The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-11-28

ing, Mr.. Bailey moved to amend tn,
bill by substituting House bill 41S
(the minority billy. This was done
measures before the house for dis
cussion. On this motion, after ar
all day discussion, Mr.. Bailey de
manded yea and nay vote, the re
suit of which was yeas 14S, nays "a
Voting yes.
Mr.. Allen of Brookfie1d
d" Bailey of Newbury
" Carpenter of Orange
I" Claflin of Braintree
% Fuller of Vershire
8" Heath of Fair1ee
" Hood of Topsham
" Hayward of Tunbridge
d" Madison of Chelsea
''Newcomb of Thetford.
Voting No.
Mr.. Blanchard of Williamstown
90 Comstock of West Fairlee
:" Garfield of Bradford
g Martin of Corinth
" Morrill, of STAFFORD
Soper of Randolph.
Mr.. Bailey then moved that the
referendum of House bill No. 418
1.-THE minority billy be substituted
for the referendum of House bill
No. Az 1.-THE majority billy. On
this motion Mr.. Bailey demanded
the yeas and nays, saying that as
the referendum was the principal
point of difference in the two bills
contended for and had been thor
oughlY discussed he was willing to
submit the question without further
argument.
On this question the Orange
County members who are republi-
cans voted solid for the minority
referendum as follows;
Yes.
Mr.. Allen
L" Bailey
i" Carpenter
/" Clafiin
I" Fuller
I" Heath
d" Hayward
L" Hood
Z" Mattison
" Morrill,
" Newcomb
The democratic and high license
members voting no as follows:
Mr.. Blanchard of Williamstown
g Comstock of West Fairlee
g Garfield of Bradford
Sc Martin of Corinth
90 Soper of Randolph.
The result of this vote was yeas
127, nays 101, a substantial gain
over the previous vote but lost by
majority of %. This referendum
contention is best explained by
quoting the plank in the republican
platform adopted in Convention
June 10 last.
Resolved: That the Republican
Party of Vermont adheres to its
long cherished belief that unrestrict-
ed traffic in Intoxicating liquor is a
public evil, and that material mod
ification of existing law on that
subject should be made only after
thorough discussion and mature de-
Liberation of the people, and we re-
quest the State Legislature at its
next session to make provision for
ascertaining the will of the people |
by direct vote upon the acceptance
or rejection of license and local |
option law regulating the sale of in
toxicating liquors and further pro-
viding that upon popular vote in |
favor of such law, duly ascertain
ed, the same shall become a statute |
law of the State in force"
In compliance with the above the
minority bill No. 418, in Sections 49,
-50-51, provided for a referendum
which is in substance. The ques-
tion of adoption of the law to be
voted, on March meeting day, if a
majority of all the votes in the state
were yes, the law to come into effect
on the third Tuesday of the same
month If a majority of all the
votes were no then the law to be
null and void.
1t will be remembered that after
the above resolution had been voted
on in full convention including the
local option delegates, followers of
Mr.. Clement and no dissenting votes,
that portion of the delegates, fol-
lowers of Mr.. Clement, bolted, and
on July 10 held at Burlington a Lo- ,
cal Option High License Convention
at which Mr.. Clement was placed in .
1omioation for governor. The liq-
uor plank in the platform adopted .
was as follows: :
"We demand that the next Legis- g
ature pass a high license local-op- c
ion law, and that the same be sub Z
nitted to the voters of Vermont to 1
become effective only when a major
ty of the voters of the State have E
ignified their approval in the same f
manner as the prohibitory law be- Il
anne effective so years ago. And +
n the event of such a law being e
ubmitted to the people we urge all Il
overs of Vermont to support it at e
he polls. .,
In pursuance of this plank the f.
majority bill No. AZ, in sections n
MIN and 100. contained a referen- r,