Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-11-18
THE LEGISLATURE.
Trustee Blli Advanced . LlttIe-County Option
Law MISUNDERSTANDING Takes Appoint
ments-JustIoe Of the Peace Fees Cut
Out. Bare Possibility Of Final
Adjournment Before Christmas

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n,lch hunger. Friday forenoon Mr..
Webster moved that when the House
aijnururd that afternoon 1t be until
Monday evening. That commenced the
argument aud when the vote was taken
it Was found that even that early there
were more than one hundred members
absent. Mr.. CalderwoOd of st. Johns
bury tried to compromise the matter
and adjourn from Saturday noon to
Monday evening but the house would
not hear to it at all and voted for the
long adjournment by vote OF so to 40
When adjournment was had Friday but
100 of the 245 members were present
There is some talk of adjonrming over
Thanksgiving week without pay and it
has been expected that this would pre-
vail but now there is a well defined plan
to work until Wednesday noon before
Thanksgiving and then adjourn until the
following Monday with pay. If this
last plan goes through it will be the last
straw and will remove all doubt that
this legislature is here for what money
there is in it. 1t will be bold man in
deed who will take the floor of the
House and urge that the members come
back here Tuesday and Wednesday of
thanksgiving week for the sake of draw
ing pay for that week.
Signs of friction between the two
houses developed early in the week but
now seems to have been patched up 10
The satisfaction of everyone. The House
had passed trustee bill which con-
formed to the state platform of both
parties aud the Senate had passed one
which the Senate thought complied with
the spirit if not the letter of the party
platforms. The bills crossed in transit
between the two houses aud the Senate
killed the House bill and the House
killed the Senate bill which left both
hills out in the cold with no chance tc
compromise in the hands of a confer
rnce committee. The House was frs
to SEE their mistake and they reconsid
cred their vote killing the Senate bil
and then amended the bill by striking
out all after the euacting clause and in
serting the words of the House bill
, The Senate has also reconstructed its vott
killing the House bill and may yet pas
r the House bill in concurrence. 1t i
t thought that the Governor has used thu
E influence of his office TO assist in carry
ing out the party pledges and as re
I suit thereof the Senate seem to be in
: more receptive mood and it looks no,
AS tho the party would at least keep tn
t promise of ten dollar exemption frou
t Trustee Process. 1t will probably no
e come until after committee of con
I ference has been appointed aud tina
g Committee shall have recommended B.
o the Senate the advantages OF the Hous
4 bill. During the Senate discussion o
: the respective bills some of the Senat
= ors spoke lightly of the House and wer
/ promptly called to order by Lieutenan
9 Governor Slack who stated that it WA
b not in order to comment upon the &C
i, ton of the other branch of the Genera
, Assembly. What might easily hav
8 developed into strife which woul'
9 seriously impair the work of this legis
, lature has now been settled temperate
and will doubtless have a happy ending
The House had lively debate Fri
day over the so called education bill
s providing for training courses TO
d, teachers. The bill was introduced b
q DR.. Bryant of Ludlow aud provide
g that approved high schools and acad
: emies might have courses for teacher
: and that such courses should be unde
d the supervision of the State Superb
t tendent of Education. There was n
t opposition to the merits of the bill bu
: many members thought it ought to b
n under the supervision of the Board Q
9 Education rather than the Superinten
q dent. 1t was fight between the MOI
Il NAL schools and the friends of tn
a Superintendent of Education and eac
e side lined up for the fray. 1t is sal
g that the friends of the Normal School
r are maintaining a powerful lobby her
o and it seems equally true that M
IT Stone has his friends pretty we'll organ
l. lied. This House is evidently ant
y Normal School and they supported tn
1T measure and killed the amendment
d Mr.. Billings of Woodstock stated franl
'r ly that he had more confidence in tn
~ Board of Education than he did in til
10 Superintendent of Education and tn;
x called out the statement from DR.. Br'
ant that it might as we'll be made plai
that this was fight backed by til
Normal Schools against Mr.. Stone.
In that is the case Mr.. Stone has won or
Ia victory. 1t is but natural however tn,
nt the Normal Schools should fight
n measure which provided any 9th
ie means of preparing teachers for the
u work. The fight will probably be ca