Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-10-20
SEN. PROCTOR
REELECTED.
SOLID REPUBLICAN VOTE GIVEN
THE REvERED LEADER.

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Democrats Ran John n. Senter--First
oratory OF the Session--6ounties
Must Go--6in to Regulate Barber
ing--Liability of Empioyers--Some
/ Bills Reported.
i The members OF both houses OF the Leg
/ islature did not return in large numbers
Monday and but little was done at the
afternoon session.
+ The leading feature was the intrOduc-
tion by Bullard, the Democratic represen-
/ tative OF Burlington, OF a bill providing
/ for the erection OF building al the Uni
/ yersity Of Vermont for the use Of the
+ agricultural department, to be known as
/ "Morrill Hall, In honor OF the late Sem
ator Morrill,, who was father OF the idea
/ OF federal grants to agricultural colleges.
i The appropriation named is s60000 Ii Is
/ expected the farmers in the assembly viii
/ take kindly to this scheme and that the
i Y. v. NJ. will get another handsome new
/ building.
Mr.. Fuller of Stamford wants the party
applying for marriage license required
/ to name the other party to the marriage
also.
Bentley OF Sandgate proposes that com
/ pound medicines shall bear label giving
/ the formula and percentage of each ingre-
dent on the outside Of the bottle. The
/ druggists view such a bill with disfavor.
/ The Senate passed Senator Lords bill
making has band and wife competent
witnesses, and the House Mr.. Darling's
/ bin giving persons hose lands are taken
i for school purposes the right Of appeal
4 from selectmen's findings 10 the county
court.
4 Tuesday was the day for preliminary
election OF United States senator Each
/ house votes separately first, then the vote
Of each is declared separately in joint
assembly.
The senate took up the matter at 2:O5.
Senator Fletcher OF Windsor made a neat
nominating speech for Senator Proctor;
seconded by Senators Carpenter OF Rut-
/ land, Lord of Washington, Prouty of
| Orleans, Slack Of Caledonia, lsham OF
Chittenden, Baldwin OF Orange and Law
renee OF Addison. There were only Proc
| tor votes in the Senate-30 in all.
The House at 2:3O began the election OF
senator senator Proctor was nominated
by Mr.. Fits OF Brattleboro in an incisive
way and seconded by Messrs. Downer of
Sharon, Graves OF Bennington, start OF
Bakersfield, Darling Of Chelsea, Lewis OF
Troy, Bailey OF Essex, Kicker Of ST. Johns
bury, Blanchard OF Newport, Dartt OF
Springfield, Waite OF Hyde Park, Shaw of
Marlboro and Walston Of Milton.
The Democrats in the House ran John
II. Senter. Mr.. Pape Of Barre nominating
him and Mr.. Durick Of Castleton second
ing.
When the roll was called, each member
arose and gave his choice. Redheld Proc
tor received the 205 Republican votes and
John II. Senter 81 Democratic votes.
The Senate ordered to third reading,
without a dissenting voice or a word OF
debate, the bill knocking out all the ami
NAL bounties; also ordered TO third read
ing the bill requiring nom resident deer
hunters to pay s15 license and that deer
must not be Killed having horns less than
three inches long. Similar action was
taken by the House on a similar bill, and
this is likely to be the only change in the
deer law. II developed in the Senate dis
cussion that the amount Of damage actu-
ally proven 10 have been done by deer
was s45, claimed from the Wheeler fund
OF 5000.
The first anti-trading stamp bill made
its appearance in the Senate Tuesday,
Simpson proposing that persons using the
device shall pay tax OF three per cent on
The gross sales represented by the stamps
and shall keep careful record thereof, the
tax to 60 to the town.
The House passed joint resolution pro-
viding for the printing Of the cattle com
MISSIONS report, which has been held up
for lack OF legal authority to have the
printing done.
A House bill prohibits marriage OF per-
sons under IL without order from court.
Smith, the Labor man from Rutland, put
in a comprehensive bill regulating the
liability OF employers to employees. IL
makes the former liable in case Of injury
when the employe has exercised due care,
etc, IN his work, and damages up to 1900
may be secured in case OF injury or up TO
5000 in case OF death.
A bill that caused considerable interest
and to Judge from comment heard, stands
a good show Of passage, is one that came
into the House providing for the creation
Of state board Of barber examiners who
are to supervise baTDering throughout
Vermont. Persons now engaged in bar
bering may continue by paying an annual
license fee of 3 for masters and = for
BARRIERS. but hereafter no person shall
barber who has not received a certificate
from the board, after due examination.
Shops must be run on strictly sanitary
principles, or the license may be revoked
One House oill makes a short cut TO the
solution OF the automobile question, hold
ing the owners responsible for the damage
resulting.