News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-10-11
THE VERMONT LEGISLATURE.

anu populdI btOiHc W. L ONtAo Ndo
of course reelected as secretary, and
has appointed as his assistant Chas.
A. Plumley of Mortified, son of Sen
ator Plumley, who is the president
pro tenn of that body. The officers
of the House of the session of 1892
are the same who will perform their
respective duties this year, namely,
w. w. Stickney, speaker; John Ii.
Mortified, clerk, with +. A. Rowland
of Montpelier and Thomas c. Cheney
of Morrsville assistants, the latter
taking the place of Max l.. Powell,
promoted to be secretary of civil and
military affairs. John III. Mimms
and j. W. Sault are the official re-
porters, the last named in place of
Mr.. White, now the Hon. F. D. White,
one of the Senators from Rutland
county.
The usual preliminary matters of
organization occupied the two
branches on the first day of the ses-
sion. The respective chaplains are,
of the Senate, Rev. E. NJ. Haynes of
Rutland, and in the House Rev. A.
o. Spoor of Winooski. On Wednes-
day the main feature of the forenoon
session was devoted to hearing the
farewell words of Gov. Fuller. Mr..
Fuller had much to say in his mes
sage, and a large share of it was in
tended as a series of beacon lights for
the guidance of the incoming Execu-
tive; the balance of it was devoted
to a-recital of the main features of
the past administration.
In the afternoon the new Governor
was inaugurated, and delivered q
message that for style and subject
matter will not suffer by comparison
with that of any of Gov. Woodbury's
predecessors. 1t is the product of a
statesman identified with the best in
terests of his state and thoroughly
conversant with it's necessities.
AS indicated in both messages the
main feature of the work of the
present session will necessarily be the
revision of the statutes of Vermont.
This work has been we'll done, and
Lamoille county has had a good
share in its performance in the labors
of the scholarly p. X. Gleed of Nor
risville and his able young assistant,
F. G. Fleetwood. Certainly the part
of the revision falling to Mr.. Gleed
will need little, if any, scrutiny. 1t
will be found most thoroughly ac-
complished.
Judge Read of Bellows Falls in
PRODUCED a resolution calling for the
appointment of a committee consist
ing of five members from the Senate
and like number from the House.
This committee, if the resolution is
adopted in the Senate, will devote its
whole time to this work, so that the
Legislature may adjourn at the Gus
tomary time, Thanksgiving, and not
involve the state in an expense of
$4,000 in an extra length of ses-
sion, which can as we'll as not be
avoided if the right course is taken
in this matter.
Lamoille county gets the following
positions on committees SENATOR
Ken6eld, military and railroads, be-
ing chairman of the former. Smith
of MorristOwn is on agricultural
committee; Wilson of Johnson on
the general; Greene of Cambridge on
highways; Bigelow of Stowe on
claims and temperance; Delano of
Gilmore on state prison; Brown of
Belvidere on distributing; Cheney OF
WatervilIe on mileage and deben-
lures; Atwel of Eden on land taxes
Bullock of Wolcott on federal rela-
tons, and Davis of Hyde Park on
grand list.
A bill has been introduced taking
out of the operation of the Austria
liam ballot law all towns of less than
1000 inhabitants. 1t looks as if this
measure would pass the House at all
events, but whether it will pass the
Senate is doubtful. Senator Dale,
who, as chairman of the committee
on elections in the House in the SEES.
sion of 90, remodelled this bill, is
said to favor it's retention in les
present form.
On Wednesday the Legislature is
to take trip to Fort Ethan Allen
and after looking over that place
will go to Burlington to a banquet
at the Van Ness House, and "do ,
the city in electric cars. This is
looked forward to with much pleas
ure and will doubtless be participated
in by every Senator and member not
prevented from going by downright
sickness.
Much credit is due Speaker Stickney
in appointing committees on tht
third day of the session. 1t has ex
pedited business at least a week, anC
has never before been accomplished
so early in the session.
1t is expected that the COMMITTEE
on education will report bill max
ing the town system complete, by re
pealing all acts specially charterins
} graded schools so as to bring thos
bills within the provision of tn
laws of the State. NJ.
NOTES.
Ex-Gov. Farnham is an aspran
for position on the railroad board
, OF course; was there ever anything
, that the Ex-Governor didn't want?
There is manifest disposition t.
!. abolish Fast day, and, while it's pros
poets for success this fall may be
) LITTLE dOubtful still tho hall NAV h