Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-10
Want A JUNKET
Some Of the General Assembly
Want to Visit The State
Institutions.
PROHIBITION vs.. LICENSE
Will Be the Great Issue of the
Session. Prohibition Men
Claim it's Certain Defeat.

Montpelier Oct. 10. The two
branches of the legislature were in
session just an hour this morning
when they adjourned to listen to the
claims of the American Exposi-
tion at Buffalo that wants big exhi.
bit from Vermont and big appro.
priation, of course, to help make it
a success, another Vermont building,
ETC., etc.
In the senatesaftcr the usual devo.
tional exercises by the chaplain eight
bills were introduced. OF these two
were very important.
S, ~ by Brown of Chittenden to
abolish all fees OF state S attornieS and
make salaries as follows: Addison,
Pennington. Caledonia, Orange and
Orleans, each $500 per year: Chitten-
den and Rutland each $500: Frank
lin 5000; Windsor $1,000: Essex $400:
Grand Isle 5000: Lyndonville $500.
S, Is by Leavenworth, of Rutland,
to reorganize and consolidate the
Rutland railroad system.
In the House after the devotional
exercises large lot Of bills were in
troduced The more important ones
were:
H. 26 by Porter Of Wilmington, re-
quiring insurance companies to pay
the full face value of policy in case of
total loss.
H. 2s, by Mcintyre of Dandy, tc
equallze assessment OF taxes.
Ii. %, by Barber of Barre Town to
equalize licenses Of auctioneers.
II. 33, by White of Rutland to re-
organize the Rutland Ry. Co. This
is identical with the Senate bill.
A Joint resolution ordering the
printing Of the inspectors reports was
adopted.
Little business of Importance was
transacted in the legislature this af'
ternoon up to O'Clock.
In the Senate bill was introduced
allowing married people to testify in
certain suits.
In the House a lot of bills came in
several of which related to the fish
hatchery, fishing, etc.
Up to last night seven bills had been
introduced in the senate No. was
by Stanton of Washington county,
being an act directing the state treas
urer to retain the shares of United
States deposit fund apportioned t6
towns not electing trustees, and the
shares OF unorganized towns and gores
and pay over to The treasurerS of school
directors interest on these shares at !
per cent. This is ia line of the sug
gestion of Governor Stickney that the
state ought not to pay higher rate
of interest than individuals and pri
vate corporations.
A spirit of junketing is beginning
to manifest itself. Some members are
already anxiously inquiring when they
are going to be allowed a free trip tt
the fish hatchery, the insane asylum
or some other cheerful place.
With the end of Tuesdays session q
bills had been introduced in the house
The last one was by Gilmore of Swan
ton appropriating $4,000 annually fo
the fish hatchery. This is better thar
nothing, but will not prove as salts
factory to Commissioner Titcomb ant
his colleague as $4,000 would.
Walter l. Kendall of West Windsor
is after the seat now held down by j
II. Hammond. Notice was served
Yesterday and it was the first contes
which has come to the surface, al
though others are threatened. Mr.
Kendall claims that at the Septembe
election he had &C votes and Hammond
had IS. He asks for recount OF tn
vote.
For state superintendent of educa
tion to succeed Mason S. Stone ther'
are two candidates, Edward L. Tenn
pie of Rutland and Principal Range
of the Johnson Normal School. Mr.
Temple has strong following in th'
western and southern part of the stat
and his friends trust his chances o
election are good. He lis at presen
treasurer of the Marble Savings Banl
in Rutland, but has had a long ant
valuable training in school matters
He was county examiner of teacher
for Rutland county from 1890 to 1894
and was superintendent of the school
of Rutland city from 1887 to 1903
lie has had educational and busines
training. He is polished, scholarl.
man and is in every well qualified TO
the important Office he seeks.
The Joint committee on revision o
bills has been authorized to hire