Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-01-28
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Senator Flaeu Speaks.

Senator Fiaaa Speaks.
All the fun OF the Legislature Saturday.
says the Montpelier journal, was in the
Senate, to which body q large number OF
representatives, were attracted to hear the
debate on the $50, 900 Normal school bill
that was revived by lacking the bill that
was killed in the House to the bottom OF
the regular school bill appropriating
"a. 500 to each Of the three present normal
schools, and an extra q, 500 for the bene-
fit Of all three.
Early in the afternoon Senators Flagg
and Finn had little tin that proved in
teresting to the spectators. Senator Flagg
got up to express his regard for the man
ner in which the Normal school bill,
with the $50, 00C bill attached thereto, WAS
put to a third reading the afternoon be-
FORE Senator Finn got up and an
nounced IN his stentorian tones, sEntire-
ly out OF order" Senator Flagg said Mr.
Finn could get mp and sblat'' around all
he wanted to, but when anybody else had
anything 10 say. they were out Of order
Nov. he proposed to have something TO
say. Senator Donoway jumped up and
said there was too much Of the Mister
business going on in the Senate and he
persisted that senators should be adj
dressed properly and according TO parlia-
mentary rules. Senator Cory said that
he was. once in favor Of the Normal
school bill, but he would not stand for
the manner in which 1t was railroaded
through and for the abuse the Senate had
heaped upon Senator Flagg, an old gem
tleman, and 3 veteran OF the Civil war.
Then the fight WAS on and things began
to brighten mp when Senator FlagR, the
-
for the life Of the Randolph Normal
school and the others. There was dre in
his eye and he said what be had to say 80
that there was no question but that 1t
could be heard.
He started OF by remarking that some
Of the addresses which had been made re-
minded him Of war time, when the boys
were all worn out with physical exhsus-
tion and vigil, their clothes were torn and
their food was scarce, and they were foot
sore. +" We used to receive these pictorial
papers, said Senator Flagg. Showing =
finely equipped regiment in perfect step,
charging . height 1 want to tell you It
looked d--nice on paper, but that Was
about all there was to It. These fine
speeches remind me Of those pictures.
They look nice on paper"
In regard to the manner in which the
bill had been advanced to q third reading
he had something like this to say.-ssI
don't like the way they come in with
this bill. Why didn't they bring in q bill
for the $50, 600 normal school like q gem
tleman instead Of tying It on as 6 rider to
another measured 1 hate to say il but il
looks to me Is though they put through
the bill a third reading by whst cali
twist of the wrist. / don't know now
how the thing got through. We held a
little intermission and five or six senators
whispered around, and when the Senate
waa uaIlusl 70 oraer agufn, thg' nrat thing
/ knew the bill was slid through. ad-
NIT / was sitting right in my seat as
dumb as any OF them"
Speaking Of the normal schools, be said
that, while be had been called down once
that day for mentioning names, he want
ed to say that the superintendent of edu-
cation had not supported the schools prop
erly. He had worked against them to
get this other manual training school.
The normal schools at Randolph and
Castleton are getting along all right and
doing good work, and would do better
work II they were properly supported.
They are turning out good teachers. They
I love the school down to Randolph. You
will see the girls going horne Saturday
night with their clothes to wash them
and do their mending to start the new
week prepared. They aint like these rich
I girls, who don't have to do anything but
come around and see the legislature.
(Sweeping his arms so that all the femin-
inc visitors, some of whom were school
teachers, by the way, would be taken in.)
They are girls preparing themselves to
teach. They make good teachers too.
The way it is now. IL the gals get all the
education You would have them get, they
would gn on and get married before they
got through. II this legislature don't
get through before long, / don't know
but that they will all be married when
we get home anyway. We are getting
along all right down there to Randolph,
and when we are not, we viii let you
know" There was q murmur of APP
plause steadily growing when Senator
Flagg had finished bis defence and would
have been more pronounced had not Pres
idert Mead raped for order.
A further account of the interesting do
ings at the state house will be found in
the legislative story on another page.