St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-29

+ ster with the bind staggers. But we
know he's only playing to the little
wife with the fried-egg hat in the gal
lery who is certainly sure he's just
perfectly going to be President be-
fore his Career ceases and We for
give him because once our wives felt
the same way about it themselves.
We forgive him his transgressions in
the name Of the American eagles
tail-feathers and the Life and
Speeches of Chauncey NJ. Depew and
we say and merely write it in the
dispatches that young man also
spoke.
We grin when the Speaker gets call
ed up in his rules or his face or in
the middle Of a hot tilt at repartee
the Representative from North Fox
boro can't locate the spittoon. We
feel absolutely certain the whole She
bang is farce and a non-essential
industry-;t. times.
But all the same, it's our legisla-
ture and seeing it only meets once in
two years, we love it.
What more remains to be said?
Some day we may get rich and
modern and prosperous Our legisla-
ture may cut its hair and have it's
pants pressed. 1t may brush the
dandruff off its collar and 60 and see
a dentist. 1t may smoke cigars that
no longer smell like German trench
and the ladies in the gallery may put
out the speakers eye with their pur-
pie and fine linen.
IN that day, woe unto us!
The Gods will have departed from
us and our house will have been left.
unto US dcsolate.
U. 5. Senator W. p. Dillingham; in
a Commute address before the Joint
Assembly of the Legislature this
morning made strong arrangement
OF the tendency of the administration
IN Washington to infringe upon the
sovereign rights of the individual
states, oppose the Anthony Suffrage
Amendment on that ground and pro-
claimed his stern opposition to fed
eral control of publis utilities.
Senator Dillingham; was warmly
applaudcd and at the conclusion the
House passed Il joint resolution OPP
posing any and all government own
ership of public utilities.
The Senator raped the Creel
method of publicity, citing incidents
where President Wilson exceeded his
power as chief executive to have
many bills passed by Congress and
gave many statistics to bear out his
contention that government owner
ship OF railroads would make them a
political plaything and would cause
the 100000 employees to control
future elections.
He also showed where the revenue
Of Vermont for example would be re-
duccd one-third if federal owner
ship was consumatcd, railroads at
present bearing onc-third Of the total
taxation.
Referring to the attitude of Wo-
man Suffrage he said that when he
became satisfied that 81 per cent
want and are willing to assume the
responsibilities Of suffrage, he would
favor it.
81 am heartily in favor of the ques-
ton being submitted to the people of
Vermont by referendum two years
hence. Whatever the people of
Vermont want, want and will favor.
l cannot favor the Anthony Amend
ment because it is the basic right of
the state to decide"
He condemned the lobby in favor
of Woman Suffrage in Washington
and stamped it as a campaign on
misrepresentation.
Both branches of the legislature
adjourned at noon until Monday even
ing.
The Senate passed a bill this fore
noon making the sessions of County
Court continuous. The Senate passed
two bills, one of which would repeal
The direct primary law and the other
would have repealed the statute en-
abling women to vote in town meet
ings.
Discussion of the right to give wo-
men the right to vote for preslden-
tial electors was getting warm in the
Senate when the Senate adjourned to
hear Senator Dillingham;.