The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-07

negative charac ara. / ht many things
right aud sew RAJ lhii g. frarlullv wrong.
usual 1T waN shove popular opinion, RS.
gardless OF the popular viii. Whenever IT.
WAS Tlght, H. WAS as matter Of drN, alb
straot truth, aud again, ~ usual IT, WAS eI-
tirely deficient in lhe milk If human kind
ness
The two houses worked well together,
unusually we'll, until the last when the
clash came, H. WAS heard afar. But The
m-Ltt u weaker went 10 The wall wAa
the misfortune Of he House that lead rship
WAS occasionally aSsum Il. aud ssfnIIS,
by unsafe men. L. leadership The IN. III he, =
took what WAS off red This sOmoIiues
ma les trouble, in on Case nea, ~ fatal.
Gu the whole, however, much good and
enduring work WAS duus. Very nttl- WAS
done that il likely 10 be regretted u lder
All the circu Instances the general result IN
most q atitying. II ihs crns.-foad4 C itics
knew what they were talking about they
would be singing 70 'ns al ~ instead If
emitti x lurid hArtLgu.s b4e-d on dense
ignnTauce Of what th-y are talking ah tut
Every bill introduce was fully and iairly
cJDsdrred, ~ much ~, At l-s.t, ss its I'M
portance demand d Morning was burch-
cred for want OF Tune. Sucn thorough
aud careful cleaning u has not been known
in years.
A matter OF unusually large imp ,rtauoe
WAS finally disposed Of in the law permit.
ting the r-Organiz tiion Of the Central Yer.
mont railroad. To-day H. Is thought that
the BEST thing p ssibls was done aud that
tbs result IN future years will JUST the
work.
The char'e OF the Rutland C Anaiian rail-
road and the act Incorporating the Cham
plain Construction @ Company are lik-l, 10
be largely iustru uen a. In prom wing the
prorp 'ri,y OF a. least Ia ."c ion Of the
legislation OF vastly more Importance aud
public interest than in now under stood. A
General Asse nbly with only this /. gisla-
ton 10 its credit would have accomplished
much.
Tue act creating the Sta o bacterioloeiosl
laboratory, the new laws providing for a
maximum and minimum ssutrnce Of pri.-
ohers A. Windsor and Rutland, AMI their
puols under pr'p.r cond,u NJ, the cpmmu-
tation OF the s-bteuce OF death Of two peo
pie, the annexation Of u large part uf The
town Of Berlin TO the city OF Mon pslier, the
satisfactory u u Ia m ~ Of the boundary bs.
tween The tow OF II d. Park aud M ,,rris-
town, the act tstHb lining a State bixLwa
commission, the promOiiou, by charter, of
many i'm portant eleCiric power enrtrprisrs
and 70 ads, aud pre- emin-ntiy the PEOPLES
mileage Law, thes > verv important iu-tanc.s
Of constructive legisls N, am NJ nav
others, occur to me as being well worth ali
tue SESSION cost.
Thiuk on these things. Rrh-ot on the
m my things OF large imp FRANCE which
have been we'll done and give due credi'.
b, Cause no one knew how, nothing was
done toward correcting existing in, Qnal-
ties In taxation. A start toward retoi In in
this resp .cr may p 'ssioly have bs.n mate
by the opp 'iu m.uC Of n commission OF two
Ia inve,' igats the subj CT aud report in
, 1900, bur from The composition OF the COM
mission eau s-e vary iittle hops OF a report
Of any value. Nei her Mr.. Ballard Of Fairfax
nor Mr.. Bige ow of Burlington have had
any training or experisuco along these
lines, aud it would apu,sr 81 bs board "of
O ,nvsnience." ~ the French say. TIL. com
mission weighs about 800 pounds, but
whether this will maze up for iis utter lp-
nnrauce OF the subj ct is "a question.
l have no doubt but that tins will con-
trm me- srd msny Others In the opinion
that he refusal uf the House To allow The
people to vote on the Question Of the cou-
tinuADce OF prOnibi lou will react most un-
tavorah 10 the present laws on the sub
Jet. have Very little doubt but u a iha
vote would have Sustained prohibition, aud
thus given it standing and u backing
which 10 Is certain 10 stand in need OF in the
near future, II 10 does not air .ady. WA
iguOr nee Of the Irl 10 siruari IN and lear Of
al unfavorahle result which killed the ref
ereDdum and de eat Ell the right OF the pro.
Pile 10 say what they wanted. The result
will no 10 foment and perpetuatp popular
clamOr and agitation, and two years hrnce
will very probably considerably increase
the license vote throughout the Sta,e aud
consequently in the Legislature. L. WAS
emin-ntly proper for the General Assembly
to r-iu-e To modify the p e-ent laws on the
subject until 10 should appear that there
was popular maj 'ruy in favor of change
bur H. wAs manif-stly unfair TO p event the
asc-rtaning of the will of The III ii ,rity.
The entire Absence of any female sui rage
legislation came from The fact that all de-
IN and If any sort of cons, a snc. for any,
thing OF he kind had appai emily die out
The indica' ions now are that WE have heard
the last Of this agit alton for some time 10
come.
The school laws were slightly amended in
fev nects-ary and pre- PR resp, Cts, but
the laws rs a whole are working we'll aud
there is a general disposition TO let we'll
en- IN alone.
Nos, on The whole, 1 submit that the
general result proves "A careful, serious aud
conservative body, and that under oil the
circumstances We have a right TO DO proud
OF the General A. s-mhly OF 1893.
FIJI ally, the II, urnment over Thanks
giving was an ab-oiute necessity at the
time. ami lis wisdom was abnDdsntly JUS
Tilted by the result. H. was sufficiently
| shown by The amount OF important work
transacted on recOnv-ning that a sine die
! aljpnrnm-nt could not have been had h..
fore Thanksgiving without large sacrifice
OF most important interests. The work too,
from the beginning Of the session WAS hur-
ried as rapidly ~ WAS consistent with safety
and good results. Newspaper and other
critics who crI,icise the return do 80 wholly
through ignorance Of the actual condition
| of business.
In the preparation OF "copy" for the leg.
islativs d.. trtmenc OF the last DAILY
JOURNAL, the haste OF the hour prevented
my expressing 10 all it's readers and those
| OF the Waterman my reRr, at bring com.
prlei to leave you, and very likely never.
more 10 return. To The staff Of the paper
wish TO txp-ess my sincere appreciation of
invarable courtesy and pleasant concert of
action. To the editor u-chief l return
most sipcere thanks for words Of appreca-
tion OF which l tried 10 be worthy, hut Can
hardly think my self deserving. To "ths
hoys" up stairs. with whom / have kept
nightly vigils. your invaI liable kindn -ss will
ever be treasured in memory. To all with
whom / came in pleasant contact during
| two OF The pleasantest months of my life
goodbye.
j. r. HARRIS.