News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-12-21
Gauss the bills are not reported from
the committee until the rush hours at
the final wind up OF the session,
LEGISLATIVE NOTES

LEGISLATIVE NOTES
The prevailing opinion now sets the
final adjournment aG about the middle
of January. Mucn will depend upon the
length of the holiday vacation. II ad-
iournment is taken before the holidays,
it will be at the expense of legislation.
Essex County is in smart faint over
the location of the county buildings.
The county might have prolited by the
example of Lamoille county ana patched
up their differences among themselves.
Cameron of Norton got his appropria-
ton for a road from Island Pond TO
Norton. He made his maiden speech
on this bill and said that the people of
Norton were Vermonters and wanted 10
be part OF Vermont. Everybody is
invited to go out there fishing as soon
us tue new road is completed.
Wells of Victory got a bounty on
black bears in spite of an adverse report
from the committee.
Page of Hyde Park, Webster of Swan.
ton, Elliott of Hartford and Senator
| Dale have been as busy as bees on the
many temperance bills
The Hall of Representatives has been
granted for mock session. Date to be
announced later.
CalderWood of st. Johnsbury recently
made an eloquent appeal before the
House on the State Fair bill. HE said he
took an oath to act for the best interests
of the whole state and not for any par
ticular locality. Martin of Brooklina
jumped to his feet and said he was glad
the member from st, Johnsbury had
discovered the meaning of his oath,
He must have had TefereB ce to Calder
woods zeal in exempting masonic
owned property in st. Johnsbury.
Come on you banks. Have you any
objection to an individual loaning his
money on farm mortgages, subject to
the same rare of taxation you enjoy?
Senators Tsplin aud Quits are fine
singers It must have been their Sc
ductive voice. that caImeO the tenn pestu-
Gus spirits Of some of The SENATORS.
Speaker Howe gave the members of
the press gang iced at Miller Inn on
Friday evening They Were all very
'ure he would make good as Speaker
aud they are glad he has.
Ii this Legislature refuses to take any
steps toward advertising Vermont, we
might as well build Chinese wall
around the State, close up our FORCES
ana factories, aud through process Of
evolution, revert back 10 those halicon
days when our ancestors swung by their
tails from the limbs of the trees Ill a |
forest prlmeval
Barron of Barton did nice stroke of |
advertising for his town by furnishing |
several hundred copies of Beautiful !
Barton" for members and visitors at |
the State House. They went like tn
hot cakes.
Howard Of W hitting is mipister and
his speeches on statescraft have been the
least bit tedious, but i'll defence of Ell
rNv Kent he was at his best and his
efforts of half hour brought out all
that is best in the oratOry of Talmadge !
Spurgeon, Btecher, Moody, Cough. In
gersoll or Wooster. In a voice as sweet
ald clear as that If Miriam, the sweet
singer of old, he portrayed the ideals. the
passions and the prejudices Of man
whose heart is in hi cause Touching
in its pathOs at times, bursting with
emotion at Others, the splendor of his
efforts has revived again the wthered
arr of Oratory and from his lirs we have
heard the music of the soul whose power
luels tempestuous MODS and princes
trunk with victory
The refusal of the Senate to take the
. time lock" off of the Constitution il
severely criticised. 1t quires two
birds vote to do this and as ten stood
)ut the proposition failed 1t required
/ vote of the people and again the APP
)roval of the Legislature before the
change could go into effect and under
hese circumstances the indignation
sgnst these len men bigger than the
people," is great. ALL, it required of
hese Senators was to give he people a
chance to say what they wanted 1t Is
that another effort will he
uade to give the people chance to ex-
,ress themselves
"A resolution has been adopted APP
,ointing a committee of two members
f the House and one from the Senate
0 visit the Normal School at Johnson
nd report to the Legislature. This
vas brought about by the friends Of
hat school who feel that the school
as not been fairly treated in the pres,
mt move to centralize the Normal
chools by abolishing the three and e.
one.