The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-10-15
WITHIN and WITHOUT.
Capitol Happenings. Facts of Leg
islation. Fads and FaIlncies
of Legislators.

The bulk of the time on Wednesday
afternoon will be taken up telling of
the good points of those State officers
whose election occurs at that time
and the bulk of the remarks at that
time will refer to the election of the
judges of the Supreme Court. No re-
organization of the bench is anticipat-
ed and the present incumbents bid
fair to continue TO administer Justice
Football and golf shave tendency
with some of the officials about the
Capitol, toward short sessions.
Democrats to the number of thirty
one met ON Mondayievening to nomin-
ate candidate for United States Sen
ator. The caucus was an extremely
quiet affair. Representative Gale of
Guilford presided and took but
moment or two to explain the bust
ness before the meeting. DR. James
Conland, of Brattleboro proposed that
an informal ballot be taken which re-
suited III thirty-one votes being cast,
of which Elisha May of st. Johns
bury had thirteen, DR.. Conland, eight,
| B. b. Smalley of Burlington four,
| Senator Mayo of Northfeld, four, W.
| p. Dillingham; one, G.. II. Davenport
one, DR.. Conland asked that those
who voted for him on the informal
| ballot cast their ballots for Elisha
May The formal vote stood, Con
land one Mayo three; May twenty
seven. Representative Preble of
| Shoreham moved to make the nomin-
alton unanimous which was done
j. W. Brooks candidacy for ser
geant-at-arms has only the minority
candidate against him. His election
will come as matter of course.
Adjutant- General Gilmore loses no
sleep over the election of his success
sor.
Representative Frost of Cornwall is
bound to devote his entire time to
public business during the session.
The combined duties of grocery mer-
chant and legislator were more than
he cared to handle; so he has sold
out the grocery and says he is going
to attend strictly to business during
the session.
If Charles Doherty, under sentence
of death for murder, does not get his
sentence committed to life imprison-
ment, it will be no fault of Represent
ative McFeeters of EnosburgS who is
looking out for his interests before the
General Assembly.
House bill 26, introduced by Mr..
Richardson of Montpelier deserves to
pass for the reason that the money
asked for rightfully belongs to the
Vermont Eclectic Medical Society and
was earned by that organization in its
prosecution of DIR" Harold j. Ste
vens of Benson, for the illegal prac-
tice of medicine. 1t cost quite "a sum
of money and much time to put Ste
vens to the wall but the society did
the job.
Who cast the solitary vote for Hon
William p. Dillingham; at the Dem
ocratic caucus on Monday evening?
Representative Fitzpatrick of Pitts
ford can be relied upon to look out for
the farmers interests during the SEES
sion. Mr.. Fitzpatrick is a farmer
who has little matter of 270 acres
to farm.
1t requires some heroism to move tC
adjourn after the House has sat
for thirtyfive minutes without trans
acting a single item of business-it
makes fellow rather conspicuous,
you see. But the ''hero' has beer
forthcoming, this session, on more
than one occasion of this kind.
1t isn't very likely that the wheels
r will begin to hum very busily until
5 after next week.
, The speech of Mr.. Wells of Water
bury in nominating Senator Dilling
ham this afternoon was brief and ex
, actly to the point. He "knew hi
man" and knew that the people of tn,
= State knew him as well.