Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-03-14
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OUR CONCORD LETTER.
Final Adjournment in Sight Last Weeks
Record Briefly Told.

Concord, N. H., March lit is safe to
say that the legislature has now entered
the home stretch and that, barring I'M
expected happenings, final adjournment
will be taken on Friday, March %. To
be sure there will be but two working
ing and there are still good many more
than 100 measures to be finally consid-
cred, but by working one or two nights
next week the desired end can be reached
without injustice to anyone. Clerk
Brock, who, by the way, has developed
great efficiency in maintaining firm
grasp upon the details of house business,
furnishes the following statement of
work done in the house.
Whole number of measures introduced
by members, from committees and from
the senate, 545; killed, 20S; passed, 224;
of which 1913 have likewise passed the
senate; in process of forwarding, So; in
the hands of committees, II, of which
the committee on the judiciary has "a.
Twenty or 30 more bills are likely to
come in from the senate. One of them,
that recognizing the senatorial districts,
will probably cause trouble. Other
measures scheduled for debate are Sena-
tor Remich's bunch of bills to reform
the public printing, to change the meth
cd of distributing the acts and resolves,
- prevent prize-fghting, to prohibit spit
ting in public places and to provide for
the removal of police commissioners.
The bill to incorporate the Nashua,
Manchester & Concord street railroad,
reported unfayorably by the railroads
committee of the house, has been made
special order for this week Thursday.
A saucus bill that is to come in, internal
suarrels in the Nashua and Concord dele
cations, and the dual court bill will take
ssne time for final disposal
The last named measure occupied one
very long legislative day on Thursday
Nine members of the committee on judi
siary in the house reported that the bill
slght to pass in a new draft, providing
for supreme court to sit in this city
and pass upon questions of law
and superior court to hold trial terms
in the different counties of the state;
each to consist of chief justice, draw
ing $500 year and four associate JUS
tices drawing $4,000 year. Three MEM
bers of the committee reported that it
was inexpedient to legislate. The first
move of the opponents of the bill was
an attempt ito make it a special order
for this week Thursday, but that failed
ITO to 1853, after brisk debate.
Then the debate on the main question
began and continued with brief recess
for dinner, until after 6 o'clock in the
evening. The chief speech for the bill
was made by Mr.. Batchelder of Keene,
the chairman of the Judiciary commit
tee, who has been absent most of this
session on account of illness and spoke
last week against the orders of his ply
sician. The other side was led by Mr..
Burroughs of Bow, who has made the
greatest reputation of this session among
the younger men. Others who opposed
the bill were Small of Rochester, Cav
anaugh of Manchester, Hardy of Keene,
Russell of Somersworth, Bickford of
Manchester and Smith of Peterboro;
while in its favor were heard Barton of