The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-11-04
Legislative Notes.

The ILLUSTRATED LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR.
This proposed publication is meeting with
great favor from, the governor down to the
pages. The thing that ia now Of the high
est Importance is the photographs Of sub
scribers, from which to procure the cuts.
Subscribers who have photographs they
desire used should hand them at once to
our representative, or send to our office.
Those who intend to sit for photographs
should 90 at once to Bre1oster in the resi-
dence just west Of the State Houss. This
is absolutely necessary for the prompt pub
LEGATION of the Souvenir.
SAMUEL e. BURNHAM, who was secretary
of civil and military affairs during Gov.
John b. Pages administration, was at the
Capitol yesterday, looking over his old
quarters.
Gov. CIRCUIT has appointed Eleazer L.
Waterman to be probate judge for the dis
trict of Marlboro, in Windham county, for
the unexpired term ending November 80,
vice Royal Tyler, deceased.
How the bills multiplied this morningl
| Clerks and reporters were temporarily
| showed under, and the record shows forty
nine bills introduced in the House and
eighteen in the Senate.
THE Junior Christian Endeavorers OF the
| stat have been heard from along a temper
ance line. A petition signed by 600 of them,
and asking that the prohibitory law may be
strengthened, and not weakened, at this
scsolou, WAS prosoHbeu tU-udy'
REPRESENTATIVE SILsBY of Newbury was
not in his seat at the opening of the week's
session. The reason is good one On
Monday, his accomplished daughter Nellie
| was given in marriage to Nelson M. Stetson
of North Adams, Mass.
The Senate bill providing for confiden-
tial examination of witnesses by the rail
road commissioners in cases which require
their official attention will, IL 1t becomes a
law, prove substantial aid to the commits
sion and a protection to witnesses.
A COMPANY of school-chldren from Col
chester, accompanied by their teachers,
were at the State House this morning, and +,
like the schools which were present on the
day previous, called at the executive cham
Der and were personally greeted by Gov.
Grout.
a BILL introduced in the Senate Thursday
morning looks toward the prevention Of
snow drifted highways in winter. An ex-
cellent idea, in the abstract; but ii is a
pretty smart set of legislators that can get
ahead of Vermont highway when it starts
out to do good job of drifting.
! A STATE SANITARY ASSOCIATION is to be
| formed here next week. The formations of
| county associations some time ago were but
III cans to this end and it is hoped that the
state association will result in great good
by engendering greater watchfulness over
sanitary matters in all parts of the common
wealth.
Mr.. MoGINN of Fairfield is the father of
the high-license, local-option bill this year.
! One section Of this bill provides that the
mayor or aldermen of any city shall have
| power to issue licenses to sell intoxicating
| liquor. What snap it would be to be a
poodle" alderman should this measure
| become law
The pampas plumes of California, adopted
| by Chairman Hanna when Major Mckinley
| w nnminQta1 bu IN Nv
and sale at the Office of Sergeant-at-Arms
| Phinney for several days. A lady from
Burlington has had charge OF them, and has
| found ready sale for these interesting
souvenirs among the members of the legis-
lature.
ALL paid and volunteer firemen in Yer
| mont will be interested in the bill intro
duced this morning by Mr. Mack of Yer
gennes. This bill provides for payments to
| families OF fremen killed, or to firemen
| hurt at fires, Tor sum not to exceed yearly
$1,000. This money is to be paid out of the
state treasury from receipts from assess
ments against insurance companies.
By au oversight, the name OF the wife of
| Speaker Lord was omitted from the list,
published last evening, Of those ladies who
assisted the members OF the governors staff
| in ting the guests at the reception
given Wednesday evening by Mrs. Grout
and Mrs. Fisk in the executive chamber.
line at the time "Notes" went through,
| which was the cause of an omission which
is much regretted
The bill introduced this morning by Mr..
Paschal of Brunswick was greeted with ap-
| plause that took vigorous rapping by
Speaker Lords gavel to suppress. Mr..
| Raymores bill isn't in it any longer" The
measure proposed by Mr.. Paschal provides
that the president of the Senate and speaker
OF the House shall receive $40 per day, and
members of the general assem- bly, So per
day, this act to take effect with members Of
| the present legislature.
The ladies in charge of the candy booth
at the State House were somewhat puzzled
this morning by the actions Of a gentleman
| who called for dollars worth of candy,
laying down what they supposed We're two
half dollars. The customer finally decided
he did not want the candy, but left the
money. After he was gone, and the ladies'
discovered that he had left two $40 gold
pieces, they learned that their generous but
unknown customer was the gentleman
from Shelburne."
THE bill introduced by Col. Haskins
of BrattleboTo, authorizing the sale of
the land at Essex junction set apart az a
permanent camp-ground for the state mill
tia, and the conversion Of the proceeds into
the state treasury, was at the request OF
General Estey, A sigh of relief Is heaved
that no additional appropriation Ia to be
asked for to expend on this camp-ground
which has, from the first, been anything
but success, and has been in bad repute
among the officers and men OF the National
Guard.
THE bill introduced by Mr.. Palmer of
Waterbury was at the request OF Rev. Dr.
j. lsham Bliss of Burlington, and the &C