Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-10
GOOD JUDGMENT Is SHOWN
Chairmanships Well Distributed
among the Three Parties
Services and Ability
Recognized.

The members were ready to adjourn
and talk over the work before them.
There are two new committees In the
Senate, one of five members on state
and industrial interests and another OF
the same number on justice and NUM-
cipal courts, and the old committee
on immigration and industrial inter-
ests Is changed to immigration ana
labor The new committee on state
md Industrial interests corresponds 10
the House committee on Internal az
fairs.
The committee on revision Of bills
Is reduced to two representatives, ana
one senator 1t is usually the case that
one or two members do the bulk OF
the work Of that committee. so the
others are merely appendages. Yet at
the end of the session an extra COM
pensation Is voted to the committee.
and those who do little are paid the
same as those who handle the bulk or
the work. The reduction of the COM
mittee therefore tends both to econ
omv and efficiency C. D. Watson Of
st. Adams and Hale K. Darling Of
Chelsea have both served on the COM
mittee on revision before and are
familiar with the work.
are recognized with chairmanships.
Mr.. Roy Of Caledonia heading the COM
mittee on manufactureS Mr.. Pollard
of Proctorsville that on military af-
fairs and Mr.. Dodds Of Grand Isle
that on the insane The committee on
elections is enlarged, as the seat Of
Mr.. Dodds is to be contested 1t il
understood. by Mr.. Phelps.
n hOdV containing an
unusually large number Of strong men
and the difficulty in making UP the
committees has been to give the MEM
bers such places as they appeared to
be entitled to.
HOUSE CILAIRMANSHIPS.
Mr.. Adams Of Marlboro. the dean OF
the House. heads the committee on
elections. Mr.. Weeks Of Mid ilebury
is given the Craftsmanship of the ways
ana means committee. and Mr. Ryder
of Rockingham. the other member
mentioned at one time az a candidate
for the speakership, heads the judi
riary committee. Redheld Proctor OF
Proctor heads the general committee
and Hapgood OF Peru is first in the
committee on State prison. Apprecfa
ton Of ability and services Is sho wn
by placing MIR. Billings of Woodstock
first on the appropriations committee
and Wright Of Westminster Is very
properly entrusted VITA the intsrestt
of the State schools.
The democratic members have faref
well. chairmanships being distributed
among them in this manner: Ward OF
Danville. claims; Hulett Of RUTLAND
city. street railways: Callahan I"
Montpelier. public buildings; Watson
OF st. Adams city. minor courts: Mil
ier Of Bethel. joint committee on II
brary: Orvis Of Manchester. Joint com
mittee on game and fisheries. an,
Watson OF st. Adams, joint commit
tee on revision Of bills.
The progessives have not been Is
hored. Hunt OF Fairfax Is chairman o
The committee on education: Locke o
Barton. manufactures; Vaughn Of Ran
nolph, agriculture; Cook Of Lyndon
corporations; Crosby of Brattlebore
Internal affairs; Jose Of Johnson. i'm
migration ana labor.
The Senate has voted to assembl
ut nine o'clock Wednesday morning
but the House has not changed II
usual hour
Representative Howley Of Buriingto
among other committee appointment
has a place on the Joint committee o
Immigration and labor which has take
the place OF the old committee on i'm
migration and industrial interests. Nj
1Iowley when interviewed this aftel
noon said that labor candidate he wa
naturally pleased to have to do with tn
matters which come before this comm
mlttee that he hoped to be instrumer
tai in getting through some leg1sato
for the betterment Of the conditions {
laborers, especially legislation 10 shorte
the hours of labor In factories for won
en- and children, and to provide ad
Quate factory inspection.
The general impression Is that II
LEGISLATURE will be we'll under way /
the last of the week. 1t Is believed tn
the time spent in exercises attendir
the Presidents visit will not retard II
Teal work of the session. During II
first few days Of every session 1t Is q
ways necessary to make haste slowl
Committees have to be organized, men
beers have to get settled In their ne
environment and to become acquaint
with each other. This process Is OF
which can go on quite as we'll while e
Pertaining the President as while the lie
DSlatOIS are SlttlnS AT tTeiT WIN
sound of the speakers gavel
SENTIMENT AGAINST BALL,
There was some talk In the hotel 10
bies and on the capitol steps about Z
suggestion made in the Free Press tn
the Governors ball was a bit of usele
baggage which might we'll be dispens
with. Opinions were somewhat at va
lance on this subject One man sa
that he would like to see the ball d
continued, but was sure his wife Won
object Another said. that he believed
anything which tended to cut down I
expenses of the Governors office 30 tn
an ordinary, moderately poor man mig
hold the place without too much
nancial stress
IF were to be governor" he sa
SIT would be quite an undertaking
give governors ball." and a m
standing by broke In with That's rig
I couldn't afford 1t either. and ! wa
TO be governor, and II stopped It.
0nnld be embarrassed because ever