Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-10
A DEAD BILL.
McGeary's High License Bill
Laid to Rest in the
House.
The VOTE III TO 50.
swasey, Harris and McGoary support
the BIZ and Dunton, Bond and jack
son OppGse-Thc senate Passes
the Attorney-General Bill
The Days story.
The VOTE III TO 50.
From Our Staff Correspondcnt)


Montpelier, Nov. 9-The McGeary bill
Is dead Its end was painful and full Of
agony-painful to witness and executionor
alike. Taken all in all it was not a death
scene but simply the late sad rites over
n thing which died long ago and which
vas recently given one of the livelicst
wakes ever accorded the dead in the YER
mont state House. But the end was not
accomplished until after 1t had bcfouled
those who attended IT and besmirChed the
name OF the State which has shrunk from
1t as q poisonous, trcaCherous reptile Its
voice was not silenced until it had breath
cd curses upon honest citizenship, until
II had charged with hypocrisy those who
vote for law and order had expressed nat
terry and used high sounding words with
which to Cajole those who listened, i'm
plored the wrath Of heaven to fall upon
those who supported 1t, had impeached
the integrity of the judges OF the Supreme
Court, rcviicd the work OF the clergy and
had shrel.cd and howlcd itself into eX-
haustion. But it was no use. 1t was kick
ing against the pricl:s, and only the kicker
has been sacrificed.
Death came at 2:iC p M, the vote being
60 yeas ana III nays.
Those republicans voting aye were
Messrs. Carpenter Of Rutland, Richardson
of ST. Alhans, Falby OF Huntington, Buck
of Reading, Nash of Colchester, Chllson
Of Wal.ngford, Colby of Victory, Dow of
Chittcnden, cutler OF Woodford, Gardner
Of Pownal, f.. S. Hastings OF Mount Hol-
ly, johnson of Vernon, Kingshury of War
rtn, King Of Isle La Motto, Lincoln Of
Ira. Peters of Hubba rdton, Porter of Dam
by. Spraguc eff Waltham, Tudor of Som
ersct, Whitney of Springfield, Watson of
Woodbury.. White of Andover.
After the MCGcary bill was disposed of
the House accomplished considerable bus
The hill taxing bicycles was amended by
making the specific tax in lieu Of all other
taxes and the specific tax was raised to 30
cents and tho bill passed
Another bill of great interest was the
House bill No. 81, relating to milcages.
his hill was amended By making 1t APP
ply to railroads of ~ miles or more in
length, and unless the members of the
House change their minds before the bill
Is read third time the State will have
..;agc books o. 1000 miles at two cents
a mile good for bearer.
\ very lively discussion was aroused
over House bill No. 2S2. a bill providing
for the election of town representatives
by plurality vote. BY very close vote
the bill was ordered to n third reading bat
II is still doubtful If 1t can pass.
Thus in brief Is the story. There were
speeches against tho measure but all the
talk was simply "a thrcsing of all straw
and the public will not he burdencd with
its appearance here. Those who cham
pioned the bill were Messrs. Swasey Of
Barre. Harris Of Burlington and McGeary
of Burlington. Those who spoke against
it were Messrs. Dunton of Poultney, Bond
of Scarsbury, jackson of WaterVile Ran
neY Of Newport, T.. NJ. Taft of PeaCham,
Choatc of Barnet. and W. c, johnson of
Lyndon The history of this latest demo-
cratic success is closed with the yea and
nay vote.
The yeas and nays having been demand
ed by W. G. Johnson Of Lyndon, were
taken, and are as follows;-
Those members who voted in the af-
firmativo are:-
Yeus-Aldrich, Allen Of Tunbrdgc, Ball,
Bean. Buck, Call, Carleton, Carpenter OF
Rutland city. Carpenter of Wash
ington, Chilson, Colby. Comings.
Cutler, Dclehanty, Dickcrman, Dick
ey, Dodge Dow, Eames, Ellis
Falby, Faulkner, Finncgan, Gardner,
George, Harris, Hastings of Mt. Holly,
Hathaway of Calais, Horton, Howard,
HYDE, johnson of Vernon, Kidder, King,
Kingsbury. Lincoln, Luce, Mattocks, Me
Dade, McGcary, Miles. Nash. Parsons,
Sprague, Swascy Tlbhetts, Tilden, Tudor,
Tuoy, Tupper, Turrill, Watson Webster,
White Of Panton, Whtcomb, Wyman.
Young of Glastonbury.
Nays.-Abell, Adams, Allen of Hyde
Park, Aver, Ballard. Barber. Barden.
Barrett, Dixby, Blair Blodgett Bond,
Booth. Boynton Bracket. Bridge. Brown
of Westtield, Brown of Willislon, Bur-
bee, Butler. Butteriield. Caldwell, Camp
bell, Carroll, Cartmell, Chaplin. Chapman,
thoate, Clark of Benson. Clark of St, Al
bans town, Cleveland, Cobb, Cotton, Cooke
OF Greensboro, Cook of Manchester,
Coombs, Cooper, Davis Of Dover, Davis Of
TnT No.
er, Dunton. Eastman Of IIartland, East
man of New Haven, Eddy, emery, Far
IirGton, Ferson, Flower Fuller Gates, Gibbs
Gifllan. Gilmore, Gordon, Gould, Cove,
Hale, Harding, Hastings of Waterford,
Hathaway of Moretown, liazen, Hendcr-
son, Hewitt. Higbce. Hills. Kinds, Hob
son, Hollister, Holmes, Hosford, Hunt,
jackson. Jacobs johnson of Hardwick.
johnson of Lyndon, Johnston, Jordan,
Kemp. Kimball, Kinsley, Lance, Landon
of Bristol Landon of South Hero, La
throp, Leslie, Lewis of Concord, Lewis of
Norwich, Lord, Marshall, Marvin, McGin-
mis-, Miller Morrison, Morse, Nelson,
Newton, Norton of Waitsfeld, Noycs.
Nutting. Orvis. Owen. Page, Parish, Par
ker Patterson, Peet, Phelps, Phillips of
Putncy, Phillips of Sheffield. Phillips of
iTinn!outh Pratt Rand Ranney, Rem
frw, Rice, Robbins, Robertson, Rusgles
Scrlbner, Sears of Irasburgh, Sears OF
MonktOn, Snnttuck OF Eucn, SndltuCk ol
Weston, Shepardson, Sheridan, Sherman
of Cambridge, Sherman of West Windsor,
simmons, Smith of Brunswick, Smith OF
Fletcher. Smith of Londonderry, Smith oi
Weyhridge, Somers. Speaker Haskins,
Stafford, Stevens OF Stannard, Stevens Of
Thetford. Steward, Stiles, Strong. Sum-
ner,, Taft, Terrill, Thomas, Thrasher, Til
lotson. Trask, Tyson, Wall, Walker Wal
lace Ware, Waterman, Wellman, Wheel
er, Whitney, wilkins, Williams,
wilkins of Hancock. Wilson of
Stock bridge. Wing Woodward Of
Landgrove. Woodward OF Middletown
Springs. Wright, Young OF East Montpe-
lier
Absent-Bottum, Brown o. Whitingham.
Bush, Dawson, Durkee Fem, Fish,
Foote. Flint, Hall of Bolton, Hammond,
lHemenway. Norton of Addison. Smith of
Brandon, Webb. White Of Andover.
Yeas. GO,
Nays, III
The Senate has passed the bill creating
the office OF an attorney general and II
now comes TO the House for what will
probably be its quietus. Should there be
probability for Its passage large ele-
ment would like to see It amended by
making II an elective office, The debate
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