Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-10-13
BELLows"FALLs TIMES, OCTOBER IS, 1892.

ouers and had met that fate which
so many northern soldiers suffered In the
prison pens OF Anderson and Salisbury, In the
other cases the simple error of ente Ing the.word
"desert r" upon the wrong line In the muster
roll had placed that heinous offense 10 the charge
OF the soldier VINO would have surrendered his
life hundred times rather than been guilty of the
alle2 ed crime. You Will have the Volume before
you for In pecton. 1t Is credit both to Adj.
Gen Peck and 70 our state, Its publication has
heen an act OF simple justice to the soldier, and
In coming wears IL will be regarded as invaluable
TO those VINO hesire the correct record preserved
ofthose noble men to whose patriotism we owe
the maintenance ofour federal union.
Corporation Tax Law.
BY reference TO the report of the state treas.
urer, which you will have be ore yoa, you will
observe that the total rec -ipts from corporations
under this law 10 the year ending December
81, 1901 were S3l ,6S4ST, as compared with $685.
1853 81 for the year ending December s., 1sS9. l
make tie comparison between the years 1889 and
1891 because the year 1891 is the first with hich
comparisons can he made under the new law,
from the fact that the results given for the Year
ending December 81, 1890, were made up of u
part OF the year under the old and part of the
year under the new law, For the same reason
the year ending December 81, 1889, Is the last
year With which to make comparisons under the
cd law.
Comparing these two years we find that the
revenue der,ye' under the new law !, more
than 10 per cnt larger than under the old. The
tax derived fir nj savings banks and trust com
pany for the same years considered alone shows
an increase of more than 40 per cent. But have
been able to obtain stu later results which ind-
cate that the year ending December 81, 1892, will
show even still larger per cent of gain than the
year ending December 81, 1891, so that asa whole
the showing il very gratifying and satisfactory.
The only litigation arising under this law is
with the Western Union Telegraph company,
which claims that that portion re ating to tele-
graph companies Is not constitutional and they,
therefore, resist payment of the tax assessed
hereunder
The Celebration of Vermont's Centennial.
On the 18Th of August of 1891, in compliance
with the provi ions of an at of the last General
Assembly, our state celebrated the centennial
anniversary of her admission into the union.
The celebration was held at Bennington In con
junction with the ceremonies attending the dedi
cation of the Bennington battle monument,
It'll gives me great pleasure to be able to report
to you that the entire proceedings were a success
in every respect. The day was all that could be
asked. The president of the United States. with
several members of his cabinet, the governors of
New Hampshire and Massachn sets, with large
number of other state officials and di- tinguished
citizens, graced the occasion with their presence.
Civic and military organizations, in numbers
larger than were e. er before congregrated in
our state, combined to make the procession one
of the largest md grandest, and the ceremonies
the most imposing, of any ever witnessed in Yer
mont,
Resignation of 5, nator Edmunds.
On the 9th day of April, 1891, 1t being the 25th
anniversar, of his appointment to the office,
George f. Edmunds rendered his resignation as
United States senator. 1t is not saying too much
to assert that when, after quarter of a century
of honorable service, he came to lay aside he
senatorial mantle to assume the duties of private
citizenship, he was universally and justly ac-
corded the high distinct II of being the greatest
constitutional lawyer of his generation. This
proud distinction is not the honor of Mr.. Ed
munds alone, but of Vermont as well. His fame
is her fame his distinction her distinction.
With Mr.. Edmunds as the acknowledged au
fhnfff two oil nNn oftf tin Il.
venerable colleague, Senstor Morrill,, no Ii SIS
prominent in the domain of finance, Vermont,
though one of the Her of the states both in
area and population, has been enabled to Iake
and maintain during long period of years a
prominent position in the councils of the nation.
On the I'd day of November. 1891, appointed
Redtield Proctor to temporarily fill the vacancy
caused by Senator Edmunds' resignation. 1t be-
comes your high and responsible duty to elect
some one not only to fill out Senator Edmunds'
uneXpired term, but to represent Vermont in the
senate for the t, term of six years from the 4til
day of March next.
Obituary.
Since the session of 1890 OR sta'e has been
called to mourn the death of two of Vermonts
eX governOrs-John Gregory Smith, who was her
chief executive from 1868 to 1865. and Paul Dill
bingham. who was lieutenant governor for the
same period and governor for the two years i'm
mediately following. Their deaths removed the
entire inc of distinguished men who presided
over the destinies of our state prior to 1870,
with the single exception Of the venerable Gov.
Holbrook, who, though so years of age, still en-
JOYS comparatively good health at his home In
Gov. Paul Dillingham; was for many years one
of the leading attorneys of the state. Fifty years
ago last month Vermont elected him to the na-
tionai congress one of her honored repre-
sentatives, a position he held until 184S. He
took deep interest in our country's welfare
from 1861 to 1865, giving two sons to her service,
one of whom Maj. Edwin Dillingham;, offered up
his life on the altar of his country at Winchester,
Va, on the 10Th day of september, 1851
Up to within short time prior to HE death he
was in the possession of the full vigor oEfis
faculties continuing in Tih h haa
until 1885.
terests of our state more prominently perhaps
than any other man in her history. For more
than 3 years he was the executive head OF the
leading railroad system of >ermont and during
that time it is not too much to say that he always
gave the state the best railroad service consistent
with due regard for the rights of his stock
holders. He believed that the welfare of his
road was best subserved by the development of
Vermont's material interests and acted accord
ingly. AS VermOnts war governor he displayed
executive ability of a high order and his name
by the veterans of 1861, who had reason to know
and value his painstaking labors to the end that
every comfort which an appreciative state could
bestow was promptly provided.
The dea h of Luther o. Greene, which occurred
on the 18th day of September 1891, deprived the
conscientious and painstaking public servant
and while utterly devoid OF ostentation or dis.
play, there was manifest In all his official acts
thoroughness which entities his administration 10
rank among the best. On the 23d dav of October
/ appointed Fred q. Field of Springfield his sue.
cessor,
Since the last session of our legislature Mrs
Horace Fairbanks has presented the state a fine
portrait In Oil of her late husband, who was
Vermont's honored governor from 1876 to 1878
In the long line of Vermont's distinguished sons,
whose acts of rae-hearted philanthropy and
benevolence have enshrined them in the affections
of her people, none holds larger place than
Horace Fairbanks. have, in behalf of Vermont,
thanked Mrs. Fairbanks for this worthy addition
to the collection of portraits which adorn the
walls of the executive chamber
Hasty Legislation.
P During tire last afternoon and evening of the
session of 80 was called to pass upon "a bills,
covering nine tenths of the important legislation
of the session, including the Australian ballot
law, the new school law and the act making an.