Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-28
NEWS AND NOTES.


NEWS AND NOTES.
Ex-senator Higgins of Delaware,
says he has not the slightest doubt about
the seating of his Republican successor,
Senator Elect Dupont; that he has re-
ceived the opinions of a number of the
leading constitutional lawyers and they
all agree that the Speaker of the Della
ware Senate ceased to have the right to
act as Speaker when he became the gov
ernor Of the State.
Justice Field of the United States
Supreme Court, has completed 81 years
of service on that bench. President Lin
coin appointed him in March. 1868, but
he did not take his seat until the Goth of
May. At the time of his appointment he
was chief justice of the Supreme Court
of California, and he waited to finish
some work in that position before NOV
ing to Washington. Only three justices
have served longer on the supreme
bench than Judge Field; Chief Justice
Marshall, Judge Story and Judge Wayne.
Judge Marshall served "a years, Judge
Story SO years and months, and Judge
Wayne 81 years and months. Judge
Field is almost 70 and his health is as
good as ever.
DR.. Rich, veterinary of Burlington,
has found that % COWS in the valuable
herd of Holisteins owned by Chatfee
Brothers of that city, are infected with
tuberculosis and the animals will be
killed Tuesday.
At meeting of Jhe'Yale track athletic
team, Saturday, Lewis P. Sheldon of the
junior class, was elected captain for next
year. Sheldon is broad and high
jumper and long distance hurdler. He
is from Rutland.
Have you ever noticed how your sys-
tenn seems to crave special assistance in
the spring? Just the help required is
given by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The city hall at Vergennes was burned
about o'clock Thursday morning, to-
gether with over 1000 feet of hose, three
hose carts and go tiremen's uniforms
owned by the city.
Several State contemporaries, and no.
tably the Burlington News, Montpelier
Waterman and Bennington BANNER, are
training their heaviest artillery on our
system of legislative representation. 1t
is of course too plain for argument that
the present system of representation by
towns. thong it answered well enough in
the early days when the population was
comparatively evenly distributed, is in
equitable and undemocratic now when
it means that Glastonbury, for instance,
with seven or eight voters, shall have the
same power as Bennington with her 1900.
Scores of cases can be cited in Vermont
where voter in small town exercises
from so to 200 times the power in law
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Whatever argument there may once have
been for such an inequality, that the
small-town voter was entitled to it be-
cause so much more virtuous and intelli-
gent than the ''furriner'' in the large vii
lage is being dispelled by the news of the
terrible crimes, the most revolving of
which humanity is capable, that is SO
constantly coming from rural commun-
tiles and in much larger proportion than
from any city or village. But no such
argument ever had much merit any way
or ever will, even when the conditions of
depletion, encouragement and shiftless-
ness that have borne so terribly against
our back towns, are replaced by wiser
and better systems. In free America no
man or set of men is entitled to dispro-
portionate share of power in public af-
fairs on the theory that he is better or
wiser than his fellows: the very funda-
mental idea of our institutions forbids it,
Our town representative system is I'M
questlOnably wrong, unjust and ill-work-
ing in its effects and urgently needs to
be replaced by a district system, and
surely will sometime. Our contempora-
ries deserve all commentator for their
agitation; but far greater and more
immediate good, and the one that con-
tains the best hope and about the only
chance of effecting this change, is more
equal division of votes between the par
ties in this State 1t all reduces itself to
the old formula that what we need above
all else in Vermont is A House Cleaning
in State Politics.-Brattleboro Re-
former
"A little boy had learned to use
naughty swear-words, but his mother
had not discovered the fault, and was
shocked and surprised when a friend
went to her and told the sad. news.
Freddy was accused of the fault, and
demanded who told on him. "Oh, a lit
tie bird whispered it to me-" replied the
mother. "HumPh," said Freddy, in
great disgust, zone of those damned
sparrows, l suppose. "-Worcester Ca
zette.
She had now become desperate.
'Your family has grand name" he
observed. p
81 would prefer almost any other" she
rejoined with promptness sufficient to
suggest that she had given the subject
thought
After time she sat as one in trance
and wondered what would be the chances
of his tumbling if wheat elevator were
to precipitate itself upon him.-Detroit
Tribune.
John B. Cough, says: "For Sore
Throat, especially when tending to ulcer.
alton, have found Ponds Extract very
henehcia1