The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-12
Legislative Notes.
THURSDAY was a somnolent day.

s. M. FLINT OF Burlington has an APP
pointment in the sergeant.at-arms' office.
"UHcLK JOE" BLISS of Bradford has seat
No. 100, which he says he has occupied ten
times.
LAvIaNE Of Colchester is among those I'M
easy souls who hold contested legislative
seats.
A FINE oil painting of Senator Redfeld
Proctor is soon to be placed in the state
house.
In Colonel j. II. Goulding, Governor Full.
Ter will have an efficient secretary and aide
,de-camp.
The legislature will elect a chief justice
and assistant judges October IL, instead of
October 81.
THE total expense of the Revised Roster
has just been figured up by Auditor Powell
1t was 1881.
Ex-LIEurENANT GOVERNOR U. A. WooD-
BURY and daughter were at the state house
last week Wednesday.
Mrs. l.. X. FULLER, wife of the governor
elect, was spectator of legislative proceed
ings last week.
ONE of the high-license members was no.
ticed going down street one morning with
his skates buckled firmly on.
Mr.. CLEMENT of Rutland "boarded
round the house on Thursday, his regular
seat not quite suiting his taste.
" ALL aboard Tor the committee room"
and Jim Henderson, introducer of II. /, sig
nailed the train of house bills to pull out.
SEVERAL of the representatives took adj
vantage of the fine weather, Monday fore
noon, to enjoy visit to the Barre quarries.
BEN w. SMITH of Addison led the re-
Spouse to the roll-call in the house, and
Charles III. English was the last to answer
here"
ARTHUR GARFIELD BIGELow, son of the
member from Brookfield, has been added to
the corps of pages an. assigned to duty in
the senate.
The assistant clerks in the house are f.
A. Rowland of Montpelier and Max Powell
of Burlington, two capable, affable, and
companionable gentlemen.
IT is reported that the friends of l.. G.
Bagley of Rutland will urge Governor
Fuller to reappoint him as a railroad COM
missioner.
T. c. CHENEY, clerk in the secretary OF
states Office, went to Essex Junction, Tues
day afternoon, to attend the wedding of a
former cassmate.
Ex.GovERNoRs and acknowledgement
ors were "plenty as blackberries' Thursday
afternoon. Did any of them see themselves,
an tuturO, on that rostrum in front of them?
THE official reporters appointed by
Speaker Stickney are Captain John III.
Mimms of st. Adams and Frank d. White
of Rutland. They know the ropes to per-
lection.
BARRE appears to be Gin it," What
with her ever. blooming strike, her county
senator, and the chaplain of the house,
Barre apparently intends to be heard from
this year.
ABOUT two-thirds of the members were
in their seats Monday afternoon. Various
committee meetings were announced. The
legislature begins the work with an air of
business.
EXERCISING CLERK HAWKINS is serving
his fifth term as inscriber of statutes. He
should be well versed in statutory law
but the legislature might repeal all the law
he ever learned.
COLONEL A. A. HALL, president pro TEN.
of the senate, demonstrated his fitness for
the Office he was elected to by the admirable
manner in which he offciated as president of
the joint session.
STATE AUDITOR HALE took up the work
of the Office yesterday. The retiring audi
tor, Mr. Powell, who has been here since
the session opened getting things into shape
for his successor, left for home yesterday.
GOVERNOR FULLER has two excellent as
sistants in Colonel j. III. Goulding of Rut-
land, secretary of civil and military affairs
and Walter b. Gates of the Burlington Free
Press, executive clerk.
THE senate has followed the lead of
d
ing on Monday passed joint resolution pro-
viding for the election of judges of the SUI
preme court on October 81.
GOVERNOR PAGE and family left for home
followed by the hearty good will of the
members of the entire state government
and that of the people of Vermont also. 1t
was a brilliant sunset,
THE Rutland Herald rises to explain that
" it has experienced no change in regard to
la of fhn tla
man from Rutland on this subject will be
watched with interest
THE legislature will be forgiven for adj
journing on Friday this once, if it does not
make Saturday permanent holiday
throughout the session. An occasional half
holiday will be in order, however.-Free
Press.
LIEUT.. Governor STRANAHAN chooses in
Z. Z. Fletcher of st. Johnsbury, a bright
young newspaper man, an efficient re-
porter of senate proceedings. A well-trained
newspaper man makes that kind of re-
porter.
A STRIKING resemblance to President
Harrison's features was detected in the
physiognomy of the member from Water
bury, Rev. l.. FL. Elliot, who conducted de-
votional exercises in the house last week
Wednesday.
ST. ALBANs has cinch on the high-chair
of the senate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Strana-
han, by virtue of his office, is president
of the senate, and Colonel A. A. Hall of St
Adams, senator from Franklin county, is
president pro tenn.
Mr.. BACON by his resolution constituting
special committee on the matter of uni
form insurance policy, begins the considera-
ton OF measure strongly urged by Gov
ernor Page and one that will excite lively
interest, particularly in insurance circles
The managers of the Kelley Institute ex-
tend an invitation to the members of the
legislature TO call and look over the estab-
ishment and ask what questions they de-
sire. One of the members of the present
house is graduate of the Kelley Institute
WHEN the matter of the city charter for
the village of Rutland comes up for consid-
Grafton request will be made that a small
section of the town of Rutland be set off
to the town of Proctor-a proposition against
which there is not likely to be any objection
AMONG the ladies present at the Inaugural
ton were Mrs. l.. X. Fuller, Mrs Pingree
Mrs. II. Il. Powell, Mrs. W. 7. Dillingham;,
Mrs. Lane of Cornwall Miss Woodbury. of
Burlington, Mrs. Chamberlin of Fairee,
Mrs. A. A. Hail. Mrs. p X, Gleed and 9TH
ers.
THERE is fitness in establishing at ST.
Johnsbury home for aged women. With
fish hatchery already in its grasp and this
home for venerable danes in prospect, her
oh 1,a fill