Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-10
LEGISLATORS co
HOME IN A RUSH
Standing Committees Must Be
Named before Real Work
Can Be Done.

Mont pclier, Oct. 4.-Thcre was the usual
T! and expected exodus from the State
House and the city to-day and Montpel-
icr this evening wears deserted aspcct.
| The few members remaining i'm town. be-
cause they live too far away to go home
| conveniently, wander about disconsolat O.
~. They have seen all the sights of the
capital there is nothing to occupy their
attention, and there arc so few of them
here that they cannot materially extend
their acquaintance.
Governor Fletcher and his family went
home to Cavcndish this afternoon and
are not expected to return till Tuesday
morning. Lieutenant Governor Howe
with Senators Batchcldcr and Darling
notored to Bennington this afternoon and
will return Monday evening.
Only minor and formal matters can be
acted upon until the committccy of the
House and Senate are appointed 1t is
expected that these will he announced
, on the converting of the houses Tuesday
morning. The selection of committees is
! a more difficult job than usual this year
in both House and Senate.
In the upper chamber there are So
many men of experience and recognized
| ability that il Is not easy to find places
for all commensurate with the consldera-
ton they ought to receive. The commit
tee to select these committees is com
posed of Frank l.. Howe. the lieutenant.
governor. f. II. Rabbit. president Pre-
tenn, and y. X. Chaffee Of Rutland. They
have already held one or two confer.
onces on the matter and will not act hast.
| lily in making their selections. Speaker
| Plumley Will wrestlc with tho same
problem at his home in Mortified. There
| are so few experienced members In tho
| House and SO many comparatively un.
known men, that it Is hard to know into
what committee places q given member
will best nj. where he can he placed fol
his own satisfaction and for the bcs
work he may be capable of doing.
LITTLE WORK NENT WEEK.
The visit of President Taft mex.
week will break into the work of tho
Legislature and little business can he
expected to he done until the week
following. If the committees are an
nounced on Tuesday it will take more
than one day for the members to got
into touch with their associates. The
commemorative of the private sol
dier on Wednesday. with addresses by
| II. II. Amcy. x-Governor Mead. Miss
strobe. r. w McGcttrick of Boston
ana the President will consume 90
much time that no business can re
done that day. and it will not he pos
sible to accomplish much on THURSDAY
and Friday, as some of the members
always commence going nome Thurs
day night.
Mr.. Hapgood appeared with another
resolution this morning. lie had tried
to get some other mcmber to introduce
! 1t yesterday but failc1, and so pre-
scented it himself The resolution calls
attention Of the committee on rules
to an alleged desire for the adoption
considered legislation may be prevent
ed. Mr. Hapgood spoke at some length
In support of his resolution. and had
only one supporter when the vote was
taken, but as no one voted in the neg
ative the resolution was adopted lie
then passed about among the report
ers typewriter copies of the resolu-
tiOn to which he had appended some
additional matter that the reporters
might understand what was his pur.
pose In offering it and his plan unde
| 1t.
Governor Fletcher will rot announce
his staff appointments until next
Thursday, as it is desired that the
STAFF of Governor Meal hold over in
order to participate in the ceremony
of unwilling the tablet to the commn
soldier on Wednesday.
| The two most prominent candidates
for the position of secretary of civil
and military affairs are Warner :,
Graham OF Bellows Falls and J. w
Sault OF Ludlow. The impression
about the capitol seems to he that Mr.
Graham has a shade the better chance
| House Chaplain Ford finds that the
high enough. In addition to the chap
laincy of the House at 81 per day, nc
is chaplain of the State prison and ..
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows.
In the executive chamber Is a re.
Gently hung portrait OF Governor Mead
The general trend of comment upon
this unlikeness indicates that .nf
artist missed his calling. A grea'
quantity of red paint lavished upon
the Governors face gives his pictur
the complexion OF a retired beer mer-
chant. Mrs. Mead was overheard tc
remark that the frame was "ver,
pretty"