The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-02
OUGHT TO FINISH
BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Legislature Working Harder
Since Recess.
NORMAL SCHOOLS GET LEFT
Hi Providing for Teachers Training
Courses Neatly Railreaded Through
House and Senate No Communication
for Elroy Kent. the Notorious


sonpll.h the lAak oi winding ~ before
Christmas. There y an echo which spells
Yes. Il the lawmakers hump, IL vii have
10 bc a his hump, however, 70 90 ";
SPEEDY committee work, no tfotNns on
home Thursday nights aud ff'dAy loIe'
Moons, aud no politics about governor
two years hcnoe-i they observe these
.impls dos aud doni's The task can be
.ceamnlislaed. There IL absolutely no valid
,,ct,se for the legislature staying one
minute after Christmas this year; u "
doc. Il Is dollars 10 doughnnis there y
politics and not state business IN The at
Tie underground reycrbcration The ke-
,o,m,r eot from the boilcrroom about the
appointinent of ex.Congcssman MI Has
Inns 10 warm the cushion IN the mum
sinal Judges chair ia the Braiueboro
court during the Forthcoming TWO Year,
l.vas a straight tip. oi course, every
one around the state house iecis sai
is6ed that il was for services i,hneIcu,
although they appear TO thlns lhe uioP
from congressman 10 munieipaI lsuse wa
,yen great.r than even the amiable mem
her from Brattleboro had himself figured
ON. Had the governor appointed ,olohel
Ua.kins on the public service commission
instead OF ". II. Warner OF Nergennss no
surprise would have been felt, ooioh.'
Uaskins ought TO have Jared better, a..
,hongh /, was perhaps the best thing lett
mi no, promi-ed by the administration.
The Honorable Edward II: Finn can
also he called "Jedgc" and when the cen
M de,artmen, finds fault with his NOR
,ali,y table he can swear according 70
Iaw Flinn has plenty Of friends around
the state house who are glad to have n,l,,
I sIat
land IN position mat many o''''
The governor has also remembered an
ether old comrade in Judge c. ;; Palmer
Of Huntington. who won out notwlthstand'
inc his age over a field OF colts, the mum
Ter III which ran up to dozen or more;
Ceorge THOMPSON OF the governors stan
was made municipal Judge IN Below,
Falls The other berths were distributed
as expected.
The executive department did some som,
sweating Monday evening until the bil
providing for teacher training courses N
apnroyed high schools and academies wa'
locked behind the oak doors, where tn'
governor was waiting with pen IN hant
10 receive II, for fear one branch or th'
other might have It recalled. Whether o.
nor this so.called normal school lobby II
sucb n fearful thing as pictured is ques
,;nn lr,t there is no denying the fact tha
!, ;,on, naS S' large and lively enough to caus,
,,orry about possibilities. There is som'
o,.;t;c;sm over the way the bill was rushed
throucb both houses, and some are pre-
dieting that il will react before the ses
SION ends, -.
IN Monday evening the bill granting
tho town of Brattleboro authority to lssu
St;u Grade crossings was passed by tn
natihg e'"''
The house tried the experiment Monda
of meeting at one in the afternoon
rorLed well enough in the forenoon an
NAM mo, committees held meetings whe
thev could Gnd quarters, but the member
nv ,;red ont after n strenuous day in tn
eeomm;ttee rooms and adjourned at tn
uSmai bour in the afternoon out Of r.
snect to President NJ. II. Buckham OF tn
University of Vermont. deceased tina
dav whom Judge Peck of Burlingto
beautifully eulogized Only three commi
referendum bill. with c. J. Ferguson fc
star'e star nerformer being one. and the Ott
s,ar mnohoo r;var bill being another.
| The house nassed by a vote of 113 to 8.
| inT h;n NUS that pmoJ;f,es tbe capital punisl
u.h law ,r" so That tbe penalty for murdt
lleII wan Ia ha" nc ;mnrisonment unless the jur
s,id, sads ~ ;ts verdict the words "with cap
auus asI NJ ;sbmentW Under the bill sentent
ca Ca, p"rn pnamrder In the second degree shall
I;f, 'a ;rorr;sonment or such term in II
lile NJ MP am;son os the iudee shall impos
Tho 1,ase .apato n short time ago passed b
heo;,, lhhe a. ;nr;es could qualify the
. nrd;ot masn i, r r,urder cases. hence there is
= vsauio. t thot H. th;s measure will get throul
tl,a'eo tha eor.ta .4a' NJ Stafford of Brattlebo
ene se,a, nma;nst tbe Hi He did not belle,
sponL % :s s,,ob newer in the hands of
III p'"'''e s"'" po
;, men. 1,do,,s sess;or was the busie
B. WV eu tha iec;slatnre began. 81 bills pas
sra'e der ,dle t5a hammer that dav. If tn
lne uiu.i ',I. 'he ho m,a;nta;ned final adiour
ra.e courd oonia pe he faIan in 10 days. III
: inenI A uouiu -, ue tha host account
cpmmi1,tees 1n,. az ss'u weel W That thew have sin
themselves ~ 'n,o nonoJ mA Thev worked fait
"a snr sesslSh ;, +Jo,, opea ord when tbe hooks a
d lully untii .oaIs' ny al olerks office tomorrC
It balanced ~ the ,,, n snlend;d sbar
70 1hey y siotru snUw nmeS+;on "p that some comm
.1 nere o 10 ho;ra nT frNn oyerworked Two of the
'Iees are peins othor r;gbt unt;l n.
o had sessions tHe ,onad o,oG' ths f;sh and Gar
= Inc mouse oinEeren hu nass;no sin the bilI viii
. laws Weuiesuah ~ p"ni, of deer wi
. permits tne ;.nhass h,nhhns IN length during
horns tnree inome fnom, Nov TX to Nov. {
open season iIo,h eoJ ~. +ha resident l;cer
cunusyso eAoepset, tou,n clerks fee 10 cen
fee OF oo GEMS, .o"H fao 'ieA a. ak "a md
, tho tho oiJ law ali efforts to boost failiI
1 .He oio 5. iaM, I ,,bo have $1,000 or me
=" Noll, tsoah1a nrnnertv can come in on the sal
- taNapie piop;dioy Trasnass damages
terms as reSiuen.sd estad lands have been T
hunting Oh poe.teeu a. ianu Lis a deer