Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-08-24
BILLINGS AT WESTMORE
Speaker of 1921 Vermont House Ad-
dresses Church Gathering.

Col. Franklin s. Billings of Wood
stock, speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives, was the guest of the
Westmore church last Wednesday af-
ternooon and evening, August II. A
reception to Col. and Mrs. Billings
and their daughter, Miss Nancy Bill
hngs, who accompanied them was
given between and 8 o'clock, dur
ing which hours supper was served
on the lawn of the church. Both cot
tagers and townspeople entered into
the event with the greatest interest.
Many of the members of the legisla-
ture from Orleans county were pres
ent and assisted in giving most cor
dial welcome to Col. and Mrs. Billings
and their daughter. In the evening
an address on "The Legislature of
1921" was given in the church by
Col. Billings and was listened to with
the closest attention. A musical pro-
gram preceded the address consisting
of organ prelude by Prof. Cowles;
Coward Christian Soldiers" by the
Westmore choir; "Blest Be the Tie
That Binds" solo by Mrs. Dunham of
Boston. The new hymn books,
"Hymns of the Centuries" were used
for the first time. The closing hymn
was, "My Country 'Tis of Thee" A.
Eugene French, representative from
Westmore presided and made brief
and appropriate address preceding
his introduction Of the speaker of the
House.
Col. Billings spoke in part as fol-
lows:
"It has been suggested to me that
you would like to have short story
of the proceedings of the legislature
of 1921 and first and foremost wish
to say that feel that one Of the best
things that the legislature did was
to adjourn so that the governor could
not sign all bills before adjournment.
Vermont has gone on for SO years and
more on the theory that all bills must
be signed before adjournment and
now comes the decision of the su-
preme court that a governor has five
days after adjournment within which
he may sign the bills. All important
and administration bills should be in
troduced early and acted upon before
the last five days of the session and
then If the governor vetoes measure
the legislature will have chance to
decide. whether or not it wishes to
pass a measure over the veto. The
AdSt live udyS COOlO IlcA NC uCilAACu
for general cleaning up and there
need be less haste at the end of the
session.
"Of course one of the noted events
was the presence among us of lady
member, the first one in the history
of our state to represent a. town. In
Miss Beard of Orange we had quiet
and unassuming woman but one who
formed clear decisions and acted
wisely and well. She has blazed a
trail which the women of Vermont
may well follow. 1t was wise for
Vermont to do her part in adopting
the 10Th amendment. When the vote
was taken in the. house only two vot-
ed against it, one the father of 16
children and the other a supposedly
confirmed bachelor. have wonder
ed whether the amendment would
work out in the same way as Browns
married life did. He told friend
that when he was married he and his
wife made an agreement that he
should make the rulings in all the
major things and she in all the minor
ones. And how has it worked? ? his
friend inquired. Brown smiled and
replied, so far no major matters
have come up The law which made
the salary Of representative lump
sum was q forward step. It is q way
to Nexpediate business and was in
favor Of the law In the previous ses-
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