Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-17
AMENDED.
The Railroad Bill viii Care
for the Vermont Cred.
itors.
MUCH WORK YET.
Still Introducing Biiis-Housc Appropri-
at,s $1,000 Annually for Norw o, Unit
versity and Favors Addition TO the
Capitol-Penal Reform Eiils
Pass the House SEEMING to DO
Forbidden.
MUCH WORK YET.
(From Our Stan Correspondent

(frOm our stan OOITCSpOnuent.D
Montpelier. Nov. 1A-The railroad COM
:nittcc held the last joint meeting tonight
and Tomorrow the House committee Will
make a report GA the Central Vermont
reorganization biiL
Although 40 member Of the committee
would make a statement Tonight it is
understood that the bill will he ameuuCd
In u way TO care Tor the Vermont Crcdi-
tors. either 10y cash OF bonds in the new
corporation. The bill as amended. is
framed in the interests OF the state ana
viii be satisfactory 10 Vermont railroad
men. II viii commend itSel; 10 members
81 the House al once anu is expected 10
meet practically no opposition. With the
strong popular endorsement it will receive
in the Huus, 1T viii so to the Senate.
where no changes are likely to be made
as the public hearings have given that
body an Unm.Stdkah.v indication OF what
Ncrnspntcrs want done with the honest
debts of this corporation before giving
away its franchises To a new oody.
With this provision made NcrmontS in
tcrcsts call Tor the settlement " the long
var between the different factions and the
close OF this week should see the plan
Of REORGANIZATION complete so far as ;hc
Vermont Legislature is able TO do it.
That the members of the House realize
that they have much work to accomplish
was shown 10y the resolutions iutrCdSCSd
early this afternoon. The first was y
NJ. Waterman of Chester. who said that
there We're u, House bills which had not
Yet been considered ami Is Senate bills
Yet to act Uron. and he asked that the
House meet At o'clock Tuesday morning.
This was carried. About this time MIR.
Hale Of lUnvnhurch took the chair and
4 little later Speaker llaskinS arose from
Mr.. llolc's seat and asked TO introduce II
resolution. The resolution provinces that
f..f. Fl.. rf,,.l.
meet at = O'Clock in the morning. Speak
Ing upon the resolution Speaker Has.ius
said in substance that in the House H.
bills have been introduced and of these
ltN are still in the hands Oi the committees
ANA II in the hands VI the clerk ready for
action. This gives total OF a: To he act
cG upon ana 81 which had been disposed
81 One hundred ana fifty bills have been
introduced in the Senate. OF these Is are
in the hands of the House committees and
eight are ON the clerks desk ready for
consideration. Ii has been stated by
newspapers in various parts of the State
that this Legislature is behind in its work.
lie maintained that this body is well adj
vanced with its work but il there has
been any undue delay in work the people
themselves are responsible fer II as they
insist on sending her, session after Sos
sion new body Of men who do not know
how 10 push work at first. lie believed
that meeting an hour earlier each mcrn-
ing would avoid evening sessions which he
much desired At least IL would enable,
'hc House to do an hour of better work
t"un 1t could late in the afternoon. one
thing he hoped for was that tho House
would 10 its work well and if il is found
II cannot du its work well in this time
he believed the best thing WIS To come
back after Thanksgiving. u.oUd applause.
No doubt this House had done some things
things it ought not TO and has failed TO do
Some beneficial things: but he had been
present several times during the sessions
OF Congress, had visited the IegiS,aturss
OF Massachusetts and New York and stat
q" that II" knew OF no legislative body in
America who lid better or more work
than the General Assembly Of IN, State
Of Vermont. The resolution WAS aiont ed
without Il dissenting vote.
House bill III. was tho first special or
der To he taken up this week This is the
hlll which allows States attorney to
take Clcrl, before the grand iury 10
take evidence. on motion of Mr. Rond
81 S"arshurc ii was amended, making the
expense OF such clerk payable hy the state
ana making II allowable for a clerk 10
read the testimony To the grand Jury and
states attorney and then the Hill wns
passed. Considerable time was then spcnt
IN accepting amendments made To House
bills 10y the Senate and considering hills
of minor interest.
House bill No. iiS, which is a substitute
lot housc =, and amending the city char
ler OF burlington was read the third time
tnls afternoon ana passed. \ casual read
iiis OF the substitute nil, indicates that the
REFUSAL Of the risht of voting has not been
taken from college students or disabled
soldiers
When House hill No. i5l, was called IN
on its passage the members took the hit
and ran away with the matter entirely.
As reported this bah was Il substitute for
House bill No. %. and was a compromist.
on the part Cf the committee between
those poor people VINO depend on seine
N>nnE for Il Twins and the spnrtsmen
WHO want seine FISHING ,ntIc'y abolished
1t allowed seine fishing in the iall from
October TO December l and stonpcd
seine hshinS IN the spring. The House
quickly murdered section two Of the hill
which allowed selnins in the fan and then
II was found that both fall and spring
s"igning was legal and Mr. Dick.y moved
10 amend by repeating section iGvj OF the
Vermont statutes and section - as
amended by the acts OF - which was done
and the bill passed. 1t is now a question
Just what has been done but the House IS
of the opinion that all seine fishing has
been stopped. If this is not done vote
TO reconsider may be expected. The hin
was opposed by Mr.. Ballard of Georsin,
Mr., SwaSey of Barre and MIR. Boothc OF
Sutton ana WIS laNoltu bN Mt, puMntr
OF Sharon, Mr. Reynolds of Swanton. Mr..
Richardson Of St, Adams, Mr., Rutteriield
of Derby and Mir, Emery o: Chelsea.
Among other important business done
by the House was the amendment oil
House bill No. Sf prohibiting the shoot
ing Of ducks by moonlight by making il
Illegal To shoot ducks ON their feeding
grounds between the hours of seven a,
I night and five o'clock in the morning and
the bill was then ordered to a third read
ing.
Senate bill No. II. to prevent the desc
Grafton OF the flag. Senate bill No. IL. pro-
yidng for a board of visitors for and APP
propriating the sum ~ 5000 per annum to
the support az Norwich University and
Senate bills Nos O.. ~ and SS making a
reform in penal methods of the State were
all passed This was followed by the pass
age of House bill No. Is which provides
for the building of an addition to the
State House, The members kept very
busy until a few minutes after five, when
a motion 10 adiov-u in order to allow
the members n chance to work in the COM
mttee rooms was carried.
ENATE-AFTERNOoN
Devotional exercises conducted by the
chaplain.
Passod-S 81. incorporating the Cham
plain Telephone company os hridport, $
LIS. incorporating the Goodrich library OF
! Newport. II. %. amending charter OF
Bradford village as To election of trustees
II. Sl, Incorporating the trustees Of the
Wood Art gallery.
\ Third reading ordered,-S, 70, prohibit
ing the killing Of deer moose and caribou
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