Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1902-10-30
SOME PROPOSED LEGISLATION.

This afternoon vote is to be had in
the senate on the bill providing for the
election OF town representatives by a plu-
rality vote. After the first ballot, and
the chances of the bill are supposed to be
considerably in favor of eventual passage
of both houses in some form. The week.
ly payment bill has been re-introduced
by Mr.. Lawrence of Rutland, and will be
killed when it is got at in regular order.
The bill creating the Office of state insur-
ance commissioner is yet trembling in
the balance with the chances against it.
The caucus reform measure moves slowly,
but there is no reasonable doubt but that
stringent bill embodying the principle
and the protection sought will finally 90
| through. Sentiment in favor Of the bill
to strengthen the railroad commission
has been increasing lately. largely from
the fact that many members have missed
| connections in trying to get hereby rea-
I son of the pure cussedness of the roads
concerned. A practical lesson like this
manufactures sentiment for the bill or
some such bill wonderfully fast.
A joint assembly last Thursday to
receive the portrait painting of the late
| General Liscum was addressed by exc ov-
ernor Stickney-the name may sound
familiar-who officially accepted the por-
| trait. The occasion was very consider
ably attended by the many visitors in
| town and was most interesting one.
| Friday a large bunch of Senators excur-
stoned to the Barre quarries, where they
were the interested Spectators of much
granite and some other things. The
| Barreites are great and most successful
entertainers.
| Along about this time the committees
on the various state Institutions make
tour of inspection" This consists of
prearranged visit, ride to and from
the institution in barouches, slight
repast'' and a good time generally. Sew
eral days notice being given of their
coming, everything is of course in spick
and span order and the management is
! endorsed as most efficient and praise
worthy. Very likely it is, but how would
| it work for the committee to visit these
institutions unexpectedly some day, and
see how they really are conducted? The
visitors to the Brattleboro Retreat, by
the way, reported that their time there
was q too limited to make such an
| inspection as they desired Indeed!
PRAYER HAS NO EFFECT ON THE LEGIs-
IATURE.
Petitions for the retention of the pro-
hibitory law continue to rain in and as
none of them are ever opened and no
attention whatever is paid to them they
have about as much effect as a sunspot
on key of beer. By the way. during
the hour the other day when the national
w. C. T. U. at Portland was PRAYING that
the legislature might be moved to retain
! the prohibitory law watched for some
visible and outward effect on the Gang.
individually or collectively, but nary
an effect. Not sign of one.
! The house has voted to abolish the
office of judge advocate general but the
senate may decide to leave it with the
governor to make such an appointment
or not. This is indeed a crisis in the
/ history of Vermont.
Ithas come at last. A bill is in to pre-
vent the taking. of pickerel in Tickle
naked pond, Eden. Isn't there some
thing decidedly congruous, consistent
and happy in locating Ticklenaked pond