Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-03
Friday a Record Breaker
for Measures introduced,
Passed and Killed.
GETTING DOWN TO WORK.
Prison Reform Legislation Proposed e.
Rutland Railroad Dill Reported With
Important Amendments - First
Day of Hyde Park Norris
willie Contest.
u'rom our STAT Correspondent

! Montpelier, oct 2S.-Ihis has bee It rec
ord breaking day in the Vermont LcSis-
laturc. After such Il season of pleasure
as the members have enjoyed this week
they came tn the Capitol this morning
with their pockets fun of bills ana every
body determined to get his bill ia first.
MIR. Speaker would ring out simultan-
couSly from half dozen threats every
iilnc the clerk reached a period while
reading Il bill until the gathering rescm-
hlcd u town meeting With Lively scrap
over third fence view cr more than de-
lincrJtc law making lody Whom ever tho
speaker saw hrSt got the floor ana the
others had to wait, often Il long time as
he members when they got on their feet
llrrG the bills in by pairs. triplctS and
even had four of a kind at times besides
petitions without number. IN all a. bills
were introduced.
/ But the introduction of bills does not at
al represent the work of the Legislature.
More bills were passed and more killed
than i'm all the rest of the week. Several
important bills were reported among them
being the Rutland railroad bills. House
bill No. l31, the act to incorporate the
Rutland-Canadian Railroad company. was
reported and amended 80 as not to inter-
fcrc with the powers Of the Supreme Court
/ ny striking out those words whore they
appeared in the bil. 1t was also propose
20 lower the limit of dividends from six
to five per cent. This brought To the at
tcntiou of tn" House the fact that IT was
not very well acquainted with the bill and
II was ordered 20 lie. In the AFTERNOON il
was called mp and made Il special order
for Tuesday morning. The bill incugpora-
ting the Chompiain Construction com
uapy suffered similar fate but House
Nill No $40, an act in addition to an act To
Incorporate the Rutland Railroad COM
pany was reported. read the third tim"
and passed. The holding up of these bills
L 81.
mcnt of any hostility to the bills but is
simply desire on the part of the House
to act deliberately In the matter.
The Legislature has recognized the hos
pital!ty of burlington by the adoption %
the following joint resolution:
| Resolved Is thu Senate and House Of
! Representatives, That the thanks of the
General Assc mh,y of the State Of Vermont
he and hereby are rendered to the citizens
OF burlington for the entertainment eN-
tended Il while in their city. during the
parade of thu 3rd regiment. Unit Il STAT" >
IcNalry, and the reception given 20 tn"
Officers of said regiment on the afternoon
ard evening of October 10. 1875.
1t was amusing during the afternoon t.
watch Speaker Haskins tact in keeping
the House at work long after the Senate
had adjourned Every time II member f, II
he must go he would make a motion To
adjourn, but the speaker would hold up a
handful of bills and the House would roar
mo" The member making the motion
and several others would Sip cut and
business would progress until somebody
else wanted to 20. At least Il dozen UNI
successful attempts We're made to al
journ. At last after the seats got 50 emp
ty that the clerks voice sounded as lone
some as Il seminary lad reh'arsing an
Grafton IN "A hay lot business began To n"
rushed along faster ana bills were Killed
or passed AT the rate OF forty krots pr
hour.
ladies' week was brought to a clos, by
the introduction of that biennial failure
the bill granting municipal suffrage To la-
dies. Like an unmarried woman of peril
Gus age il does not change as much as the
costumes of the feminine sex.
The Hyde Park Morris town contest was
opened to-day ~ a 80 minute half In the
House and Iorrstown made goal with
ease. The hill was also introduced in tho
Senate, where a special committee of tiN,
was appointed to consider it. In tn.
House the hill was introduced by MIR
special committee OF seven. The Morris
Allen of Hyde Park. who asked for 4
town member was satisfied to let the bi,
go TO the regular committee on town lines
ana there it went by the overwhelming
vote of - yeas. lo2 nays.
: When the Legislature adjourned II was
until two o'clock Monday afternoon and
everybody who could took the Afternoon
. trains for home.
The Senate accomplished the most WORK
of any sins.o sitting at the session thi,
morning. Fifteen bills We're introduced
ana some of them vii! arouse considerable
interest The bills Introduced lay Senator
Watson of Hartland fixing the salary ot
tn" State treasurer At $500 per year and
} that of secretary of state at S-20o are pre-
liminary steps to the inauguration OF i
} separate insurance department II has
been understood all along that To dcpriy,
these two officers of the fees received
from insurance companies would 50 redUc,
their salaries that no dos !rahle men COUll
afford to take tho office. Another hi. /,
create the Office of insurance commission
! er will be introduced in the Senate next
! week. This oil, viii provide more effect
} ually for the detection of the causes of
fires by empowerin,; the insurance COM
mis- sioncr on the request of any insur-
ance company To investigate the causes
of a fire, the insurance company paying
the expenses of the commissioner while
he is engaged in this work
The three bills introduced by Senator
Blodgett of ST. Johnsbury are intended as
a marked reform in the present penal
methods of the State. The first would
make the lcagth of term of punishment
for 4 criminal dependent upon his brhaV-
ior and susceptibility TO reform. The sec.
and provides for the parols of prisoners
along the lines suggested by eX-Gov
Grout. Tho third pre- Vide3 special pan
isnmcnt for hahitual prisoners and Incl.
dentally would greatly interfere with the
revenue of Sherins and other committing
officers, who are allowed about ~ cents
: mileage, where it costs them only two
cents, making trips To Rutland or Wind
sor with prisoners 81 popular.
In the House ii was evident that som,
residents of Vermont are not in favor of
: the retention of side judges as shown by
House bill No 1886. introduced by Mr.
Dckoy of Bradford which bears the harm
less title Of AN Act Relating to the Coun,
ty Court Section enc reads: "a Coun.
} ty Court shall be held in each county al
the times and places appointed by law
J consisting Of one judge, who shall he a
judge of the Supreme Court" Sections
1907 and zoos, Vermont Statutes. providing
for side judges ana giving something OF
their powers are repealed and the act is
, TO take effect on its passage.
Mr.. Delehanty of Castlcton Is one of
, those men who has been constant irri.
tation among the democratic members ot
: the House. He believes thorouchl In
the unit 1t has been the plan of the mi.
nority of the House to let the republicans
introduce II referendum bill IL they saw
, fit hut Mr.. Delehanty said NO. | want Ia
, introduce that bill myself and introduce
II he did. 1t came during the rush and
was not read through. His effort will moi
be so profitable to the State printer ms
Energy all gone? Headache? Stomach
, out OF order? Simply case of torniI
liver. Burdock Blood Bitters will make a
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