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

in the House on Thursday was 1853 -
enough, il properly considered, to occupy
the time of that body until Christmas day,
THE public is cordially invited to attend
the exercises this evening in Representa-
tives' Hall, to be held under the auspices of
the Vermont Historical Society.
THE "free open-air musical entertain
ment " is now subject for favorable con-
sideration by cities and villages. The bill
touching this matter has been signed.
A MODEL of clean-cut conciseness OF state
ment was that of the gentleman from Will
lston in reply to an Interrogation as to why
FL. 282 had been adversely reported.
GENERAL EsTEY and Colonel Bond have
been in town this week to appear before the
military committee in the matter of the
states, purchasing permanent camp
ground.
SENATOR MKRRIFIELD of Windham county
occupied the chair for short time Friday
morning, and presided with an ease that
was the outcome of long familiarity with
legislative matters.
Miss MARY A. PHINNEY, daughter of Ser
geant. at Arms Phinney, has accepted an in
vitation to sing an offertory at Christ church
next Sunday morning. The vested boy
choir will also be present.
DR. w. NJ. HUNTINGTON of Rochester was
at the State House Thursday and Friday in
the interest of a bill providing for the fur.
nishing of water for domestic purposes to
the village of Rochester by company in
which the doctor is included.
SENATOR DURKEE's heart is broken. He
introduced bill in the Senate on Thursday
giving certain powers to legal voters" 1t
was telephoned to the st. Adams Messen-
ger and appeared NEGRO voters" Accord
ing to the Messenger report, "negro" voters
now can vote anywhere in the state.
LARKIN G. MEAD, the famous sculp or,
who cut the statue of Ethan Allen that
guards the entrance to the Capitol, and also
the female figure that surmounts the dome,
who has resided in Italy for the past thirty
years, will visit his old home in Brattleboro
next month.
TENNESSEE is to have an exposition in
commemoration Of the one hundredth ami
versary of her admission to the Union, and
she has asked Vermont to take hold with
her. The Green Mountain State can afford
to give her southern neighbor friendly
recognition on so important an occasion.
THE committee on military affairs gave a
hearing on Thursday evening on the bill
providing for the sale of the permanent
camp-ground near Essex Junction. Ex-
Gov, Woodbury. Gen. T. s. Peck, Gen. w
III. Gilmore, Col. j. j. Estey and Major o.
ID. Clark appeared before the committee in
support OF the bill.
"VERMoNTs LEGISLATURE of 1896 has Just
the chances are that it will do its best to
adjourn early and avoid a rush. Many
bills have been called by the speaker but
few have been chosen to become laws, and
the outlook is that The Laws Of 1896 will
not be very plethoric volume. "-Burling-
ton Free Press.
OWING to the probability that many men,
bers of the legislature will be in town over
next Sunday, it is proposed to make the
meeting for men, to be held at the rooms of
the Young Mems Christian Association
next Sunday afternoon, distinctively legis-
lative meeting. One or more members of the
general assembly will be invited to make
brief addresses.
PROPOSED fire insurance company, to
be located in the Northeastern part of the
state, guarantees insurance against damage
by Tightening" 1t has not been supposed,
up to this time, that "lightening" was a
particularly disastrous element But, may
be, in some of the darker portions of the
state, "lightening" is looked upon with
dread. If so, let this bill pass, by all means.
IN the Senate chamber, on Thursday
evening, the Senate committee on railroads
gave public hearing on several bills thus
far introduced. o. NJ Barber appeared for
the railroad commissioners and Colonel E.
Q. Smith, president of the Central Vermont
Perclval Clement, president of the Rutland
railroad, q. w. Writers and b. #. Fiheld
represented the railroads. An informal dis
cussion of several proposed measures was
held.
j. w. TITcoMB of st. Johnsbury, presi-
dent OF the state Fish and Game League
appeared on Thursday evening before the
joint standing committee on game and fish
cries in support OF the bill making an open
season for deer in Essex county. IL was
shown that the deer in that part of the state
actually do much damage TO crops. and the
farmers there are clamoring for payment of
damages caused by the depredations of
these animals. This committee also con.
sidered several private trout bills.
The bill granting municipal suffrage to
women passed the Senate with somewhat
suspicious unanimiry. 1t has been limited
that the upper branch is making flank
move on the representative body, and fore
ing upon the latter the ungracious task of
killing the measure, job the house has
once and again imposed upon the Senate
However, the bill is an improvement upon
the one that failed two years ago, in that it
makes the property qualification $500 at
least.
THE Senate Daaapd the wouan auffraoa