Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-02-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
NEW HAMPSHIRE SoLoNS.
Record of the Past Week-North Walpols
Precinct and Toll Bridge Matters.
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CONCORD, N. H., February Al there
is to be any argumentative stage IN the
proceedings Of the present legislature II
will be reached this week and next. Sa
far about 100 measures have been dispose
of in one way or another, almost without
debate. But these were for the most part
bills of little Importance. Now the big
fellows will make their appearance. Ii
they can be passed or killed without ex-
hausting more than one session each IN de-
bate, then an early final adjournment will
be, indeed, assured.
The only discussions last week were up
m very minor matters. One was the bill
of Editor Thompson of the Claremont Eagle
to provide for the choice of state flower
NV vote of the school children on May /.
Hoitt of Nashua and Whitcher of HaVer-
hill pooh-poobed the idea, but Barton OF
Newport and Barney OF Canaan waxed so
ELOQUENT over the inborn love of nature in
the child heart, etc., etc, that the house
passed the bill two to one. Then either
Hoitt or Whitcher slipped around to the
senate and when the bill made Its appear
ance there it WAS promptly strapgled in
committee.
Another debate WAS over proposition
to grant state peddler's license free to
S. L. Corning, deaf mute of Manchester.
Representative Daniel Allen of Manchester
who has his name given in full so as to
distinguish him from Representative Arthur
Allen, also of Manchester, and pugilistic
champion--stood up stoutly tor bis unfor-
tunate constituent, replying to the state
ment of the judiciary committee, that ii
was unconstitutional to make such an ex-
emption, that he did not see why the house
had not as much right to make this ex.
emption as it had to exempt big summer
hotels from taxation, as has been done thi!
session. On viva voce vote and divi
sion he carried the house with him, bu
when it came to rnll-csll his supporter.
weakened and the bill was killed.
A joint resolution sppropriating 800 fol
a portrait of Miss Harriet p. Dame, thu
famous war nurse, was too good an orator.
cal opportunity for Major and Doctor j
Alonzo Greene to let slip by and in one o
his characteristic speeches he secured the
raising of the amount to $3.50. Tie bill
drafted by the judiciary committee tor the
protection of public rights in New Hamp
shire required word OF explanation before
the house would pass it in its amended form
the committee having changed the number
of acres required to constitute public
waters from 10 to Is acres so as to accom-
modate certain hotel proprietors in thu
north country. This comprises about al
the talking done in the house last week
The senate has not had any real debates al
yet.
The senate, by the way, shut shop last
Wednesday and went down to Durham to
inspect the New Hampshire College Of
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, which
feels the need of about 100000 worth Of
new buildings, but is willing to compromise
with the present legislature on basis oil
$4,000, of which $50, 900 is to go for a
new agricultural building and SIS 5000. for
general purposes. Quite number Of
members of the house accompanied the
senate on the trip, but the governor and
council 60 later as they were obliged to
stay at home for Mrs. Jordan's first "at
home" last Wednesday.
A few bills are now beginning to get
through both branches and to trickle down
to the governor in thin stream for his sig