The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-07
NUMBER 45.

best men-but we are electing the best su-
petiniendeit Of education, and for that
Office take great pleasure in spconding the
nomination OF Mason Stone"
WHETHER incorporated school districts
| ought TO he tolerated in our state or not, the
| legislature IL TO he commended upon the ex-
cellent choice which IT, has made in the
selection Of Il superin 'endent of education
| in the reelection OF Mason $. Stone, which
will meet the approval of the great majority
o the masses. Mr.. Stoue is Just The man
for the pla -. He is not lubhyist or
! politician, but thorough educator whose
/ whole heart and mind is IN the work, and is
/ full OF energv and push-a-hrad progress
/ iveness. Deegieid Vaiey Times
MERRITT CLARK Of Puultney, who is in
/ his iinetNsecOui year and who was a
| member of the house IN 1892 making him
! the oldest living reprpspnialive SO lar as
| known H. sends 10 M Nathaniel the repre-
| sentative from Puultney, bis vote for the
| clover, in Che shape of a pen drawing Of this
| Hover, ext cuted recently by himscli, which
would pui 90 shame many younger artists.
At the rrq lest OF MIR Clark the gentleman
from Poultnty has presented he pen picture
to Speaker ickney. II may be added that
the venerable Mr. ClA X Is the father OF
Henry Clark OF Rutland
IN nominating Mr.. Stone for state su-
| perinteudent of education Mr. Lord of
Montpt lier said: "Tbe gentleman whom
am about to place in nomination needs mo-
Introduction. He has introduced himself
to the people OF he state Of Vermont during
the pa It two years as its tfirient superin-
tendent Of education Whatever may be
hi merits or dement's, they have been
sufficiently discussed; but | believe that In
the interest Of all the schools Of tie state
we should extend to This gentleman two
years more If work, and present the name
Of Mason S. Stone Of Montpelier"
AMID the rush of business in the house
on Tu-s sday, some CO mical things cropped
out. One vas when the report of he visit
to the Soldiers II lie 0y tae mmittee on
military affairs was read. A smi o swept
over the house when the Jmu ittee re-
ported that "eigh'y tons Of hay were found
at the home, and that all the iuinat ~ are
doing we'll. The Committee meant well,
but IT, sounded funny. Another member
who did not sign his name TO his bill and
for this reason it is not given in the official
report, in reduced two bills-one TO compel
the county commissioner to appo mt
liquor agent on the request Of the select
men, aud the other TO exempt all water
companies his town from sxaton The
suppOsitiOn is that he wants plenty of whis-
key and water in his.
GOVERNOR WOODBURY. has appointed
Colonel Feed E. Smith of Montpelier in
sprctOr OF finance in place of Hon W H.
DnBois Of West Randolph. This appoint
rnent came in the nature of surprise to
Col. Smith, as it was entirely unsolicited.
II shows however, tbs excellent jud rnent
OF the COVE nor, as Col. Smith has been 81
!
one 4 the organizers of The First National
Bank OF Montpelier in 1865; was one of its
first board of directors, aud is at present its
vice-president. He has been a director in
the National Life Insurance Company foe
the past twenty five years and on the death
Of General T. j, Pitkin, Colonel Smith sue
ceeded him as "A memb-r of the tuance anI
investing committee In The euate of 1886
he was chair uan of he finance committee,
and il in every way fullv equipped tor tho
important office 10 "Lich he is appointed
MR. BURBANK of Prtsford introiur y
bill last week that is a cdulker." L. ~
emitted, " An act to enable women to be
come vO'ers under certain conditions, auJ
providing for an intelligent balOi for ali
persons. Among its remarkable proVi-
,ions are that all women residents Of this
state, twenty.one years of age, may vote in
all town meetings provided they rake The
freemau's oath and pay poll lax the sHne
az men. They sh Ill be eligible TO hold all
; offices in the gilt Of the people, aud subject
to all the duties of men, except bearing
arms. TIE women of the state SHALL not 90
eligible to receive the freeman's Oa' h, un-
less they are willing TO swear II ey are not
in favor of anarchy nihiisu, socialism, etc.
All lhese responsibilities shall not be thrust
= uoon them unle-' a majIrlty Of the women
of the state SO elect, elc, etc. This bill is
AZ present in the custody of the hearte.s
, judiciary committee.
. Two hundred thirty. five members and at
tdcheS OF The legislature boarded the special
tram at Montprher on Friday morning for
the trio TO Rutland The Train was male
up of five passen ,er coaches, in charge OF
I Conductor George Wells. At Middl-bury
a delegation from the outland board of
trade met tho train and accompanied 1t to
Rutland. Dinner tickets for the Bates,
Bardwell aud Berwick houses were dis
tributed before the train reached the city,
also printed invitations TO visit tie board OF
r trade Immediately after dinner, carr iages
, we're provided for the entire party, and
, ride of two hours and half, covering ten
! miles or more, was taken. The route lay
over the present and proposed boundary
lines of the city, aud a citizen Of Rutland
; was in each carriage TO explain matters.
When the distance had been about half
. traversod the party alghted, and The chief
. engineer of the Rutland 6rs depart ment
, p He'd in an alarm to show the visitors the
efficiency of the paid fire depart meDt of that
city. In response TO the alarm, " hich was
/, not expected by the dremen, two hose
companies came Il distance Of three quarters
of mile, laii 200 feet OF hose, and had
, sire .ms playing IN three minutes aud four
, teen seconds. The train left Rutland at
four o'clock, reaching Montpelier shortly
[ after eight The visit Of the Legislature
cost the city $500 So far as hospitality is
concerned, IL was unbouuded and so per-
, feet were the arrangements that the crowd
was handled at diuner and on the trip
around the city with ease aud with no de-
lays. The question is, will the city OF Rut-
land be repaid for it's outlay of yesterday?
Ii the legislature votes not TO change the
city boundaries, it will OF course be good
, Investment. But fro an unbiased fort to
find out, on tue return trip, What the fe ling
of many of the members IL in regard To he
matter, Notes - is in duty bound TO say
, that, in his opinion, he outcome is xceed-
ingly doubtful. Every man with whom the
reporter talked acknDwledgtd the hand
some manner in which the city had treated
the legislature, AMI several expressed the
wish that his conscience would allow him
TO vote for what the city asks. II is very
I grave question whether the visit OF the
legislature yesterday helped the case tor
the city