The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-28
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dcrcd to third reading by seant mar
gin, the friends of the measure expected
heavy opposition ON the passage. They,
therefore, marshaled all their forces and,
aided by the farmers whose patriotism
was appealed to, carried the day By a
big ma iority OF 40 to 54
The measure afforded the best debate
of the ses sion thus far, and the lobby,
gallery and every available seat were
packed with visitors to hear the discus
sion which was opened by the introduc
tion Of tho bill Mr. Bnllard Of Burling-
ton made a long plea in support Of the
measure, denying that ii was in the in
terest of Burlington
In 1890 the state voted to accept the
conditions Of the act of Congress III
1862, which prohibited the use Of the
national appropriation for construction
purposes. Senator Morrill, had confidence
that the people would later take care OF
the erection Of building. The number
of the college students has grown rap
idly. and many are turned away. The
time has come for building q suitable
structure for agricultural students We
are here today simply asking for this.
II we are not willing TO do this let rs
turn the national appropriation over 70
some other state who will provide a
building Vermont is the only state that
has not done this thing. The speaker
touched on the beauty Of such memo
rial to a man who has done SO much for
the state. One direct tax of three per
cent would pay this appropriation. Only
a..
government S240,O 600 Let MS use from
that to build this memorial for our Sen
ator. lie predicted that the agricultural
department would soon be the largest
at the university, and emphasized the
fact that the institution is free
Other supporters of the bill were Mr..
Aiken of Woodstock, who is secretary
of the state board Of agriculture, Mr..
Archibald Of Manchester. Mr.. SheTburne
of Pomfret, Mr. billiard of Cabot, Mr..
Eddy Of Stove, Mr. Davis Of Glover,
Nj. 0'Brien Of South Burlington, Mr..
Lewis of Troy, Mr. Morse Of Randolph,
Mr.. circuit Of Derby Mr.. Smith 81 Rut
land city.
The only opponents We're Mr.. 0Sulh-
van Of st. Adams city. Mr. start of
Bakersfield, and Mr. Dtmich 81 Castle
ton, while AIR Campbell put in an IN
terrogation and Mr.. Hapgood Of Peru
tried to.
Mr.. 0'Sulliyan called for yea and
nay vote, which resulted, as above stat
ed, in passing the measure by heavy
vote.
Minor Bills introduced
Among bills introduced yesterday ali
ternoon were the following; BY Mr.. Hill
lizard Of Cabot amending the charter Of
Cabot village; BY same, Incorporating
Winooski Lodge, l. o. G. r., Of Cabot;
by Mr.. Aiken of Westmore, providing
for semi monthly payment Of wages by
corporations; BY Mr.. Pape of Barre city,
to pay +. NJ. Andreanni $50 for services
as Interpreter; by MIR. MeGinn OF Fair
field, to equalize taxation, money loaned
at not more than Az per cent. on mort
gage shall be exempt; by Mr.. Newton
OF Reading, requiring fish and game com
lhissioners, on petition OF land owners,
to close streams: by Mr.. O'Brien Of So.
Burlington, amending and repeating sec
tions relating to catching trout, making
close season from August to May; by
the same relating TO teachers certificates
III person who has been given five two-
wear certificates and has taught 100
weeks to be entitled to one five year
certificate without further examination