News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03
FROM THE STATE CAPITOL


| luS appointment OI Tue Legislature
two years ago, Washingtor's birthday
anniversary, after session of the UMPIRE
cedented length of l19 days. The neares
former approach to that time in th'
length Of session was the Assembly o
1908, which sat 90 days. At the begin
ming of this session a number OF Oldest in
habitants, accustomed to legislative
ways, marked as to the probable length
of this session, and nearly all of then
guessed some date during the first half o
April. Three agreed on Friday, April g.
| and others from the fist to the 9th
| Since then, those who figured on these APP
proximate dates have seen no reason for
changing their opinions Excellent prog.
ress is now being made, and has been
| right along, but all realize that the meas
ures yet to come are those which are like
" 10 call out the most delay in debate.
A proper amount of consideration must
| be given on the floor to all matters wor-
| thy of it-and some that are not, and
these all inject such an element of uncer-
tainty into the subject that any guess is
indeed foolish. 1t is apparently safe to
predict, however, that this General AS
sembly will not be reasonably able to get
away before it reaches the one hundred
day mark.
During the past week at the capitol
nearly every evening has been occupied
with matters of interest. Tuesday after
noon an idea conceived at the capitol
was carried into effect at the Pavilion in
"Get Together" luncheon and sociable,
at which about fifty ladies were present.
These consisted of the wives and families
of present members, who sought this op-
porturIty for better acquaintance.
Tuesday evening the special committee
on taxation gave hearing in Represen-
tatives' hall on the compromise or omni.
bus tax bill, with explanation by the ed
ucatonal commission No flowers!
The event of the week closed Friday
evening with the meeting and banquet of
the alumni OF the University of Vermont,
likewise at the Pavilion, and al which an
unusually large number OF graduates
were present.
In addition to the above, l should also
mention the Legislature of 1912 which
reunited here last Monday night Prob
ably no body OF men since, the days OF
kidd's pirates or Mosby's raiders have
been so sweepingly damned all up into
little heaps as these jolly good fellows
have been during the past two years. AS
| was not here then. | was anxious to |
observe the gang of godforsaken thieves |
to whom such unparalleled villianies have |
been imputed; but they didn't look much |
more shameless than the average CITIZEN. !
Anyway, 139 of these abandoned were
present, including Is Senators headed by
I hen Lieut.Gov. Howe. After q bushes,
meeting in Representa- hall they al
lourned to the Pavilion, where they
raised then Speaker Charlie Plumley to
the dignity OF Boss Pirate and with a
list of past and present dgnataries re-
spending to toasts the even ran along in
a reign of mirth and goodfello wship un-
Ill final adjournment at II 10 a. m.
For some time past there has been con-
siderable lobbying on the part of agents
1f certain banks to secure the raising Of
he limit of the funds which banks might
invest outside the state, eliminating in a
ill to permit the Investment of seventy,
instead of sixty, per cent. outside But
when the House caught sight of it some
hing occurred. At the first swoop it
vas amended by Fairchild OF Fairfield to
How banks to loan as high as rs per
ent of it's appraised value on Vermont
real estate, aud then the
ixty per cent for outside loans instead of
0 recommended by the committee. Then
be bill was orderedt to lie out of courtesy
o the introducer, though it was then in
bape satisfactory to every patriotic ;
'ermonter who would keep and use as y
luch Vermont money at home as possible. /
Though no final action has yet been c
aiken on the matter of providing for nee
ssary enlargements and changes on the I
apitol building, it is expected that it {
yill soon be settled as far as is at present
ossible The enabling act OF two years /
go, appropriating 100000 for such g
imposes but which was morally invali- /
ated by the subsequent referendum has S
OF yet been repealed, but either this will f
e done soon or it will be amended or a +
lbstitute bill submitted. Aspecial COM
littee consisting of Senators Simonds :
nd Noonan and Representatives Perry of
Nichols of Essex and Caswell 6
Derby has been appointed under au T
1ority of both houses which will investI-
ate the entire question and as soon as c
ossible submit p report for consideration. :
he legislature is practically unanimous
nat some sort of enlargement must be
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