The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-08
DEFENDS LEGISLATURE
Governor and State Committee Chair
man Williams Explain

Gov G. H. Prouty and Representa-
tive F. C. Williams of Newport spoke
recently at the Young Mems Improve
ment club in that town. The remarks
OF both speakers were for the most
part a refutation of the prevailing op-
inion that the profitable work OF the
past legislature was Overbalanced by
the Improbable Governor Prouty quo
ted from Shakespeare in illustrating
this. saying: The bad that men do
lives after them, but the good is in
TERED with their bones" says press
dispatch from Newport.
The governor said, among other
things, that there seemed to be a lack
of harmony among the Legislators and
for that reason much that should have
been accomplished was lost At the
same time many things were done that
advantageous to the state He men,
toned in particular the public utility
bill, the forestry bill and the law reg
ulating partnerships
AS TO the utility bill he said that
although there had been severe crit
icism of its right of existence, the
wisdom of creating il would in time
become apparent. Regarding the de-
partment OF forestry the governor
said that forestry was beginning TO be
a science of great import and that if
the public lands of the state were Ia
ken care of by an experienced man the
revenue therefrom would be 10 per
cent. For this reason he had obtain
ed the services of one OF the best
trained men TO be hired.
As to the law on partnerships the
speaker said that this would require
all persons doing business as partners
to register the names OF all copartners
so that the public might know who the
responsible parties We're in business
enterprise.
In referring to the extravaganza Of
the legislature the appropriation for
the state fair and the Champlain ter
centenary were the only Instances
rom his view point where eXtraya-
giant appropriation of public money
was in evidence.
He seemed to think that the amount
saved by the limitation OF an appropri-
alton OF $4,000 for the payment of tu-
Derculosis cattle ordered killed would
Offset what had been raised for the
additional salaries of state officers. AS
to the salary grab" he thought that
81 per day was none too much pay
Tor services as legislators There
were other features relative to the
legislature touched upon by the gov
ernor but the above were the essential
points in the description.
MIR. Williams remarks We're sim
liar 10 those OF the gove nor, although
he made reference to laws to which
the chief executive did not allude
One of those was the chattel mortgage
law which now specifies that all chat
tel mortgages shall be recorded as
soon as made. There is also a
change in the foreclosure laws, name.
~ that foreclosure proceedings can
begin at any time without waiting for
either March or September term Of
county court
Regarding the license law, the state
now receives the revenue Of licenses
because it has 10 stand the prosecu
ton of crime resulting from the eff
fects of the sale of liquor
The establishment of a central nor
NAL school and the modification of the
taxation laws were Instances where
the legislature took no definite action
The arguments set forth by botf
speakers was that the past legisa
ture, although dilatory in its dispatch
Of business, was not as Incompetent
or negligent as has been represented
by various state papers.