Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18
The Clement Men and Democrats
Help to Defeat This Reform
Measure.
BRILLIANT DISCUSSION
Republican Leaders Made Strong Ar
eumsnts for tho Measure 1t Three
O'Clock Saturday Morning-some
Quick Changes Made in Bill
Committing shaw's Sentence.

Montpelier, Dec. I4.-In litter strewn
halls the presiding officers of tho Senate
and House at eight o'clock Saturday
morning declared their respective houses
adjourned without day and the session
of the Legislature of 1902 was at an end.
shortly af1er four o'clock this morning
the final messages passed between the
two houses and the governor, and re-
cess was taken to 1855. The presiding Of
1icers performed the last duty of their Of
fees alone amid the ghosts OF departed
stirring days.
When the Free Press went to press Sat
urday morning the House was debating
the report Of the committee on confer
ence from the two houses on the disa gree
ing vote on the caucus law. Tho report
of this committee OF conference, which
was promptly adopted by the Senate made
only one essential change in the bill as
originally passed by the Senate. That
change provided that registration might
take place at any time during the year.
except within ~ hours Of the time eau
Gus was to be held, instead of In January
and February only, as provided for In
the original bill.
The debate in the House on the accept
ance of this report was one OF the best
Of the week, even if 1t was around the
hour Of three in the morning. AS will be
DR.. Peck of Brandon, Mr.. Ellis of Fair
Haven and Mr.. White of Woodstock. all
Clement men, were the only republicans
who opposed accepting the report Of the
conference committee The democrats, as
they did earlier in the night. stood solidly
against the bill. especially toward any
enrolment feature of it and they won out.
When the yea and nay vote was taken
at $40 a. M, on the acceptance OF the
report of the conference committee six
more than quorum voted the Jig was
I'D and the Legislature had to adjourn
without enacting any kind of a caucus
law. The aye and nay vote on the accept
ance Of the committees report was as
follows:
Ayes-Railey of Newbury. Battell,
Boies. Turns, Carpenter of Mddletown
Springs. Carpenter If Orange, Claim of
Rraintree, Clement, Connal, Corey Davis
of Burke Davis of Proctor Dart, Dewey
Dixon, Dunkley, Dutton, Eastman. Far
man. Harrington of Walden, Fish, Fisk,
Fletcher, Fowler. Gihliian, Hammond,
Heath. Hobart, Hoidrdge, Hyde of Ba-
kersfieId. JENNIE Kendall Of Norwich, kiner-
son. Ltchfield Mason, Madison OF Chcl-
sea, Mills, Morey, Morrill,, Newcomb, Par
ris, Patterson, Penber, Randall, Ranger,
Russell of Kirby, Seacer, Sessions,
Taylor of Winhall, Thomson of Land
grove, Vance. Vincent of burlington.
Ward, Wells Of Cabot. Wells of Water
bury, Wheeler Of Rockingham, Willard
Wiley. Total, 61
Nays-Adams. Allard. Allen of Chitten-
den, Aver. Ayers, Bailey of Groton, Barr.
Ratchelder. Benjamin, Blake, Bridges,
Briggs, Burke. Capson, Carver,
Child, Cortland. Conroy. Day,
Douglass, Dubuque. Dunsmore Dur
ick, Ellis of Fair Haven, Fitz-
patrick, Fuller, Gafield, Gale, Gallagher,
Graves Hastings. Hoisington. Hopkins,
Howe, Huntley, Hyde of Grand Isle, Jones
of nover, Jones of Pavlet, Needham Nor
throp. o Brien, Osgood, o Sullivan, Pape.
Parsons Peck, Perrin, Pierce, Pond, Pre-
BILE, Richardson Rider, Robins. Russell of
Rutland town, Sawyer, Smith Of North
field Smith of Wallingford, Sparrow,
Taylor of Windsor. Thomas OF Salisbury,
Thompson of Andover. Thurston, Tillotson,
Vincent of Orwell, Walker, White. Wood
of Georgia, Wood of Woodford. Total, 81
Absent and not voting-Abbey, Allen OF
Rrookhed, Bacon, Ball. Batten, Bebce
Billings, Blanchard, Bliss, Bowker, Brush
Bundy, Rurton, Butterfield. Clafin OF
Hancock, Clapp, Comstock, Covell, Gran
dali, Cushing. Cuthbertson, Daniels. Dean
Drew, Ducharme, Eaton, Eddy, Ellis Of
Pitts1eld. harrington Of Searsburg, Flynn
Follansby, Frost, Goodhue, Grady, Ora
ham, Hall Hammer, Harrington, Haynes
Hayward, Hoffman, Hollanbeck, Hood
Horton, Houghton, Hubbard, Hunt, Jones
of Halifax, Kelly. Kendall Of West Wind
renee, Lilley, Lincoln. Lunney. Lyon,
Martin OF Corinth. Martin of Montgom
cry. Marsh. Madison of Glastonbury, Nc
feeters McNall Meacham, Montgomery
Morehouse, Morrison, Nelson, Newton
Nugent, O'Mara, Palmer, Pearl, P1lsbury
Pinney. Place. Porter. Robinson Of Flet
cher, Robinson of Wardsboro, lockwood
Sheridan Sheldon, Shores, Smith of Add
son, Smith of Jericho, Smith of Sandgate
Soper Speaker, Stafford of Clarendon
Taylor of Sherburne Thomas Of Monkton
Thompson of Starksboro. 1'lley. Towner
Tudor of Somerset. Tudor of Stamford
Vail Vaughan. Waite. Warner. Water
man, Watson, West. Wheeler of Jama
ca, Wheeler Of Troy, Wheeler of Whit
inGham, Whitcomb. Whitehall, Wilder
Williams, Woodward.
The speeches Of Mr.. Bailey of Newbury
Mr.. Dart of Springfield. Mr.. Dixon OF
Hardwick and Mr.. Fletcher of Cavendisl
in favor OF accepting the report of thu
conference committee and thereby re
deeming the pledge of the Republican
party last June were splendid efforts ant
even at the wierd hour at which they
were delivered they held the closest at
tention OF every one present,
When the bill to commute the dealt
sentence of Frank Shaw, which had pass
ed both houses. had reached the governor
at two O'Clock this morning 1t was dis
covered by Governor Mccullough that 1
contained a fatal error which had safel,
run the gauntlet of committees, clerks
and presiding officers. The bill as draw
and passed gave Washington instead o
Windsor county as the place where Shaw
was tried The bill was recalled from tn
chief executive by the Senate that las
acted upon 1t, the vote passing 1t was re
considered, the correction was made, |
went back to the House for an accsptanc
of the proposal of amendment, and was II
the hands of the governor again and sign
ed, all within ten minutes For a specie
of lightning legislation this feature Is no