Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-10-05
LEGISLATURE MEETS.
WEEK DEVOTED TO ORGANIZATION
AND OlLlNG THE WHEELS.

tion for Spealkership-Usual Fight for
ChapIaincy Precipitated Early - Clerks
and Minor Officers Elected.
.Vermonts legislature met in biennial
session for the sixteenth time on Wednes-
day morning at 10 o'clock-at least the
senate did, the house being delayed about
half an hour by members who had failed
to represent their credentials in time to
be enrolled.
The Senate was called to order by
Lieut.. Gov. Henry G. Bates. Prayer
was offered by Rev. s. G.. Lewis of Dan
vile. All the members were present.
Hon. f. w. Baldwin of Orleans was
elected president pro tenn, and Max h..
Powell of Burlington was elected secre-
Rev. j. II. Long of Tinmouth, Rev. A. J.
Hough of White Riyer junction and
Rev. j. c. Angel of south Hero were
nominated. The first ballot resulted :
Long, Is; Hough, II; Angel, |. Mr.
Long was elected on the third ballot, re-
ceiving 1G of the 30 votes.
The afternoon session of the Senate
was called to order at , O'Clock by Lieut.
GOV. Bates. The chair then announced
the following committees;
Committee to canvass votes for state
officers: Senators Hill of Addison
county, Goodell of Bennington county.
Dunnett of Caledonia, Narney of Chit
tenden. Green of Essex, Royce of Frank
lin, Marvin of Grand Isle. Pike of La
mOille. Smith of Orange, Nelson of Or
leans, Stanton of Washington, CudwOrth
of Windham and Walker of Windosr.
Committee to nominate standing com
mittees Senator Porter of Addison
county, Graves of Bennington county,
Campbell of Caledonia county, Brown of
Chittenden county. Green of Essex
county, Ballard of Franklin county,
Marvin of Grand Isle county, Pike of
Iamoille county, Wall of Orange county,
Baldwin of Orleans county, Clement of
Rutland county, De BOer of Washington
county, Miller of Windham county and
Pollard of Windsor county.
Committee to canvass votes for county
officers and justices of the peace Sena-
tors Hill of Addison county, GOodell of
Bennington county. Campbell of Gale
donia county, Fuller OF Chittenden
county, Green of Essex county, Gates of
Franklin county, Marvin of Grand Isle
county, Pike of Lamoille county, Smith
of Orange county, Nelson of Orleans
county. Aldrich of Rutland county, stan
ton of Washington county, Cudworth of
Windham county and Leland of Windsor.
The House opened with prayer by
Rev. j. Edward Wright of Montpelier,
after being called to order by Secretary
OF State Fred \. Rowland. lhe roll call
of the II use showed only three mem
bers not present. The members NOT
present were from the towns of Mont
pelier, Marlboro and Irashurg
For speaker F. ID. White of Rutland
named Col. F. d. Proctor. G. c. Miller
of Burlington named John w. Currier of
Troy as the Democratic candidate. Both
ware liberarlly seconded. The ballot re-
suited in the election of Col. Proctor by
a vote of 100 to -, showing that the
Democrats are not united, as there are IS
Democrats in the House and the Demo-
cratic candidate only received - votes.
Speaker Proctor was conducted to the
bar of the House by a committee com
posed of Mr.. White of Rutland and Mr..
Currier Of Troy. The oath was admins
tered and Speaker Proctor took the chair
and made a brief speech thanking the
House for the honor conferred.
For clerk of the House Mr.. Fleetwood
of Morristown nominated ThOs. c. Che
new of Morristown Mr.. George of ST..
Albans nominated Harry c. Shurtliff of
Montpelier, Democrat. Mr.. Cheney was
elected by vote of l19 to 40.
Speaker Proctor appointed as House
reporters Luther b. johnson of Ran
dolph and Edward c. McIntyre of Rut-
land The assistant clerks are Fred l..
/ Hamilton of Salisbury and Charles a.
/ Plumley of Northfield.
| Messrs. Graham of Craftsbury, Nor
ton of Waitsileld and Porter of Whining
ton were appointed a committee on rules.
| The rules and Joint rules of last session
were adopted until new ones are ready.
\ Joint assembly for the purpose Of
! listening to the message Of the retiring
governor was provided for.
For chaplain the candidates nominated
were Rev. j. j. Mcdonald of Sudbury,
Rev. Wilmot Warner of Bethel. Rev.
George w. Patterson of st. Johnsbury
East, Rev. J. X. Fuller of Windsor and
Rev. s. G.. Lewis of Danville. The first
ballot resulted as follows: Warner 20
Fuller 81, Mcdonald 20, Patterson u and
Lewis 2l. The second ballot resulted
Warner 81. Fuller 81. Mcdonald 4, Pat.
terson 2l, Lewis II and IL. II. White >
The third ballot was held in the after.
noon and resulted in the election of Rev
Wilmot Warner. as follows: Warner 1870
Mcdonald 53, Fuller 2l, Patterson 81
scattering D.
Before this ballot. the House pro
ceeded to the drawing of seats.
The speaker announced the committee
on the part of the House to canvass the
votes for governor, lieutenant governor
state treasurer, secretary of state anC
auditor of accounts, and those from Ad
olson county are Messrs. Hubbard OF
Granville, Bean of Lincoln and Platt OF
ShOreham.
Mr.. Dana of New Haven introduced s
joint resolution providing for the ap
pointment of one senator and three rep
resentatves from each county to canvass
the votes for county officers, probate
judges and justices of the peace, which
was adopted.
The chair announced the appointment
of Fred l.. Hamilton of Salisbury as frs
assistant clerk and Charles A. Plumley
of Mortified as second assistant clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Hale of Lunenburs
the House adjourned.