Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-14
THE LEGISLATURE.

among the democrats wednesday
morning.
The much talked of high license bill
has at last appeared, and is fathered
by Clement, of Rutland. 1t author
ICES towns to grant licenses for the
sale of liquor when the towns SO vote.
The House, by a vote of 149 to SO,
passed bill entitled can act to ex
tend municipal suffrage to women
who are taxpayers" The bill was
championed in neat speeches by Stat
ford of st. Johnsbury and Gov. Dale
of Brighton. The members of the
senate vow that it shall die an untime
ly death when it reaches their august
body.
The joint committee on fish and
game, with about twenty additional
members of the two houses, visited the
state fish hatchery at Roxbury on
Wednesday. One of the party who
was interviewed said that they found
a Matching bouse with capacity of a
million and a half of eggs annually,
and they were just beginning to place
the eggs for this season in the hatch
ing troughs; that while they have
plenty of Matching room they need
quite an outlay in the way of provid
ing for the young fry, the growing and
the stock fish. It has been thorough
and states that the trout streams can
be kept well supplied in the face Of
strong fishing if liberally and constant
ly restoeked, and the state ought to
understand the Importance Of this
matter, both in the light of one Of her
food supplies and as large factor in
building up the state as summer re-
sort.
Over one hundred Fairbanks EN-
ployes protest in the st. Johnsbury
Republican against the arguments pre-
scented to the legislative committee on
the weekly payment question by Rep
resentative Stafford and A. B. Noyes.
These arguments, they say, are unjust
and misleading, and convey a wrong
impression as to the relations exist
ing bewteen them and the E. & T.
Fairbanks Company, and their en-
ployes feel in duty bound to correct it.
They give expression to their feelings
in the matter, entirely upon their own
responsibility, without the knowledge
of request of any one connected with
the management of the scale compa-
ny.
No more days of grace, is the bill
islature, signed by the governor, and
become law: ''No grace, according
to the custom of merchants, shall be
allowed on notes, drafts, checks, ac-
ceptancss, bills of exchange, bonds
or other evidences of indebtedness,
executed or payable in the state,
whereby he, they or it, shall promise
to pay any person, corporation, or or
der, or the bearer, any sum of money
or other value as mentioned therein,
and in which there is no express stip-
ulation to the contrary,-but the same
shall be due and payable on the day
and date named therein"
The question of interchangeable
mileage books on railroads failed to
meet the approval of the committee
on railroads ostensibly upon the
ground that there was question of
eonstitutionality involved, and that
the state had better await the action
of the courts upon the measure in
question in Massachusetts. The house,
however, showed tendency to inves-
tigate the subject little further, and
under the leadership of Mr.. Enright
of Windsor, ably seconded by the gen
man from St. Johnsbury, the bill was
made a special order for this week.
Twelve hundred dollars are lost to
the state every day that the legislature
is in recess. The members exhibit al
most an entire disregard of this fact
in their frequent unnecessary adjourn
ments. More than third of the
session is deliberately wasted and the
people have to foot the bills. After
making due allowance for time requir-
I'd on committee work, there remains
4 shameful waste of public funds by |
non attention to duty. Pay the mem
oers per diem and a difference would
De noticeable They are the sover-
eigns, however, and feel disposed to