News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-11-04
The Legislature

r. and much work accomplished. The Ser
: ate did little work Monday and took
recess until Wednesday, when work wa
= taken up in earnest. Both houses hav
y got down to solid work now and tina
! will be the order from now on.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
The Senate, notwithstanding tina
3 the House refused to adjourn from Fri
day to Wednesday, arranged affairs sc
that there was nothing doing in thai
branch until Wednesday afternoon. Two
q or three Senators showed up Monday
and adjourned until Wednesday p m.
Senator Gorham has gone to Pittsford
his health being such that he has beer
: obliged to take vacation and give at
tention to his physical condition. His
associates hope that a few weeks rest
will restore him to good health. He is a
valuable member of the Senate.
Among the visitors at the Capital the
!, past week from Lamoille County were
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Webster, Mr. and
Mrs. A. r. Campbell Geo. Terrill and
Capt. Kenfeld of Morrrisville; J. V.
Stevens of Waterville; Mrs. Fred Smith
of Stowe and her friend, Mrs. Darling of
Virginia, The wife of Representative
Goodell Of Elmore spent last week with
him.
! Lamoille County was solid both times
when the roll was called in the House on
the question of adjournment. Every
member voted to stay at the Capital and
work The Senator from Lamoille was
with them in so voting, but he was
largely in the minority in the Senate.
Lieut. Gov Mead went home last Fri
| day noon and left affairs in the Senate
| in charge of President pro tenn Gibson,
who presided with ease and dignity and
dispatched considerable business. Just
before adjournment Senator Donaway
was called to the chair and he too was
quite at home there.
Speaker Cheney called Representative
Fish to the chair a couple of times last |
week. Frank" has way of dispatch
ing business that indicates that he is no |
novice in presiding over the deliberations |
of that body.
Representative Leary of Burlington |
was in the Speakers chair short time |
last week; he presided with ease and |
dignity.
There was nothing doing in either
branch of the legislature last week We'd |
nesday afternoon. All hands went over
to the Intercity park to witness the
Y. v M-Norwich foot ball game. The |
friends of both teams were about evenly |
divided in the lawmakers 1t was a |
great game
Elmer Darling, the long time proprietor |
OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York |
City, was visitor at the State House |
last Thursday. He was accompanied by |
Editor Chase of the Lyndon Union and a |
party of ladies. They were on their
way to New York in an auto. 1t was an
" inspiration" to see the cordial greet
ings between Mr.. Darling and Senator
Orvis, two bonifaces of considerable re-
pute. MIR. Darling owns a magnificent
summer home at Lyndon and spends a
great share of his time there
Senator Kennedy is making good"
in his work on committees. He is level
headed and looks after his constituents
interests with Jealous care.
a bill introduced by Representative
Cheney regarding the pollution of the
Lamoille River has a direct bearing upon
Lake Lamoille. 1t prohibits dumping
refuse into the river. 1t is a good thing
and ought to, and will, pass.
school house for Eden, introduced by
Representative Emery of that town, was
endorsed by many and had a strong adj
vocate in Supt. Stone; but it was report
ed adversely and met death at once. Mr..
Emery worked hard for the measure.
Senator Cory presided at the brief
Monday session. There were but few
Senators present, large number being
l
The genial Senator welded the gavel in
good shape and showed himself well
versed in parliamentary tactics.
Jones of Sudbury has the honor Of
being the first to receive the desk-slam-
ming quietus. Too much talk makes even
a Representative nervous.
Speaker Cheney has presented to the
State and hung to-day in the clerks
office life-sized photograph of the late
clerk, Fred L. Hamilton. Under the pic
ture is the following inscription; Fred L.
Hamilton. Assistant Clerk, 1S97-19OO;
Clerk, 19O6-190S. Born December II
1866, died August 81, 1905" By all &,
who have seen it this picture is pro- !
nounced a splendid likeness. Mr. and
Mrs. Cheney will present Mrs. Hamilton
with similar one. II
CUT OUT BoUNTIES. - Bounty on any
wild animal is ridiculous. Dozens of :
hunters stand ready to externlinate any
kind of animal or bird that shows its
head in sight. Two much so. The whole
thing is a scheme to pull money out of q
the state. Look up the thousands of dol. 9
lars that were paid out on the last bounty 3
laval for nothing-and see if you want .
another. Newport Express and Standard
LET'S TRY lT.-Mr. move of Benning- |,
ton proposes to protect the confding
req orter who is told one of those humor-
Gus stories with which all newspaper
men are familiar and which, when printed,
proves to be absolutely untrue and simply 8
printed as joke" The bill he has in !,
provides a fine of not less than
SIS nor more than $40 for giving false in q
formation to a newspaper. This might {
check the steady output of this particu- I
lar brand of wit-Rutland Herald.
JOKE ON THoMAs-When r. II. Stand d
ish went to his meat market on Friday I