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VERMONT WATOHMAN & STATE JOURNAL, THURSDA DECEMBER 15. 1904.
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ARTHUR ROPES, Gencral Edltor
Tliursday, Deccmbcr 15, I9O4.
A NEW BALLOT LAW.
It is stntod by tho Now York papers
that in tho rocout eleotlon iu Now
Tork connty, where thero was n totaJ
voto of 8fi9,4!)5 thero waro only sixty
two clofeotlvo bnllnts east nnd 1,112'
blanks. Only sixty-two dofootlvo bal
lots iu n totnl of uonrly 870,000 is n
remarkablo rooord, ouo thnt speats
roll for tho lutelllgenco of tho Now
Tork votor, nnd nlso for tho oloarness
of tho olcotion systom iu Now York,
Thoro wero 2,020 bnllots ou whioh
uiistnkes liad boen mndo thnt wero re
tnrned by tho voters, who nsked for
new bnllots in thoir plncos. Thnt wns
thoir right, nor was it n pnrticulnrly
large nuiuber in cotuparieou with tho
totnl vote thrown. TI10 surprislng
pnrt of it ia thnt novor beforo, so it is
snid, wero so mnny eplit bnllots onst,
nnd it is frequently on tlieso split bnl
lots thnt mistnkes nrn mndo. Anoth
or onriosity of tho olectiou wns tlmt
ono of tho district eleotors on tho
presidentinl tiokot receivod n lnrger
voto thau thnt givon to eithor of tho
olectors-nt-lnrgo of the samo patty.
Theso stateuients, be it roiueinbered,
do not apply to tlio entiro Stato of
Now York, but uieroly to tho connty
of thnt natno, whioh inoludes Mau
hnttnn nud the Broux. Bostou IIr
nld. Theso Bgaros nre much moro fnvor
nblo tl;nn any thnt cnu bo shown for
Vermont. While thero woro only
sixty-two defectivo bnllots in n totnl
of nbont 370,0(10 in New York thero
hnve BomotlmRS boen uoarly thnt
nnmber in n twcntieth part of tho
nnmber of votos. Nobody wonld for
n minute cnro to nssert thnt tho nvor
ago votor in Vermont is leps intolli
gent tlmn in Now York. The contrn
ry is probnbly truo. What, then, is
tho cnuso of so mnoh lnrger perceut
age of dofectivo bullots?
Tlio nnswer is to be found in tho
(lifforence beween tho elcction laws of
tho State, aud probably not tlio lenst
ofloctivo difforonoe is thnt whioh ro
latos to the bnllots and the marking
of the same. In New York ovor tho
pnrty colunins ou the bnllots nre syru
bols, suoli as nn onglo, a stnr, or a
lamb. Tliis syinbol is tho samo
thronghont the Stnto nnd tho voters
know that if they pnt n cross in tho
Eqnaro benenth the englo they nre
voting for tlie Repnbllcnn cnudidntee,
aud if they put a oroEs beuenth tho
star thoy nro voting for Dcinocrntic
oaudldates, and so for tho others. It
makes it so thnt the illiternto votor
can r. ark his voto correotly withont
nssistnnce. Iu Vermont there nre
Bome illitorntes who aro too prond to
aek for assistnnco nud as n rc-sult
thoir bnllots nre spoiled. Othor vot
ers think thoy uuderstnnd how to mark
tlieir bnllots but fnil to uinke cloar
what cnndidates tlioy ruean to voto
for. Tho syinbol system is n help uo
doubt nnd Vermont may well try it.
THE OLOSE OF THE SESSION.
Tho Legislatnro hns ndjonruod.
Tho Senators and KeproBentatives
havo retnrnod to thoir homos aud the
State cau ouco ngain settlu dowu in
to tho regnlar conrso of evonts. Tho
ceuter of intorost for two months has
been iu the Onpitol nnd thero havo
ilookcd tho pooplo by hnudrods, drawn
by vurious iufluuuces to iuterest them
selvfs iu tho work of tho lawmakors.
Somo havo heen movod by onriosity
alonr-. soiub luivo dosired to loarn liow
statutps nro umde, somo havo sought
to secuio logislution in which thoy
wtro interestod. Of this latter class
there hnve boon privato lobbvists nnd
professional lobbyists, somo with in
iluen - inr good leglslntiou, somo
for iu liflo'out, and somo for bad
Amissuf lo,islation has beeu en
aoted A large pnrt of this hns beon
of a pnvntf unture corporation bills
aud the lika but mnoh of a pnblio
natnro lia also booome law. It will
reqairo some timo to tnko nu nooounc
of stoclc. and to liiul ont jnst what
kas bton dono, for the onstomary
rnah of tho ooslng days has almost
s.buried the oilloials with bills. It is
probnbly triie that moro importnnt
Bubjoots hnve beon oousiderod by thiB
Leulslnture tnan by uny other Legis
latnro, withiu the last decndo nt least.
Whethor the notiou upon these snb
joots Iuib boen in nll casos wiso is an
other question. Most of tho import
ant pnblio moaBnros hnve beou dealt
with sinoe tho Thnnkegiviug rocoss
aud somo apparently hnvo boen soarco
ly oonBidored that seomed worthy of
oarofnl utteutiou. Tho mnjority of
tho momburs hnd boforo thom tho fnot
thnt oaoh additionul day of tho session
monnt ovor a tlionsand dollnrs oxpsuse
to tho Stnto, nud blindod by thnt in
tho uloslag dayB rushed throngh np
propriation bils nnd othor monsnres
involving tons of thouBnuds and iiuu
drods of thonsnuds of dollnrs withont
n quivor, Tho rosult mny havo boon
wiso, bnt if so, it is moro lnok thau
uught olso,
Somo moritorious moasnros havo
beoonio law thnt nre ont of tho ordi
nury ran of leKislntion. Tho Legisla
tnro of 1001 will bo roiiiomborod aud
mnrkod by snoh nots. Iu aomo now
linos tho aotlou tnkou hns bonu bnt n
bogiuuing whioh sliould lond tq somo
thlug bettor. Tho .Tourunl will oou
sldor somo of thoso foatures lnter
whcu moro tliuo is at haml nnd tho
Btrain of tho Bossiou has bcon recov
ered from. Ir, dosiros to givo nll
praiso for tlio good work dono whilo
lt mny iool thnt mnoh niight hnvo
boon dono bettor.
ROTTEN.
Tlio pnssage of tho bill for rovisiug
tho laws, undor oxistiug oiroumBtnncos
nnd oonditious, wns nu not thnt ouo
word only iitly cliaraotorizos rotton.
liold baok till nnd bronght up in tho
lnst lionr of tlio scssiou nnd n night
session with nll its possibilities for
evil what opportuuity was thero for
deliborntion ou n nioasaro of so tnuoh
importanco, involving au oxponditnro
of somo $35,000 tho npproxinmto
cost of tlio last rovision nuthorizod
uy tho Legislatnro of 1802? Whnt wns
thR pnrposo of tnklng up tliis moasnro
for oonsidoration nnd notiou dnriug
the delirinm of tho dunth of tho
soBsion? Why slept the oxoontivo pen
that was qoiok nnd bravo to voto n
petty bill rospectiug wituess foes?
Trno, rogard mny not havo been pnid
to oxoontivo objeotiona ou tho gronud
that nocessity for tho revisiou of tho
laws at tliis tliuo had not beou mado
to apponr, thnt tho desirability of tho
uicaiuro or neoessity for it so soon
nfter tho rovisiou begau nuder the Act
of 1802 niight well bo questioued, nud
tho fovered tutnult of the lnstmomonts
of n night session wero uot i'nvorablo
to tho propor neoertainiug of tliis mnt
tor with othor cousidorntioiis it is
ncodless to mcutiou ; bnt UiB Excol
leuoy, if ho hns tho Rotnau virtae on
whioh he hns apponred to pluino
himself, wonld smtlo nt legislntivo
dieregnrd of liis objecting mesRngo.
Ho wonld, nt lenst, havo dono somo
tlnug during tho bossiou to which ho
miglit, iudeod, "point with prido, "
nud on tho strongth of whioh ho might
uppeal to tho peoplo.
Plurality oleotion of ReprcBentatives
on thofirst orauy othor ballotfailed tn
becotuo law after nll. It is to be ro
grottod. Evon a step towards tho
desired coal wonld hnve boon bettor
tlmn nothing. Bnt tho ilghtiug spirit
of tho siuall towns nud tho uuited
oft'orts of tho Douiocrats togethor van
qnished tho friends of plurality. It
will como, howevor, iu time. It cntno
nearor to it this yonr t'jnu over bo
foro. "Wo congratulnte tho Stato of Ver
mont ou tho fnot that it now lins n
man nt tho head of tho board of ag
riculture who bolioves iu printor's
iuk, or iu othor words proposes to ad
vertiso tho meetings of tho board in
the papors so that tho people may
kuow whou and whoro they nro to bo
held-aud 0911 nttend. Watch aud bco
if the farmers' meetings tliis wintor
are not good ones," Middlebury
Ileglster,
Tlio good oxample sot by the ag
rioultnral bonrd ought to bo followed
by ovory State couunission with
somethiug to say to the poopto. Tho
nowspapers aro whore peoplo look for
news Ludlow Tribuno.
Thoro is somo prospect thnt Seth
Warnor nud Itemomber Bakor' mny
nt somo timo uot fnr distnut linvo n
fittlug testimouinl to thoir memory
in somethiug moro tnugible tlmn
words. A joiut resolutiou ndopted
by tho Geuoral Aesembly iu tho 0I03
ing hours of the session providoa for
n commission to iuveBtignte tho snb
jeot and roport with regard to n snit
ablo projeot to perpotnnte thoir famo
in propor mauuer.
Wo are glad to note tho stoady nd
vancement of E. M, Harvoy, iu hiB
receut appointmout ns oity judgo of
Montpelier. Mr. Harvey is tho worthy
sou of worthy pnrents and his ad
vaucomont Is based on tho rolid fonu-
datioii of morJt. Oougratnlatious to
ludgo Haivoy. Ho'll knep olimb
ing. Groton Times.
SXO W AT A DJJtONDA CKS.
Glens Fnlls, Deo. 10. Ten bolow
nnd slx inohes of buow in tho Adiron
daoke tliis mornlng.
FEELS THIRTY
The New Medlclno,Cal-cura Solvent, Warnily
I'raisea by Mrs. unatiee. ur. uavia Ken
nedy's Latest Modlclno.
Wien Dr. Dnvid Konnedy said ho ro
gardod Cal-cum Solvunt, hin new mvdlciuu
for tho Kiilnoys, Livoruud Dlood, as tlio
crowniiiK ncliluvcmont of liis llfo, ho mndo
no uiistako, ns lnmdreds who havu iiscd it
testify. Jloro is 0110 lettor biiort ntui to
tuu point:
itUTLAND, Vt., August Cth, 1002.
"1)mr Sirs:
I havo uovor takcn any mi'dlcino that did
rao so much good as i)r. iCounody's latest
modioino. Cnl-cuiu Solvont. I can work
hard all dav and can do moro work thau I
could ovcn thirty ycars ngo. I nin r0 ycars
of ngn aml uovor Ii'lt DottiT m my 1110."
Gratofully yours, JIK8. A. I'. OHAI'FKE.
llemtmber. Cal-cum Solvent cnrea 98",
ofallcniies of KUlney, lihuhkr and Liver
tlisorden. You may havo a froo saiuplo
hottle of this wondorful modicino. aud do
scriptivo hooklot, by simply sundtng your
jiamo Htni adnross 10 xno Liai-oura vyom.
paiiy.Koiinodyltow.ltoudout.N.Y. Lnrgo
bottlos 1.00 (only one site) all druggists,
or if they do uot havo it, seud to tlio abovo
propriutors.
YEARS YUUNCPR
THE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE-MORNtNG.
Wcdnosdny, Dco. 7.
Killed. H. 850, rolating to oor
porntious) n general bill covoring tho
rlght of hicorporatliig nnd presoribiug
mothods of prooednre) ; II. 425, to
prohibit tho dopoeit of refneo iu Poml
brook in Hinosburg,
Third Reading. II. 112, regnlatlug
issulng of polioios of 11 ro iusurauoo
nud pnyment of loescs.
Killed. S. 1G0, rolntiug to munio
ipal suffrnge for women. Voto 100
to 124.
Adjonruod.
SENATE-MORNING. ,
Wpdnosdny, Dco. 7.
Pnssed. S. 107, rolnting to pnr
hcnso of snpplios for Stnto instlt'u
tions; S. 72, relating to rnilrond
bridgos; S, 84, tolltalo warnings nt
covorcd railroad bridges; S. 1 ( 1, ro
lating to public health ; S. 159. in
corporatiug Lyndon nud Ielnnd Pond
Electrio Railroad Oo.
Killed. S. 71, rolntiug to tolls
upon rnilroads; S.98, rolntiug to issno
of stook nud bouds by strcet railwny
compnuieB.
Joiut Kosolntion providiug for pur
chnso of silvor sorvico for bnttloship
Vormont. Adopted.
Adjonruod,
SENATE-APTiSRNOON.
Wednosday, Deo. 7.
Pnssed. II. 155, mnking Snnday n
ctose sensmi ; H. 181, oxtonslou of
Whithehill nnd Granville R. R. ; H.
311, preferred stook for Spriugfiold
Electrio Rallway Co. ; II 324, nmend
ing ohnrtor of Rutland R. R. Oo. ; II.
394, relating to abatement of taxes;
II 400, nraending ohartro of Hartford
Strcot Railway Oo. ; H. 495, providiug
for caro of Bennington Battlo monn
ment; H. 497, iucorporating North
orn Mutunl Firo Iusuranco Co. ; II.
503, rolating to compeusation of tho
various coaiiuissionots in tho State;
II. 519, scliool meetings in towus
whoro threo ato iucorporatod school
district"; H. 522, to pay clnims nl
lowed by conrt ot olnims; II, 104,
plnrnlity elcction of Roprosontntives;
II 2S0, to annox iatt of towu of Ira
to towu of Castletun ; H. 213, relating
to snlnry of couuty cleiks; II. 498,
diBtribntion of Stato repeoits, oto, ;
H. 402, rolntiug to glnuders in horses;
II. 488, to provont oruolty to livo
stock. Severnl nniendments mndo.
Third Reading. II. 172, relating
to prosorvntion of forosts. Ameudod
on recomuicudntiou of committce.
Sections 2 nnd 4 nre struck ont. Sen.
Mnttisou quoried ns to tho real scopo
of tho bill, Sou. Stovous oC Chitten
den, oxplnined thnt it was to ptovent
forest flrea; II. 499, collatoral inhori
tauco tax bill; II. 470, servico of
jnBtico writs.
Killed. II 510, firo oecapos in
hotels, eto. ; S, 82, 85, relating to
rnilroads; S. 142, dispositiou of nu
clniuied property.
Coucnrrence Rofnsed. S. 2, ro
lntiug to oflloial bnllots. Tho Senato
refased to concur in tho nmendments,
Killed. H. 47, weekly pnyment
bill; II. 800, relating to insurauoo
brokcrs; II. 412, refnuding munioi-
pal iudebteduess; 11. 452, granito
wall for Stnto Honso ynrd.
A largo nnmber of niinor bills ro
lating to towu nffnirs iucorporating
grand lists, eto., woro passed.
Adopted in Cononrronco. Joiiit
resolntion from Honso relating to pay
of messengor iu Stato library. Joint
resolutiou from House providiug for
flnal ndjournment of General AsEom-
bly at 8 n. m. Snturdny.
Adjourned.
SENATE-MORNING.
Thursday, Deu. 8,
Bill Introduced. S. 177 by Sen.
Ashluy from the conimittee on mili-
tnry nffnirs to pny Ann Story chapter
S200 for snpport of Mrs. Esther Da
mon, widow of a Revolntionary sol
dier. Ordercd to lio nnd be printed.
Adopted. Jolnt resolntion by Sou.
Onrpentor of Rutland, to pay tho ox-
ponfos of tho I'ommittoo which inves
tigntod tho coudltiou of tho Benning
ton Bnttlo Monnniont ; Joiut resolu
tiou by Sou, Lord of Washington, pro
vidiug for extension of timo for en
grossiug of bills.
PnBsed. S. 171, the liconse bill
mnending present stntutes; S. 29, re
lating to taxntion of saviugs bnuk do
posits; S. 172, relnting to nttoruoy
geuoral; S. 173, iniposing cottniu dn
ties ou direotors of Stnto prison nnd
houso of correction.
Adjourned.
SENATE-AFTERNOON.
Thnrsday, Deo. 8.
Pnssed. H. 8, "Cainpbell" auto
moblle bill. Substituto for Seo. 7,
uiaiies it so a drivor ot nn nntomobile
ruust whou npproaohing n tcnm so
handlo it that ho cnu readlly stop nud
if slgunlod to stop ho shnll do so nud
not Btart until tho team pafnea or its
driver sigunls agaiu for tho auto to
procecd, I'ennlty ohnrgod so that
flrst oiTotiEU shnll bo puulshud by flno
of not moro thau $50 and snbseqnout
by flno or inipriBonniout. Sectlou 11 is
struck ont entiro nnd other sections
renuuibered, Sce. 14 rolntes in post
iug of roads by scleclnun. Thero
nniondiucnts wero ngrpcd to nud tho
bill pnssed.
Ordorod to Lio. II. 10, granting
oertnln powors to Brattleboro Streot
R. R. Oo.
Tho honr hnviiig nrrived for tho
mooting of tho two IIodbos iu joiut
nssembly tho Senato ropnirod to Rep
rcEoutntivoB hnll.
HOUSE-MORNING.
Thnrsday, Dco. 8.
Adopted in Oouonrronoo, Jolt
rosolntiou from Sennto relnting to nt
tompt to poonro nniforrn (ish leglsln
tiou with Now York nud Provmco of
Quebeo ns to cotnnion wntors; Jolnt
resolutiou from Sounto empoworing
jnint committoe on insano to visit in
stitntions nt Wntorbnry aud Brnttle
boro; joint roeolntion, from tho Sou
nte, providhig for n silvor sorvico for
tho Bnttloship Vermont, aud appro
prlating uot to oxcced 5,000 for ox
penio in tonneotlon with preparntiou
nnd presontation of samo; joint
resolntion, rolntiug to mileago of cor
tnlu oilloials ot Senato an1 House.
Ordered to Ll. II. 4(12, Iucorpor
ating tho Blaok Rivor Elootrio Power
Lightiug nnd Rnilway compnny.
Killod. II. 500, to prevent salo of
poisons by peddlors; II. 530, to ohaugo
commutatiou of denth soutenco from
provinceof Legislnturo to threo judgos
of Supremo Oonrt; H. 143, rolating to
election of towu officors by ballot.
Passed. - H, 374, nmoudlng stntutes
rolating to division of oheck list nud
openlng of ballot boxos, undor direc
tlou of boArd of civil nuthorlty.
Pasped. H. 539, nmoudlng stntutes
rolating to taxation of corporntions,
incroasing corporation tax ratos; II.
541, providhig for roviBiou of Vermout
statntca.
A joint resolntion to pny W. E.
Rnngor 500 ycarly additiounl snlnry
whilo iio roinnius Stnto superiutondont
of cdncntion wns adopted on pnrt of
tho Honso.
Adjonruod.
HOUSE-AFTERNOON.
Thnrsday, Deo. 8.
Mr. Miles of Barton, for tho specinl
committce to investignte State insti
tntioup, preseuted that committeo's
roport, whioli waB road by tho clerk.
Election of Judges of Qourt of
Olnims. At 2:30 p. 111. the two
Houses met in joint nssembly for tho
olectiou uf n chif.f jndge nud two as
siBtant jndges r.f thn court of olaims.
resulted in election of Frank Plnmley
of Northfield, chiof jndgo, Linus
Loavens of Onmbridgo aud Frauk O.
Willlams of Nowport nssoointo judges.
PnsEed in Couonrrouce. S. 135,
amendiug nhnrter of villago of Brat
tleboro; S. 138, amendiug chatter of
St. Albnns Streot Railwny Oo. ; S.
152, nnieudiug ohnrtor of Equiuox Co,
Special Order. H. 171, rogulatiug
tho trnfllo in iutoxionting liquors,
Speoinl ordor for Friday at 10.30 a.ni.
CLOSIAG SIJSSJOX.
Fridny night was a tnrbulent ouo
at tho State House. Tho Governor
wns busy signing bills all night aud
tho Senato nud Honso iu intormittont
spells ground out tho mnterinl. After
12 o'clook the Houso becnmo restless
nud aftor fiuishiug tho fifteou minutes
recoES took anothor of nu honr, How
evor, tho mombors wero nt it steady
all day nnd were protty well tired out
beforo night fell ou tho AsEQmbly,
Tho Sounto wont into oxeoutivo
Eession about two Snturday morning
aud couflrmcd tho nppointmeut of
Gcorgo S. Fostor of Putney as soper
visor of tho Stato hospital for tho
insano. Speonlntion wns rifo nronud
the corridors ns to whnt tho Senato
would do conoornlng the Goveruor's
appuiutmout of Luthei A, Oobb of
Island Pond to be iuspector of flnauce,
The dcndlook betweon tho Governor
aud tho Sounto ovor this appointraeut
stilt exists and tho Senato for a rccoud
timo rcCnsed to uouflrm tlio nppoiut
ment. It appears that tho Senato has
gained a victory, for according to tho
bill recently passed tho presont in-
cnmbeut of the oflioo shall hold the
samo nntil his successor is appoiuted
aud coufirmcd. F. S. Platt is tho
presont iuspector of finonco nnd will
so rpinain ns tho Sonnte will uot cou-
firiu Cobb's appoiutmeut. Tlio np
pouitniont of Ohnrles II. Mnxhnm
of Pomfret for trnsteo of tho Vormont
Stato Hospitalfor tho Insnno wjh
ordered to lio.
Ouo of tho tirst things tho Houso
took up nt the ovenlng Bossiou was
the considerntiou of Honso bill G39
rnising tho tax 011 corporations. Tho
only seotion of debato wns tho nmeud
niont by tho Sonnte mnking tho tax on
rnilroads 2j per ccut. on gross reooipts
instead of 2$. Mr. Dnriok of Onstle
ton nrged thnt tho Honso insist ou
tho originnl rnto aml oitcd ilgures to
show that rnilwayS aro inadcqnntely
tnxcd. Ho tnoklcd the railroad lobby
ists iu plain tornis. Mr, Agau of
Ludlow defouded tho moasnro saying
that tho rnilroads woro pay iug thoir
fair sharo of taxes. They are rnuuiug
nt n loss and pnying no dividenda ou
stock. Soveral others Bpoko iu favor
of the uiuendmout nmong whom woro
woro Mr. Waite of Ilydo Pnrk, Mr,
Bullaid of Burlington, Mr. Arohi
bald ot Mauohester, Mr. O'Sullivan
of St. Albnns aud Mr. Miles of Bar
ton, The amoudmout wns then con
ourred in,
S 2, rolntiug to plaoing of uaines
of caudidtoH of moro tlmn nuo pnrty
011 ollioial ballot. Tho Honso adopted
report of tho uonferenoo committeo
whioli provided that suoli candidatis
mny withidnw from tho sovernl
tioUots nt thoir option, nt Bpioillod
timcs In advauco of oleotion.
Bills woro passod in otiionrrpnoo
npproprintlng ?4,000 for repnir of
Stnto industrlnl sohool; n sum for
ropnirs nt Stnto prison; rolating to
fonu of bnllots omblenis 011 bnllots;
to promote good mornls in pnblio
sahools.
In tho Sonnte n resolutiou presont
od by Sonntor Flsh wns ndopted:
VVherons, Onr chnplaiu, tho Rev.
Mnrcellns W. Fnrmnn, by his groat
persoual worth and by tho oxamplo of
his oheorfnluess nud fortitndo, ns woll
as by his tonching eloqnouoo in lead
iug onr dovotious has ondonrcd him
solf to us, uot only as a body, but to
every mombor persounlly; thoroforo,
Be it resolved by tho Senate, that wo
hereby oxpress to Mr. Farmau onr
lovo nnd apprcointlon with tho ns
snrnnco thnt his iufluence has beon to
us a helpfal inspiration iu the per
formauco of ovory dnty nn inflnonco
wjiich wo trnst may not ond with our
lnbora htro bnt which wo may carry
through lifo.
The joint rosolntiou providlng for
a commission to examino into tho
saulty of Mary Rogers, whioh pnssed
tho House in tho aftornoou with no
oppositlon, was killod by tho Sennto
in tho ovenlng, The resolutiou pro
vided thnt tho commission shonld re
port to tho Govornor nnd if anything
wns fonnd wroug with hor mental
conditiou tho Goveruor shonld grnut
a reprievo until aftor thn nieoting of
the Legislatnro iu 1900. By the
killing of this resolution nll ohnuco
of dolnying the exeoution of Mary
Rogors iu Febrnary nre gono.
Tho Sennto rollod n number of
miuor bills through tho wriiiRor nnd
took the hour's reress with the Honso
nbout 12.80, Intor going iuto executivo
session ns abovo stnted nnd gctting
back to tho grind.
Tho automobile bill "of the niid
night run" wns killed long ago but
tho Onmpbcll uctomobilo bill ran
through tho IIouso with tho Sounto
nuiendincuts long nfter midnight.
The bill, ns nmeuded, strikes ont tho
sectlou nltcgother whioh gives the
selectmeu of n towu the option to
prohibit mnchiiies from rnnniug on
its roads. It aleo kills the nmend
mont mndo in the House boforo tho
bill weut to the Sonnto providing
thnt au nutomobilo mnst stop withiu
seveuty feet of a toam aud remnin
still nntil sigunlled by the drivor to
go ou. In pluco of this tho bill, ns
pnssod, provides thnt nll posslble pro
cantion bo takeu by the drivor of 011
automobile whon meoting a toam to
avoid frightoniug tho horso. Whei'
sigualled by the driver of a team to
stop the auto mnst be bronght to a
Etnndstill uutil tho toam passos.
At th5 eleventh honr, whioh was
betweon 4 aud 5 o'olock in tho morn
ing, the Sennto took up IIouso bill 104,
oleotion of Roprcsentatives by plnrnl
ity, whioh had beou rccnlled. Tho
bill pnssed the Honeo somo timo ago
providiug for olootion by plurality 011
tho thjrd ballot. The aeuate voted
to umond mnking olectiou by plurality
ou tho ilrst ballot. It passod thnt
body in this form aud wns sent back
to the House nbout 4 45 o'clock this
morning. Severnl Senntors wero iu
tho House whon tho bill was sont
back. Mr. Ohodel of Stockbridgo
said tho bill as sent back was tho
samo as that whioh had beou rojeoted
by tho House twice and ho hoped the
Honso wonld not concur iu thoamend
mont. Mr. Bullnrd said lio cousidered
it au iraposition for tho Senate tosend
tiie bill bnok in this form when mnuy
of the members of tho IIouso were
goue. "Aud thou the Sonators como
into lobby it throngh," ho said, Tho
Honso voted the utnoudnient down by
a lnrge vote.
Rosolntiou, by Mr. O'Sullivnn of
St. Albnns oity, nbout 5 o'olock,
uotifying tho Sennte that tho Honso
hns completed tho busiueBs of tho
session aud is rendy to ndjourn with
out dnto wns ndopted.
Tho Governor hnviug uotified tho
Houso thnt ho had 110 furthcr com
muuicntion to muke, on motiou of Mr,
Stnrt of Bakersfield, a rccoss was
takon nt 5.05 n. m. till 7.55,
At 8 o'clook tho preBidout of tho
Sennto nud tho Bpenkor of the Hoobo
declared thoir respcctivo IIouscs ad
journed withont dnto.
Araong tho importnnt measuros
pasBed upon by tho session of 1904
wero: Tho iuvostigntiou of tho Stnto
iustltutlous nnd tho rovolation thero
from, tho crention of ollloe of nttotney
geuoral and oleotion of O. O. Fitts to
that ollloo, the cnncus bill, tho rovi
sion of tho liceuso locnl option Inw,
tho automobile bill, tho ropeal of
bountios on noxious auimals, tho
provislon for uou resideut deor hunt
ors to pny for n Hcrubo, cousolidntion
nf flsh leglslntiou iuto ono bill, tho
oteatlon of a board of osteopaUiio ex
nminers, tho ronEolidation of threo
uiedittal boards into ouo Stnto bonrd,
the bill raiBlug tho tnx ou cotporn
tions, tho appropriation bill, forestry
leglslution, highway lrglslatinu, np
propriatiou of ('.0,000 for MorrlU
liall, tho child lnbor bill, tho per
mnuout crention of tho conrt of olnims
nud olectiou of judges, bill relnting
to oiontiou of pennanent scliool f nnd,
bill rolating to taxation of collatoral
iuheritanco aud taxnble traUBfor, nud
lofueul to nbolish cnpital pnnishmeut,
OIFT FOJl "IIOXJHST JOJiX.'
Durirg a roce&s iu pioooediugs iu
tho Hoheo ou Friday evouiug Mr.
O'Sullivnn of St. Albnus city on the
pnrt of tho Houso ptojoutod "Houost
Joiin" Morrifiold, Sponker of tho
Houso, n purso containing .$100. Mr.
O'Snlllvan said in part ns follows:
"Your follow liiemborB desiro to
offor yon this small purso of gold, not
for what lt is in itself, bnt ns n syin
bol of thoir seutiments toward yon.
Goltl ropresonts valuo and oxoollonco,
aud we wish to proolnim our bollef
iu your worth nnd intogrity. Gold
einorgos from the llory oruoible pnro
and uutarnlBhed, aud you, slr, hnvo
oomo ont of mnny oritlcnl trlals with
tho lustro of your ropntatlou for hon
osty, justioo, fairuoss aud conrtesy
moro resplondont thau evor. Gold
symbolizes lovo, and wo wish, slr,
iu n frnnk, niauly way to offor you
tho aesuranco of our friondstiip, es
teom aud nffontiou.
Mr. Morrifiold said: "Fothor O'Sul
livan and my frionds I thnnk von
with nll my hoart for this gift. From
tho morniug on whioh wo ilrst ns
seuiblod np to these closing hours I
havo roueivod from you all, members
aud olllcera, aud nll counccted with
this Eession, tho utuiost conrtesy aud
kinduesa. I npprccinto, moro tlmn I
can tell you. what you havo dono
for mo. It will bo a precious raomory
to mo as long as 1 livo. Again I tliauk
you."
8 Ultl'JilSES IN SI2AA TE.
Somo surpriBes woro in storo when
the Senate met on Friday ovoning for
tho lnst session. With Sonntor G. H.
Prouty in tho presidout's ohair Sena
tor W. A. Lord was drlegated to load
Prosideut O. H. Stenrus to tho bar of
tho Sounte. On tho tablo wns n mng
uificent cnt glass puuch bowl. TIub,
Sonntor Lord, in his characteristlo
mannor, preseuted to Mr. Stearus in
the form of a roprimaud for tho iui
partial mannor in which ho had pre
Bidod over the Sennto nnd ns au ox
prosBion of tho csteem in which ho is
hold both ns a friond aud presidiug
ofiicer. President Stearus was so
doeply affeoted that it was Bome timo
beforo ho conld speak to oxpress his
heartfelt thanks for the conrtesy
shown hitn and for the beautUul
gift.
Anothor surprise was asaitiug Rev.
M. W. Fariiau, chaplain of the Sen
nte, whou ho, too, wns lod forth to
ronoivo his reprimnnd by Souator Fish
iu behalf of tho Souate. Senntor Fish
expreEsod tho sontimentB of the Sen
nto whou ho said thnt tho members
hnd boen grently helpod by his choor
fulness nud words of guidauce. Ho
then tuckod n wad of wnrm bills
amonuting to $187 in tho haml of tho
blind chaplain. Mr. Farmau said it
wns soldoin a clergymau was fonnd
guilty of holdiug a roll of bills so
largo and ho exprcsBed liis thanks for
the kiudly iuterest uiauifested in his
welfnre. Ho said from tho timo ho
had beon in Montpelier iuclndiug tho
timo he was nt tho hospital ho had ro
oeived tho vcry essonco of kiuduess on
eery side.
The organization of tho Souate was
porfected by tho oleotion of O. H.
Stoarus. proBidont, Goorgo H. Prouty,
vico president, aud Y. K. Fnrnsworth,
hecretnry.
MAltit KOGEllS TO HAXG.
Legislaturo Refuses to Conimuto Hor
Souteuco bv n Vote of 139 to 91.
Mnry Rogors will liang ou Febrn
ary 5 for tho murderjof her husbaud,
Mark Rogers. Her last olianco lay iu
tho possibility of tho Legifilaturo
commutiug her sen'ence to lite iin
priBonmont; but this, that hody ro
fused to do by a vote ot 139 to 91.
The Hnll of RopreBontntives wns
crowded to its fnll capaoity aud iu
teue iuterest wns mnuifettod during
the entiro ptriod of debnte whioh
lasted from 2.80 uutil shortly after 4
o'olock Mnvy Rogors will bo tho
flrst woman hanged in Vermont sinco
Emoliuo L. Meaker suifored that fato
in 1883 for tho murdor of har niuo-yoars-old
child. Tho horriblo orime
of Mary Rogors needa no rohoarsiiig.
Sho murdorod hor husbaud by ohloro
formlng hini after sho hnd tied his
hnuds behiud hini undor the pretonso
of plnyiug n friendly trick.
All that oloquonco conld do for
Mrs. Rogors was dono, and thero was
not a person present who wos not
allootod by tho enruost plons in hor
behnlf by Mr. O'Sullivnn of St.
Albuus nud Mr. Arohibnld ot Man
chestar. Not ono qnestioned her guilt
nud oveu Mr. Arohibnld, who was ono
of hor nttornoys, admittod that thoro
was uo donbt that sho was guilty
of tho chnrgo upon whioh sho wns in
dioted bnt he plended for her lifo on
the gronnd of mornl degeneraoy, that
sho wnsn't responslblo for niurder
whioh was tho outcoino of hor low
oonditlou.
Mr. O'Snllivau oharnoterizpd snoh
ou exeoution as a cold blooded takiug
of hmnan lifo. In refutation of tho
remarks of ouo goutlcmau who con
sidorod if ho votod to commnto hn
! shonld bo breaking tho law himsolf,
Mr. O'Snllivau said ho did not think
snoh olonieuoy wouhl bo in coniliot
with tho law.for tho lnw has providod
that 110 orimiual shall bo oxeoutod
until a ECBKiou of tho Legislaturo in
torveuo, tho purpoEO belpg to glve
opportuuity for ronuuutntloii. Tho
spoakor invoked 110 pretoxt of irre
Fponslbility for her actlou, but took
occnsion to rnnd a letter from tho
Onthclio olorygnmn of Bouniugton,
who atntod thnt tho woman "wns nn
offspring of luiqnity" aud wns no
moro to blnmo thnn Porhnm, Mra.
Bntes nnd Knnpp. Tho speakor said
thnt if men roveronced woman 011
nll occaalous, the stnndard of woman
would long ngo havo been raised so
thnt thoro conld now bo no Mnry
Rogers to hnng. A chief reason for
his support pf this bill lny in tho
fact that tho criminal wns n woman.
Sinoo we hnvo mndo a place for
woman and dlscriminato ngainst hor
in nll mnttora, wo shonld not deal
with her thua ns n crlininal.
Mr. Archibald ot Manchester felt
tho rcspousibllity of tho honr. Ho
douied that the xnajcsty of tho law
would bo upheld by strangllng this
woman aud did not beliovo the Stato
would bo bonefitted by tnkiug her
life. He urged tho womnn's Inck of
appreoiation of right and wroug, and
hold the State responsible for not
takiug her whon sho wna' young nnd
trninlug hor iu the right way. He
quotod hor ns Enying sho had nover
had n ohnnco hnd lenrued moro in
jnil thnn sho had ontside of it. Ho
asked thnt this ohance bo given her,
Othors who spoke iu favor of com
mutatiou woro Mr. Darling of Ohel
fien, Mr. Wnito of Hyde Park, Mr.
Dartt of Springfield, Mr. Nowton of
Road'iug, Mr. Taft of Waltham and
Mr. Shaw of Marlboro.
Mr, Gront of Derby was tho ohief
speaker ngainst commntation Ho
pnid n high compliment to Mr, O'Sul
livau'B eloquenco but did not believo
in beiug swopt away by sympathetio
ilourishes. Tho jury and judgo havo
uudorgouo it nlready and haviug
henrd it, Mary Rogots was yet fouud
guilty. We aro in n poor poaitiou to
plnco ourselves in tho court's nttitude.
It is awful to exccnte, but it 1b awfnl
for one huuinn beiug to take iuto hor
liands tho life of nuother. Tho
apenkor nlluded to the revolting
naturo of the crimc. There Bhould be
ns much sympnthy and ns mnuy tenrs
arouud the bier uf tho mnrdored man
as thoro sliould be hero about the
gallows. Vote, said tho speaker,
with this thought firmly rcoted in
your mind.
Mr. Hilliaid of Cabot did not bo
lievo ho had tho rjght to votetocom
mnte iu tho fnce of the law. Mr,
O'Brien opposed tho bill.
A Good Complexion.
"Spnrkling oyes aud rosy cheeks
restored by using DeWitts's Little
Early Risers, " so writea S. P. Moore.
of Nacogdoches, Tex. A certain oure
for bilionsness, constipatiou, etc.
Smnll pill ensy to take easy to act.
Sold by all drnggists
jojsej: i'IjExtxdogs also
Editor Daily Journal : While ro
tnruiug from Moutpelier on Snnday
aftornoou, wheu near tho Frank Lewis
plnco I snw two dcor, a fair sizcd bnok
and a small doe, cross the road per
haps fifteen rods ahead. They Eeemed
disturbcd and were g oiug aoross the
country to the wost on the jump.
About ouo jnmp ,iu six the doo would
lcap nbout fifteen feet iu the olonr,
appareutly jnst for the fun of the
thiug, aud to seo if the bnok oonld
keep np. which fho had hard work to
do.
I watohed thom aoross tho mowing,
fiold aud paature and up the side of
tho niouutain. It was a pretty pic
tuie. Just then 1 licard tho aogs upon
tlio lodges to the right. I turned tho
horso around and weut back somowhnt
quickly to where the deor had jnmped
the wire fencos du oithor side of tho
road. 1 had waitod somowhere be
tsveon ono aud two minutes whon
threo houuds in fnll cry catue down to
tho road. Thoy woro followiug the
scent so closoly and makiug bo much
noieo about it that thoy did not uotice
mo until I peremptorily ordorod a dls
coutiuance of the chaso withont dato.
Haviug no other woapons I iired
Eomo high coloied aud explosive lan
guago charged with stoel jaoketed aud
expnudiug seutimonts at thom. This
hnd tho dosired olToot and the dogs
haBtened to nccopt my lnvitntiou to
get from thero. Thoy took thebaok
trnil up throngh tho whito birch tim
bor, nnd ns they seomed to J'halt bo
tweeu two opiuious" ou the top of the
ledgos I gavo them a partiug shot for
the bouelit of tho huuters, who might
bo Inrking in tho buuahes. They wero
intelligeut loosiug dogs, wearing col
ars, but totally misinformed in rogard
to Vormont fish and gamo lawB. They
evidoutly beloug to a pnrty of Itallans,
who use them to hunt rabbits ovory
Sundny in tho vioiulty of Dudloy's
baok farniB, bnt thoy nro rapidly form
ing hnbits, which, if followed up,
will lcnu to n destrnotion of thoir
usefalneBB for anything but Baugago.
On the ovenlng of tho samo dav II.
B. Ohnpin and Goorgo P. Miles saw n
hord of six deor iu n flold near Ed
ltumnoT's four does aud two buoks.
Thoso wero not a bit timid aud
skipped aud played ptauks with eaoli
other, aud iiually undor tho lond of
ouo blg follow startod uff in thojdi
reotion of Oharlio Wiggius' pastnre.
Up to dnto tho deer booui to ha in tho
pink of conditiou.
J. A.Ohaplu,
Middlesex, Vt Deo. 5, 1904.
A Costly Mistoke.
Bluudors are sometlmes vory oxpen
sivo, Oocasioually life itself is tho
price cf n miEtiko, bnt yon'll uovor be
wroug Jf you tnko Dr. King'B Now Lifo
Pills for DyBpepsin, dizzluess. Hoad
aoho. Liver or Bowol tronbles. Thoy aro
geutlo yet thoroiiRh. 25c, ntO, Blnko
ly's drng store.