News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-10-13
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

AS predicted by us some time ago,
Geo. NJ. Powers was elected Secretary
of the Senate without opposition.
Mr.. Powers is a first class official, is
very popular and has Il host OF
friends, all ofwhom congratulate him
on his election.
T. C. Cheney. of Morrisville, better
known as "Tom" has agoodposition
in the Secretary of States office. Mr..
Brownell has made no mistake in Sc
Letting him and we are sure he will
give a good account of himself.
The Senator from Lamoille is nicely
located in the Senate; he is on good
committees, the most important be-
ing that on "claims."
Messrs. Cheney of Morrisville and
Fife of Wolcott sit together in the
House. They have excellent seats.
Harrington of Hyde Park and Cheney
of Stowe are very near them, Jack
son of Waterville has a prominent
seat on the right of the Speaker. We
believe all of Lamoille's delegation
secured good seats.
1t is very evident that Speaker
Stickney intends that this session
shall be a business session and will
use all means within his power to
dispatch business promptly. The
| fact that he announced his commit
tees the third day of the session is an
evidence that he has this idea on his
mind. Now if the members will act
on all matters promptly the session
can be brought to an end before
THANKSGIVING
The man who got there with prob
ably as large a majority as any
member, is Jimmy Henderson, OF
Burlington, and he is a prominent
figure in the house. "Jim" is for do
ing the business up promptly and will
be found ready to aid in all move
ments tending thereto.
The leader on the Democratic side
is undoubtedly T. j. Boynton. He
is recognized already as man of com
mon sense and good judgement and
when he rises to address the chair the
House gives close attention. By the
way, it is whispered that "Jeff'' will
probably be the successor of the late
Hiram Atkins as chairman of the
Democratic State committee.
Col. A. 0. Gates OF Morrisville, who
has been selected by Gov. Fuller as a
member of his staff, was at the Capt.
tai Monday. He received many con-
gratulations. The selection of Mr..
Gates is an excellent one. Besides his
ability to ably fill the position the
selection is fitting recognition of
the &. A. R. and also of Lamoille
county, which rallied in good shape
to the support of Gov. Fuller after
his nomination.
The newspaper press was quite we'll
represented at Gov. Fuller's inaugu-
ration; but the editors of the Hard
wick Gazette, the Ludlow Tribune
and the Londonderry Sitter were con-
spicuous by their absence.
Col. E. Henry Powell, for the past
fourteen years Auditor of the State,
was presented on his retirement from
office last week with a handsome
Sixth Army Corps badge. Itwas the
gift of Gov Page and the officers OF
1892 Col. Powell takes with him on
| his retirement from office the best
Wishes OF a--host- of friends and none
more heartily than those of the news
paper fraternity, to whom he has al
ways been a courteous and obliging
official
Walters, of the st. Johnsbury Re-
publican, who captured the pen with
which Gov. Page subscribed to the
oath of Office in 1890, was on hand
last Thursday and had his eye on
Gov Fuller's pen, but the alert re-
porter, Capt. Mimms, secured the
prize.
The members from Lamoille are on
the following committees: Elections,
Cheney of Morristown; Military At
fairs, Camp of Elmore; Claims, Fife
of Wolcott; Highways, Bridges and
Ferries, Newton of Johnson; Banks,
Harrington of Hyde Park; Agricul-
ture, Walker of Cambridge; Land
Taxes, Jackson of Waterville; Distrib-
uting Committee, Mower of Eden
Mileage and Debenture, McCuin of
Belvidere; Corporations, Cheney of
Stowe.
The Legislature again votes to sup
ply each member with newspapers as
| heretofore. We think it would be
just as proper for it to vote each
member pair of boots.
The official report of the vote for
Governor is Fuller, 38, 918 ; Small,
ley, 10, PIG Allen, 1926 scattering,
221. This makes Fuller's plurality
1902 and his majority II, $50.
| Cleveland Against the Democracy,
! While Mr. Cleveland declares in his