Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-24

Mnntnol.ar. Nov. IE-This has been a
day of fighting in both houses and the
utOrlc have won in each instance. THO
roafd of gri,ultur' and the two railroads
fighting the milca-" hill have been the
sufferers. 70 say which chamber has been
the arena Df the hottest contests is hl'd
matter. hut i'm tn, : nate it was the clos
est over the mileage bin. Tho committee
To whom tho mileage bill mad been re-
committed reported 1t with amendments
which tho fri .uds of the nill oVoW"d wcr"
intended to kill it and when tn" vote ON
the amendments wgs taken ii was II l."
bat President Bates spoke i'll behalf 81 the
people and declared tho amendment i'S',
the hin was thsu ordered to thi:d vote
10y yea and nay vote of Il To- '" ana the
bill Is thus insured uf its passage.
The fcht over the existence of the
board of agriculture was no less interest
Ink and pres nted some very unusual icd-
lures Vt the close OF thu yea ANA nay
vote On ord ring the bill to " third read
Ing the result was announced a. N"d~ 1~''
nays It's AMI the motion was lost. After
Dime, the report was made that the tie
caratiyu of the vote was an error and
that Tho third reading uf tn hill WIS e.
d,vod 10y 81 vote 90 10 to lo} tlnri. thr-
r,y WAS consulted and ne found that the
result according To- his 'ooN was 10 yeas
and lea nays. Having Ch,chcd IN" BOOK
book i'm an unlocked drawer Clerk Cheney
Nus at once suspicious that his hoa., had
l. On taWp'rvd with. So the blank !.l, Il
uut ty T.. \. Mutt one II The official re-
pcrt'rS of the House was sent io". Mr..
Nuts report showed yeas loj, nay, ic3.
but later it was learned that he d!d not
have the answer Of Mr. owen of Barton.
" 10 voted no" and this making MS uC-
count tally exactly With Ciorl: cheney 5
vote and speaker tiaSl,ins at the evening
session announced the error in declaring
the vote and then dec Glazed the vote yea
IT,. nays lri and tho hill abolishinS tn
board of agriculture WAS ordered to a
third reading. This means their death ;,
far as the House Is concerned for II wac
learned after dinner that three mon had
voted against tn. third reading of the hill
when they wanted To vote for it, What
the Senate will do with the bin remains
TO be seen.
The story of the fight over the milcas,
bill l. as follows
senator tIitt thought the amcnim.n t'
We're intended to defeat the oojvyt Of H.
bill. lie wanted a two cent. thousand mil,
hlol: and that was all Slid the only tw,
roads oppcSiu. tn hill were tho st. j HIS
bury and Lake CHAMPAIGN and the Rut
land road. Applying the bill to these ro;. as
is only applying ii To- small sections o
- eat systems. THESE roads can AFFORD L
give these mileage books
Senator Partridge thought thor, Wa
some msapproh. nsion of the amyndm, mt
ana he explained tn, purpose ,f tho same
opinions e committee differ much en- tn
subj ct II this til hJ, IL. thild amend
mont is "a compromise. CrriS third AIN, nd
mont i intended tu shut cut the scalpcr
and gives companies right 10 appeal 70
r,iicip IL, thought the two parties in IN
IA. az
the public the interest Of tho lrar i
net To count ia the discussion. When tn
LEGISLATURE steps in at all To control tn
matter of tickets 1t should say som thini
IN IL" line of protection against the scalp
cr. The amendment intends to cut of III
brokerage, not in tickets generally, hut il
these mileage books, lie asked the scna
tors to vote On the amendment accordin;
to its merits.
senator Smith endorsed the views Of III
senator from Rutland; thought this was tn
best way To settle the question and demo n
.stratc whether roads can or cannot afford
in all cases, TO issue thos" hooks
senator Cudworth thought there wa
something behind these amendments tina
had not been made apparent, He fcarc
j. they were meant to smother the bill, Ham
lets soilcquy might as we'll have bee
tackled 70 the bill AS Il poor showing O
roads, he indicated that bookkeeping ma
have something To do with it, If yu
want to klli tho bill stand right up an
kill it--don smother it. Vote against tn
amendments and ,hon if you want to hi
the original bill do it i'm manly fashion
senator Pocktlt said the public ha
UGhts-so had the corporations; he favor
ed tn" amendments, which, he thought
gave the pubic all they asked for and wor
fair 10 the railroad companies in the mat
ter Of protection against scalpers II
saw no better way TO remedy thu cV
IComplained of, in justice to roads and pub
lie, thah 10y these amendments.
senator Watson had had experience wit
railroad men and found them Away
ready to impart information. Running
railroad is a purely business matter. Whc
"A road cannot pay its running expenses
was entitled TO consideration, a law con
polling the two cent rate might bo a hard
ship in some cases,
senator StearnS thought the amend
mcnts were meant to kin the bill; that
evident to all He limited that the scal
crs We're only doing what the people wan
ed. The people of Lamoile county war
this bill passed. They are after two
cent rate and the roads can afford it, n
aimed to show that the Lake road Wa
run by tie e, and NJ
Senator Young said the Lake road ina
: never earned enough To pay cent ,
: dividend. The committee without soliciti
!; tion from the roads, inserted in III