Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-01-20
LEGISLATURE MOVING
Suffrage and Prohibition Bills In. Edu-
cational Bill Expected Soon. Orleans
~ County Members Banquet.

Orleans county members of commit
tees not named in last week. S Monitor
are: Anderson OF Glover and Adams of
Coventry on mileage and debentures ::
Wiggins of Bloomington on state pris-
on commi ttee, Dubois of Troy on inter-
nal affairs and Durgin of Morgan on
conservation
The second week of the legislature
marked real progress at Montpelier
The senate and house organizations
were completed and bills. many of the
important ones. began pouring in.
One of the early bills to come before
the house is salary limit bill, which
makes the pay of the legislators $500
for the session. This bill also reduces
the mileage allowance from 20 cents
to 10 cents per mile and fixes the
speakers salary at $500 for the session.
An important bill introduced by Sen.
ator Powell of Chittenden county and
intended to straighten out the judiciary
tangle passed the senate under suspen
sion of rules and went to the house.
AS yet the house has not taken action
on the measure. 1t makes the terms of
the judges begin with February 1.
A prohibition bill for Vermont has
made its appearance as we'll as the
| woman suffrage bill. The much
anticipated educational bill is expected
soon.
The following account of the banquet
of the Orleans County club is taken
from the Montpelier Argus: The Or
leans County club, consisting Of the
legislators from Orleans county. had a
very enjoyable banquet at the Pavilion
hotel Thursday evening. Several dis
tinguished guests were present. Rep
resentative F. T. Caswell of Derby,
ofciated as POSTMASTER, calling on
State Auditor Horace Graham of
Craftsbury, who spoke on state finan-
ces; Bank Examiner Williams of New
port, who spoke very encouragingly
on the conditions of the 81 banks under
his supervision State Forester Austin
! Hawes of Burlington, whose remarks
had to do with forestry matters Clerk
of the House. Harry Black, spoke in a
felicitous vein, Senators S. c. Wilcox,
ton, both responded as did also the
chaplain of the senate and several
others. Judge Willard Miles of Bar.
ton, spoke at some length on court
procedure. pointing out that it is not
the county courts that are increasing
in cost. and that the increase of ex-
penses in the department of justice
cannot be charged up to county OF
supreme court. The cost the past year
was only $14.444 above the cost ir
1906, when the dual arrangement was
effected, and that the greater part OF
that increase can be accounted for by
the increase of judges salaries, witness
fees and jurymen's fees. He suggest.
ed that if the courts be given discre'
tionary power of amendment. from
law to chancery and vice versa. ex
penses could be further reduced. He
spoke of the care taken in changing
and amending of the rules, the wort
extending from 1907 to Sept. 1st, 1909
when the new rules were promulgated
He considered them as near perfect a:
was possible to make them, but If tht
legislature could improve upon then
the court would be pleased. Ou
county courts as now constituted ant
conducted. give every man who i
ready to have his case tried, an eppor
tunity to try it. Justice is not delayet
by the rules Of procedure. Felonou
homicides are tried in Vermont witt
very great despatch. It costs NOR
to empanuel jury for such case il
some states than it does to conduc
the trials for a year in Vermont.