Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-10-17
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senator Dillingham; Reelected
And the Supreme Court Judges Also
Plenty of Work laid Out for the
Temperance Committee.

PLENTY Of Work laid Out for the
Temperance Committee.
Montpelier, Oct. Is.
The important event of the week in
legislative proceedings has been the
reelection of William p. Dillingham;
to the United States Senate'for the full
term of six years, beginning next
March. The vote was taken in each
house separately. as the law provides,
on Tuesday, when the floors and gal
leries of both houses were crowded
with spectators.
Mr. Dillingham; was nominated in the
House 10y Mr.. Wells of Waterbury,
neighbor and lifelong friend Mr..
Bundy of St Johnsbury nominated
Elisha May, the Democratic candidate.
In the Senate Mr.. Phelps of Washing
ton county placed Mr. Dillingham; in
nomination, and Senator Mayo of the
same county nominated Mr. May In
the Senate Mr. Dillingham; received
"a votes, and Mr. May 4. Two sena-
tors, Nelson and Noyes. were among
these absent or not voting" In the
House, the vote was 179 for Mr.. Dill
lingham, and AZ for Mr. May, absent
or not voting. q. The four Demo
cratic votes from Windham county
those of Representatives Bridges, Con-
land, Gale and Porter were given to
| Mr.. May. Wheeler of Jamaica was
among those absent or not voting"
Robinson of Wardsboro was detained
| from attending the session by serious
| Illness. Orleans county. which gave
a solid vote to Gen. Grout two years
ago. had the distinction of being the
only county casting solid vote for Mr..
| Dillingham; this year. Mr. Gallagher
Of Craftsbury the only Democrat in
| either branch from that county, made
the vote unanimous by supporting Mr..
Dillingham;
The joint assembly to hear and de-
clare the result of the vote Of the pre-
vious day was held in the House at
high noon on Wednesday, in the pres
ence Of a crowded assemblage. After
reading the journals of the two houses
and the formal declaration of Mr.. Dill
lingham's election. a committee con-
sistirg of Senators Phelps and Sutton
and Representatives Wells of Water
bury, Battell of Middlebury and Con
! land of Brattleboro. were appointed
! by Lieutenant-Governo Stanton. the
presiding officer. to wait upon Sepator
| Dillingham; and inform him of his cleo
| tion The Senator's appearance in
the chamber was greeted with enthu-
siastic applause. In his speech be-
fore the general assembly, Senator
| Dillingham; said
II beg to thank you most sincerely for
| the distinguished honor YOU have paid
me In electing me TO the office of senator
from Vermont for the full term. When
] accepted the election two years ago
| for the uneXpired term of the late
| lamented Justin S Morrill,. n man whom
| Vermont loved and trusted and who was
| Nermonts faithful servant. / keenly
realized the difficulty there would be in
| attempting 10 fill his place. Today I
| feel IL more than then. The career of
| that man has been unsurpassed perha ps
| by that of any other man in the country
When you remember that 1t was pre-
| vious to the civil war that he took his
| seat. that he was one of the founders Of
| the Republican party, one of its leaders
and its faithful servant for more than 40
| years and that in the development of our
| nation since the close of the war there
Is not a great piece of legislation that
| has contributed to our grandeur i'm the
| eyes of the world that he has not had
\ part in. then you will appreciate what 1t
is to follow his footsteps"
The Senator then reviewed some
I what at length the more important
features of Senator Morrill's work, and
said with impressive earnestness:
ness:
"In following after such a record it
| is not possible that any one can hope to
| attain it; the most that any man can do
| Is to initiate him in his devotion to
principle and to. the interests of the state
| and nation. and bring to bear his best
efforts. These efforts I pledge you to-
day"
The remainder of the Senator's
speech was devoted to a discussion of
the question of election of United
States Senators by direct vote of the
people. He declared himself as op-
posed to this, because it was opposed
to the spirit and purpose of the found
ers of our government, and announced
his intention of maintaining that po-
sition until advised that his constit-
uents desired him to abandon it.
A large number of new bills have
been introduced in both houses this
week, but none of them, with the pos
sible exception of Mr. Gales insurance
| commissioner bill, of as much impor-
tance as the measures previously in
troduced. It is expected that the
committee on temperance will begin
active work next week. A prelimi-
nary meeting was held Tuesday even
ing. mainly for the purpose of getting
acquainted and taking a general view
of the work to be done. 1t is thought
probable that the bill which the com
mittee will finally recommend will not
be any one of those already intro
duced, but combination of the best
features of all of them, based on Sen
ator Russell's bill.
1t is said that Mr.. Battell of Middle
bury is drafting a bill for state control
of the sale of liquor, which will be
submitted within a day or two.
Among the more important of the
bills presented was one put in the
House by Mr.. Kendall of West Wind
sor, amending the statute relating to
the state school tax, reducing this ta,
from 10 cents to S. Mr.. Abbey of Es
sex has introduced a second cattle
commission bill. Mention is made
elsewhere of the bill introduced Mon
day by Mr.. McFeeters of Enosburg
chairman of the judiciary committee
to commute the sentence of Charles
Doherty, convicted of murder. to i'm
prisonment for life. Mr.. McFeeteTs
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