Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-18
plain TALK FOR PLAIN PEOPLE.
| Crisp and Breezy Comment on Mat
ters in tho Public Eye.

young Mr. Darling of Chelsea, who
crowded DOT Of witty whimsical ana
charming discourse into the few MN
utes that he occupied the spot-llght
glare, And the saddest thing was the
futile effort of n respected fish ana
game magnate to keep the people
from breaking away after they had
been fed on Argentina and thrilling
personal adventures for many weary
minutes. The liveliest thing was me
knot of irrepressible sports who filed
In the CHASTITY pauses between courses
with song and dance that made the
staid old timers stare "Over-merry,'
perhaps, but waiting for course ten
minutes is apt to drive people to It,
James Fisk Hooker doesn't remind
me of his father never saw the
colonel-but he Is surely the limit as
a master of ceremonies and general
grlll-expert. Not speaker escaped
his gift for pungent anecdote and
more than once the unfortunate
didn't know whether he was afoot or
automobiling as some unbelievable
yarn with wicked tang to 1t was
sprung on him at the last minute,
My neighbor Mr.. Lawrence of Rut-
land. was paralyzed with an awful
toothbrush story that almost drove
the carefully prepared and arduously
polished address out of his mind en-
tirely And there were others.
Ought our Legislators to have more
pay? That depends. If had a man
who averaged to work about four
hours day for four days in the
week and insisted on drawing pay
for seven full days Of working size.
don't think I'd raise his salary, I'd
discontinue it. Vermonts Legislators
have the science of repose reduced TO
a fine accomplishment. l never saw |
A bunch of men who worked so gem
Ily, so sweatlessly so restfully. Al
times you may detect faint and dis
tant rumbles of the strenuous lie,
but as a rule a class meeting In the |
pastors study would seem agitated
md passionate compared with the
legislature. Why should we hurry.
hey argue. we have all the time there
S. Johnny's doing the chores, maw's
,endin' the mail to the capittle and
ny pay keeps right on. CONSCIENCE
s, a week or ten days of mad panic,
inder the biting spur of speaker ana
committee. to make even a reason
lble showing of legislation before
inal adjournment.
The remedy? Better men. for one
hing Returning experienced legisla-
ors for second and third terms, for
mother. Paying lump salary,
ased on the average session, third.
he latter, under the guiding hand
4 a careful speaker, restrained and
modified by capable committees,
,ould probably do more than any
imilar remedy TO ensure dispatch.
he freak member would be sup !,
ressed. Discussion of silly bills
,ould be curtailed. Committees would
eep the speakers desk piled with
usness and the assembly would
lean up every day or know the rea-
On why. And the precedent for I
llary for the session is well exampled
! other states, I
By the way, | didn't notice any r
andits In Montpelier standing round
nd compelling me to pay $3.50 day Z
" the privilege OF browsing on a
'acker barrel and hunk OF Shore
am cheese. / took time enough to c
ok around and | met up with very IL
ierable menu at the Riverside and a
,om on the sidehill that beat cot In a
lie billiard room to death. Price? q
m ashamed to tell you. II man
,es to Montpelier. allows the insid-
us porter to kidnap his grip and
zen goes and does the pleading-eye
t at the desk. he's mark-thats I,
|. II he is in the money burning n
lsiness all right. II he needs lit n
: to buy anthracite, let him keep 10
way from the rob house. Il
Ia
The absolute sheeplikeness of the "
,erage member was impressed on me sc
hen | asked an old friend of mine CO
Ily temporarily in bad company-why p''
voted for that Nutting bill. what q
had against his home paper etc. al
Why" he said, I'VE haven't got any In
ing against your papers here In IN
It's the outside. trashy
Gets you can never get stopped that
, are after The bill only takes
Id after you have been told TO stop
o paper" / must have jumped a ~
1t high. And | honestly believe, so ny y
plicit is the new members trust in ~
2 committees. that ha3f of them ~
ought the bill so read while 1t very ~
itinctly says every paper must be ~
,pped on expiration of the sub ~
Upton or no pay; no saving clause -
rhe next governor? The DR.. Webb
for 1906 is fairly launched. tn
ave il from a mans own lips that tn
.tcher ID. Proctor is to be candi- no
e, while a deal of pernicious ac- WI
ity on the part of Joe Jones indi- of
es that Rutland is by no means ers
of the running. Pretty early to to
ing such stuff before Thanksgiv- sir
: but here's an air. line wireless cal
t you can have for what it's worth: WI
ha
Sposin: Or. Webb is permitted to thi
Iuire the governorship at a con- sid
cradle discount from the 100000 the
ce; the fine Italian handwriters aid ma
abet the bargain: then Senator no
,ctor resigns. Now, who would tar
Webb be apt to appoint? l da,
nder But, as | said, this is or
eless and the lnemen have been ito
king overtime lately.
sin
he Vermont Press association, af- du'
limping around the corridors of am
Pavilion for half an hour, was in sar
d to meet with the hospitable Ed.
It at the Riverside. Ed. was a
Y host, but I'm afraid he had to
lain things later. His wife came T
saw the gang, then excused her. -
Flossie, the purp, didn't recog- any any
. the all-round devilishness of the l,a
ch and had to be called away. any
It was all right. but / did think II
a little rough on the assembled 81
orial wisdom to address the little
inc lady thus: Come away, II
ssie / don't think you ought to be pro
there, either!" me,
tioI
the
eviction in the public schools. Out chill