Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-21
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Approves the Hiph
License Bill, rs to q.
Its Final Enactment Clearly Foreshad.
owed-the Weeks Rapid PROGRESS
in Legislation.

in Legislation.
Montpelier Wednesday, Nov. 10
Both houses were rather slow in
getting to work on Monday after tbo
adjournment from Friday afternoon
but good deal of routine business
was turned off during the dav An
unexpected development was the an
pearance of the Ross liquor hiiI
amending the present prohibitory law
as "favorably reported" from the mi,
nority of IL members of the Joint fem.
perance committee. This "favorablo
report" was reached by the majority
of 13 members declining to vote when
the question finally came up in com.
mittee. There are thus three linnor
bills before the legislature: the bigb.
| license-local-option bill of the major.
ity, the Battell bill, and the Ross bin
cutting out the Objectionable features
of the prohibitory law
Monday evening the judiciary com.
mittee of both houses gave a public
hearing in Representatives hall on the
/ bills to commute the death sentences
) of Charles Doherty and Frederick
/ Eastwood. Insanity was the main
| plea raised in both cases. The ont.
come was the offering in both houses
on Tuesday of a joint resolution pro.
/ viding for the appointment of q com.
mittee of two senators and three rem.
( resentatives to visit the state prison
! and examine DOherty and Eastwood
with reference to their sanity. The
/ resolution was adopted and Senators
! Greene and Mayo were appointed the
members of the committee on the part
| of the Senate. and Representatives
/ Fish, Conland and Peck, all physicians
on the part of the House.
Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Porter OF
Wilmington called up in the House the
bill for a valued policy insurance law.
and it was supported by him and BY
Mr.. Gale of Guilford, but the opposi.
ton was too strong and the bill was
killed by a large majority. Senator
Brownelrs bill providing for the cleo.
ton of town representatives by pu.
rality vote after the first ballot was
summary killed without discussion.
Mr.. Gale of Guilford called up the
House bill relating to the secrecy Of
the ballot, Offering an amendment
which was adopted, and the bill was
passed. The bill does away with the
square at head of ticket on official
ballot and places names of candidates
for town representative in same col.
umn. On Monday Mr.. Porter killed
the bill prohibiting the manufacture.
sale or giving away of cigarettes in
two-minute speech. showing that il
was absurd to impose a fine Of 800
for giving away a cigarette
On Tuesday the Senate discussed at
length the House bill changing the
open season on trout and repeating
the six-inch law. A strong attempt
| was made to strike out the repeal pro-
vision, but the bill was finally passed.
On Wednesday, however, the vote was
reconsidered. and the bill sent back to
the committee, which means that
another effort will be made to save the
six-inch provision.
The House passed Monday afternoon
the Senate bill to prevent corrupt
practices in elections. This bill spe-
cites for what purposes a candidate
may spend money and provides, as
amended, that no newspaper publisher
shall directly or indirectly receive or
accept money or other valuable thing
in payment or compensation for the
support or advocacy in such newspa
per or publication of the nomination
OF any person as candidate for public
Office in this state"
Among the bills killed by the House
are Senator Browns Original pack
age" liquor bill, the bill making road
commissioners subject to the direction
of the selectmen, increasing the town
highway tax to % cents. requiring
compulsory vaccination, forbidding the
employment of inexperienced motor
men on electric cars, and to prevent
the overcrowding of street cars On
Wednesday morning the House killed
the bill relating to the taxation of pub
lie water systems, after a fight against
1t by the representatives of the large
towns. The discussion was one OF the
iveliest of the session.
Among other bills passed by the
House is one incorporating the Brat
tleboro Manufacturing company, with
Charles H. Thompson, Charles S.
Clark, w. N. Thompson, f. W. Gibson,
and w. d. Stockwell as incorporates,
to manufacture and sell hosiery, knit
goods, garments. oyeralls and cloth
ing; Incorporating the Baptist church
of Nottingham; the. bill to prevent
double taxation by exempting money
loaned on real estate at four per cent.
interest or less to an amount equal
to the appraisal of the real estate;
exempting the polls of all veterans OF
the civil war; protecting the monu
ment and burial lot of William French
at Westminster.
The main feature of today's pro
ceedings has been the discussion OF
the much-veXed cattle commission Dill
in the House this morning, with the
final result that it was made special
order for $50 tomorrow morning. TINS
is the Senate bin known as the Rus
sell cattle commission bill. 1t was re-
ported favorably from the agricultural
committee Of the House by vote OF
to 7. Mr.. DunRlee of Vernon pre-
scented the minority report this morn
ing in favor of more effective provis-
ions to deal with the tuberculosis
question, The minority, he said rep
resented farmers in towns wnere
some 5000 head of cattle have been
tested, as against 1853 tested in towns
: represented by the majority report
Mr.. Dunklee's argument covered the
whole ground in a strong, intelligent
! way, and showed that the bill as re-
ported was incomplete, that 1t loon
necessary power from the commission,
and opened the way for the spread Vi
the disease instead of curtailing H.
The main argument in favor OF tne
; bill was made by Mr. Douglass OF VII,
liston, representing the farmers y.