers who, as class
Nrr- having hard time Just now. He thou
that the reason why the money lenders
disappeared from our towns was that Il
am, money was locked up In the savings ban
IN, 1t now seems probable that no cha
will be made in the present law, unless !
sil, sibly, reduction TO $1,000 in the local I
n alton limit.
the Inc SUBJECT OF rallrohu passenger IL
alter seems 10 be an attractive one 70 the
ron. writers The latest in this line is EMIT
Jew An act that one mau's money is JUS
an good as another mans and provide
ta, uniform rate of two cents per mile
the other bill provides rate of three cents
% Ia mile, with round-trip tickets good for
r n days, at two and one-half cents, and
\ IN miles mileage tickets at two cents. >,
IS of law ON this subject will doubtless be Ell
a1n ed The members who pay 81 for a
Won from Bratteboro 10 Windsor will proba
not oppose IL
lnoI Mr. Manns Wilmington railroad in
! III poratlon bill has passed both houses. III
nder Is at present no prospect of serious con
and yersy IN railroad matters this session
i"n. Postmaster Childs, and several telepl
men from outside the state, lately appel