The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09
NOTES AND COMMENT
OF THE LEGISLATURE

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vote Tor state officers and the governor
had taken his oath, the other state oth.
GERS PROCEEDED TO uahfy by aHearing
before a notary. Guy w abbey secre.
tary OF state, took his from his prede'
cessor Hon Frederick g. Fleetwood.
Lieutenant Governor j. A. Mead was
sworn in by Secretary Homer l., Skeels
OF the Senate, Staet Auditor H. Y. era
ham took his from H. y Sayton deputy
secretary OF state State Treasurer h.
IT, Doavtt had not been sworn in up
to o'clock Thursday. The only state
officer 90 hold over is Attorney General
&. g. Fits, whose term does not expire
until December |.
The annual report OF the commissioner
OF state printing shows that since the
commission went into elect pursuant to
an act Of the legislature OF 1905, there
has been saving in the purchase Of
stationery and supplies OF about % per
cent and saving in the printing OF
public documents Of between $1,000 and
$1,000, or from 10 to 20 per cent BY
making uniform tae blanks used in pro.
bate courts, saving on the former cost
has been effected Of more than 80 per
cent II can readily be seen why Gov.
ern0r Proctor, in his message. favored
the continuance of this commission.
Vermont has a record in the number
OF eN-goyernors alive that is not equRlled
by any state in the union When Gov
ernor Proctor became one Of tne number
Thursday afternoon there were fourteen
former governors alive in this state.
They are Frederick Holbrook Of Bratte.
boro Nermont's war governor 6l'63,
Senator J. w. Stewart OF Mddlebury
7072, !. L. Barstown Of Shelburne s2
81, Samuel Pingrce OF Hartford $3.50,
+. J. Ormsbee OF Brandon SO IS Sena.
tor w, = Dillingham; OF Montpelier IS
30, g. $. Page OF Hyde Park 90 %. L.
a. Woodbury. OF Burlington "a %, Josi.
ali Grout OF Derby O8 '0s. 4. c. smith
of ST. Adams gs 90. w w. Stickney
of Ludlow 'O0'02, John G. Mccullough
OF North bennington 02 '04, G. j. Bell
of Walden '04 0G, Fletcher ID. Proctor
OF Proctor 90 0s
Hale X. Darling of Chelsea mas &C.
cepted the position OF clerk OF the com.
mittee on the revision OF bills. which
edits the bills before they 90 into the
legislative mill This is a very respon.
sible position, and no man is better fitted
for II than Attorney Darling. he is thor
oughly conversant with legislative al
fairs, having been member OF the
House during the sessions OF 1904 and
1903. and having also been a member
of the commission that prepared the
public statutes and one OF the editing
board,
AT Just % minutes before 3 o'clock
on Thursday afternoon, George n. Prou-
~ OF Newport became the governor OF
Vermont The OATH Of office was clearly
and impressiyely administered bv Chief
Judge John Va Rowell Of the supreme
court The scene would have made an
impressive picture as the aged Justice
stood before the govcrnor.elect. who had
Just been escorted 10 the hall by tae |
from the House snd Senate |
Everybody in the House remained stand |
ing until the governor elect had signed |
he oath and Chief Judge Rowell had at |
tached MS signature, which made the |
document complete. Senator Scott Of /
Rutland county performed the duteis Of I
escort with great grace and dignity. The |
other members of the escort committee |
were Senator Croft Of Franklin county |
and Representatives Fletcher of Cayen. |
dish, Watson of st. Adams and Barber I
Of Brattleboro
The oath administered to state officers
reads as follows: / NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
lo solepinly swear Tor affirm that | 1
will be true and faithful to the state of /
Vermont, and that | will not directly
or indirectly, do any act or thing in.
furious to the constitution or govern
nent, as established by convention. So
lelp me God
............,., do solemnly swear
.or affirm that | will faithfully execute
he Office OF governor for the state OF
Vermont and will therein do equal jus
ice % all men, To the best of my udq
nent and abilities according to law So
ielp me Go. | also solemnly swear TO
.upport the constitution OF the United
states.
Gov George RI. Prouty yesterday al.
ernoon announced his staff appoint
lents: Surgeon general, DR. D. c. Noble
# Middlebury; chief of staff with the
-anl Of colonel, Charles r. Nelson of
)erby Line; aides with the rank Of
olonel J. F. Paddock Of Saxtons River,
r. NJ Hatch of STAFFORD. W. d. Nut
ing Of Brandon; inspector of rifle prac-
ice with the rank Of colonel, Edward
Woodbury. Of Burlington,
At the request Of F. II. Hitcvhcock,
Of the national Republican
Representative +, c. Will
Jams of Newport, chairman Of the Re-
uhlcan state committee. is attempting
o form an association or organiza ton
o raise funds in Vermont for the use
i the national committee Mr. Hitch
ock calls the attention of Mr.. VII
gms to the fact that Vermont is the
MY New England state that has not
contributed anything to help carry on
he national campaign. Mr. Williams
as taken the matter up with members
+ the Republican state committee and
thin the past few days has written
tiers to the $50 town committeeman
tging their cooperation in soliciting
and pointing out to them
he great need of funds for the nation
! committee to carry on its work.