The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-09
Legislative Notes.


View retreat at Burlington was defeated by
vote of 115 to go.
THE senate Worlds Fair bill was read
on Thursday, and referred to the joint
committee on the Worlds Fair.
JUDGE START of Bakersfield, speaker in
1890, peeped in the other day to see il Mr..
Stickney was running matters in proper
shape.
In the state treasurer's report will be
found statement showing the reapportion-
ment of the United States deposit money on
the census of 1890.
THE bill of Mr.. Hewitt of Berlin, reduc-
ing taxable deposits in savings banks from
ST. 500 to 5000, was reported adversely and
refused third reading.
THE senate Of 1889 held its biennial re-
union in the senate chamber Friday evening.
Only two of this senate have died since
they formed branch of the state govern.
ment.
The board of trustees of the Soldiers
Home held meeting at the state house on
Thursday afternoon, and endorsed the APP
preparation asked of the legislature for the
support of the home.
WHEN Colonel Goulding comes into the
house with communication he invariably
brings himself to the position " Attention."
and makes a military salute. Some of the
members, when they get up. trail arms'
ACCORDING to the bill introduced by Sen
dlOI nan, SCuOOlsCulluTeu Cdn0OJ hereafter
carry dirks, revolvers, slung-shots, stiettos,
bowie knives, Remington rifles, or dynamite
bombs Wholesale murder is thus guarded
against.
LET me have about four cigars" said
member, stepping to the cigar case in
the Exchange hotel, recently. Five or
temp" inquired the clerk, reaching for the
perfectos-" Five or temp" About four"
repeated the member.
Ex-GovERNoRs BARsTow and Farnham,
Colonel Veazey, Major Valentine, Gen
eral Mccullough, Major Coffey, Collector
Benedict and General Henry are among
the notable men of Vermont who were
az the capital last week.
Mr.. FLEuRY of Isle LaMotte was in town,
last Thursday, for the first time this season.
Mr.. Fleury has been representative from
Isle LaMotte for divers years, but this year
stayed at home and allowed Mr.. Feefee to
uphold the reputation of the town.
THE Danville contested election case
came up Thursday, and the report of
the committee will be found in another
column. Mr.. Boynton of Montpelier moved
that it be ordered to lie and four hundred
copies printed for use of the general as
sembly.
COLONEL GEORGE W. HOOKER arrived
last week and was kept busy all the even
ing shaking hands. This was his first appear
ance at this session. session of the leg
islature without Hooker in town would he
like the play of Hamlet with Henry VIII.
left out.
THE bill to secure the services of hired
men and handmaidens for the suffering
farmers and others finds as much "peti-
tional" support, almost, as did the womans
suffrage measure. This bill provides for
Bureau of Labor, to secure help for farmers
and families.
COLONEL ALDAcE f. WALKER was in
Montpelier Thursday, and was heartily
tod hx~ Il.
men who have known him in civil life.
During the last years of his residence in
Vermont Colonel Walker was prominent
factor i'll state affairs.
MosT of Friday forenoon was devoted
to discussing the bill regulating the sale of
poison, and providing that druggists shall
not sell poison without physicians pre-
sciption, unless they write the word " Poi
son plainly on the bottle or package. The
committee reported the bill favorably,
IN response to interrogations from various
members, NJ. S. Colburn, chairman on the
part of the house of the joint committee on
the Worlds Fair, on Friday read letter from
II. I'll. Mcintyre of West Randolph, stating
what disposition had been made of the
$4,000 appropriated for the fair by the last
legislature.
ONE of the members has received the fol
lowing cheering and inspiring communica-
ton from one of his constituents: " Friend
such - abortion of road bill as the
one of which ] have received copy, you
had better take one of your recesses and
come home"
Mr.. OLMsTED of Newbury, to whom was
referred the bouquet resolution, as the COM
mittee on jokes, begs leave to remark that
he is not the committee on jokes; that he
introduced the resolution by request of Mr.
Enright of Windsor Mr.. Olmsted appears
to be o. X, The committee on Jokes is Mr..
Cannon of West Rutland.
GOVERNOR FULLER refused to sign S. "A,
Incorporating the Merchants Safe Deposit
Company, unless section six was stricken
out. The section provides that the bank
shall give the state inspector of finance
deposit box in which to keep the bonds and
oaths OF the officers of savings banks. The
matter is in allegiance and will receive fur
Their consideration on the reassembling of
the legislature.
A HEARING was held before the insurance
committee Thursday evening, on the bill per-
hitting agents of foreign insurance compa-
MES to come into Vermont and do business
through the local agents. The committee
propose TO tack on an amendment, making
the status of affairs under such an act re-
ciprocal with states fixed the same way,
This will necessitate the insurance agents
OF New Hampshire getting a similar law
through the Legislature of that state. The
bill will probably be introduced next week.
bk IANlLAND PADDOCK OF SU JOinSDury
appeared Thursday before the general com
mittee in the matter of the weekly pay
ment bill. Mr. Paddock is an old employe
OF the Fairbanks company. He sees no
reason, either of a general or a special char
acter, why the bill should become law
He discredits entirely the reasons for the
enactment of the proposed law that have
been given as pertaining to the business of
the Fairbanks company. Mr. Paddock was
generation ago, resident of Montpelier
He has very pleasant recollectons of the
town and the people, and regards with in
terested curiosity the changes that genera
tion have produced.
The Windham county fight was brought
to an approximate finish on Wednesday,
when III. 16l, to remove the county build
ings from Newfane to Brattleboro, came up
az a special order Mr.. Read of Rocking
ham started the ball by stating that an i'm
partial committee was desired, not a COM
mittee already against the bill Several
members from Windham county then
pleaded for fair play. Mr.. Martin of Brattle-
boro made fair, strong argument against
referring the matter to the members from
the county. Mr.. Clark of Halifax closed
for the defence and called for the yeas and