The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-11-03
BENNINGTON CUuNfi's nhi'ish-
sTNTAIIsIs ~ MONTPELIER.
A Clo~~-to.Hasd tirW by the Joar-
nAl's special Correspondent Al
the Capitol.

tho Capitol.
Montpelier, Oct - Possibly
more Att.ntion vas attracted % Mon
p.ilcg last seek BY the fact that
u wAs Ladies' Week than by an5
yafiiealar legislation that VAS De
las considered By tbs General A.
ssmbiy Certainly that fact attract
81 more visitors 10 the Capital than
have been seen there before this
session aud more than most Of the
n.wspaper men whose duties sui
noiently arduous at all Imos, were
more than doubled by the social
events crowded into the week
A glimpse al that volume EMIT
led. Who's Who IN Vermont will
tell you Who Was there, but II viii
not give you an ideaof the handsom
tolletteA Of the ladies'. the crush at
n. formal reception al the state
ilons. given by Gov aud Mrs. Mead
assisted ~ the former governors o.
Tue state and their wives. or the gah
al the governors ball where the dec
ofati0ns at Montpelier new city
hall were upon a more elaborate
scale than anything ever before al.
tempted Ia the state Certain II Is
that III. Governor Is keeping up the
reputation he acquired during the
campaign Of being good spendeI
aud when he and Mrs Mead set out
10 DO the houorB nothing lis scfimp-
"a or piinted II ~ certain that
Mis- Mead thoroughly enjoys social
affairs Of state aud " the Governor
4. & "a ltss fAflIIz
~ Of assembling.
And how the Governor, for a man
at bis age. stood up to the strain
OF the week. coming out az the
end ire,h as a daisy II vas a re-
yaiation to those who thought when
they caught their first sight OF the
Governor in the openeing days OF
the session that he vas broken
down old man aud IL was an ehhi-
hilton OF the remarkable reserve
power the governor possesses u Al
closest friends maintain that ne
surylA 90 on work and II viii not
b. hard TO conync. those who We're
IN Montpelier last week that this
idea Ii correct
II IL not for any masculine pen
10 attempt TO give any truthful pic
ture Of the costumes worn by the
ladies' during the week, but IL may
suffice 10 say that those skilled Ia
such matters have said that they
we're the most elaborate aud costly
ever seen IN Montpelier. Mere man
was mainly agitated by the thought
that il was a shame that such erea-
lions OF the modlste's art should
hay. TO be- exposed to the most .eN-
.orable weather that could De deNis |
ed for such week IL was one
grand oongomerlation of snow and
rain and drizzle aud mud and slosh |
Cor which, OF course, Montpelier
should not bc blamed. but Tor |
which Montpelier certainly Is.
Aud now word about the men
Probably at no one time or place
In the state was ever before assem-
BLEED so many miilionaires as were al
the state House on Tuesday There
were ex-Guy. Fletcher ID. Proctor OF
proctor ex-Goy. Edward &. smith
az I'd Alhatis, Gov Mead ex-GoN
Ii A Woodbury. OF Burlington, Re
preventative A. NJ. Fletcher Of Cav
sndlsh. l.. q Clark OF Burlington,
~ q Payne OF Hlghgate SPRING.
and Col Battcii OF Middlebnry
Yet with all the social diversions
the work OF the session did not SUI
fer aud when adjournment WIS TAX
on on Friday good weeks work
had been accomplished The mum
her Of bills introduced 10 the House
has Increased from so 90 lDS ana
* IA plain TO be seen ~iat TINS
not anywhere near the limit OF
them for the House rule making
the first Tuesday Ia November thf
las, da, for the introduction OF bills
unieas b. a two-thirds vote has been
extended a week. The number OF
sanat. bills has crowded np 10 ~
and thai body where unanimous
consent II required TO Introduce
hin after the let OF November, hhs
alno extended the time week
sneaker Howe IL constantly CIV
ins evidence that the fact that ne
ia presiding over the House IL MOI
goiny 10 interfere With the repre-
renta,lon 81 his town and one 81
The most important bills % the week
Was introduced by him II Was "a
direct pftNihif'n Aif N
stands some show 81 passage on &c
com, OF It's simplicity II covers
only the election OF members
Congress. state and county oifleets
ana 1. modelled after the law which
has b..en so successful la the STATE
~ washington aud ~ sery different
from The complicated bill on the
same subject introduced ~ MF Me
cu.u az Vrrgcnncs which on account
az ns very radical changes i maker
Ia present methods, probably Stands
no sbow 81 passag" 10 tact y -
hard 10 discover among tie niembri
~ The Legislature any very hht
v..rxai demand fof a direct primaries
law There II certainly none among
49, smaller towns aud Il ~ onit
.rum toWnA like Remington brattlt-
boro IA AihAnF and the like thhl
,hsre " any great call Tor II and q
\. prntsshie thAt even Ia such towns
~ thrsr II Law ~ thlA glma NrF'
40 be- Submitted % me voters
eaala tail of ratification.
The seHate has come " iof ~olf
,ritlessm for klliiug the bill 70 ~"
,sai Inc payment 81 fees 70 Justice
In state FaRrs where there "
municipal court 10 the same ios 7
nl,boush that b0dy has recpus'derro
~ acton add the bill may yet ~
$50 Ths object u 10 save the
800. some MONEY paid cat " tees
ln MS Nay which woaid not "eent
w.ee these cases brought before
1aase Of . municipal court who -
eess~s a salary from The state =.
ne other hand Il u pointed ena
49, he other fees, t-sfiaes the pa
N 80 guctice which have &c 2
paid ~ municipal court are a'sss
more than IA Justice ev@tt $50
.s,,.sfIon wheshef Il Il more 81
lp fot the stats % eApena tii1s
m,a.y nan Il Is tos the anfot'
tupst~s mo alil BE- chligea 70 come
before municipal Judge Ia
Tls hcdgehog or PufssFilt -
tAst has been The sport o. manl "