St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-10-12
AT THE LEGISLATURE.
First Week Preliminaries Off and
Both Bodies Organized for Work
Some Important New Rules.

Some Important New Rules.
The legislature of Vermont con-
vened at Montpelier last Wednes-
day and has organized for business.
Already it has shown itself to be an
independent and progressive body
by adopting some new rules and ap-
parent1y is planning to adopt some
more. The rules already adopted
provide for a morning session be-
ginning at II o'clock, to give the
members more time in the committee
rooms and the change contemplated
is to have only one session daily be-
ginning at one o'clock in the after
noon. This would give the mem
bers all the forenoon to attend to
committee work and they could cas-
lily attend to the formal business at
one solid session in the afternoon.
Last week the legislature was
busy electing officers, hearing govern
ors' messages, etc. At the opening
session this week the committees in
the two bodies were announced,
Caledonia county members were
placed as follows:-
Ways and means, Ca1derwood of
st. Johnsbury, Coffrin of Groton.
Military affairs, Shorey of Lyndon.
Claims, Bundy of Sutton.
Highways and bridges, Ward of
Danville.
Agriculture, Woodruff of Burke.
Grand list, Brown Of Walden.
General, Mills of Ryegate.
Corporation tax, Calderwood of
st. Johnsbury.
Mileages and debentures, Cutting
of Waterford.
State schools, Russell of Kirby.
Conservation, Bronson of Hard
wick.
Organization of Legislature.
The first meeting of the house
and senate was on Wednesday, Oct
ober 5. In the house all the repub-
lican candidates for speaker except
F. E. Howe of Bennington, withdrew
and the vote was as follows:
Whole number of votes cast, 241
Necessary for choice, 122
Frank E. Howe of Bennington
had 1914
Frank Webster of Swanton 46
Scattering
Charles A. Plumley was elected
clerk of the house and Homer L.
Skeels clerk of the senate, the latter
defeating Walter S. Fenton of Rut-
land.
Rev A w. Ford of Windsor, chap
lain of the Vermont state prison, was
elected chaplain of the house. There
were two other candidates, Rev. L.
J. Bamburg of Montpelier and Rev.
J. Hall Long of Bethel. The vote
was as follows
Whole number of votes cast, 233
Necessary for choice, lit
A. w. Ford had $50
J. Hall Long, 48
L. J. Bamburg, 35
House Clerk Plumley appointed as
his assistant Harry A. Black of
Newport and Julius A. Wilcox of
Ludlow.
State House Assignments.
Sergeant-at-Arms Ferrin has as
signed his appointees as follows:
House door-keeper, w. B. Fisk of
Essex Junction; assistant door
keeper, J. w. Atwood of Randolph;
senate doorkeeper, w. J. Sperry
of Cavendish; assistant door
keeper, T. A. Trevillian of Hard
wick; house messengers, e. L.
Chatterton of Pittsford, Kenneth
Spaulding of Bethel, Claude Watkins
of Rutland, F. Rousseau of Rutland,
Max Drury of Essex Junction, Car
roll George of Stowe; senate messen-
gers, George N. Dale of Island Pond,
F. M. Butler of Jamaica; doorkeeper
of the executive chamber, A. S.
Fleury of SWanton; messenger for
the secretary of state, Rawson Mer-
rick of Bridport; ergeant-at-arms'
assistants, E. M. Cutting, H. w.
Adams, G. FL. Beard; postmaster,
Robert P. Twitchell
The Governors Staff.
Governor Mead has announced the
following appointments as members
of his staff
D. L. Morgan, of Rutland, chief
of staff with rank of colonel
DR.. John L. Allen, of ST. Johns
bury, chief surgeon with the rank of
colonel.
Harvey K. Kinsley, of Rutland,
secretary of civil and military
affairs, with the rank of major.
Capt. George H. Thompson, of
Bellows Falls.
Capt c. H. Senter, of MONTPELIER.
Capt. L. D. Taylor, of Bratt1eboro
The last three member are cap
tains in the National guard and their
membership on the governors staff
does not change their rank.
Governors Reception.
The reception of Gov. G.. H. Prouty
the retiring governor to John A.
Mead, the incoming governor, was
held at the State House Wednesday
In the line were Ex-Governor and
Mrs. Prouty, the latter exquisitely
gowned in white satin with orna-
ments and carrying lilies of the
valley in profusion, Governor and
Mrs. John A. Mead, Mrs. Mead very
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