Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14
"Wednesday. Nov. u.

This was a day of small things,
though the Senate passed one import
ant measure, the Russell cattle COM
mission bill, after a debate which
lasted all yesterday afternoons ses-
sion and part of this mornings. An
amendment, adopted yesterday, that
the appointment of the commission
should be by the approval Of the
Senate. was stricken out TODAY The
bill as passed provides for the pay
ment OF so per cent. of the value
of tuberculous cattle killed. with $50
as the limit of value of any one ami
NAL.
In the House a joint resolution of,
fered by Mr.. Dart of Springfield was
adopted, authorizing the governor to
procure and place in the House lobby
a bronze medallion and tablet in men,
DRY OF Brevet Major General George
]. Stannard, commander OF the Second
Vermont Brigade. A resolution was
offered by Mr.. Bailey of Newbury and
adopted, providing appointment Of a
special Joint committee of five senat-
ors and nine representatives to whom
shall be referred all bills relating to
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
A debate came IN in the House this
forenoon on the third reading of the
bill of Mr.. Goodhue of Westminster
relating to the distribution of the
state school tax, whether $4,000 be
taken from the school fund and be
distributed among the small towns.
Mr.. Goodhue for the committee. ex-
planned the bill as intended to operate
to the benefit of the towns generally.
Mr.. White of Woodstock moved an
amendment requiring towns to raise
at least so cents on a dollar for school
tax. After extended discussion Mr..
Whites amendment was agreed to,
and the third reading of the bill was
ordered.
A scrappy debate resulted in the
House this afternoon between the
large towns and the small towns over
the increase of the state highway tax
from five TO ten cents and the ap-
portionment of such tax according to
respective grand lists. The small
bill by a big vote. Among the ad-
vocates of the bill were Bridges of
Athens, Newton of Reading, Gale of
Guilford McFeeters of Enosburg,
and Bailey of Newbury, who said. in
that Windham county received more
from the state tax than it paid.
Those speaking in opposition to the
bill were all representatives of the
cities or large towns. The statement
was made in the debate by the friends
of the bill that II the bill passed the
bills asking aid for individual towns
would not be reported favcrably. AS
it happened the next bill called up
was to grant relief to Andover by
appropriating $1,000. It was unfortu-
nate for Andover, for the House, mind
full of the previous statement. inn
mediately killed the bill.
The Adams public instruction bill,
ordered for third reading today af-
ter yesterdays discussion, was order
ed to lie when taken up this morn
ing, McFeeters of Enosburg urging
that State Superintendent of Educa.
tion w. e. Ranger was opposed to
the passage of the bill at this time.
In reply to a joint resolution In
curing about the increase in militia
expenses, Adiutant General Gilmore
submits a comparative statement
showing that the expenses have de-
creased over $500 the past two years
compared with the two years proceed
ing the Spanish-American war
A public hearing before the judici-
airy committee was held in Represen.
tatives hall Tuesday evening on the
question of committing the sentences
OF the three murderers, Doherty,