The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-12

! disagreed to. On the question of the third
reading, Mr.. Moloney said such a measure
was not asked for by the bulk of the
women of Vermont. The report says 1900
names have been sent in, but that was a
very small percentage of the women of the
state. The weekly.payment bill was sup
! ported by largey-sgned petitions, but was
! killed. The indication was that the great
mass of women did not want to go into pol
| itcs, nor did they want the passage OF the
bill. He called for the yeas and nays on
| question of passage Of the measure. Mr..
| Darling of Chelsea spoke in favor Of the
bill. lie said women ought to be allowed
| to vote If they want to. They may vote in
school meeting and ought to vote in town
meeting; women own property and should
have the right to vote. If she is stock
holder in a corporation, she can vote on her
stock. The bill ought to pass. Women are
a success in all the occupations they enter
into. Mr.. Smith of Royaton favored the
! bill, saying that he thought they ought to
| have the right to vote at all the elections.
! Mr.. Brown also spoke upon the bill. Mr..
Enrght answered some of the objections
made by Mr.. Moloney to the BILL maintain
ing that the bill ought to pass. Mr.. Mann
asked the members not to be influenced by
| the fact that the matter had been before the
! legislature before. He quoted Hon. j. ID.
Long of Massachusetts. He thought the
petitions showed that the women wanted the
measure to pass. Adjourned.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PetitiOnS.-By Senator Allen that OF n. S.
Dewey and fourteen others for passage of
II. 1879; by Senator Cleveland, that of Sam
uel Stanford and others against passage of
license bills.
ReconSidercd- motion of Senator Rob
erts during the consideration of H. 1856, to
incorporate the Union Savings Bank and
Trust Company of Morrisville, rule 81 was
suspended and the vote passing the bill was
reconsidered. Sundry amendments were
| made and the hill again naSSpI in
renee.
Ordered to LES. 1873, reported from
! committee on education as substitute for S.
49, to incorporate the Rutland English and
Classical Institute, and ordered to be
printed.
THird Reoding.-H. 229 to pay f. II.
Anterior sum named II. Y, authorizing
the town of Middlebury to fund its present
indebtedness; S. G3, regarding state officers
| reports.
Passage RctUSed.-S. 1856, to pay f. j.
Hall the sum named. S. B. to reduce the
membership of the supreme court to six in
stead of seven
PdSsed.-S 80, to incorporate the Bur-
lngtOn Safe Deposit Co. II. 300, to iucor-
porate the West Randolph Library Assoca-
ton.
Stdnnard Monument-S. 80, to appropri-
ate Sl200 to complete d monument to the
memory of General Stannard, was taken up
as special order Senator Harvey with
drew his demand for the yeas and nays
made at the last consideration Of the bill
and said he was still opposed to its passage
Senator Kin !sley stated that a previous
legislature had appropriated $500 for this
purpose; that the Grand Army had made
large donations but not sufficient to meet
this expense and therefore the committee
having the construction of this monu ment
needed the sum asked for its completion
and the preparation of the adjoining
grounds The senator paid glowing tr-
butte to the memory of the one for whom
the bequest was asked, as did also Senator
Randall and the bill was passed.
Joint ReS0lutiOnS.-By Senator Child, for
the appointment of a committee of one SEN
ator and two members, to report on final
adjournment; adopted. BY Senator Harvey,
authorizing the secretary of state to sell the
surplus copies of the Revised Laws of Yer
mont at Sl.50 per copy; adopted.
Constitutional AmeHdment.-A proposal to
the house, by Senator Jennings as follows:
Section |. The supreme court may be es-
tabished in judicial circuits composed of
not more than four counties each was re-
ferred to the committee on constitutional
amendments. Adjourned.
HoUsE-AFTERNooN
KUled.-H. 3O2 prohibiting deposits of
sawdust in streams of this state. H. ia,
regulating railroad fares.
Passed S. 9, ratfying the organization
OF Upper Coos Railroad and Coos Railroad
Company. S. II, to increase the penalty
for the adulteratOn of maple sugar, maple
syrup and bees honey. S. rs, amending
Secs 273 and pa, r. L., in regard to ex-
emptlng manufacturing property III. 22l &,
amending Sec. 1, No. -, acts of 1883, relat-
ing TO savings banks and trust companies
H. 3O5, amending sec. 4j72, II. l., in re-
laion to the distribution of laws. II. 32l ,
amending sec. ., No. 153 of the laws of 1888
relating to the protection of horse owners
II. /, Incorporating the Vermont Electric
Company, with amendments. II. 2l7, in.
cooperating library association of Danv lie ;
| III. $50, amen ling sec POP Il. L., rel ting to
town officers; amended so as to include
constable.
Third Reading RefpSed.- H. 1874, the woman
suffrage bill; yeas, 9S; nays, 1l3.
HghiCdyS.-H. 3S2, in relation to repair
ing highways, coming up for action, Mr..
: Smith of Rolalton opposed IT,. He said 50
many towns had road machines and the Sc
} lectmen had charge of the roads, Mr..
} Warren Of Eden spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr.. ShepardSon OF Fairfax wa, in favor Of
; the old way and opposed the paSsag- Of
the bill. Mr. Orchard favored thu
measure and made a few Vigol Gus
I remarks to that end. Mr.. Stone of
r Readsboro said he livel in "A town where
they had to sharpen the Sleeps noses to get
them on among the rocks. lie favored the
bill. Captain Eldridge of Warren said he
. travelled good deal in doing missionary
0 work, and could spot town that used a
road-machine before he got within mile of
: it, His town didn't want any cheap / and
, work on their roads. Mr.. Clark of Halifax
j wanted the bill amended so as to make fiji.
+ teen cents ON the dollar the minimum rate
Mr.. Darling of Chelsea vigorously protested
D against the proposed amendment. Mr.
u Amsden of Weathersfeld said you cant
g use a road machine where it is so rocky you
: can't use it, Mr.. Prouty of Franklin said
= Our town has a machine; we want money
e tax TO run it. 1t works well. He hoped
y the bill would pass The gentleman from
: Windsor, Mr. Enright said he had
: had much experience, No man in his
u town could go to the selectmen and
Q say 81 want work and not get it
u they got fright in the neck-and had al
5 order on seectmen for their pay He IA
g vored the bill and spoke from persona
II practical knowledge. Mr.. Amsden agaL
y took the floor and with earnestness con
g trOverted some of the statements of the gen
II tlemen from Windsor and reiterated hi,
. own previous remarks. Mr.. Sherwin o
/, Jamaica favored the bill. On motion o.
s. Mr.. Amsden, the bill was ordered to lie.
9 Special Order.-H, A, incorporating the
II Vermont electric company, came up as
! al ord A N