Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-10-12
GETTING DOWN TO WORK
LEGISLATORS BEGINNING TO
FIND THEIR STRIDE.
Important Bill Put Through Under
Suspension Of Rules and Over Mr..
Hapgood's Strenuous Objection
Committee Appointments for County.

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Hapgood Strenuous Objection
Committee Appointments for County
An important feature of Friday I
proceedings Of the legislature was the
passage by both houses under the sus
pension of the rules, of a bill introduced
at the instance of Attorney-GeneraI
Clarke c. Fits compelling the produ
ton of various books, records,
counts. etc, as evidence to be used b,
fore grand iuries and the courts upon
issuing of legal process for the same
The first and particular object of this
/ bill, it is understood, is to force the
Burlington Rendering company to pro-
duce accounts and papers bearing upon
i the diseased beef scandal now being
/ Investigated by the Chittenden county
grand jury. The report is that all these
/ much wanted documents and papers
/ have been spirited out of the state, and
that the attorney general has been un'
able to get them and lay them before
the grand jury. II is even intimated
4 that the rendering company is almost
! stubbornly defiant in its attitude to-
ward this investigation, and in its dis
position to yield no evidence that can
throw light upon it. The bill, which is
No /, was promptly passed by both
/ houses.
Another important and record break
/ ing feature was Speaker Cheney's an
1 nouncement of standing committees.
/ The democrats are recognized by the
| appointment of Eli II, Porter of Viii
mington as chairman of the committee
/ on ways and means, and John Ii. Senter
| as chairman of the committee on cor
porations. The gift of important chair
manships to the opposition is unusual,
/ but nevertheless cOmmendable.
Other chairmen of important com,
mittees are: Elections, Alexander OF
Georgia; judiciary, Darling of Chelsea;
education, Hulburd of Hyde Park;
railroads. Jackson of Barre city; banks,
| Mead of Rutland; manufactures, fel'
ton of Highgate; general committee
| Gibson of Brattleboro; municipal cor
porations, Fem of Springfield; military
affairs, Heath of Warren; appropria-
tions, Fletcher of Cavendish.
| Mr.. Gibson of this town is also a
member of the general committee, ana
the appointments of the other mlhu
/ ham county members are as follows:
Elections. l.. T. Landman of London,
derry: federal relations, Il. {. Harrls OF
Somerset; military affairs, +; II. Nlles
of Halifax; education, II. II. Shaw OF
| Narlhoro; claims. W. 5. Holland OF
Townshend: railroads, II. II. Shaw OF
I Marlboro; highways and bridges, NJ. II.
Raw of Rockingham; banks. }. A.
! MnzZv of Jamaica; manufactures, A.
NJ. Shipman of Westminster; agrlcui'
mre. f. II. Akley of Vernon; land tax
Ernest Pike of Stratton; grand list, W.
W Burnett Of Dummerston; general
committee. W. 5. Allen of Whitingham;
state prison. Joel Flagg of Gulltord;
corporations, NJ. H. Ray OF Rocking
ham: municipal corporations, u; a.
Benson of Newfane; town lines, Nor,
man Davis of Grafton; mileage and
debentures, II. l.. Carr of Athens; pup
lie buildings. +. J. GrOut of Dover; IN
sane. W. G. Adams of Windham; ap-
propriations, f. II. Porter of Whining
ton. r..
The legislative train Monday after
noon. on which were Governor Proctor,
Secretary Farnsworth and Assistant
Secretary Skeels of the Senate, and sew
eral senators and representatives was
over an hour late in reaching Mohtpel-
ier, thus delaying somewhat the prog
ress of legislation in both houses. lheTe
was little to do. however, and early al
iournments were taken. Senator John-
son of Orange was appointed secretary
nro tenn of the Senate but his duties
wore NOT arduous. The committee on
ioint rules from the Senate was gwen
nermssion to sit during the afternoon
Comics of the proposed revision OF the
nnhlic statutes were placed on the desks
If all the senators and representatives,
ne was the report of the trustees ana
snnorintendent of the state hospital for
the insane at Waterbury. Representa-
tiyes Barden of Wallingford and Bar
rows of Hartford were in the House FOR
the first time Monday and took the oath
of office.
Tuesday s sessions of the House and
Senate were short and did not accom-
nlish ANYTHING beyond routine work
and the announcement of certain loint
and standing committees in the senate
A large number of committees had thelr
preliminary meetings Tuesday after
noon and evening and there was sup
posed to be something significant in the
ran for meeting of the farmers to re,
orpanize the farmers association OF
two wears ago. The governor TUESDAY
signed the House bill, which provides
for the coercion of corporations DONG
business in the state, when asked 10
show their books and papers to the
courts. This bill has now become
law and the efforts of the beer
lobby'' have been powerless to stop H.
There are several challenges as to
the eligibility of members retaining
their seats in the House and the eases
of Mr.. Slade of West Rutland, Hap
GOOD of Peru, Spaulding of Sherburne.
FELTON, of Highgate and Burnham Oh
Woodbury. have been handed to the
committee on elections.
The standing committees otIhe senate
were announced Tuesday afternoon. MI
Phelps is named on the land taxes, mn
itarv affairs and general committees
while the name of Mr.. Chase appears on
the Judiciary committee. Mr.. Chase Is
also on the joint committee on state
and court expenses and Mr.. Phelps. on
the joint committee on game ana . nsn,
cries. The following representatives
from Windham county have received
appointments on the joint standng
committees: Industrial school, Austin
of Brookline: game and fisheries, War
rem of Putney; state and court ex-
nonses. Dexter of Wardsboro; lnsur-
ance. Benson of Newfane; publlc
health. Dexter of Wardsboro.
Tho ,romn+ness with which the Joint