Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-06
BARRE CITY
CHARTER
Passed The House. Great Speech
Made By Pape Of Barre
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Montpelier, Dsc. 6. - The Barre
City Charter bill has passed the House
ana all that is now necessary to make
1t law is the Governors signature.
1t passed this morning unanimously
after certain amendments had been
made. These amendments while de-
trimental to the city tt a certain ex-
tent will not really be Of any great
Importance.
The greatest speech of the whole
session in either house was made late
yesterday afternoon by Mr.. Fape OF
Barre, and every body is talking about
1t. Men who knew nothing about the
merits Of the bill and who were out
side the hall were attracted back to
listen and out OF admiration for the
speaker came down to their seats and
voted for bis cause
Barre has reason to be proud of her
youthful representative who has gain.
ed the most enviable reputation for
honor and ability Of any man in the
Legislature.
toth houses have vote1 to have the
final adjournment at eight o'clock
Friday morning, December 18th. A
motion was made this morning to re-
consider the vote but the mo ION was
lost. The Senate adjour ed yesterday
afternoon until 2 O'Clock Monday.
The Barre City Charter bill was TAX
er up this morning in the House on
motion of Mr.. Bailey Of Newbury,
read the third time by title only, and
was passed by unanimous vote.
The most interesting event Of the
forenoon occurred when Mr.. O'Sullivan
of St. Albans rose to a question of
privilege and referred to an editorial
in the Free Press of this morning
which casts BY inference at least sus.
picion on members of the committee |
on temperance especially the sub com
mittee limiting that the revision re-
lating to prohibition of saloons sell.
ing liquor within 400 feet of a church
or school,
He said IN tt e first place the state
ment in the Free Press is false and he
entered most indignant protest aga.
inst such com ent. He said that the
provision was in the bill when the bill
went to the main committee from the
sub committee and likewise when it
went from the main committee to the
House nd Senate.
The bill as printed for the Senate
had the provision in all right but the
printer OF the House bills omitted a
lew lines by mistake a1d was compel.
ed to insert the same by typewritten
il D though the error was discovered
in season to move moSJ of those bills
prip ted correctly. Mr.. O'Sullivan de-
nounced the action Of the Free Press
editor as most unbecoming and des.
pic able.
Il. 25S, amending Montpelier city !
charter relating to the regulation Of
saloons, victualling houses, etc,
passed.
The hoy Sc shortly before 10 O'Clock
refused to adjourn over from then un-
I'll Mopday at 2 p. m. and will work
this aftrnoon and Monoay forenoon.
S. So, amendiSg the Barre city
charter: favorably repor,e1, with pro-
posals of anne odment by the committee. I
Mr.. Pape OF Barre city made strong
plea for fairness and justice at the
hands of the Legislature, for the city
he represented in its effort to secure
water supply, for industrial and other
pu, poses. He denounced the lobbying
tactics of the opposition to the bil,
ond insisted that the words LAND sucn
uses are he eby declared to to public"
sh uld not be striken out at the sug.
pestloa OF the Committee. he based
Ris arguments on the lines Of human.
Ity, and pleaded that no legi ,lation be
indulged In that would interfere with
Barre's growth.
Mr.. Bailey of Newbury spoke in be-
half of these Orange county towns,
WilliamstOwn and /
orange, In each Of which there was
water supply in the direction of Barre
whi N seeks TO benefit by this supply.
He rec mmended the entire section 10
(secti 52) unconstitutional
and un worthy of place on the stat.
nte hook. He maintained that the
industrial use OF water is not public
nse. TO claim otherwise was almost an
on our intelligence. He
honed the amendment would be adop.
ted.
Mr.. Clapp Of Barre town alluded to
certain changes that had been made