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


Whatever his salary, no employee of
the State better earns or is more
deserving of his compensation as
now fixed than Horace" He is the
States general servant in many re-
spects, always at the call of anybody
who wants to know the real facts as
to any matter of State administra-
ton, and this session has unloaded
on him yet two or three more per-
manent commission jobs. He is a
willing helper and adviser, every
body's friend, and is not at all likely
to receive more than he deserves.
Another state official VIII ose
thorough efficiency has often been
brought to the attention of the legis-
lature of 1915 is Tax Commissioner
Plumley. He fully understands the
requirements of the Office, gives it
continual attention with his efficient
service, and is constantly looking
for chances to improve and extend
the value of the department to the
State. Several proper and effective
efficiency bills Ito benefit the State
through the administration of his
office are the work of his hand, and
their prompt enactment indicates
the value which the legislature at
tached to his suggestions.
State Treasurer Scott fitted into
his new responsibilities most har-
moniously and with entire success,
and every member and everybody
else who came in touch with him
and they all did at the pay-off hour
are ready to swear that Walter is a
jolly good fellow, a valuable servant
of Vermont and the right man in the
right place.
One of the final acts was the pack
ing up and removal back to Essex
junction of over carload of acces-
series and supplies by Secretary of
State Bailey not figuring in all the
staff of young ladies'.
The attorneys for the Boston &
Maine reorganization scheme made q
game fight, but every effort proved
abortive and useless, When one bill
went down in defeat they made an.
other one with more liberal conces.
sions to the sentiment of the legisla
ture, and this loosening up process
continued until the third bill
simple and entirely harmless one
had been swatted land then they gave
it up in despair. Attorney Stickney's
speech of three hours and twenty
minutes at the public hearing Thurs
day evening-that long in order tt
freeze, or roast, Senator Simonds
out of chance to address the bunch
in opposition-did as much to xii
the project as Sirnonds could have
done, and after that it was a hopeless
case. The House would walk aroun(
each bill and catch Whit of it a
the wind blew from it toward them
but they consistently refused to bite
| am certainly of the opinion tina
something of the kind should hav'
been enacted in the interests O
justice and fair play, but the sus
picious prejudice of the member
against something which was beyonC
their wers of comprehendinj
doomed it.
After all the fermentation an,
dark forecastings during the frs
I. weeks of the session as to abolishin;
this, that and the other, nothing an
nobody was abolished. This, probably
from the fact that it was not show
that anybody or any office should b
abolished. The Investigations threat
> ened in respect to the control of tn
newspapers and that started to loo
q into the purchasing agents ofic
ended in smoke, and very little Q
% that. sThe encouragement neve
' was in any danger of being abolishe
{ neither the office nor the man. tn
II Senate stood solidly against that, an
c the action of the House in passin
y the bill was merely an impetuous
y half-cock flash in the pan. The offic
:, of sealer of Weights and Measure
u came nearer being abolished, bu
. that was saved by the sober secon
u thought, tho the commissioner has
u make way for another Some dus
was kicked up for two or three day
q over the office of factory inspector