Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-23
THE LEGISLATURE.
OUR MONTPELIER LETTER.
Making Haste to Get Ready for
Thanksgiving.
A Large Number of Important Bills
Under Consideration.

Waterbury Asylum---the Rutland
Division Passes the House---a state
Board of PhRrmacy---Trinimg with
Woman SUfFra ge---IIOuse of Correc-
tiOn Commitments.
MONTPELIER, Nov. q, 1894.
We were all startled and made sad this
morning by the announcement of the death
of Judge Wyman, representative from
Athens, while on his way from his board
ing place to the state house. Yesterday
afternoon he was appointed by Speaker
Stickney chairman of the special committee
of fifteen members to whom the house had
voted to refer the bovine tuberculosis ques-
tion. Promptly calling his committee to-
gether public hearing was held in the
evening at which the difficult problem,
sidered till late hour. An adjournment
of the meeting was had to $50 this morn
ing when it was intended to draft a report
to be submitted to the house. At about
that hour Mr.. Hubbard of Vernon. a fel-
low member of the committee, met Judge
Wyman at the Montpelier house, remark
ing to him that it was about time for the
meeting to begin. Upon this Mr.. Wyman
went to his room for his papers, hurriedly
started for the state house, and while pass
ing up the walk on the east side of. the
grounds fell to the walk, breathing but a
few times afterward. Several times of late
he had remarked to his friends that he had
to be very careful about over-eXertng him
self as he had about him trouble that lie
felt would take him off suddenly some day.
Judge Read, in announcing the death of
Mr.. Wyman to the house this morning,
spoke feelingly of the loss to all, and espe-
cialiy to those with whom the deceased was
brought into intimate company. A warm
personal friend, wise legislator and good
man was gone. Mr.. Read then offered the
following resolutions which were unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, In the wise providence of God, we are
called upon to mourn the death Of Hon Andrew
\. Wyman, the representative from the town of
Athens.
ReSolred That by the decease of MIR. Wyman
the house OF representatives has lost "A worthy.
honored, and respected member and the state an
tAfllp pldIN, ltlltSL, upright ana useful citizen,
aud we tender TO his family and friends our sin
cere sympathy and coincidence
HtSOtrcd, That a committee consisting of four
members of this house b. appointed by the speak
er 10 accompany the body Of the deceased to his
late home in Athens
HcSnired, That THESE resolutions be entered up.
on the journal of the house, and the clerk be di-
recttd To transmit certified copy thereof to the
widow of the deceased
RrSoired, That the clerk be- directed to com,
munlcate a copy of these resolutions to the sen
dtt, ana That a further mark of rpSnppt to the
memory of the deceased the house do now ad-
lourn to 8 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The speaker appointed as the committee
under the resolution, Mr., Lynde of Dunn
merston Mr.. Walker of Grafton, Mr.. Wy
man of Stockbridge and Mr.. Ware of
Townshend.
Senator Reed announced Judge Wyman's
death in the senate and offered a resolu-
ton similar to that adopted by the house,
under which Senators Reed and Irwin were
appointed committee. The committees
started for Athens with the body on the
noon express, being accompanied by the
other Windham county members to Mont
pelier Junction.
As in Windham county 50 was Judge
w llldl hllOh II llNlC as Il man ways dJ-
proachable, unobtrusive in his opinions,
which were highly priced by those who
sought them, of good judgment and pos
sessed of such substantial qualities of mind
and heart as to gain him the respect of all
with whom he came in contact.
The Nicaragua Canal Company.
An important hearing was held in the
supreme court room last Friday evening by
the committee on corporations on the bill
to incorporate the Nicaragua Canal COM
pany. This company, as is well known,
after an expenditure of about So, 100000
was obliged to suspend during the financial
| panic of last year. 1t now comes to the
| Vermont legislature for charter because
of its early session, and asks for a capital
stock of S12, 100000 with which to take up
| its S6,000,000 already expended, and to
provide funds for continuing the work till
| such times as the United States government
or some other power shall come to the aid
of the company by guaranteeing its bonds.
| Hon. Warner Miller, eX-United States
senator from New York, and president OF
the company, spoke for an hour and hall
! before the committee in a very interesting
manner in relation to the enterprise, the
work accomplished, its present condition
and its prospects. He spoke of the friendly
interest manifested in the project by the
late Frederick Billings, ex-senator Ed
munds, our present congressional delega-
! tion, and other prominent Vermonters, as
one reason why the company came here fol
its charter. 1t was now operating under
a charter taken out under the laws of Colo
RADIO, but which was found unsatisfactory
The promoters of the enterprise asked fol
large powers, for, Mr.. Miller said, as a com
pany operating in new country destitute
of many of the facilities of modern times
they were obliged to do their own banking
construct and operate railroad and steam,
boat companies and engage in general trade
They also, necessarily, asked to be exempt
from future legislation and the restriction.
governing the granting of local charters
He believed that the Nicaragua route wa'
the only feasible one, and that when thI
canal was opened up it would mark the be
ginning of new era in the prosperity o.
our Pacific slope as well as of the South
The enhanced value of the single item o
standing timber would pay for the cana
several times over, Agricultural and min
eral products would be brought 5000 mie
nearer to market by water communication
than at present. Maps and photographs
of the proposed route were shown whicl
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