Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-10-14


Approved - where WIndham County
Members are PIaced---A Dewey HesO-
Iution---some of the Bills which Have
Been Introduced.
MONTPELIER, Tuesday, Oct. IL.
The legislature was in working order
this year almost two days earlier in the
session than two years ago. In 1896 it
was Wednesday morning, one week after
the first assembling of the two houses,
when Speaker Lord announced the house
standing committees and that body was
ready for the business of the session. This
year Speaker Haskins read his committee
appointments Immediately on the reas-
sembling of the house after the first Sun
day recess and there was then nothing to
prevent getting right down to work.
The makeup of the committees where
not one in 20 of the men is known to the
speaker is no small job but everybody says
that Col. Haskins has been unusually hap
py in his selections. No Windham county
man save Mr.. Rice of Grafton has chair
manship but their positions average we'll
Mr.. Rice heads the committee on grand
list while the other Windham county men
are placed as follows: Mr.. Butler of ia
maica committee on elections; Mr.. George
Of Rockingham, ways and means; MI
Phillips of Putney, military affairs; Mr..
Smith of Londonderry, education; Mr..
Bracket of Guilford, claims; Mr.. Ware
of Wilmington, banks; Mr.. Davis of Dover,
manufactures; Mr.. johnson of Vernon,
agriculture, Mr.. Wellman of Brookline,
land taxes; Mr.. Sumner of Halifax and
Mr.. Rand of Newfane, general committee;
Mr., Robbins Of Athens, distributing com
mittee; Mr.. Chapman of Windham, state
prison; Mr.. Brown of Whitingham, cor
porations; Mr.. Tudor of Somerset, town
| lines; Mr. Eames of Marlboro, mileage
and debentures: Mr.. Eddy of Stratton,
house of correction; Mr.. Miller of Dunn
merstOn, game and fisheries; Mr. TIb-
belts of WaTdsboro, temperance; Mr.. Bar
Der of Townshend, public health; Mr..
! Wright of Westminster, highways,
| bridges and ferries.
The official announcement of the senate
committees was not made until Tuesday
morning. Senator Hit is chairman of the
committee on banks and member of the
committee on elections and the joint com
mittee on immigration and industrial in
terests. Mr.. Cudworth is member of
| the committees on judiciary, general com
! mittee and is the chairman of the joint
| committee on game and fisheries.
The important chairmanships in the
house are held as follows: Judiciary, Hale
of Lunenburg; corporations, Kemp of
Montpelier; ways and means, Richardson
Of st. Albaus; elections, Abel of West
Haven; railroads, Wall OF Randolph; edu-
cation, Dunton Of Poultney; banks, Car
penter of Rutland; general committee,
Dickey of Bradford, In the senate the best
chairmanships are: Judiciary, Young Of
Orleans; finance, Smith of Chittenden;
railroads, Watson of Hartford; banks,
Hit of Windham; education, Barnes of
| Addison; corporations, Peckell of Orange;
general committee, platt of Rutland.
In the house Speaker Haskins gave the
Democrats four chairmanships of COM
mittees which is a recognition greater than
they are accustomed to getting
The first bill Of the session was pre-
sented in the house this forenoon. K was
introduced by Mr.. Ballard of Georgia and
provides for a state archaeological lSbora-
tory and the appointment of director for
it. The location or amount to be expended
is not given. A few other bills have been
presented but none of them touching i'm
portant matters.
The first bill in the senate was by Sena-
tor Steele of Windsor. In the senate this
afternoon Mr.. Hit introduced q bill de-
signed to simplify the replevin law and
Mr.. Cudworth presented one providing
that the inspector of finance shall not be
a a-stockholder in any bank or trust com
pany.
Montpelier, Oct. l2-.The inhu1 of
bills began in both houses today. As
usual most of them are of little general
importance and the bulk of them are local
in their application. Both houses voted
today to adjourn from tomorrow noon to
Monday in order that the members may
not miss the junket at Burlington tomor-
row afternoon and evening