Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-10-13

Great bodies bAAtt 7i"Nts "N' NY
.aertake notion. A new Vermont legis-
lore. composed almost entirely OF new
-, cannot be expected to jump into the
,-.aess and strike 2.10 gait when it gets
- uord. II, the first week, both houses
,eef organized, and the new governor
sssgs an the mantle Of his predecessor so
.tst il seems to fit, and the reception and
ssl are successfully put behind, the rec
I'D has been made.
rbe present assembly did all that last
,rzak Nav. more, the introduction OF
,fps began the second day, an important
.,s.sore making its appearance IN each
60 The senate standing committees
s-a named: the House committees are due
Tuesday.
me chairmen OF the several Senate COM
...Tttees are;-Rules, Rowland of Rutland;
gnanee. Fletcher of Windsor; judiciary,
ro-a ~ Washington; claims, Lawrence of
.5aison; educational, Hawley OF Frank
iir, agriculture, Stevens of Chittenden;
--,s,pfactures, Mattison OF Bennington;
.f.eftnns. Buxton OF Rutland; military
sesirs. Ashley of ehittenden; railroads,
Fowler Of BenniDgtoni highways and
,,,iages. Pierce of windham; banks, Car
inter- Of Rutland; land taxes, Robinson
~ Grand Isle; printing, Baldwin Of Or
sage. general, Slack OF Caledonia; federal
Citations, Holbrook OF Essex; state
..-isnn Dickey OF Orange; insane, Fish OF
Windsor: grand list, Fuiilngton OF La
lille. CORPORATIONS, Skinner OF Orleans.
psgidas the above, Senator Dickey Of Or
-1,,s ffnds place on the judiciary; sena-
t0F BALDWIN OF Orange on the claims
and military affairs; Senator FISH OF
Windsor on the educationali Senator
Fletcher Of Windsor on the judiciary
FolloWing Wednesdays session, the
senate On Thursday awoke TO face the first
bttI 81 The session--to provide Tor the Sc
Iaefion Of candidates by popular vote. IL
tras Introduced by Senator Buxton Of kut-
and county. The House, too, took look
al a caucus bill, introduced by eN-GoV'
Josiah Grout Of Derby. These bills are
sGr,eWhat similar The Senate bill y
modelled after the Luce primary law OF
aFassaehusetts where the voter taking
5agt In the caucus has to announce his
rarty preference when he takes bis ballot,
and Voes on record as a Democrat or ke-
rublfcan. status that be cannot alter
trithout some trouble, thus guarding
ne nomination OF candidates OF the other
nHrtv. The Grout bill follows the Wis
lgnsin plan somewhat, where the voters
"a all parties vote as they please, for DEM
oerats Of Republicans, and those who lead
al The primary on each side are candidates
fgr that party al the election later, Both
hfiIs nrovtde for the holding OF joint
ranehs. 10 be conducted BY the regular
election officers. CIRCUITS bill eontem-
mates also the election Of delegates TO party
conventions by the caucus al the same
time. A peculiar feature OF his bill IL one
recurring each party TO formulate a plat
form. else its candidates cannot 90 on the
official ballot. Both bills cover many as-
tails that cannot be described IN brieI.
other caucus bilissre IN process OF franz
tnF. The legislature is evidently "onto rs
lob a. 70 caucus legislation this year. a
spacial committee OF one from each county
has been ordered to give is entire atten-
tention 70 caucus bills.
A second senate bin proyidts that when
a person Is nominated for office BY more
than one party he must elect which party
~ will train with. and his name shall APP
near for hat party only on the ballot.
The feature 81 Thursdays session was
The Inauguration Of the new governor snu
lieutenant oyernor, and the retirement 81
the old incumbents. Gov. Mccullough
.lras unable rs read his retiring message,
read hy the clerk in the House and by int
secretary Ia the Senate. II covered many
points relating 20 the state government
with great thoroughness. An abstract aP'
pears elseW here.
A Joint assembly Thursday afternoon
heard the report OF the committee az
pointed 70 canvass the votes for state ono
ga mere formality. Belts majority y
September was 2a,610 tofiiciall.
Following this announcement, uoN
Bell received the oath OF office from Judgi
james Nj Tyler and read his inaugural
u was not long or pretentious doeumeh
and dwelt particularly on the need OF reg
islation for the benefit OF the farmer.
GOV. Bell had invited his friend, 9oy
Nahum j. Batchelder, OF New Hampshlr
10 attend his Inauguration, VINO cam
Thursday. accompanied by members
his staff. lie was introduced and mace
happy hit IN felicitous l5-minnte speech
New Hampshire evidently has q prigh
and modern executive.
Adjournment was taken Thursday after
noon until Monday afternoon.