News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-12-09
THE LEGISLATURE

the Legislature took the usual Saturday
and Monday recess and came together
Monday evening, at which time consider
able business OF an important nature was
transacted. The committees, however
have got their work well in hand and
from now on there will be activity all
along the line. The important tax ques.
ton, which will take considerable time
in discussion, is still to be acted upon
also the public utility bill, the primary
election law, and several matters per.
tanning to education, among them the
question Of an appropriation for the nor
NAL schools.
A bill has been introduced asking for
an appropriation of $40, 900 for the pur-
pose Of building new normal school at
Johnson. This is meeting with consider
able favor, but what the result will he is
at the present time uncertain
The bill placing a tax of five cents each
on apruce trees, or Christmas trees,
taken out of tine State, in addition to
regular license, was discussed at length
in the House yesterday. E. G. Sherwin
| of Hyde Park made strong argument
in favor oft. The bill was ordered to a
third reading.
Much interest is manifested in the Tax
bill considered this morning in the House
before large audience. DeBoer of Mont
pelier made a strong speech in favor of
abolishing offsets; Williams of Newport
spoke along the same lines. The House
seems to be strongly in favor Of it.
a bill to appropriate $4,000 for
new normal school at Johnson will be
heard before the committee Friday after
noon This measure is one in which much
interest centers and is of special moment
to people in this vicinity.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
Sergeant at Arms Ferrin will be 80
years old Friday. He doesn't look it;
but then he was born in Lamoille county
and that accounts for it.
The "Onionside is prospecting pretty
well, thank you, in spite of the write-up
it received from "the HayviIle member"
Ii is not only the best-natured but the
best-lOoking group of Legislative board
crs in the city. For proof of this lust
gaze upon the happy physiognomies of
nothing of Jack Norton, Charley Plumley
and Ed Mutt.
No sir, Representatives are perfectly
sober at Montpelier. We make this as
sertion in spite of the fact that a couple Of
them who when out walking one evening
last week came across a white House
cafe and one very politely asked the
other as they stepped up to the door, to
g take ride up to Barre"
Strange how much interest some Rep.
resentatives take in looking up reference
books in the State Library these days.
Ex-senator Johnson of the Randolph |
Herald looked in upon the Legislature |
one day last week. He was a Senator |
two years ago and for half dozen terms |
before that was the official reporter in |
the House He made good in all of these,
Just the same as he does in getting up a |
lrst-class newspaper.
Now that the smallpox scare is over,
oeSce and happiness reigns in the office of
Secretary Skeels. At one time it was
cared that he might have to add a new
Page to his force SO "skeered" did the
}ne he had become over what might
happen,
One of the interesting public hearings
't the session was that heldin the Senate
hamber before the Appropriations Com
nlttee of the House, when the subject of
he Sl25,0O0 appropriation for a new
Normal school was considered. The
principals of the three State Normals
made remarks, as did also EX-Lieut. Gov.
,tearns, DR.. Boynton and Alex Dunnette.
All were in favor Of the present system.
The moving picture shows do not re-
Give much Representative patronage
hese days-or evenings either. Commit
&c work and how to get through "on
int" is uppermOsr on the minds of all
The Democratic party were evenly di-
ided in the Senate on the vote for the
'rustee bill. Senator Kennedy voted for I
while Senator Wright was "agin it."
o we fail to see wherein the Democracy !
the state can make any
handle" of the action of the Republi- \
ans. S
Woman suffrage received a setback in {
he Senate last week-the bill being de- f
ated by vote of 16 to II. 1t might
ave been different had there been a
rger representation of ladies in favor of @
lie bill. But two appeared in the lobby v
Representative Watson of St, Adams t
rs been a great worker throughout the Il
ssion. Besides giving attention to reg e
ar duties, he has labored early and late T
Clerk of the Revision Committee and s.
recognition of this the House has a bill 9
fore it giving him an additional $500 o
r diem during the session. The bill "
i'll pass. s.
The bill permitting the shooting of j
dar waxwing birds, which passed the L
ouse, was killed in the Senate. 1t had a
IT single friend in the latter body.
The little granddaughter of Senator !,
untlev, Miss Annie Palmer of Water -
Try, spent several days with her grand
Their last week and was a frequent Wis
Or in the Senate, where she made many
ends among the solons. 81
If the bill which passed the House last
eek becomes a law, a man who lies n
,out his property in his inventory dur
-, ho 10 30 TOO ha | u