St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-10-19
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of August 81.
Senator Stacks attorney-general bill
calls for an appointee by the governor at
$500 year and expenses, who IS to
represent the state in all causes to which
it is party, to supervise criminal prose
cutions and assist States attorneys, to
attend the legislature and assist in the
preparation of measures, to advise state
officers, to take no fee for services in any
prosecution. Existing statutes relating
to assignment of counsel to help out the
states attorneys are to be repealed. y
There have also been introduced: to
make the auditor a certifying officer !;
making women eligible to places on state
boards; making husband and wife COM
petent witnesses for or against each
other; amending the law relating to the
drawing of jurors; allowing widows of
persons dying intestate and without issue
to have all household goods in addition. to
their present share Of the estate; provid-
ing for the proper care OF animals in tram
sit. The valued policy" bill has also
shown up little ahead of time.
SNAPSHOTS.
Mr.. Cheney of Newark has introduced
bill providing for the adjustment OF
capital punishment, and a bill to COM
mute the death sentence of Mary M.
Rogers, convicted of murder at Benning-
ton, has come into the house.
Senator Slack has been made chairman
of the joint standing committee on tenn
perance, and Senator Simpson mem
Der of the joint committee on public
health.
1t is likely that as result of a resolu-
ton introduced in the house but killed in
the senate the legislature will go a bit
slower in the matter of iunkets to state
institutions. The resolution attempted
to limit the number of committee men,
bers who should take these trips, as well
as the occasionally expensive list of Sin
vited guests" Although the resolution
failed to get through, it stirred up quite
a little sentiment that will doubtless bear
fruit.
When the train leaving Montpelier last
Friday at Ito p. m. got between Gro
ton and South Ryegate it encountered a
lot of cattle on the track and struck one
cow rather forcibly. 1t so happened, by
way of coincidence, that the train had
among its passengers Gov. Bell (who
was prior to his election member of the
cattle com mission), one of the three rail-
road commissioners, and the representa-
tive from St. Johnsbury. who is "up" on
stock. So competent jury was on hand
to sit on the case while the train waited
to see what damage had been done.
Senator Proctor did not have it all his
own way in the choosing of his own
successor by the legislature. The demo-
Gratis of the house went through the
form of nominatingJ. 81. Senter of Mont
pelier, but he went down very gracefully
and no hard feelings.
President Butterfeld of the farmers
organization advises his fellow agricul-
turists to pick out their smartest sons to
succeed them on the farms. There is
something in that remark. after all.
The farmers of this legislature have
taken up the distinctive organization
where it was left by the farmer members
of 1902, and will meet one evening
week to discuss such legislation as per-
tains to their interests-not with view
to antagonistic attitudes, but to bet.
ter understanding of and united action
on measures that come before them in
either branch during the day.
T. W. S.