Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-11-22


instigated by Senator Proctor to re-
duce the taxes he has 10 pay on some
of his marble works. The bill is Gre
ating much interest.
Friday.
SENATE.
| Passed:-S 20, doing away with inn
prisonment of railroad employees to
blame for an accident. S Y, relating
to sales of goods by itinerant vendors.
| S LAT, relating to the nuisance clause
of the prohibitory law. 5 l49, allow
ING fidelity insurance and corporate
surety. II 256, to prevent the adult
teration of grain. II 362, relating to
Sabbath breaking.
Insane asylum:-S l4s came up as
a special order, to relieve congested
condition of Vermont Asylum for the
Ins ane.
Senator Hazen believed it the most
| important bill of the session. The
appropriation was the largest asked
since the war. The state was not
large enough to support two asylums.
But the state should give up its rights
in the Brattleboro asylum. The course
of the state in this matter was its
greatest financial mistake.
Senator Read agreed with Mr..
Hazen, but did not believe it would
be saving in the state He gave sta
tistics of the cost Of supporting the
insane in other asylums. lie did not
know what the Senate could know
about the matter that it did not know.
For the first time he had just learned
there was any connection between the
asylums. He supposed Brattleboro
wanted to get rid of the state patients,
| but saw that the friends of ,hat asy-
lam wanted more state patients. lie
described the condition in which econ
omy had placed the Waterbury insane
asylum. The first patients were put
TO bed TO keep them from freezing. A
smaller appropriation would not do
Justice TO the state. A man high up
in the councils of the state had said
that insane people who did not know
where they were could just as well be
kept in the cellar there. lie wanted
the Legislature TO go 10 Waterbury
and look at the asylum.
senator Arnold gave figures pre-
pared by the state treasurer to show
how the appropriation would affect
the state finances. A tax Of Is per
cent would cover the appropriation
and the deficit.
Senator Barber thought the amount
largely exceeded the original amount
intended to be spent. He did not
believe Sl.75 cents a week would sup
port the inmates.
Senator Plat said the committee
thought the appropriation was justi-
fed. The state had no claims on the
Brattleboro asylum, except that its
patients must have preference there !
The Waterbury asylum had been a
success. The cost a week per patient |
at Waterbury was 1888, at Brattle-
boro, 1913. The cost of extra pa
tients over what are now there is esti- |
mated at Sl.60, making a saving Of |
81, 90 year. A tax OF Is per cent |
would cover this and all other appro-
priations.
SenatorWorthen thought few cents
a week in the cost of patients should |
not be considered. Patients at Brat
tleboro had better care than at Wafer
bury. He thought the cost would be
more for the extra patients than was
estimated.
Senator Dale asked how many more
patients the asylum staff could cure.
Ans.-45J. Q.-What were the adj
of classification: Explained
by Senator Plat. Q.-What would
A less sum dog Ans Nothing.
Senator Barber wanted TO know
more about ii and moved that the bin
be ordered to lie and be made a spe-
,ial order for Tuesday afternoon.
Higher education:-H 44S, requir-
ing higher education Of advanced pu-
pills, came up as a special order. Sem
ltor Shattuck thought il would work
injustice TO the smaller towns. and
knew il would TO his town. The bin
vas amended, and passage was then
'efused.
Passage refused:-S 43. amending .
he law relating to the competency Of ,
husband and wife as witnesses.
6, to incorporate the Home Saw
ngs Bank; 5 95,appropriating money
or the preservation OF battle monn-
nents: ; %. to establish permanent
amp ground for the militia.
HOUSE. II
Passed:-S G. to incorporate Home g
avings bank Of Burlington. ; %. 10 a
reserve certain battle monuments. 5
"a, establishing a permanent eamp ;
round i
Tuberculosis;-Il 237. relating TO c
oVine tuberculosis. was taken M.
Mr.. Weston OF Newfane opposed a
'iting the board Of agriculture adj I
linister the provisions Of this bin: il \
Mould be done by board fully edu- u
lted in the latest DEVELOPMENTS of
MS disease; he favored a special com a
lission appointed BY the governor. }
e quoted a statement that tuberculin o
liected into the animal is likely 10 r
arrasa IL. "sal