Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-13

Is in favor of the legality and cons titution.
atty of local option law. That is acts
depending upon acceptance or rejection
by the voters Of section of the State
Tint class of Legislation to-day is held
constitutional by the majority of courts
Of last resort in this country.
The Rev. ]. l.. Sewal spoke in favor o.
state control of the liquor traffic by the
dispensarv system as embodied in tn,
Battell oil. The ground of Mr.. Sewall'.
argument was that the Battell bill. Il
enacted into law and put In force vii
keep the saloon out of Vermont and tn,
work of drunkard making by the saloor
will be eliminated.
The Battell bill Is license bill and 2
local option bill without a saloon II
guarantees absolute purity Of liquors SOLD
by the State. The great hue and cry tina,
Vermont hotels cannot sell liquor Is met
and answered by this bill The Landlord
can furnish liquors to his guests withou,
running bar This bill also provides fol
absolute prohibition if town so votes. Ir
| closing Mr.. Sewal urged the committed
to make favorable report upon this bill
HEARING ON MILK TEST AND CAT.
TIE.
Montpelier. Nov. 6.-Prof J. L. Hills o,
Burlington and c. ]. Bell. secretary Of
the State board OF cattle commissioners
| appeared before the House committee or
| agriculture this evening.
| The former discussed the milk test anc
the latter spoke on the appraisal of tub.
| crculons cattle killed.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Before the Hon. Jonathan Ross left
Montpelier he submitted to several mem
bers of the Legislature a novel suggestion
which has received some consideration
although there is little probability Of its
| being adopted, both because Of the extra
| expense that would be incurred by q spe.
cial session of the Legislature and for
other reasons. Judge Ross proposes tina,
the Legislature clean up all the business
| in Its hands except the license bills be.
| fore Thanksgiving that Joint resolution
he passed authorizing the printing of al
| these license bills as a supplement to the
session laws and that these be furnished
to the newspapers and given wide public
| ity, thus giving the people OF the State
an opportunity to become familiar with
the provisions of all these bills. Judge
Ross then proposes that on the first day
| of February the people of Vermont vote
! on these several bills. and the one having
the largest number of votes to be present
ed at an adjourned session of the Legis-
lature to be held about the middle of Feb
ruary. In this way Judge Ross proposes
| to get around any question of the consti-
| tutionality OF a referendum and still give
| the people n chance to vote.
| The st. Louis exposition commissioners
will be in Montpelier Monday, Novem-
Der II, and will probably be given a hear
Ing before the Legislature. Senator Back
us of the special Senate committee be-
lieves that Vermont exhibitors who will
be benefited by the exposition should
bear a part of the expense of the erection
Of a Vermont building Senator Backus' =
plan Is to have the Vermont building If
one is constructed built from products of
the State. namely, marble granite and
slate He also plans to have in the build
ing busts of Vermonters and portraits of
illustrious sons of Vermont, past and pres
ent The plan calls for a building some
what after the administration building at
the Worlds fair in Chicago. The entrance
is to be of marble and granite, with the
lower half OF the front of the building a
portico supported by four or six granite
columns. If the Legislature looks favor
ably upon such a building Senator Backus
will visit the principal producers of mar
BILE, granite and slate in the State and
ask them to contribute towards the ma
terial needed In the construction of the
building.
More than 800 pupils from schools in
Mortified, Hinesburgh and Richmond
visited Montpelier on Thursday.