Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
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Special to the HERALD

III oOihhN ANoPNNSo viz "(Sho BeAEoC
swiftly here in the continual uproar
and hurly-burly of legislation and
attempts at legislation and the buz-
zing and plotting and scheming of
interests for and against everything
on the calendar and lots of things
which will never get there and
wouldn't last long if they did ,and on
the other hand the weeks seem long
to those who are anxiously waiting
for the time when home interests
and affairs can receive a little at
tention, when the grass is springing
fresh and green on the farm and the
steam of the boiling sap clouds the
old camp out in the woods. With
the arrival of the sugar season and
the coming of the birds, the legista-
ture has become weary of the daily
fretful arguing over picayune trifies
and it's eyes are fixed on the great
out-of- doors.
In respect to the accomplishment
Of many large things the legislature
has very little to show for the week
just ended, but it has kept pegging
away at one thing and another, and
has pretty good harvest of good,
bad, and Indifferent matters finally
threshed out and disposed Of. Of
prime Importance in the list of mat
ters disposed of were the various
regular appropriation bills which
were taken care of in the House,
Tuesday last, but these aggregating
some over a million dollars-went
through quickly and without debate.
These were the regular bills for the
carrying on of the state government,
and realizing that the committe had
pared them down to the lowest pos
sible point the House put them thru
without argument, as a case of
"must."
The bill appropriation $4,000 each
for the state fair and the various
smaller fairs caused some trouble
and finally went to conference on the
disagreeing votes of the two Houses,
and throughout the week the scheme
hung by a hair. The conference re-
port finally came into the House
Saturday for action, and by reason
of the appropriation for the state
fair having been raised from So, 200
to ST 900 the House killed the report
and with it the bill. No sooner had
it done this, however, and realized
the consequences to all the smaller
fairs than it rescinded it's vote and
at the last moment passed it.
One of the incidents of the week
was the bitter editorial attack made
on the member from Brandon-Mr
Atwell, well-known in Lamoille
county-by the Rutland Herald. Fol
a few hours the general indignation
of the members indicated severe
action toward the Herald, but after
cooling down a little the feeling sub.
sided with a resolution of respect
and esteem for the Brandon member
This was unanimously passed by the
House and copy sent to the Bran
don Union for publication which
that paper had the exceeding bad
taste to ignore. AS a matter OF
fact, Mr.. Atwell is an honest, effective
and much esteemed member, fully as
much credit to his town as his towr
is to him.
AS l write Monday morning
nearly all the measures of the frs
consequences have either gone clear
through or have passed one House
or the other with good prospects
The primary bill which passed thu
House with it's operation in towl
and county politics cut tout will gC
through the Senate with an amend
ment putting back into the bill anC
including in its operation the coun
ties. This will be splitting the diff
ference with the House which will
undoubtedly accept the amendmen
and let it become a law. In thi
form it will cover everything excep
} town elections. The Senate will re
tain the referendum provision.
The workmen's compensation law
which has passed the Senate, has no
yet been brought to the attention 0
the House. When it is, the chance
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