Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-11-07


educed about one half 10y the action Of
he House in cutting down the supply to
me daily. instead Of the customary two
Iaihes and one weekly This effort at re
renchment has evidently not hurt the
newspapers The Waterman Publishing
company run an average of two thousand
opies of the Daily Journal and their
weekly list is increased for the session 10y |
about the same number These figures |
ire largely i'm excess of those for any pre-
sious session The Argus has quite large |
,essiou list in addition to its 5000 regular |
subscribers Some of the Republican mem
lers are among its best patrons. OF the
put of town papers the Burlington Free
Press is most benefited 10y session sub
scribers Nearly as many copies Of this
paper are furnished to the members 10y the
state as of the Daily journal The Rut
land Herald has less legislative patronage
than either of the other dailies though
perhaps making a greater effort TO Obtain
IT, The Herald Is represented here 10y its
leading editorial writer, man Of large eN-
leIltltt.
the inspiration for the high license, anti
school law and other radical but readable
articles with which that paper abounds
The Free Press keeps its best reporter here
and its readers are furnished with from
two to three columns of legislative matter
daily. including the official reports The
Daily journal representative is always on
hand. and his half column Of Legislative
notes accounts of committee hearings,
etc. come very handy TO some Of the news.
papers of the state in preparing original
articles of like workings the editor
thinks
The state pays for three reporters-two
for the House and one for the Senate
whose duty it is to prepare an official re
port of the proceedings of the two houses
for publication in the daily newspapers
These reports are made IN manifold and
at present three copies ars made, one each
for the Daily journal Free Press and Rut
land Herald The reporters give the title
of each bill introduced, with "a brief alb
stract of its provisions, also statement of
the disposition of every bill and resolution
/ considered When questions of Importance
are debated they are also supposed to give
a brief statement of the points made 10y
each speaker This duty sometimes get,
them into trouble with members who think
they are not given the prominence IN the
reports that their speeches warrant Sev
eral of the members from the larger towns
expend nearly as much for newspapers 6,
send their constituents As they will recelV,
for their services during the session. On'
member said during the newspaper debate
In the House that when he went hom'
some of ms constituents told him that they
were glad to see him but they hadn't re
celved any papers vet. and he had made vi
his mind that if he ever wanted to come L
Montpelier again he must double his news
paper orders at once.
The Australian ballot hill was considere,
by the committee on elections this evening
The lack of interest IN this measure can b
Judged somewh hat from the fact that, "A
though held IN the large committee roof
for the purpose of accommodating "a crowd
not more than dozen members were pre-,
ent at any one time The time was larg,
ly taken 10y "a man who appeared with moo
els of system of booths and ballot boxt
that he wished to have the state adopt shoul
a ballot reform law be enacted By this sy
TEN when man once enters IA booth 1t
impossible for him to get out, or for an
one to come in contact with him, till !
reaches the ballot box and deposits his vot
The present surface indications are thu
the members who represent small towns
great majority of the Housewife oppo
all of the ballot reform bills before the
ON the grounds tn t they entail conside
able expense, are complicated IN their wor
- ings, and not needed IN Vermont.
MIR. Marshall's bill to enable the town
Bratteboro to aid in the construction of
court house and Jail in the county of Win
ham Is causing considerable surprise
those members from that county who We
looking for the first move in that directI'
to come III the usual way Some of the
regard it as a shrewd move TO gain sen
3. legislative sanction this year with a vie
to an easier job ON that account two yea
: hence The bill provides that Brattlebo
! may borrow money or issue bonds To t
extent OF one-half the amount OF its gra
list, to purchase land for a site and aid
" the construction Of a court house a
iail in that town
Both houses took an outing this aft
1v, . h.. Of fro.
, the Barre granite quarrles rendered by I
s. president of the Montpelier and Wells K
If er railroad The arithmetic man was
g hand with the warning that the waste
NJ, time would be a loss TO the state OF thu
a. dollars per minute, but the vote adjou
,a ing from noon to 1870 O'Clock went throu
,o with rush, most of those who voted lo
h est against it taking in the excursion d
~ apparently enjoying 1t the best. The t
ID, from Barre village 10 the Wetmore
~, Morse quarry, the objective point, cove
oh distance of five miles with a rise of
Ina thousand feet The greatest grade is
,,+ feet to the mile, and the road bed Il
ba series of switch backs To build railr,
ba from Brooklrne over the mountain TO
or ney would apparently be- no more dithc
M The extent of the quarrying industry
~, a surprise TO all About 1000 hands
Nh employed in the business in Barre
Montpelier 1t was common remark "
.U those familiar with the West Dummers
81 quarry that nothing seen today was C.
.t parable 10 it IN the ease with which
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