Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-09

ficiently-after it found out how. AS
body it was honest and conscientious
with it's paramount desire the best
good of Vermont, 3 and if the same
identical men-with perhaps one eX-
ception- be sent back here
two years hence the state would have
such an efficiently working legisla-
ture as may have !been dreamed of
but which never has and never will
bless it. But. "pity it's it's true, b"
this is something which nev er can
be realized.
The eternal and splendid truth
that "men are only children of a
larger growth was eXemplified dur
ing the closing dozen hours of the
session by the horse-play in which
many of the lighter hearted members
engaged, and the results of it were
seen-and sometimes felton, all
sides. 1t seems as if all the confetti
all colors of paper cut into infini-
tesimal pieces-in the country must
have been secured by some of the
members and used in general
bombardment of each other and as
far as possible everybody else who
came within range of their activities.
Scuf1ing and skylarking was fire.
quently being carried on by couples
and punches in every direction, hats
were smashed, clothing wrenched
and bent all out of shape, and the
floors of the legislative halls, the
corridors and the committee rooms
were Uttered into seas of rubbish by
the confetti, scraps of newspapers,
sections of billbooks and anything
else which came handy and would
serve the purpose of a missile. Not
infrequently, as the hour grew later
or earlier-a more painful article
of bric-a-brac would hurtle through
the air and impinge on the noble
brow or listening ear Of some states
man, aid more than one or two wore
adhesive plaster home with them as
a relic of friendships farewell.
Consequent on this jovial and ex-
uberent spirit, when the hour of ad-
journment finally arrived the entire
interior of the building was the
despair of the sweepers and would
have reminded a stray Belgian of
his devastated fatherland. But ALL
we'll that ends we'll, and the capitol
(yet stands.
During the last ten days of the
session, when time was fieeting and
the finishing post was in sight, largely
increased and harmonic e If or
brought good results which had been
previously despaired of. Members of
both Houses got together in spirit
of concord and harmony, and the
fine legislative teamwork produced
unexpected results. The effect of
such energetic and well-directed
action is seen in the finish of the
primary law, which was enacted
practically in accordance with the
original intention, in the final draft
of the taxation measure, the bill to
simplify court procedure-tho this
failed in some minor respects to
carry out the full spirit of the re-
form-the workmen's compensation
law, the bill to reorganize and extend
, the jurisdiction of municipal courts,
the new and sweeping educationa
law, the large improvements in the
Fish and Game legislation, and the
5 measure adopted in the closing
) hours providing for a certain exten
t sion and addition for the capitol
Other measures of equal moment il
more restricted respect were alsC
perfected and put through, and ever!
worthy bill was given its day il
court and almost invariably emerged
triumphant.
: In respect to the $l50,000 approp
= ration for an extension of the room
ing facilities of the capitol, thi
should be noted with pride and sat
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