The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-01-07
FLETCHER'S 27-MONTH
TERM Is ENDED
Springfield Republican Correspondent
Anticipates Legislatures Opening

I Anticipates Legislatures Opening
The longest single term that gov
ernor Of Vermont ever served vii
come to an end Thursday, when Allel
NJ. Fletcher will be SUCCEEDED b,
Charles w. Gates. says the Mont
pelier correspondent Of the Springfield
Republican. Il
The customary term Of two years
was heightened three months in order
that the new constitutional provision
might be put into effect, whereby the
! time Of holding the state election il
changed from September TO Novem-
Der, and the convening Of the General
Assembly from October to January.
The Legislature will convene on
| Wednesday at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing, at which time Secretary of State,
Guy W. Bailey, will call the House to
order, and the retiring lieutenant gov
ernor, Frank +. Howe Of Bennington.
will preside over the opening proceed
ings of the Senate.
Legislatures First Business
After the roll has been called of the
members who have presented their
credentials, the House will proceed to
the election Of a speaker, clerk and
chaplain.
In the Senate president pro tenn,
secretary and chaplain will be elect
ed. Committees will be appointed by
the two Houses to canvass the votes
for state officers, and in the afternoon
that committee will report to joint
assembly.
The candidates for speaker are John
+. Weeks Of Middlebury, Stanley G.
Wilson of Chelsea, and it is possible
that Kyle T. Brown of Lunenburg,
may be a candidate. Mr.. Weeks is 60
years old and has long been one of the
prominent men of Addison county.
Judge Weeks Record
He has served for a considerable |
period as a trustee of the Vermont in /
dustrial school and a member of the
state board Of penal institutions.
He has held many town Offices, has
been assistant judge of the County
court, 1S92-1S94, and is trustee of
college.
He was member of the House of
in 1883, serving on
the committee on manufacture;
of the state Senate in 1896,
serving as chairman of the committee
on state prison, as member of the
committee on claims and of the joint
committee on temperance.
He was member of the last House,
1912, being one of its leaders, chair
man Of the ways and means commit
tee, a member of the committee u. I,
banks, and of the joint rules commit
zee.
Wilson Younger Man
Mr.. Wilson iS a younger man, being t
I6 years old. He was states attorney {
or Orange county, 190S-1912; is now 1
selectman of the town of Chelsea
md director of the National bank of t
orange county. S
ne Is DcSl hlloWHJ uoNtNclj 90 viz
hartman of the republican state COM
nittee, to which position he was elect
d last summer C
In this position he was a conspicu- 0
US success, dealing tactfully with '
1embers of the party who had gone cl
lto the progressive party in 1912, and
aging an active and successful cam Il
agn. Mr.. Brown is a prominent citi- e.
en- of Essex county, who has held II
lany town Offices. a.
Probable House Organization 1t
1t is expected that the House will al
a-elect Harry A. Black of Newport, ri
5 clerk. Homer A. Skeels of Ludlow, sc
no has been secretary Of the Senate lpt
,r several terms, has announced that 81
E will not be a candidate for re-elec g
on, and it is probable that the assist
ut secretary, Guy NJ. Page of Bur OF
ngton, will be elected. Possible can fla
dates for president pro TEN of the su
snate are Max l.. Powell and H. b. ha
nav of Burlington, and Robert W. pc
monds of st. Johnsbury. ev
Prominent Members of Legislature co
Among the prominent members Of TO
e House will be Redfield Proctor Of
-octor, son Of the late Senator Red til
Id Proctor, who was one of the most ri
eful members of the last House; OF
arner A. Graham, now Gov. Fletch- so
S secretary of civil and military af- an
irs; j. Gregory Smith Of st. Albans, no
n of ex-Gov. Edward c. Smith, and tn
andson of Vermont's famous Civil ju!
ar governor, j. Gregory Smith; Dr. th'
b. Mayo of Mortified, prominent ow
who has served twice in the sta
,use and once in the Senate; Rev. J. ne
esley Miller, democrat, who has
presented Bethel in the past three tht
;sions Of the Legislature; Marshall ha'
Hapgood of Peru, who has repre- Te
tied his town several times, and Ut
% is famous for stirring things up; |
v. Arthur w. Hewitt Of Plainfield, un'
Z. Hendee of Pittsford, and John II.
ire of Townsend, members of the am
t House. Most Of the senators-elect ere
We served in the House and the SEN pre-
gives promise Of being strong il
ly. Of
Hiss Bessie Silverthorn, formerly sur