Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-16
LEGISLATURE NOTES.

duction of electric lighting at the
State House would be a commend
able stroke of enterprise.
Fourteen days to the usual adjourn
ment date, the day before Thanksgiv-
ing. If the popocratic ratio is kept
up, and sixteen bills killed to one
passed, there will be no trouble in
getting the legislature out of the
Capitol by Nov. 25.
No doubt of it. There's a sort of
"where- am-I-at" feeling in the
breast of many representative as he
thinks how smoothly the woman suf-
frage bill went through the Senate
and realizes the terrible responsibility
that has been ruthlessly thrown upon
the House. Who disputes the long
Medicines of the Senate in getting
woman suffrage thus promptly out of
its way?
Mr.. Ross Of Woodbury. is reaching
after the cigarette fiend with ven
geance. He has introduced bill in
hicting a fine of from $25 to $50 upon
any person who by himself, clerk,
servant or agent knowingly sells, fur
nishes, gives away or distributes to
others any cigarettes made wholly Or
in part of tobacco. The severity of
the measure will defeat whatever
good purpose its author had in mind.
Ex-Gov. Woodbury. denies that he
ever received any complaints of the
condition of things at Waterbury
from the supervisors or anybody else.
1T is now time to hear from the gen
tlemen of that board of supervisors.
If it be true that all these shameful
things have been going on at Water
bury without their finding out any
thing about it, the fact makes pretty
strong evidence in support of the
claim of Woodbury. and Grout that
they are a useless board.
The fish and game commissioners
in their report, recommended a short
open season for killing deer in Essex
county under proper restrictions, and
without the use of dogs, and special
provisions for enforcing the law, and
provision for damage done to crops
by deer. The wisdom of this recon-
menda ton, except the provisions for
damages, must be evident to anybody
who knows the situation of the
county. A large amount of damage
is being done to crops there, however
lightly it may be looked upon in other
parts of the State. The suggestion
that provision be made for the pay
ment of those damages will undoubt-
edly be met by the objection that
large amount of damage not imput-
able to deer will be claimed, and thus
the door will be opened for fraudulent
claims. Concerning this we make no
suggestion. There are two sides to
that question. But concerning the
necessity and justice of an open sea-
son no man who knows the situation
can have serious doubts.
There has been a perfect avalanche
of needless bills in the House and the
operations Of that body has been
handicapped by the attention forced
to measures that should never have
been foisted upon it. Hundreds of
bills are doomed to die in committee
rooms, and the only anxiety is that
in the rush to clear up before Nov
81 some necessary legislation may be
sighted. This year the Senate passed
the woman suffrage bill, and it is
limited did so in order to throw the
responsibility of killing it upon the
House. Ordinarily the House makes
itself solid with the fair ones by APP
proving the measure and sending it
to meet its fate in the Senate cham
Der. The woman suffrage bill is BIZ
ennial feature here, and IL is not too
much to say that while bieunially de-
feated it grows in strength. The
House will doubtless give the bill
rather more than usual earnest con-
sideration this year, as some strong
members favor the measure. Indeed,
it has better chance than ever be-
fore of passing.
A bill introduced in the Senate.
Thursday morning looks toward the
prevention of snow drifted highways
in the winter. An excellent idea, in
the abstract; but it is a pretty smart
set of legislators that can get ahead
of Vermont highway when it starts
out to do good job of drifting.
All paid and volunteer fremen in
Vermont will be interested in the bill
introduced by Mr.. Mack of Vergen-
mes. This bill provides for payments
to families of firemen killed, or to fire
men hurt at fires, sum not to ex
coed yearly $4,000. This money is to