Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-10-23

constitutional, the farmers intended 10
fr me substitute that would make
the corporations whaek up. She had
been informed also that Economy was
to have an innings, that the farmers
were to set up college Of their own
and that, generally, Vermont was, in
this year Of grace, to hump herself a
long way ahead on the pathway Of
progress. Her expectations were nat
urally high and she had not been 50
happy since she last met the Hon. Rog
er q. Mills as when she struck the
rock-ribbed granite hills of Washing
ton county.
But the goddess was doomed to Bit
ter disappointment, and at last ac-
counts she looked as if she had found
the Winooski yeritable onion river
aud its waters composed wholly Of the
Juice Of that escuent. The true ma
ture Of the situation was not revealed
all at once, but fRm the start there
were puzzling things. She had read
the closing sentence Of Candidate Pages
speech 10 the convention which nomi-
mated him: "Note only for men who
are thoroughly honest and level-head
ed, men to whom no one will dare to
come with job, aud she took it for
granted thar the admonition had been
needed. The first shock OF surprise
came over the choice OF speaker, when
tie candidate Of the farmers, it they
had one, was defeated by the candidate
OF the corporations, which are always
provided with candidates. She was
rather amused, though, with the tlc-
ties OF the Democrats. They made a
Q, eat ado about firing the sweet-tem-
pered Atkf8s out Of their caucus, but
they nevertheless did just what he
would have commanded them TO do
had he had the say they stood in with
the corporations and elected their cau-
didate for speaker The next strange
thing observed was in the makeup OF
the Senate committees. The goddess |
could not then understand, and she |
dptc III NtAs why AHt E1iiat oNhAtoA
from the north end OF this county,
whose hospitality 10 the railroads has
not been OF a pronounced type, should |
be placed at the head of the railroad |
committee. That and the speakership /
business led her to suspect that every /
thing was not quite right, and that the |
representatives of the farmers might /
have sold their birthrights for mess
Of pottage or passess or else that they I
weren't very smart. She accordingly 1
awaited further developments with /
much interest, hoping against hope, /
that the serpent, instead of coming TO /
grief, would not swallow them bodily. 7
While waiting she has studied the pa
pers with care, and they have bother
ed her. too. She could not make out,
nor could any one satisfactorily eX
plain why the Hon. J ID. Hatch, the
Hon. c. W. Writers and several 9TH
ers should be SO frequent visitors at
the capital, nor why Prot. Cooke, head
of the agricultural tail OF the State
University, should waste his precious
hours there when the university pays
him for his time. She expects more
light on these points later on. The
move to dispense with the furnishing OF
newspapers to members of the House
at the expense of the state seemed to
her move in the right direction, but
her sorrows grew more heavy when
this was voted down. But she consoled
herself with the thought that some of
the members would not know too
much even after reading the paper
for which the State paid.
Ii was not till the House committees
were announced on Wednesday that
the goddess entered fully into the spirit
Of the occasion and fell to weeping for
relief. When She saw placed at the
head Of the ways and means commit I
committee which is to frame !
a substitute for the corporation tax
law-Mr. Smith OF St. Albans. son Of
Pres. Smith of the Central Vermont,
and himself vice-president Of the u
road, she gave up and angrily declared i
hat the "retorm" outcry was the :.
greatest humbug Of the century, or
Else the lot farmers in the House had
been outwitted and blinded to their o
,wn interests. She is almost hopeless ;
,ut viii stay at the capital while v
onger and see what turns up.-Mid- Il
llebury Register. !