The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-11-18
Legislative Notes.

great many pbOpio thOoO N"Jpt p'0 -
these things move her.
THE committee on the insane did not In
wife anvhody to leave the business in the
House or Senate and accompany them to
Waterbury and Brattleboro'
THE iunketing tendency got a setback on
Thursday when the House refused to pass
a Joint resolution providing for special
committees trip to Lake Morey.
Gov. CIRCUIT is getting acquainted with
one feature of the educational Dranch OF
state government. He has shaken hands
with school children by the hundreds this
week.
The trout in the hatchery trays at Rox-
bury are wiggling with renewed energy
towards the six-inch limit since they heard
of the passage of the hatchery bill by the
House.
SENATOR MANcHEsTER's joint resolution
on the Tennessee centennial exposition IL
a measure after the Houses own heart 1t
calls for commission that shall not cost
the state anything.
The mere suggestion of legislative visit
to Fort Ethan Allen seems to bring on
storm. Two years ago it rained torrents on
the day of the official trip there, and Friday
also proved stormy.
IT looks as though the General Assembly
was fixing for some night sessions after this
week. The two days off, which begin to-
day, mean some extra hustling when the
legislative robins nest again.
THE passage Of the Tennessee centennial
resolution will aft ord fine opportunity for
a display of patriotism on the part of seven
gentlemen who will go to Nashville as rep
resentatives of Vermont and pay their own
expenses.
A DELEGATION of ten or twelve teachers
from the St. Johnsbury schools visited the
legislature Thursday afternoon and pro-
ceeded by the afternoon train to st. Albans,
where they will attend the State Teachers
Convention.
A LADY visitor at the State House
said that she didn't know whether she
could stand it to see them kill bill, but
concluded to go in and see the job done,
when assured that it was not such hor-
rible sight after all.
THE bill passed by the Senate Tuesday,
allowing the governor to fix muster date
for the national Guard at any time after
March 1, in the year 1897, has in 1t special
patriotic flavor, and indicates desire, as a
wit in the Senate puts it, to March fourth.
THE burning desire to be re cognized at
home as the introducer of bill is re-
sponsible for some very needless attempts
at legislation, and this is the time Of year
when many measure springing from such
a source is being laid away without a tear.
GEN. L. s. PECK has recently received a
fine portrait Of Col. Myron ID. Parker of
Washington, d. g., that is to be hung in
the Office of the adjutant and inspector
general. Col. Parker served during the
war in Company NJ, First Vermont Cav
airy.
THE House was not in "junket" mood
Thursday afternoon and promptly sat on
the reasonable provision of the joint resolu-
ton, originating in the Senate, that the spe-
cial committee on the preservation of the
waters of Lake Morey should visit that
body of water.
THE attempt to do away with the barbed
wire ferce failed. Possibly if the bill had
been so framed az to prevent any additional
fence of that sort being built, and had not
called, by implication at least for the re-
moval of barbed wire already on duty in the
fence, there would have been some chance
! for it.
THE hour that was wasted Tuesday morn,
ing in trying to get reconsideration of the
! vote passing House bill No. 1913 cost the
state $500. The bill originally passed by a
| practically unanimous vote, and it would
! seem that the attention of the House might
| better be directed to measures not yet acted
upon.
A FRIEND was about to give Notes " {
cigar, when printed page on the reporter
table caught his-the friends-eye. These
were the words in the first and seconC
lines of Section 3, House bill 542: "When
person is convicted of the crime of using
] lUItnlluH
| chances, and Notes " got no cigar.
THE first real debate of the session in thu
House took place Tuesday afternoon on tn,
| bill liking the compensation of members o
| state boards and commissions at SO per day
! In this debate Mr. BarroWs of Coventry
Mr. Haskins of Brattleboro, Mr.. Baldwin o
Barton, Mr.. Thomson of Rutland, Mr.. Macl
! OF Vergennes and Mr.. Prouty of Newpor
took a leading oar.
Evupv lauvar In tho Hnusa avoant II
Bates of st. Johnsbury and Mr. Baldwin o
| Barton, who were at Waterbury with tn
special committee to investigate the affair
of the asylum, was in his seat Frida.
ready to do busness-a good object lessor
for those who have been shouting abou
" classes " in the House. Ninety-six out o
245 members of the House, several less thai
a quorum were present that day.
WHEN the joint resolution for 1.-THE pur
chase of type-writers for the use of the sec
retary of the Senate and clerk of the Hous
was called up on Friday one member O
the House desired additional light on tn
subject before his vote was recorded. II
said if the resolution meant "male " type
writers he should vote no, but II female
typewriters were intended he wanted +
vote yes.
THE House considers that honors ar
pretty nearly even between that body AM
the Senate. The latter threw the womal
Suffrage issue lnJO inc lap Oh inc house
which now retaliates by compelling tn
Senate to take the responsibility in tn
matter of horizontal reduction of commits
sioners salaries. Time brings everythin
around even.
RUTLAND citizens object to the extensiv
amendments which it is proposed by "spe
cial committee " to make in connection wit
the city charter, and a large delegation q
taxpayers are announced to be headed 70
the caDltal TO head off any radical changes
1t would seem, somehow, " like old times
to have lively fight in the legislature owe
Rutland issue.
The lively manner in which Speake
Lord keeps business that comes to his des
trundling has much to do with the dspatc
OF business that has marked the proceed