The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-16
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stands, some OF the members Of the legis.
lature are going to make a good thing
out Of the adjournment, for the mileage
of the members of such towns in the
southern part of the state as Readsboro
and Stamford comes to over $40, and
with only weeks pay lost they win
be fairly good winners and ought to be
able to afford a good sized turkey, even
at the high prices the national bird is
bringing this year.
The resolution as finally adopted pro-
vides for adjournment on Saturday morn
ing, instead of Friday, which is simply
scheme to get days pay out of the
state, for no one expects that anyone
except the presiding officers will be on
hand Saturday morning, with perhaps a
member or two to make the necessary
motion TO adjourn
As a matter of fact, this recess makes
4 it very doubtful if the legislature can
finish its work before Christmas. 1t
will be the middle of the week following
Thanksgiving before things get to NOV
ling again, and as nothing much win be
done on Friday Of this week it amounts
( to two weeks recess. 1t was suggested
\ in debate that by going home for week
/ the members would be given a opportun-
lity to consider the pending measures
/ at leisure and to consult with their con,
stituents and come back better fitted for
the work. The probability Is that the
work OF the legislature viii receive very
! little consideration during the recess and
! there is I'M impression that the members
have ideas enough about the work now,
il they would only stick to them.
The real fun maker Of the House is
Mr.. ives Of Mount Holly, and the mem
bers get ready TO laugh now every time
the gentleman gets up to speak. He
mixes a good deal Of common sense with
his fun, is apt at quoting scripture, does
not talk too long and, best Of all, his
fun always has some point to it, SO that
it is refreshing to have him enter some
OF the long-winded debate. He is seat
mate Of Mr.. Cory Of Montpelier
And the House is long on debaters. hay
ing more than the usual allowance of
members who are so in love with the
sound Of their own voices they feel called
ON to use them on any and every occa
sion This drags out the debates to
point where they become tedious and
the House gets to the point where it
will take most any kind of action to get
rid of the talk, For instance, the con-
sideration Of the adjournment resolution
yesterday morning consumed over an
hour.
Col Joseph Battell Of Middlebury got
into the debate Yesterday afternoon over
the bill to require incorporated villages
to turn over to the town any unexpended
taxes raised for highway purposes. 1t
was the colonels first real talk of the
session, as he was supposed to be saw
ing himself or his automobile bill, which
was introduced to-day, when he will
probably have one side of the discussion
all to himself. The colonel warmed up
over the subject yesterday and empha-
sized his explosive sentences with ges.
ticulations with a large reading glass
which he uses lie is a forceful speaker,
and when he has prepared himself on
subject he is no mean antagonist.
Perhaps the most graceful speaker in
the House is Dr. Bryan OF Ludlow, albeit
he is apt TO be a trile long-winded He
almost always has an apt story, and his
quotations show that he is a widely read
man He has a well modulated voice and
his enunciation is away beyond the aver.
age speakers The doctor uses splendid
language and his remarks are free from
the repetitions that mar so many of the
speeches
Railroad lawyers are much in evidence
about the State House these days, as
there is much railroad legislation pending
before the legislature In fact, it is a
matter of comment that these gentlemen
have not been So thick at any session
since the days of the old management of
the Central Vermont road There was
rejoicing among them Monday evening, |
when it was learned that the governor
had signed the bill giving railroads the
right TO use either steam or electricity /
for motive power, for it was feared that |
the bill, which was very smoothly engi |
neered through both houses, had struck |
snag when it reached the governor. /
These gentlemen usually work in har /
mony, but there was little friction at
the hearing the other evening on the |
Burlington depot bill, when Judge Pow |
ers, one OF the Central Vermont roads |
attorneys, accused the Rutland road of
bad faith in fopping, as he expressed it, |