Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-03-19

The house passed the senate bill in
creasng the annual appropriation FOR the
militia from $4,000 to SO 900; apprO-
| priated $4,000 for special purposes at the
at the state industrial school; voted to
| ply Horace S. Cummings 1900 in set
item mt of his claim previously referred
to in this correspondence; prohibited
state officers from running the state into
debt; shortened the open season on deer
to the months of October and November,
and voted to require nOn-reSidentS to
take out licenses before hunting deer.
The senate on its part passed Mr. Rem
lch's bill for the publication beginning
next session of daily journal of the
senate and house, gave the Soldiers
Home $4,000 for the improvement of it's
water supply; and on Thursday took the
last junketing trip of the season, visiting
the United States fish hatchery at
Nashua.
Much to the disappointment of a
crowded gallery the consideration of the
liquor law situation was not begun in
the house this afternoon, the matter go
ing over until Wednesday morning at II
as special order. This was made nee
eSSary by the long debate on the con-
snmptives' sanatorium bill, which pushed
the regular order up to 5 o'clock in the
afternoon.
I'll e only move on the liquor chess
board of which the public today are
cognizant took the form of democratic
caucus. This resulted in disagreement,
some of those present refusing to be
bound by the Hollis program of opposi-
ton to everything except strict demo-
cratic bill, drawn and introduced by
representatives of that party.
On the question of passing the sanato-
rum bill over the governors veto 1913
members of the house voted yes this
afternoon and 156 voted no. Less than
two-thirds voting in the affirmative the
bill failed of passage. The preliminary
discussion leading up to this vote was
long and for the most part dull, though
there were bright spots in it.
The bill was defended and the veto
condemned by Bell of Woodstock, Gould
of Plymouth, Mitchell and Buckley of
Lancaster, Lennon of Stratford, GoSS of
Berlin, Howe of Hanover and Remich of
Littleton; while the governors support
ers, in speech, numbered Donahue of
Manchester, Phillips of Franklin, Fox of
NARROW, Hoyt of Sandwich, Severance of
Exeter, Whitcher of Haverhill, White
more of Dover, Edgerly Of Tuftonbo-
rough and Smith of Peterborough. Let
tiers from Bishops Bradley and Niles were
read by Father Lennon in support of the
bill.
Outside of this long debate there was
but one brief breeze in the house, over a
bill prohibiting ice fishing throughout
the state except on certain specified
waters. No one stood up to speak
against the measure and Gould of Leba-
non and Witcher of HaverhiIl supported
it but it was refused passage 12S to Sc.
The bill in relation to taxation of saw
ings banks was made special order for
next week week Wednesday, showing
that all hopes of final adjournment that
week have been abandoned.
The senate on its part killed the house
bill establishing state forestry nursery
and hung up the Horace S. Cummings
claim.
The house passed quite number of
bills including acts defining the duties of
the state treasul er in relation to the pub