St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-29
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The Legislature has Adjourned.-A
Glance at Some of the Measures Passed
During the Last Week.-FiLbuSterinS
Galore.
Especial Correspondence of the CALEDoNIAN.l
MONTPELIER, Nov. 2S.-The legis-
lature of 1894 has passed into histo-
~. The closing scenes were enacted
this morning, and adjournment was
had in season to allow the members
to get home for Thanksgiving fes-
Invites.
A peculiar spectacle was presented
in the senate on Saturday afternoon
and Monday morning, and at one
time it looked as though an extra
session would be necessary as a re-
suit of filibustering tactics on the
part Of the devoted friends of the city
of Rutland. A resolution fixing
Wednesday morning as the date for
final adjournment had passed both
houses just before the warmest part
of the fight in the senate over the
Rutland bill came on. This measure
had previously been ordered to
third reading by the close figure of
IS to IA, with one senator absent;
and on Saturday afternoon when the
bill came up for it's third reading,
Senators White and Barber, who op-
posed the bill, in the interest of the
city of Rutland, flibustered to pre-
vent a vote, and the threat was open
ly made that the opponents of the
measure would thus flibuster until
Wednesday morning. when final
adjournment must perforce be had,
for the simple purpose of preventing
the passage of the measure which
proposed to take piece out of the
city. This filibustering was contin-
ued almost all Monday forenoon,
until at length a compromise was
reached, dividing the disputed terri
tory. Immediately preceding this
compromise there occurred one of
the hottest fights ever seen in the
Vermont senate, over certain rulings
OF the presiding officer and his refusal
to recognize the opponents of the bill
who claimed the floor. The COM
promise was hailed with delight by
the house, whose wheels had been
practically blocked by the contest in
the senate, and prospects of an extra
session on Wednesday grew enjoya-
BILE dim. In the afternoon the Rut-
land bill, amended as per the COM
promise, was passed in the senate
and sent to the house for it's concur
renee, which was granted without
word of debate. Then the wheels be- |
gan to move again and the import |
ant business of the session S last days |
was attended to. 1t was peculiar |
condition of things-entirely unlock |
ed for in the Vermont legislature,
and of a magnitude that would 90 |
creditor discredit-to the United |
States senate. It is a matter for |
congratuIation that better counsels |
prevailed and the state was not |
treated to a long-drawn-outs struggle
over matter of local interest mainly. |
WEEKLY PAYMENTS.
This question presented itself again
at the door of the senate, but was |
not introduced in the house. The |
senate committee reported adversely !
on it Thursday morning, and the bill
was killed by a vote of 81 to /. The |
agitation on this question sprung
from the vicinity of Rutland, as usual, !
and the only vote in favor of the bill
was cast by one of the senators from
Rutland county. 1t has been again
demonstrated that the question of
weekly payments is not an exceeding
" live issue In this state as vet.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
House bill 366, giving municipal
suffrage TO tax-paying women, has
cut quite a figure of late, but was
summary dealt with on Thursday.
Ordered to third reading by ma
forty of II few days before, it came
up again in the house on Thursday
on the question of its passage, and