The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-14
@attbman 4 Journal.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IA, 1894.
Legislative Notes.

GOVERNOR WooDBURY's Thanksgiving
day proclamation may be found in another
column. 1t is brief and to the point.
The senate has passed Senator Hazen's
Australian ballot bill, making it optional to
use the same in town or village meetings
GOVERNOR WOODBURY. has appointed
Hon. Horace w Bailey of Newhury state
fish commissioner vice g, G. Warren OF
Waterbury, resigned.
THE committee on elections will meet i'm
the court room on Thursday evening to con
slider any bills now rerding before the
house and senate relatiig TO he ballot law
Of 1892.
Among tie many wedding gifts received
by Mr. and MIS-. W. a. Lord v as al elegant
silver service from the judiciary and rail-
road committees Of the house, Of which Mr.
Lord is member.
AND now there is tsk Of reading final
adjourn me- MT week from next Saturday,
and not coming back 1hanks giving week,
More power to your arms, gentlemen, II AT
you may accC mrlish this.
THE senate and house cen mittees on
education will give ltaIing il he senate
chamber next week Tucsday evening on the
incorporated school district bin, ard sew
eral other measures affecting the school
laws.
TBFRE will he public hearing Thursday
evening On house bill 29S, An oct 10 incor-
porate The NiCaraPUa Company" General
Msscp Of New Nok snd otler iron nent
gentle men'vill address the committee on
corporations at that time
A REUNION of the senate Of 1850 " as held
on Friday in the senate chamber EX-
Governor j, J.. Raistow of Shellurne pre-
sided, Fifteen men bers OF that body were
present ard Tie everirg was very pleas
antly srent in an informal way.
THERE was talk Of sd journipg Wednesday
morning ont Of respect 10 the deceased
democracy of the country, II Mr.. Smith of
Morrisvlle had been one of the Lonesome
eleven " in the house, a resolution to that
effect would undoubtedly have been intro
duced
THE total cost TO tie state for furnishing
every voter in Vermont with copy of the
public acts of 1890 was S1976.20. By the
provisions Of Senator Plumley's bill the
newspapers Of The state Will Ibis year re
ceive one-third less for the same service, or
81 ,31747.
Now that the clover has been chosen as
the state flower, celebrated engraver will
be secured to prepare an englavir Of it,
poem has been written by Mrs. Dorr of Rut-
land and il is expected that during the last
week of the session the flower will be
dedicated with proper cert monies.
Mr.. IovFIAHD Ct polstt, il tebalf Ct the
unteIIited eleven" gracefully seconded
the joint resolution on electors, adopted
Wednesday ard demonstrated that even
man Is Levi p Morton. In view Ct this
fact, the ording of the resolution should
have been changed and the thIg made
unanimous.
TIE ill iptroCuctd ly MI Foster Of
Cabot TO promote and encourage the APPLE
sugar industry Of Vermont passed the house
without onIcsition. Fly the provisions of
this bill, SEQ is annually appropriate to be
expended in hounties or Otherwise, as the
Maple Sugarmakers' Association may think
best, for the improvement and development
of this industry.
GOVERNOR WOODBURY. has appointed the
following committee 10 represent the YER
mont women at the Cotton States and In
ferDational Exposition, to he held at At !
lanta, Ca, September 1881 1885, Mrs
Levi X. Fuller Mrs F. s. Stranahan, Mrs
y. M. Mansur, Mrs. John W. Cramton,
ham, Mrs. w. II, DUBOIS, MIS-. Samuel Z
Pingree.
THOSE who have an idea that The rooms
OF the Vermont Historical Society az the
state house are Of little interest 10 The PEG.
pie of tie state should observe the crow DIS
of out-of.tow n PEOPLE who are constantly 10
be found there ding houIs al a tine ex-
Rmining curios land treasures. No room at
the capitol, not excepting The state cabinet,
is more frequented 10y strangers than is he
headquarters Of the Vermont Historical So
ciety.s
far too small TO hold tie crowd that gath
cred there on Thursday TO witness the ex-
hihition given by class Of pupils from the
American asylum for the deaf and dumb at
Hartford, Conn. Mr.. Job Williams, in
charge Of Ibis Institution, gave brief
description Of the work done there, and
then den onstIared by the seven pupils he
brought with him the wonderful things that
can be taught deaf and dumb child by the
lip and sign method.
So many enquiries are heard regarding
house bill 1852, introduced by Mr.. Smith of
Burlington, that PAST d tie house Tuesday
morning, we give it below in full: "A per
son who, between twelve O'Clock Saturday
night and twelve O'Clock the following Sun
day night, exercises any business or en-
ployment, except such only az works of ne
cessity or charity, OF holds or resorts to any
ball or dence, or uses or exercises any
game, sport or play, or resorts to any house
OF enter'eiI ment toI fmust mept or recrea-
ton, shall be fined not more than two dol
lars"
THE conplme ntsry resolution introduced
in the house On Monday ly Mr.. Bingham
OF Bennington, ard 9dCrted with thun-
deIing AYE" may be found in full in the
official proceedings. 1t could not he other
wise han pleasing 10 Mr.. ICId, and his
motion to adjourn, INN ediately after caused
shout a laughter. In inuCducirg the
resolution Mr., Bingham said MIR Speaker,
1t has been custcmar! for this house TO
nuopt RESOLUTIONS OF sympathy WIN me NJ
beers in beIeavtn ent, and believe il equally
hitting TO sdCIt ItsolutiCIs OF copgIatula-
ton when q mtmleI Of this house enters
the natIin nial slale. l beg leave TO fer
this resolution"
AFTFR adjourn ment. Thursday, The com.
mittee on the selection Ct the state flower
met in representatives. hall. Mr.. Fuller of
Barton, chairman Of the con mittee, called
on Mrs. CoIpelia V. Russell Of Burlington,
chairman OF the con mittee for Vermont ap-
pointed al the " ord's Fair in Chicago 10
select state flower for national garlend,
to give The result Of the votes cast. Mrs
Russell pIefaced Ter report by saying that
the red clover was ne symbol Of industry
and that the people Of Vel mont ad chosen
it by large majority. She then announced
the result of the vote taken throughout the
state as follows: Votes cast, II Gil for the
clover, 9,572; for the daisy, 1868; for the
buttercup, 945i scattering, 1925
THE joint committee On game and fish
cries held public meeting last week and
discussed several bills that are now in the
hands of that cen mittee. when the bill
providing for bounty on rattlesnakes was
introduced il was thought TO be absurd, but