The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-23

members present. Al Jne close OF the
third ballot, the president of the Joint as
sembly announced that it was evident that
more votes had been cast than there were
members present and ordered the house
cleared of outsiders and a new ballot was
taken. Verify campaign of education!
THE Norwich University corps of cadets
were reviewed on Thursday by Governor
Fuller and the military committees of the
house and senate. The exhibition took
place on the spacious state house grounds,
and was witnessed by very large crowd,
Lieutenant Kimball of the Fifth United
States Infantry, commandant of the Nor
witch cadets, was in charge. The cadets
did more than well and were the best drilled
corps that has been up here in several
years. After battalion drill the boys
changed to fatigue uniform, and gave an ex-
hibition of the new extended order drill un-
army regulations. The exhibition included
street riot, attack on enemy by rushes,
rapid firing, and closing with charge.
AFTER the house, Friday evening, killed Fl
6S, the weekly payment bill introduced by
Mr.. Stafford, the yeas and nays were called
on the dismissal of II. 80, the twin bill in
troduced by Mr.. Clement. When Mr.. Boyn-
toms name was called he refused to vote.
Speaker Stickney informed Mr.. Boynton
that he could not be excused unless by vote
of the house. The house refused to excuse
him, and the gentleman from Montpelier
appealed from the decision of the chair,
and called for the yeas and nays. The
speaker refused to entertain such an appeal,
and ordered the clerktoproceed with the roll.
Mr.. Boynton gave up his gentle attempt to
filibuster, and, with a smile, asked the
speaker to again state the question, which
was did, las the gentleman on my left
would say and voted no.
THE scene in the house of representatives
Thursday afternoon has rarely been equaled
in the history OF Vermont legislative pro-
ceedings. Every available spot, on the
floor, in the Hobbies. in the galleries, on the
window seats, on desk tops and on table
tops, was occupied-very largely by ladies'.
Some of the speeches were long and elabor-
ate, particularly those of Weeks of Wheel
ock supporting Foster, and Grout, the sena-
tor from Orleans, supporting Stone. The
interest was intense, and the excitement
was at white heat when the report of the
irregular voting was made, and the house
ordered to be cleared. Excitement was
high and interest intense at the election of
judges in 1884 and at the senatorial election
in 1886, but those occasions now pale their
fires when compared with the crowds,
scenes and incidents that attended the cleo
ton OF state superintendent in 1892.
THE bill to annex a part of Waterford to
st. Johnsbury came up on Saturday. The
majority of the committee reported the bill
favorably, but five were against ii and three
did not vote. Mr.. Barber of Arlington ar
gued against the bill. He deprecated the
growing practice of pulling the back towns
down, and taking away even their burial
grounds. Mr. Stafford explained for what
reasons Judge Parks wanted to be annexed
to st. Johnsbury, and they appeared very
fair reasons. In the midst of the debate Mr.
Cannon moved that the house adjourn.
" The ayes appeared to have it," but the
nays called for count. Those opposed
will rise" said the speaker, but only one
man got up, and the house again " larfed."
The fight was finished after dinner when
the bill was "swatted " by vote of $50 to
80. Hence, Judge Parks will have TO leave
his real estate in Waterford or move it in
carloads to the sanity city.
The senate showed its appreciation of the
logic of the situation, in respect of the mat
ter of woman suffrage, by amending the
house bill and quite UNANIMOUSLY putting
woman on an exact political equality with
man. The grave senators then showed
their appreciation of the log C of the broader
situation, as to limitations established by
nature, by emphatically sitting down upon
the perfected work of their own hands
The leading advocate of the measure gravely
argued that it would do no hurt to give the
proposition to enfranchise woman trial.
If the experiment was not successful the
law could be repealed. This is certainly a
unique and statesmanlike way of looking at
a matter of the greatest public concern. 1t
may now be in order 10 introduce bill re-
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the law should not work successfully or
should be entirely imperative, a succeeding
legislature could repeal the statute. No
use or sense in legislating against nature.
THE most entertaining speech Friday even
ing on the weekly payment bill was made by
the gentleman from Ira. 1t was conceded
to be the speech of the evening-replete
with a plentiful lack of wisdom, sparkling
with a paucty of common sense, and as in