The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-08

motion of Childs of Weybridge the bill
was then ordered to lie. Subjoined is
the Daily Journals publication of the
official report of the proceedings of
Nov. 20:
Interchangeable. 6l5, to prevent
fraud in the sale OF oleomsrgarine and other
substances as butter, was read the third
time. Pending its passage, Mr.. Parker OF
Cambridge opposed the bill. Mr.. Barrett
OF Rutland and Mr.. Dillingham; of Water
bury advocated 1t. Finally, on motion Of
Mr.. Childs OF weybridge, the bill was Or
dered to lie."
On the Monday following, November
"a, as the House journal and the DAILY
JOURNALS official reports show, the
bill WAS called up by Mr.. Douglass and
passed. Now if this bill was deemed
to be the nonentity Mr.. Parker and
the Grout papers are declaring that it
was, why was 80 stout a champion of
the farmer interest as was Mr. Doug
lass, the chairman of the agricultural
committee, the leader of the farmers of
the house, their able and recognized
advocate, strong in mind, steadfast in
integrity, power in debate, support
ing this measure? If he deemed
bill 1877 the wiser and better measure,
why was he not found, with Lawyer
Parker, opposing bill 515, and demand
ing that bill 1877, then pendingsin the
Senate, should have precedence? The
strong significance of these scircum-
stances requires neither suggestion nor
comment.
The Senate received bill 515 Nov. %.
1t was referred to tae committee on
agriculture-composed wholly OF farm
ers-which had held in its posses
sion Parker's bill No. 1877 since Nov.
Is without acting thereon. AT the
evening session of Nov. %, this COM
mittee reported House bills5l5, eoith the
recommendation that 1t pass, and the
Senate thereupon passed the bill in
concurrence. Later in the same even
ing the committee reported the Parker
bill without oppression of opinion, and
its passage was refused. In the Sem
ate at this time, among other farmers,
was William Chaplin of Middlesex.
This man needs no advertisement as a
farmers advocate, farmer of strong
intelligence, power in the cause to
which he gives his support. Was
Farmer Chaplin sitting silently in the
Senate while measure that was really
deemed makeshift was being passed,
and bill that is now set up to be a
palladium to the farmer interest was
being slaughtered? These questions
answer themselves.
The simple facts are that the farmer 8
of the Legislature of 1884 became satis-
fed, on the sober second thought, that
the Parker bill, passed, would be equiva-
lent to no law on the subject involved ;
that House bill SIS was the wiser mea-
sure. SO they forsook the former and
betook themselves to the latter. And
their leaders, like Douglass and Chaplin,
were not men who could be bamboozled
by the lawyers or misled by dema-
goguery.
These facts and circumstances DEM
onstrate clearly the following PROPOSE
tons:
Q) That Mr.. Dillingham; was active
by voice and counsel in promoting leg.
islstion that would protect the farmers
of Vermont in the manufacture of but
ter and the people who are consumers
of butter. With him it was simply a
choice between two bills having the
same object in view.
(2) That the bill Mr.. Dillingham; ia
vored was duly considered by the House
on several occasions, was debated by
Mr.. Barrett, Mr.. Parker and Mr.. Dill.
ingham, and finally, after mature de-
liberation and amendment on the mo-
ton of the chairman of the committee
on agriculture, ,oas called up on his
further motion and passed, it being
known and we'll understood that mean
time the prior bill, No. 1877, was slum-
bering in the hands of the Senate com.
mittee on agriculture, obviously await
ing action on this measure.
(O That during all this time the
Senate committee had been waiting for
this bill; that when it was received the
measure was Immediately reported to
the Senate with the recommendation
that it pass, and that it was passed with
out debate or opposition; that the Par
ker bill was subsequently killed by
reason of the passage of the former
measure.
The JOURNAL repeats that the real
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