Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-10-19
LEGISLATURE. NOTES.

i Tn e appointment mace Dy serge
ant at Arms T. G. Phinney are as fol-
Lows Doorkeepers, c.. W. Briggs OF
Brandon, Martin Shattuck Of Eden,
Dennis E. May Of ST. Johnsbury, Or
vile G.. Wheeler of Burlington; mes
sengers. Robert E. Clark of Island
Pond, Fred B. Chase of Bradford, FL.
D. Rugg of Hartland, Leonard Mack
of Vergennes, P. r. Manchester Of
Pawlet, Hugh FL. Henry of Chester,
| Carl Kelton of Montgomery, Joseph
E. Farman of Peru; clerk IN. the. SER
geant at arms Office, +. P. Adams Of
Swanton; clerk in the secretary of
states Office, Dan O.. Webster Of Brat
tleboro; governors messenger, Aaron
circuit of Derby; Waterman, John L.
Tuttle of Montpelier.
The Oldest member of this legisla-
ture is Adams L. Bromley of Pawlet,
who was born in 1920. He was also a
member in 1882. The youngest mem
Der is William FL. Button of Middle
bury, who was born in March, 1871.
Bradley G. Newell, the famous
Schlatter from Nottingham, who is
member of this legislature, is said to
have given up healing for the pres
ent at least.
s'Why does living in Montpelier
cost more now than ordinarily?" was
asked an acclimated native. s'Well,
you see the legislature meets only
once in two years, and business is SO
Internally dead here that we must
make enough off the members and the
state to live for two years to Gomez
Marcus Ward of Putney nominated
Kittredge Haskins for speaker and
the nomination was seconded by
Messrs. Baldwin of Barton, Cleveland
of Thetford, Mott of Alburgh and Fol-
let of Townsend.
When also it appears that it costs
the state fully 81 200 for every work
ing day, $500 for every hour and SIS
for every minute, am sensible of the
value of our time.-Josiah circuit.
The New England Telephone and
Telegraph company has placed long
distance telephone in the State House
for the free use of the members,
favor greatly appreciated by those
living on the company's fines.
Gov. Grout announced his staff APP
pointments Thursday, and they are as
follows: James n. Jenne of ST. Adams
surgeon general; Geo. w. Doty of
Morrisville, John G. Clark of st.
Johnsbury, Porter H. Dale of Island
Pond, Edward G. sOsgood. Of Bellows
Falls, Charles E. Nelson Of Mont
gomery, aide and Inspector Of rife
practice; Calvin E. Clark of Bradford
A. K. Brown of Richford, John Fetch
er of Middlebury, Carroll A. Moore of
Bellows Falls, E. Baldwin of Wells
River, G. A. Hubbard Of Burlington, S.
Haskell of Derby, Myron M. Parker of
Washington, D. c., special; Charles
A. Converse of Philadelphia, special;
A. B. Chandler of New York, special;
John ], Warden of Boston, special. |
The ppointments of Stewart Haskell |
and G. II. Hubbard are Complimentary
to the patriotism of that portion of |
Vermont democrats who followed the |
lead of Minister Phelps in voting
with Republicans to sustain national
honor. Col. Doty will probably be
made chief of staff.
Webb, the millionaire representa- !
tive, is one of the committee on rail-
roads.
House bill was presented by Bald
win of Barton, and is to authorize the
village of Barton to issue bonds to re-
tire it's indebtedness in constructing
its electric light plant.
A resolution was presented by Bald
win of Barton referring the parts of
of the governors message relating to
the State Normal schools to the ocm-
mittee on education, which resolution
was adopted. Mr.. Baldwin also pres
ented resolution referring that part
of the governors message relating to
the Brattleboro Insane Retreat to the
committee on insane, which was
adopted by the House.
The Senate and House held brief
session Monday afternoon and then
adjourned in respect to Gov. Fuller.
On Monday two bills were intro
duced in the House-one by Mr..
Palmer of Waterbury, to prevent
bribery in caucuses, and the other by
Mr.. Clark of Glover, to elect repre-
sentatives to the. General Assembly
by a plurality votes
Lieut.. Gov. Fisk, in assuming the
duties of his office, made a neat
speech and at once took hold as if ne
had been for a long time in the same
positiOn The nraaidant nro tenn |