The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-10

answered Eyes. " Then when his own
name was called he answered Here, ~
at first, but recovered his presence
of mind and said'' Yes. :" By that time
the Senate was in a roar and the Sec
rotary was so affected that he had
great difficulty in proceeding. An
other break by Senator Sheldon, who
voted one way first and Immediately
changed his vote, completed the sec
retary's collapse and for brief peri.
cd it looked as though assistance
would be required for him, but he
finally recovered and in broken
voice finished the roll call.
Senator Sutton thinks that the poll
ticians in Chittenden county are sore
over his election, and attribute it to
the present ballot law which puts q
premium on straight party votes. He
thinks that Senator Brownell's ballot
bill WAS intended to avoid such result
in the future and, feeling grateful for
his election, opposed the change IN
the law provided by the bill He
thinks that if the present law was the
cause of his election it should certain
ly oe upheld so that if the occasion
should ever again present itself the
same result might be expected.
The bill to pay Town Brothers
Richmond for the burning of their
barn-presumably by an escaped in
mate OF the Waterbury asylum-was a
puzzler to great many members of
the House, and the longer the debate
lasted the more did some of them
doubt as to their duty in the premises.
The final majoity of 20 for the bill WAS
brought about, it is safe to say,
namely by the giving of the benefi-
Charles the benefit of the doubt. A
large amount of time was unieces-
sarily devoted to this debate, and the
management of the asylum was ad-
versely criticised on account OF the
escape.
The joint committee ON temperance
has unanimously agreed to several
changes in the local option bill which
passed the House on the night of
Nov. 81 and was taken up in the Sem
ate on Wednesday. The date on which
the people vote on the measure is fixed
for the first Tuesday in February, q
month later than originally set the
time at which the law shall 20 into
operation in case of mo- vote by
the people is changed from December,
1904 to December, 1906; the division
of revenue from licenses and penalties
is made half and half; the distance
of saloon from school or church is
fixed at 200 feet in any direction; and
saving clause is inserted, under
which prosecutions pending under the
prohi bitory law when the new law
goes into effect shall be carried to
their legal conclusion.
The argument today on the bill al.
lowing trust companies to act in "a
fiduciary capacity was decidedly one
sided. The amendment including the
person as well as the estate of the
ward III the care of the tiduciary
satisfied the previously shown opposi-
ton to the bill.
The House had severe attack of
reconsideration fever on Thursday.
The desk rapping act was in
dulged i'll yesterday for the first time
this session, as an indication that the
House had heard enough.
The gentlemen from Swanton and
Hlghgate were surprised pair when
they reached Montpelier on Monday
neon and discovered that the House
had concurred in the Senate amend
ments to the bill prohibiting seine
fishing in the Vermont portions of
Lake Champlain and that measure
had thus gone through both branches.
The milk in this particular cocoanut
lies in the fact that the constituents
of these two members are very much
in favor of seine fishing, and did not
want the bill passed. If the gentle
men above mentioned have their way,
some subsequent proceedings" may
be looked for.
1.-THE Senator from Chittenden'
had TO Russell around in lively shape
on Tuesday night to defend his cattle
commission bill and take care of the