Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19

wealthy men Here are two places 6rbt-
ing, at least making faces ut each other.
and this Is To be reason why we are to
eepprat" them forever II hid rp,o ~
that these places mad been teasing tor IN
dependence aud If Ne did not graut Their
request another Legislature would inns
was no argument. He was proud of Rul-
lands prosperity and he wanted to zee the
villages il contained united under "A CITY
charter Mr.. Hogan corrected some state
ments 10y Mr.. Sturtevant in regard to the
growth of West Rutland. Mr. Knapp
favored the bill. Mr.. Mayo said that he
voted against the Proctor bill, but should
favor the present one as he thought that
West Rutland had the stronger claims.
The town was enlisted Tor the war aud
would Keep up the lighting until its re-
quest was granted The passage ui the
b'n would bring peace, and ne hoped it
would pass.
DR.. Chtsmore explained the reasons
which induced the committee To report IN
favor OF the blll. Mi Mann also favored
| II. .If. roland ui."SrDCu with AIr Mayo
in the statement thai the reHs ms ion tat
Incorporation of West Rutland we're
stronger than those urged for Proctor
The tact was quite the reverse Proctor
was more Isolated than West Rutland
! hr llvuns Of Transit between Rutland
and West Rutland were such that it was
only matter Of Il few ,uinuYes there
was no reason why the two uIa -, could
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lie dld not believe in incorporating every
Hdt blt quarry INTO a town. II that we're
To be The case There were granite qualrIes
mp Ia Il = Part Gi tie state that SUi.., ask
TO tie represented III the Legislature. The
practice OF making new towns in this
way was Il bad one, aad if kept up we
would have to build new State House
Blood enough had been let and Ii was time
to stop and see If these two towns could
not get along together. Mr. Bedard
IA
case OF Proctor and favored the bill MIR
llhkham strongly opposed the dlsm"mber-
ment OF an Olu ANA WCll-establlshcd town
and Justified the sentimental view of the
question, which he then presented in such
Il 1OrclDle manner as to bring tears to h,.
eyes OF some Of the rcmonstrants who
we've present on the floor OF the House
MI. MahNur defended the report of the
committee and explained the reasons why
tuty thought the bill ought to pass. Mr..
froct"f OF south burlington moved the
previous question which was seconded
ana the third reading of the bill was or
dered by Il vote of ll9 to 1Ul. The bill
was then passed by arising vote Of Il IL to %.
THE VACANCY BILL.
The bill for filling vacancies in towns
which send ineligible representatives,
which the House recOnsidered and passed
was reported to the Senate to day adverse
ly by The judiciary committee. Senator
Fletcher having called for the commit
tees reas ous, Senator Baker said that this
is measure of great Importance, and one
that the committee have had under care
iul consideration. The bill undertakes to
DO something not permitted by the consti-
tuition. The amendment of the House
provides that after 1t passes both branches
OF the Legislature it has to 20 before the
supreme Court, who were to decide
whether it is constitutional The com
mlttee dld not think that the proper
course to pursue. Senator Bates said ~
think this bill is unconstitutional and is
not required" The bill was then refused
Il third reading.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT
The committee on final adjournment
reported joint resolution, which the
House adopted on its part, providing that
the two Houses adjourn sine die on Wed
nesday, Nov. "A, at 5 O'Clock in the morn
ing.
y resolution introduced by Mr. Shurt-
le1f, was adopted providing that no mem
Der snail speak more than five minutes
nor more tnan once on the same subject
without the consent of the House and in
speaking second time on the same sub
ject should be limited 10 three minutes.
QUESTIONABLE DECISION.
'oOIIC COlilIlltlll - Dtlll9 maze upon some
of the recent decisions made by Speaker
, Grout. once yesterday and once to day
the previous question was demanded by
the House when the original question was,
shall the bill be read the third time ,"
The House were notified that the demand
Tor the previous question in these cases
extended through to the question of pas
sage. ms decision appears to be con-
tfafy 10 the rule printed on page 231 of
the 1855 Legislative directory which says
The operation of the previous question
lasts only until the questions upon amend
ments to amendments, and the main ques
tlon, have been taken and does not extend
to the next stage in the progress OF the
same measure"
1t may also be we'll to note that after
the demand for the previous question
either by member or after it has been
recorded by the House, Il motion 10 ad-
lourn Is always III order. This is explicit
~ stated IN the rules, which say. "The
previous question Is of the privileged
class, having precedence over all others
except motions to ad jOurn and for a call of
The House" There is only one condition
which can properly prevent Il motion to
adjourn beng entertained, which is that
Il motion 70 adjourn has just been dis
agreed to without Intervening business.
) "vALUED POLICY" HEARING.
The general committee met last night to
consider the valued policy bills The hear
ing was long and somewhat exciting
one. II. \. Taplin, Jr,, the treasurer of
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany of Montpelier, appeared aud gave
he results of his recent visit to Concord
and Manchester, y. H., to investigate the
workings of the valued policy law in that
state, He said that every thing denoted
dlssat isfaCtion with the law both among
Insurance men and the insured classes
and he made strong argument against
he adoption of the law in this state. Mr.
John Senter, treasurer of the Union Mu-
tual Fire Insurance company of Mont
, | peller, also made some telling points
against the law. Mr.. Goddard of Ludlow
) set forth the evils that such Il law would
bring and did not believe it remedy
, for over-insurance and incendarsm. He
advocated "A law compelling the listers in
their appraisals to carry out in an extra