Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-11-16

expenditures. Still the appropriation msy
be cut down and the bill passed. If any
preparation is refused, it is probable that
the plant at Roxbury will be carried on for
the next two years by private funds. Fig
ures show that the hatchery shows prt fit
in fish produced tor market, but the House
hasn't much of head for figures.
Although the next board of railroad
orally understood that it will be compris I'd
of Hon. D. j. Foster of Burlington as
chairman, Hon. Alfred E. Watson Of
White River Junction, row a senator from
Windsor county, and Hon. John D. Miller
of Wa 'lngford. The latter is the only
member OF the present board. The House
bas passed bill re org ,n'zing the board,
allowing the chairman Sc per day and the
other two S. per day for each day actually
spent in the performance of their duties
and making the toms of off re six, four
and two years respectively. The bill will
likely become law, ard the commission
be constituted as above. Mr.. Foster is
now state commissioner of taxes, and what
will be done with this flee is question.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,
A tremendous fight is certain over the
attempt to abolish the board of agriculture
and incidentally with it the cattle commits
sion and the tuberculosis attachment.
Chairman Ballard of the committee on
agriculture is making mighty effort
to secure the abolition of the whole
business but whether he can induce his
committee to report favorably the bill abol-
ishing the board is a question. But even
if he does not, the temper OF the House Is
such that it is liable to sweep the whole
outfit off the face of nature. The House
has been looking into the matter and is
astonished at the expense Of stabbing all
the COW, in the state by high salaried off
cials. The auditors report largely con-
sists OF bills for killing cattle found
infected, and the expense OF testing alone
amounts to "a cents bead. The wide
opposition to the board mes from the
suspicion that all this is needless and costly
nonsense. Well, it will all be ancient his
tory in three or tour days.
suppo,e we ought to be thankful tor
the few aft ;ctions we have escaped, among
which are the biennial crusade of women's
rights and wrongs and the school text book
brigands. Thus far none Of these cohorts
has reported tor duty and it is likely that
we have escaped them for another two
years. For what we have failed to receive
may we be made truly thankful.
A remarkable and most unusual fact is
that the house has no leaders and 10 ora
tors. No one member tries to lead, no enc
attempts, to charms by fervid oratory. A.
rule, members only speak when they
have something to say and then it is plair
and unvaraished tale. Among the mem
bers of ii fluence who frt quently make 8
point are. Richardson of St. Adams, Bal
lard of Georgia, Carpenter of Rutland
Harris of Bennington, Kemp of Montpe
lier, Swasey Of Barre, Dickey of Brad
ford, Hale of Lunenburg, Butterfeld {:
Derby, Chaplin of Essex, Jordan OF Jeri
cho, Stiles OF St. Johnsbury, johnson O.
MOI r.stown, johnson of Hardwick, Luce
of Stowe, Pennington OF johnson, Choate
OF Barnet, George of Rockingham, How
az / OF Ludlow, Whitcomb of Cavendish
Dunton of Poultney, Abel of West Haven
Smith of Brandon, Simmons of Woodstock,
McGeary of Burlington, Dowper OF Shar.
on, Tyson of STAFFORD, Wall Of Randolph
Eastman of Hsrtland, Fslby of Hunting
ton ard Bond of Searsburg. OF course
| this is not complete list of the effective
taking and working members, but they
| are those which naturally occur first to an
observer. DR.. Webb of Shelburn is very
seldom in his seat and the choice of him by
his town was apparently simply for adver-
Using purposes. In the senate the nine
lawyers do the talking.
NO IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
What you want to know, and want to
know badly is, what legis alton of impor t.
ance and general interest ha. thus lar beer
enacted. With the exception of the bsc.
THEOLOGICAL bill, none, absolutely none.
There are now dozens of important bills in
all stages of solution and dissolution, com,
position and decomposition, but none safe
ly through. And of these nothing can be
predicted. Their status changes every &c
minutes. They are here today ard there
tomorrow, or in oblivion today and OF the
largest prominence tomorrow, and nobody
knows what day or an hour may bring
forth. II will take two weeks alter the
session ends before even the officials can
separate the living from the dead. s.,
what l don't tell you is beyond mortal ken.
| The senate passed the encouragement
bill by large maj ority and it is now lay
ing low 10 the house. When it raises its
head it will probably receive clip that
will knock it into the next state. Today
this is probable, but before this is read it
may pass unanimously. So much for indi-
cations.
| The heroic attt mpt OF the city of Mont
pelier to swallow that part of Berlin town
which contains most OF the towns popula-
ton and which adj bins the capital city
seems very likely to succeed Barre is al
so after chunk ard poor Berlin is sur
rounded by trouble on all sides. The vii
lage afrcss the river will probably be an
nexe at this session.
The number of bills to open or close or
regulate fishirg n an infinite numb Of To-
calities is only tqualled by the bills to legal
ize grand lists and the committee on fish
and game is at least one OF the hardest
worked in the house. 1t really looks a, il
fishing legislation wa, very largely over
done.
Well, beloved, the riot i. about to en-
sue. and l must stop. L'ghtnir G is liable
to strike anywhere or anything at any time
and don't be shocked at any disaster that
may be reported from this chaos in the
next week. The grand old day of turkey
is almost here and then we will have peace.
j. E. HARRIS.