Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-10-05
GOV. Woodbury's STAFF.
The Committees.
Special despatch to The Phoenix ]

MONTPELIER, VT, Oct. ,.
The senate and house committees were
announced this morning, the important
chairmanships being as follows:
Senate-Judiciary, Barber of Benning-
tom finance, Lyman of Chittenden; gem
eral, Hunt of franklin banks, Lewis of
Addison railroads, Hazen of Caledonia;
education, Arnold of Windsor; agrcul-
ture, Bell of Caledonia; insurance, Worth
en- of Washington.
House-Ways and MEANS Smith of Bur
ington; education, Rustedt of Richford;
general, Morse of Proctor corporations,
Stevens of Colchester; claims, Deal of st.
| Adams: railroads, Lawrence of Rutland:
| grand list, Smith of Waterbury; highways,
| Peck of Brookfield; elections, Lord of
Montpelier; agriculture, Winslow of Bran
don; insane, Dean of Bristol; game and
fisheries, Clark of St. Johnsbury.
Senator Reed of Wndham county is a
| member of the committee on claims and
chairman of grand list; Sherwin, chairman
| of elections and member of education and
highways.
In the house Read of Rockingham is
chairman of judiciary; Hines of Brattle-
boro member of ways and means and chair
man of game and fisheries; Mann of Viii
mington, member of judiciary and chair
man of banks; Wyman of Athens, a men,
ber OF hanks and general; Weston of New
fame, chairman of military.
Adams of Marlboro is member of the
committee on corporations; Ware of
| Townshend on elections: Lynde of Dunn
merston on grand list; Hubbard of Yer
non on agriculture; Houghton of Gull
ford on house of correction; Evans of
Halifax on library; Wilder of Whitingham
on temperance; Pier of Jamaica on court
and state expenses; Jones of Windham on
temperance.
Yearley of Londonderry is on mmigra-
ton; ingalls, of Putney on highways,
bridges and ferries; White of Brookline on
land taxes; Yeaw of Dover on mileage and
debentures; Whitcomb of WardsbOro on
public buildings Walker of Grafton on
claims: Richardson of Westminster on
public buildings; Grout of Stratton on
manufactures; Grout of Somerset on dis
tributing.
Legislative Notes.
The official canvass of the gubernatorial
vote shows these totals: Woodbury. 4, $50 ;
Smith 13, 142; McGinnis Peoples party)
739; Whittemore (Prohibitionist) AGA.
Woodbury's plurality 29,514; majority 2S,-
311.
Wndham cOunty's vote stood, according
to the official count, Woodbury. $780,
Smith 949; McGinnis A; Whittemore 13.
The most important measure to come
before the legislature is the adoption OF
the work of the committee appointed to re-
wise the laws. Proof sheets of the revision
have been furnished each member. The
revision makes book of 972 pages.
The Australian ballot law, passed foul
years ago and tinkered two years ago, will
he amended, and may be repealed so far as
it concerns the small towns. There will
probably be an attempt to repeal the schoo
law, but the event will undoubtedly prove
that this law has come to stay. The
adoption of the revised statutes will affor(
an opportunity for enemies of any of the
present statutes to secure their repeal, anC
developments will be watched with lively
interest.
= Carl Fletcher writes the st. Adams Mes
senger that the private houses are gettin!
most of the session boarders and the hotel
the rest. Two years ago nearly all the of
ficials were at the Pavilion. This year tn
r only state official there is Treasurer Field
e Gov. Woodbury. and family are at privat
k house, and the lieutenant governor ant
! Speaker Stickney at the Montpelier House
1t is reported that the proprietor of tn
:, Pavilion made $4,000 out of the last ses
u sion.
Baltimore, which enjoys the distinction
. of being the smallest town in the state
q cast no votes for state officers, ballots be
y y ing cast simply for representative and ju;
u tices of the peace.
a. The division of the town of WestmoT
,e in Orleans county and setting off a pieC
/, of the city of Rutland to the town, with
IS contest over the seating of a representatiy
,- from West Burke, are matters that wi
" create some interest during the session.
e. EX-Gov. Proctor has presented to I'll
r state the full length portrait painted /
ye Robert Gordon Harde year ago I'll
N portrait represents the ex-governor in IL
al act of addressing a visitor-perhaps cal
S. er at the executive chamber. The sta
coat of arms is seen in the back groun