The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03
NUMBER 40.
Legislative Notes,

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Governor Mansur are located at the Mont
pelier House.
BERT W. TRUAx has been appointed mes
senRer in the office of the adiutant and in
spector general.
REV A. b. TRUAx of Enosburg Falls is
also candidate for chaplain OF the house,
and he has some excellent support for that
office.
THE reelection of w. W. Stickney as
speaker by acclametion seems assured In
| so doing the house will pay well-mer ted
| tribute to that official.
The officers at Fort Ethan Allen and their
wives will accompany the Burlington party,
az their guests, to the reception at the ex-
ecutive chamber to morrow evening.
Hon. FRANK PLUMLEY of Northfeld and
| Hon. y. NJ. Barber of Arlington are mem
toned for president pro TEN OF the senate,
with the chances in favor of the former.
IT would be a fitting recognition of the
! legislative experience and legal abilities of
Hon. George N. Dale of Essex county
should the senate elect him to the chair
manship OF the judiciary committee in that
| body.
HONEST JOHN II. MERRIFfELD Of Newfane
will have no rival for the clerkship. His
| assistants will doubtless be f. A. Howlan
| of Montpelier and Thomas c. Cheney of
! Morrisvile
| APPEARANCES indicate that Captain j. H.
Mimms of st. Albans and j. w. Sault of St.
| Johnsbury will be the official reporters of
| the house. Earl Kinsley of Rutland is also
| understood to be a candidate for that office.
! THE urbane and affable T. L. Wood,
assistant state librarian, can he found still
| doing business at the old stand, ready and
! willing as ever to locate any page or para
! graph in any volume in the library at a
moments notice.
! THE friends of Rev. A. II. Webb OF Mont
| pelier are confident that he will be elected
! chaplain of the senate on the first ballot.
Rev E. NJ. Haynes of Rutland has been
mentioned for the position, but Mr. Webb's
election is practical certainty.
THE members of the legislature aud their
ladies, and the public generally, are invited
to attend the reception at the state house
on wednesday evening given by Governor
Fuller to Governor-eect Woodbury.. No
formal invitations will lie issued.
one senator when asked to support Rev.
A. II Webb for chaplain, replied that he
| would gladly do so if that gentleman would
! be brief in his petitions. Those who know
| Mr.. Webb can assure that senator that he
will he both brief and to the point.
SOME of the responses received to the re-
! quests sent to the representativeS-elec for
n brief biographical sketch of themselves
are gems worthy of publication without al
teration. 1t seemed too bad to mutilate
| them for the convenience of the printers.
No successful rival to George NJ. Powers
| of Morrisville for secretary of the senate has
been heard FROM and it is not probable that
any opposing candidate will appear.
| Charles A. Plumley of Northfield will
! probably be assistant secretary and Carl G.
! Fletcher of St. Johnsbury reporter of that
body.
The present legislature will be called
upon to elect sergeant-at-arms, seven
| judges of the supreme court, an adjutant
and inspector general two trustees of the
University of Vermont, a brigade COM
mander, a quartermaster general, judge
advocate general, one or more supervisors
of the insane, and a state superintendent of
education,
REV. A. o. SPooR of Winooski seems to
be the leading candidate for chaplain of the
house. Other probable candidates are Rev.
f. H. Roberts of South Royalton, Rev.
! Elihu Snow of White River Junction and
Rev. W. G. Crawford of Pittsford. May the
best man win, and that, too, without the un-
seemly scramble for this Office that has been
| witnessed in former years.
The friends of Rev. A. II. Webb not only
at the capital, but throughout the state,
recognize his fitness for the office of chap
lain of the senate, and are pleased at the
prospect of his election 10 that position.
Afable and genial as a man, thoughtful,
earnest and devoted a clergyman, the
senate will honor itself in electing him to
conduct its devotional exercises.
II has been a battle royal between the
hotels boarding houses and private fam-
number of session boarders More families
are in the business this year than ever be-
fore, and, thus far, there seems to have been
a general desire on the part Of the members
of the legislature to lind low priced accom-
modations, rather than pay hotel prices.
A SPECIAL train will be run from Burling-
ton to Montpelier and return tomorrow even
ing to accommodate a large party from that
city who wish to attend the reception ten-
dered to their tOwnsman, the governor-elect,
NI,, Il.,,.r l,r n and Nrl
Fuller. The company wi number seventy
five more. The excursion is i'll charge of
a committee composed of Mayor Van Pat
ten, w. E. Hail. II. W. Allen, H. E Tuth-
erly and L. II. Turk Of that city
GOVERNOR WOODBURY. will have the APP
pointing power of the following officers A
tax commissioner, an inspector of finance,
three railroad commissioners, two fish COM
missioners, one or more trustees OF the Ner-
mont asylum for the insane and of the re-
form school, six members of the board of
agriculture, three members of the state
board of health, state geologist, surgeon
general, a superintendent of the state prison
and Of the house of correction, and a per-
sonal staff.
UNDER the direction Of Sergeant alarms
Phinney workmen have been engaged of
late in getting the state house ready for oc-
cupancy. The interior of the building has
been cleaned throughout, the halls and
lobbies painted radiators freshly bronzed,
Cdrpets renovated, elc. A new carpet has
been laid in the secretary of states office,
and the interior of the library has been re-
painted. The whole building shines inside
like new dollar, and is all ready for
business.
If Speaker Suckney should see fit to
place H. .. Currier, the representative from
Barre, at the head of the committee on edu-
cation, he would make no mistake and the
chairmanship OF that committee would be
nlled oy one who has been deeply inter-
ested in the schools of Barre aud of the
state ever since his graduation from Dart
mouth College. Although successfully con-
ducting large business, Mr.. Currier has
been chairman of the school committee in
Barre for several years.
" "ADJUrANT- G ENERAL THEODORE s. PECK,
the present adjutant- general of Vermont
who has tiled the position for many years
and is we'll known throughout the United
States, served with distinction in the civil
war and is highly popular. The governor
and lieutenant governor.elect both desire
his reelection, and as the chief OF staff is
the rght-hand man OF the executive in mat
ters military, General Peck will have the
| Denent OF the suDDOrt of both Mesars