Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-11-16

ture and F. G. Williams to succeed him
self as bank commissioner. Certainly
none of these men worked their heads
off for Gov. Mead, but each man of
them had made good in their respective
positions. That J. E. Cushman would
be reappointed was taken for granted
by everyone. Hon. J. L. Lewis was
appointed a member of the penal
board IN place of Roger Hurlburd of
Hyde Park. It is not stated whether
Mr.. Hurlburd resigned or was re-
moved. Perhaps the unkind things
he said about the governor in his
speech nominating Mr.. Fleetwood had
something to do with the Governors
willingness to make a change.
Permit US to again call attention to
the things undone. The tax bills, the
income tax amendment, the proposed
amendments to the state constitution,
the liquor laws, the weights and
measures bill, the primary election
bills, the employers liability bill, the
state publicity bills, campaign eX-
pense bills, the fish and game laws,
the normal school question, the So
called employers compensation acts,
ment, the white slave" bill, the high
way UIlI anu d SCOlS VI
others are as yet untouched.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Senator Gordon of Barre called the
attention of the senate to the plat
form of the republican county conVen-
ton held at Bennington which pledged
the senators from Bennington county
to vote for the trustee exemption bill.
Io
considered his oath of office as superior
to any party pledges.
Calderwood of st. Johnsbury and
his seatmate, Fletcher of Cavendish
did not agree as to the merits of the
senate bill relating to trustee process.
The house killed the sproposition to
elect the highway commissioner by
the legislature. Within twentyfour
hours after the bill was killed the
governor had appointed Mr.. Gates.
The morning that the trustee bills
were to come up in the house and SEN
ate the chaplain Of the house prayed
that the two great and august bodies
might act in harmony and that no
strife might arise to impair the good
work Of this session.
Wednesday evening, November 16,
was set apart by joint resolution as
an evening for the public spirited cit
liens of the state to meet and eX-
change views relating to the publicity
bills and the making of a New Yer
mont"
CARL of Canaan is easily the wit of
the house A bill was in the other
day to tax derricks, travelling cranes
and compressors, when Mr.. CARL
arose and asked if a travelling crane
was any connection of the Murray
Crane who travelled about the coun-
try as a party harmonizer.
The house has passed an automobile
bill which gives nOn-resiGents reel
prOcity arrangement in this state.
A bill to cut down the savings bank
exemption from $4,000 to $1,000 was
killed without word of protest from
anyone.
The Legislature has legalized the
grand list of Morristown, amended
the charter of West Derby, rechar,
tered the soldiers home and incorpor.
ated a score of cemetery associations
nothing has been done.
A committee is going to investi-
gate the states detective service
It's a safe bet that the committee will
not employ any spoilers to do the in
vestigating-
1t looks like a road from Norton tt
Island Pond. The inhabitants of Nor
-. Il. -,
state by team without going for some
miles in the Province Of Quebec. Thu
temper Of the house is favorable tt
the proposed road and the commu
nifty to be benefited may as we'll eX
tend thanks to Mr.. Cameron who ha;
worked diligently.
Bean of Newport has introduced
/ bill preventing railroad companie
| from shifting and shunting cars O
making up trains over highway cross
| ings ir villages having more tha
! 1900 population.
A bill to raise pay of judges of tn
probate courts met with instant an
violent death. The one to raise tn
pay Of the bank commissioner and tn
encouragement will probably meet
like fate.
That training course for teacher
fight seemed to be largely Windso
county affair. DR.. Bryant Of Ludloy
fathered the bill; Miller of Bethe
offered the amendment on which tn
fight developed; Dartt of Springfield
was the most vigorous supporter o
the bill and Billings of Woodstock
was outspoken against the superin
tendent of education.
The board of agriculture and fol-
estry got it's appropriation of $50, 90
without a struggle of any kind. |
Il the highway department gets it's $500
geo we may indeed hope that Vernon
is on the way to realization of it
dream of New Vermont, and if tn
small appropriation asked for by tn
publicity department meets wit
favor we may be reasonably certai
the Vermont has taken a step in &C
vance.
If it is in order here. we would sa
that this state will make better pros
resS if if goes on with reaSonabl