Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-24
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
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Deer are as thick as English sparrows
in Bridgewater, and the member from
that town has been anxious that deer of
all kind should be killed. They are a
nuisance to farmers in that territory,
and bring in great many hunters who
the farmers believe as much nuisance
as the deer. The other day, when the
bill lengthening the season was ordered
for third reading, the member from
Bridgewater turned to those about him
and satirically said, "more rifles and more
rum" Just let the city chaps get hold
of this Item and rifles and rum and hunt
ers will be so thick in Bridgewater that
the old, original inhabitants will all
move out, or get shot
In asking leave to introduce House bill
104, entitled San Act to Regulate and
License the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors
in Towns and Cities so Voting; guaran-
teeing the purity thereof; and providing
for the distribution of the profits of such
sales" Mr.. Battell said 81 wish to add
that this bill has been very carefully pre-.
pared on Vermont lines and under the
supervision of some of the ablcst legal
talent of the state. We believe that, pos
sibly with some slight additions, it will
be acceptable to this Legislature and the
great majority of the people of Vermont"
| 1t is a singular fact that if the Massa-
chusetts liquor system is so near perfect
that great movement is on foot to rad
ically modify it by taking away from
towns and cities the right of local option
and giving it to congressional districts.
That would be pretty near state prohi-
billion in Vermont, as one district might
vote dry and the other wet. The injury
done adjoining towns by one voting
license is the reason for this movement.
"A very gratifying feature of the dis
cussion over temperance measures before
the committee thus far this season is the
absence of bitterness and the evident
intention not only on the part of the
committee, but as well on the part of
Senators and Representatives to discuss
and settle the question in fair and
broad-minded spirit. daily journal.
This is strictly true and 1t augurs well
for the state.
Windsor county has several very able
representatives in the legislation this
year, but none more valuable to the state
in helping to shape wise legislation than
Mr.. Fletcher of Cavandsh. He is wor-
thy successor to the many distinguished
sons of Windsor county bearing that
honOred name and he is a man whose
continued services his county and the
state cannot afford to dispense with.
Father O'Sullivan, the democratic rep
resentative from St. Adams City, fairly
captured the House Wednesday after
noon when he introduced a Joint resolu-
ton commencing the wise, patriotic and
statesman-like course pursued by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in settling the great coal
strike. 1t was unanimously adopted
amid long continued applause from the
galleries, in which the members heartily
joined.
DR.. Vincent, of Burlington, does not
believe in useless offices with long
names, and has introduced bill to
abolish the office of Judge Advocate
General. This Office pays no salary and
to spend $50 for uniform with lots of
gold braid and brass buttons, which the
owner may wear at receptions, etc.
| The host of friends OF John +. Harris,
Jack as he is Familiarity known, Will
be dOubly pleased to know that he Is
fast recovering from a combined attack
of malarial fever, grip and bronchitis,
and that his pen has not been Injured in
his wrestle with the grim destroyer and
will be telling tales in its inimitable way
again very soon.
The first real debate in the Senate was
oyer S. G, providing for the election of
representatives by plurality. 1t was
amended by vote of - to II making
plurality elect after the first ballot, and
so passed the Senate. 1t was reconsid-
cred and made special order for next
Tuesday.
That old, long WHISPERED, venerable
act to repeal or change the bounty on
noXlous animals appeared in the House
Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Fisk of Favs-
ton introduced "Old BILL" who was
bers, although he had aged considerable