Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-11-02


The unwritten law is that the general
assembly must go home before Thanksgiv-
ing regardless OF the plain necessities of
the case or Of what is lett undone. If it
does this year it will leave matters in an
Infinitely worse condition than if it had not
convened at ALL
have used some space in putting the
matter fairly and squarely before you and
you can give whatever directions in the
premises that You please. But re member
that to err is human, to forgive divine.
FIRST DILAToRY ACT.
l have no excuse to make for the ad-
lournment over Sunday from last Friday
afternoon. 1t was the first distory act of
the session which was entirely uniustifable.
1t that sort of thing continues-which it
won't-they may as well 60 home now as a
month or two hence.
A special committee of the house and
senate has the considt ration OF the petition.
for the Communication OF the death sentence
in the cases of Mrs. Marsh and Buzzell,
the alleged Nortbfield murderers, and will
be compelled to go through all the old evil
dence-hundreds of pages-and a mass of
new testimony. 1t is grave duty that
rests with these gentle men, the matter of
life and death
SINE committee junkets are on hand
''about this time" as the weather men say
in the almanacs. The Joint committee on
the workhouse and states Prison will visit
those populous resorts Thursday, the 10th,
of course taking with them a considerable
party OF members and other invited guests.
The "insane committee" excursion to
Waterbury ard Brattleboro this week and
the war committee holds banquet at the
Soldiers Home this week Thursday. In
each instance the institutions visited will be
found in perfect condition, thanks to the
widely advertised notice that the committee
was coming On certain day. Everything
connected with these official visits is the
rankest nonsense. They are met at the
| station by barouches ar d outriders, are
escorted with pc mp and ceremony through
the institution, are then given lunch
which consists of more than cake and
coffee, and are then escorted msjestically
to their waiting train. How would it do to
| visit these institutions unannounced some
| day and see things as they really are one
day after another
The senate bill TO enlarge the commits.
sions on the workhouse, states prison
asylum and industrial school to give place
to one woman on each has given place to &
substitute bill giving them place on bu
two. Even this stands but faint chance
of passage as the house would likely si
down on it if it got through the senate.
Ladies' week has come and gone bu
many of the ladies are yet with us and will
remain until the end. The grand recep
ton and ball last Thursday evening was al
that could be made of it ard all that wa
expected. A column or two of all the odd
and ends of the event took two hours t.
pass the reviewing stand in the executive
chamber between lire OF full dressed
ladies on one side and line of bullion
bedecked generals, ma jors and colonies o,
the other. 1t was crush, the like o
which was never seen in the capitol before
Regarding the ball, vast ball Of flags ,golt
lace and dresses cut low at the top am
bottom made such scene of dazzling mag
nifcence as knocked me out at the end o
the first round of pleasure in the shape of
waltz. 1t was great, sure.
The biennial bill giving municipal sui
frage to tax-paying females came in the
last of the week, preceded by bushel o
petitions for the same privilege from differ
ent sections of the state, but principally
from Orleans county. The bill itself came
came from the member from Brar don. Al
this distance it does not look as If the suf
frage women would put up their usual fight
| this year for the passage of the measure
but many are assembling here and nobody
knows what day or hour NAV bring forth
/ think, however. that am safe in saying
that the voting privileges Of women will
not be materially increased by this legis.
lature.
VIII DIE VOTING