The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-19
Legislative Notes.

| hUOH HENRY OF CneBter, department
Commander, G.. A. r., was at the capitol
yesterday.
HE smiling countenance Of Colonel
| Herbert K Taylor was seen about the capi-
tol corridors yesterday.
Hon e. A. PARKS of Waterford, republic
can candidate for presidential electOr for
the second district, Is in Montpelier.
The house pages make bright quartette
OF kids, on the alert to answer calls and
| contesting with each other the honor of get
| ting there first.
SENATOR LINCOLN sustains alone the
honor OF old Caledonia in the senate His
colleague Senator Nichols, is detained at
home by illness.
WmTELAw REID, republican candidate
for vice president, writes mis- friend General
Mccullough of Bennington, that the pros
| poets for the republicans in New York are
very fine
THE bill enabling the town of johnson to
draw its share of the public money created
more discussion than perhaps any other bill
yet introduced, and was passed with the
least opposition.
Ex-REPREsENTATIvE KELToN of East
Montpelier, member in 1890, gazes visit
fully at the seat he occupied two years
ago, now filed by another. Few familiar
faces greeted his eye
SENATOR MORRILL, was about town yester-
day, and an interested spectator of the SEN
atorial election at the state house in the
afternoon. He is everywhere greeted with
| atfectiouate generation.
THOMAS WOOD, the assistant state libra
rian, is about the only man around the
capitol who does not peep in upon the pro-
ceedings of either house. Cant get away
from my sunny window and soft-bottomed
chair" says Thomas, and probably wouldn't
If he could
AMONG the distinguished Vermonters in
town yesterday were Captain K. X. Morse of
| Proctor Editor X. A. Perkins of the Rut-
land Herald, x-Lieutenant-Governor Wood
bury and General Henry of Burlington, and
Judge Parks of Waterford. z. w. Clement
of Rutland also arrived.
GOVERNOR FULLERs inaugural message
clearly demonstrates that the chair of the
chief executive of the state will be filled
the next two years. as it has been the past
two, by keen, discerning business man,
who will look carefully after all public in
terests entrusted to his Keeping Windsor
journal.
THERE has been considerable msappre-
hension as to the house rule regarding the
returning of bills from committees. The
rule, as it now stands, provides that bills
shall be returned to the house by the COM
mittees within fifteen days after the first
Tuesday in November, and not within ff-
teen days after their reference
ONE of the representatives, upon arriving
at the capital, ordered his trunk sent to the
state house. But they don't accommodate
transients at the state house." replied the
astonished porter. The member explained
that he expected to room at the capitol and
dine at a local restaurant. Which reminds
us of the rep. who, upon disembarking at
the junction, looked around and inquired
Where is the burned state house,"
GEORGE f. KEELING of Norwich has not
been pardoned by Governor Fuller as has
been stated, but is out on good behavior
and must report his whereabouts every
thirty days. The papers for his release
were hurried to Rutland that he might
hasten to his home, which had been invaded
by death. One child had died of diphtheria,
and the second and only surviving child
died some two or three hours after his faith
ers return The way of the transgressor is
hard indeed-for himself and all connected
with him.
In dignity and impressiveness, Governor
Dale's remarks in the house, in seconding
the nomination of Redfield Proctor, led all
the rest; Stafford of st. Johnsbury was brief
clear and simple in diction and effective in
delivery; Mr.. Colburn's remarks had the
planness aud honest directness of the old
campaigner; Mr.. Hunt was modest, without
pretension, simple. plain and direct; Mr.
Darling spoke as one veteran may speak OF
a comrade Mr.. Cannon, in nominating Mr.
Phelps, was aggressive and " oratorial,
and Mr.. Boynton, as usual, spoke with dig.
nifty ana IN well-clOSen terms. All the
speeches were short and to the point.
SENATOR MEADs speech nominating Red
field Proctor for United States senator wa.
an eloquent review of Mr.. Proctor's career
He eulogized the men who have borne
Vermont's commission in the United States
senate, and referred in fitting terms to the
venerable Senator Morrill,, who was pres
ent. Concluding, the speaker said of Senator
Proctor: :" / need not review his life and
| ifS ROuntifullv Oifta1 nv NJ
disciplined by varied and favorable ex.
perience, covering over thirty years, who
have we among us who is more thoroughly
equipped for the discharge of these response
Bile duties than he? | am not gifted with
prophecy, still do not hesitate to predict
thar by the election of Redfield Proctor u
the United States senate, we shall have
added another worthy name to that Ions
list of senators who never failed to honor
our beloved state"
STATE GEoLoGIsT PERRY's report is miss
ing. 1t was not printed among the othe
state reports, and even the manuscript il
missing. Heretofore it has been the Gus
tom of the state geologist to send in his re
port late in the season, and it has usually
been introduced as separate pamphlet
This year Governor Page suggested tina
Mr. Perry send his report in early, that i
might be incorporated among the -othe
state reports. Mr.. Perry forwarded his in
dustrial notes TO Governor Page the last o
July, ana received an acknowledgment o.
receipt. Yesterday morning Mr.. Perry STATED
that he had not tire faintest idea where til,
report was. and should communicate witt
Governor Page at once. The statistics il
the report have been published in the En-
cheering Journal, and other scientific pa
pers, so that Mr.. Perry's labors will not be
lost 10 posterity.
THE committee on elections Monday nigh
attacked the formidable mass of testimony il
the Danville contested election case. The
hearing was in the supreme court room
, Mr.. Dale of Brighton held down the sea-
, occupied on supreme court occasions by
, Chief Judge Ross, and seated in the othe
, six chairs were Messrs Ellis of Castleton
Cannon of West Rutland, Goodell OF Reads
boro, Gould of Windham, Cheney of Nor
| ristown and Chaplin of Jericho The gen
tleman at present representing Danville il
l George b. Davis, a democrat, and he enjoy,
the advantage of being in possession of tn,
disputed seat. His right to that seat is con
} tested by Charles f. Morse who alleges
that divers erroneous ballots were cast TO
Davis, enough 70 change the result. Bate
x May of st. Johnsbury appeared for Da
3 Wis; j. p Lamson of Cabot and ii. c. Id,