Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-01
OUR NEXT LEGISLATURE.


The State Legislature elected in
Vermont September may not con-
tain SO many we'll known men as have
some of its predecessors, but an ex-
animation of the list of members Of
the senate and house shows that each
of those bodies will include number
Of men of recognized ability as well as
of considerable legislative experience.
While the next Legislature will CON
tain many familiar faces,a surprising
ly small number of those who had
seats in one chamber Or the other dur
ing the last session have been re- elect
ed. Not single member Of the SEN
ate of 1924 will be found in the new
senate, and in the house there will be
only eleven representative who were
members during the last session.
Both the senate and house will in
clude members who have been in one
branch or the other of the Legislature
in previous years, and who are there
fore more or less familiar with the
usual course of affairs during the ses-
sion, as we'll as the needs Of the State
and the obstacles to be overcome in
forwarding the work Of the session.
Senator elect George N. Dale of Essex
county has not only served as sena-
tor and preventative, but he was
also lieutenant governor in 1902,
n i,,;o Of
John w. Stewart. Nearly all of the
other senator's elect have also had an
experience of one. or more terms in
the house during the past ten or
twelve years.
Of the representatives. elect Speak
er w. w. Stickney of Ludlow has, of
course, had more experience in the
House than any other member, but
Hosea Mann, Jr., who was speaker
during the extra session of 1891, has
served three terms in the House, hav
ing been a member also in 1865, as
has L. d. Goodell OF ,Readsboro, who
was a mem Der of 1880 and in 1886, as
we'll as in 1870. A. j. Stevens Of Win
ooski and j. P. Ladd of Alburgh have
had experience in both the senate and
the house. @. M. Winslow Of Bran
don has been a valued member of the
State Board Of Agriculture, and A. E.
Watson Of Hartford has been the eff
ficient clerk Of the State Board OF r.
r. Commissioners ever since the
commission was established.
In view of the fact that the next
Legislature will deal with the revision
of the entire statutory code Of Yer
mont, it is evident that a grave re-
sponsibility will rest upon the lawyers
who are to have seats in the two
houses. There are seven lawyers in
the senate. O. M. Barber of Benning-
ton county, G. N. Dale Of Essex coun-
ty, Frank Plumley of Washington
county, j. K. Darling of Orange coun-
ty, w. w. Miles OF Orleans county and
F. d. White of Rutland county.
Among the lawyers in the House are
Judge L. NJ. Read Of Bellows Falls,
Judge G. E. Lawrence Of Rutland, w.
w. Stickney of Ludlow, John Young
of Newport, H.E.Rustedt of Richford,
J. P. Ladd of Alburgh, Hosea Mann,
Jr., of Wilmington and NJ S. Buck of
Cavendish. On these men will fall
the chief responsibility Of the revision
of the States laws, land it is not doubt
ed that they will prove equal to the
arduous task which will fall to them.
The coming legislature includes
among its members a considerable
number of former lawmakers, SO that
it can profit by the experience of it's
predecessors, and at the same time it
contains SO many sensible men who
will have to win their legislative spurs
at this session and will therefore be
inclined to do their best, that we may
confidently look for one Of the best
working Legislatures that Vermont
has had in some time.-Free Press.