The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-10-21
LEGISLATURE is
CROPPING AROUND
Hasn't Got Down to Genuine
Work Yet.
pRATTLEBoRo REPRESENTATIVE
Has Made but Five Speeches Thus Far
Senator Page Reelected with
Hardly Dissenting Vote-South
Vernon License Trouble Aired

State House, Montpelier, Oct Il.
The third week of the session closes
with legislation farther behind than the
corresponding period two years ago. FL.
dav to Tuesday adjournments VIII nave 10
he stopped if the families OF the members y
hone 70 see them home before Easter. 80
i;ttle actual business was done this week
tbat some of the lawmakers with a con
science admit they are ashamed 10 TAKE
their $4 a day. , Co.,
legislature is still cropping around lor
something to do. Members appear ANXIOUS tls
to work when they are together ana e ene
committees will labor when they haSt
ANYTHING to consider, but the bllls are NJ. sI
coming in as fast as they should, altn9nug, sl
no one doubts for a minute but What .nele
will be enough of them before the session ,,
ends. The record up to yesterday morn u
, ;ns was 70 introduced in the house and l.
in the senate. When it is taken into con
sideration that for the entire session twe cse
wears ago the house had to pass on oi. @
Hills Of its own and 179 from the senate
this body can see what it VIII pe u
against in the next five weeks. Ladles
Week is usually considered as good "a a.
wasted waste as It is a hard matter to force tht
henedicts or the committees to work, pul
thev NAV be more industrious prahe
than usual this year. ~, o,oo+
II took two days this week TO eiecI
United States senator, but tnat coIfun f aa,
be helped, and yesterday another IN na,l nthe q"s
was occupied electing the judges anu o.nt
state officers, who receive tnelr a aPponn. ns
ment from the general assembly, int;n, lnIn Gn,
few random bills, tilt on resu, nd VIZ,
or two, adjournment twice a day' anu W.
M have T the story for the week, :,
Yesterday the legislature had YET Y
mass its first bill the governor WouiG syn Y
f its sent one to the executive last week Du
he ratnrned word that there was some som,
thing in It he didn't like. 1t was Tecaiiee @
and went through the maneuvers that =, r.
n;uded nMu one of the session of 1905. I'M
Iii i,;inu related to building the court hous
and d ;a;l at HYDE Park. 1t contained
nrov;sion exempting the four per cen
bonds from taxation, which some OF Tn
legal sleuths proclaimed was a departur
from Vermont's customs SO TAR as tne
related to county buildings. IT VIII no.
be up to the Lamoille county mempeIms III :;
convince the legislature that the Dill
according to Hoylee. =, C.rro
| No surprise party was given W rUasdo Sa.d
Smallev Page of Hyde Park on 1uesoa
,,han he was elected United States sena
for for six years by vote OF II In Tn
house and 20 in the senate; he eva wa
Nominated by Representative ID; Z. Sha'
~ Stnue democrat. in the house an
Senator 4. A. Pike of Stowe in that d'
nartment which Ed Finn has memoria.llze
pc ssthe cold and silent tomb of politics
anb;tion Hunt of New Haven; ,wh
,rnnjdn't LET Fletcher of Cavendlsh Dac
down on rule % last week, cast his vol
for Charles A. Prouty for senator an n
woodruff of Burke cast his vote IL