The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-12

Quite spirited little debate occurred
over the bill calling for popular cleo
ton of town superlntendents. The
advocates of that method made an
effort to prevent the slaughter of their
bill but majority of the House We're
willing to trust the school boards to
select fit persons for that office, and so
the bill went down.
The wants-to-b candidate who
thinks his campaign expenses are like
ly to exceed $25 had better interview
Mr.. Gale of Guilford before he gets
his bill through requiring sworn
statements of that sort of expense.
The gentleman from Guilford, like
the Senator from Orange, is inclined
toward higher degree Of purity in
politics.
Its no snap" said member Of
committee that has to sit up nights
and work on bills. He was right.
It's no snap to be on the watch against
SNAP measures for which there is
really no use.
The bill levying tax on Grand
Isle county for repairs to the county
building was nipped in the Senate this
afternoon just as it was about to
bloom. On the question of third
reading somebody suggested that all
bills levying tax must originate in
the House. The bill was therefore
ordered to lie, and Senator Tracey
looked as if something had happened.
The House did very discourteous
thing yesterday in killing Reprenta-
tive Porter's bill to repeal the law
against profanity Anticipating the
inevitable result of the elections the
Democracy evidently wanted unre-
stricted opportunity to give vent to
| their feelings without danger of fine.
Too bad that Mr.. Porter's conferees
would not allow the minority some
slight consolation.
| In its legislative report on Wednes-
day the Free Press spoke of the reso-
luton transmitted to President Nc
Kinley thanking him for his efforts in
settling the coal strike. Would the
Free Press have us understand that
there are coal strikes there?
To the surprise of some, the week
ly payment bill was ordered to
third reading on Wednesday unani.
mously. But that doesn't settle it.
Up to date the Demo Gratis have OPP
posed any change regarding elections
or caucuses or ballots, in spite Of theil
platform.
The fine weather Tuesday and Wed
nesday swelled the attendance at thu
links of the Country Club and al
especially large delegation went NJ
Wednesday afternoon, including
number of capitol employees.
The amount of misdirected mai
matter that finds its way into the loca
post Office does not decrease although
all manner of instructions are issue'
from time to time for the benefit o
patrons.
There may be considerable mum
, Der of new names in the Legislator
this year, but among the measures in
troduced one finds many that are anti
quated in appearance and chestnut
in fiavor-measures that come up jus
as regularly as session time ltsel1
What can be more familiar to attend
ants on the deliberations of the Ger
eral Assembly than bills for the re
moval of the capitol, for the suppress
, sion of weeds and the more complet
l destruction of noxious animals, fC
the slaughter Of the cattle commits
2 sion, to prevent double taxation, rem
e iniscing on the Montpelier Berli
: fight, renewing the Orange count
i. academy conflict, and two or thrt
Z others? These things are expected b
ennially just as much as the risir
and the setting Of the sun are expected
. and, like the rising and setting Of Il
= sun, they have never yet failed us.