The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-06
pROUTY DELIVERED
MESSAGE EARLIER
Latter Advised Close Scru-
tiny of Expenditures Dur
ing Next Two Years. Gov
ernOr Mead Has Heart to
Heart Talk With SoIOnS.

Lieutenant Governor John A. Mead of
Rutland was to-day inaugurated as gov
ernor of Vermont to succeed Governor
George II. Prouty, the exercises taking
place in the State House at Montpelier,
when joint sessions of the legislature
We're held, first in the morning to hear
the message of the retiring executive,
and again this afternoon to receive the
incoming governor. Outside of the joint
assemblies, little was done by either the
House or the Senate.
At the opening of the House session.
resolution conveying the congratuls
tion of the House to A. p Huntoon Of
Bethel. on the occasion of the 50th ami
yersary Of his election as speaker Of the
House, was presented by Mr.. Miller Of
Bethel and adopted. A resolution Of
sympathy for Representative f. NJ.
Pierce Of Mendon was offered by Mr.
Peck of Burlington and adopted Mr.
Pierce was taken seriously i'll with heart
trouble at his boarding place yesterday
and is now seriously i'll at Heaton hos
pital
Representative G. s. Scofeld, who
came to Montpelier without his creden-
tials, presented them this morning and
took the oath Joint resolutions relat-
ing to the rules Of joint sessions and
providing free newspapers for the House
We're adopted by the House.
In the Senate the business consisted
of the administering OF the oath to the
Senate members by the joint canvassing
committees and the taking OF the oath
by president pro tenn. Powell Mr. Pow
ell was escorted to the chair and made
a brief address.
At l0:40 o'clock came the joint as
sembly. to listen to the message Of the
retiring governor. On motion of SEN
ator Cushman of Bennington, the pro-
siding officer appointed Senator Cush
man, Senator Butteriield Of Orleans, and
Representatives Amey OF Brighton, Chat
fee Of Rutland and Bean of Newport
committee to present Gov Prouty before
The joint assembly Gov. Prouty was
received with applause and read his mes
sage. Gov. Prouty's message will be
found on page B..
On the reassembling of the legislature
this afternoon, the JOINT canvnssing com
mtee to canvass votes for state officers
reported the election of John A. Mead
as governor and shortly afterwards he
was escorted into the representatives
hall and announced as the next governor
of Vermont
The oath Of Office was administered
BY Chief Justice Bowell The Joint
assembly was presided over by Senator
Powell, president pro TEN of the Sen
ate As a committee to escort Governor
Mead to the bar to receive his oath of
Office President Powell appointed Sen
ators Clark OF Rutland, Gordon of
Barre, and Representatives Fletcher Of
Cavendisn, McCuen Of Vergennes and
Page of Hyde Park
The official vote for governor was an
nounced by the joint committee as fol-
lows Total vote, 54g23; Meade, 35.-
263; Watson, l7,425; Towle, I,044; Ord
way 1855. Majority for Meade, l5,-
sos.
1t is on the cards that the legisla-
ture viii adjourn tomorrow until Mon
day to give the speaker of the House
an opportunity to make up his commit
tee appointments and also that the SEN
ate committees can be arranged.