The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-15
House Discusses Bill to Do
Away With 1t.
BILL KILLED, l49 TO so
Legislature Win Adjourn Over Next
week-City Charter Bill
Killed-BilIs
Passed.


Montpelier, Nov. 15.-Nearly all the
time OF the legislature was taken up
today with the consideration of the bill
to abolish the death penalty and to
substitute therefore life imprisonment.
The House debated the bill and the
Senate adjourned to listen to the debate.
The House was crowded as it hasn't
been before and the speeches were the
best that have been heard this session.
The House debated the measure all the
forenoon without action and resumed
the debate again at the afternoon ses-
sion.
After several bills had ben laid away
and three or four adopted, the commit
tee on judiciary unanimously reported
amendments to the bin ab0ishing the
death penalty, cutting ont sections 2,
.S, 4, 8 and 9, leaving only section /
TO the bill, which reads "a person
convicted Of murder in the first degree
or 81 any crime now punishable by
death, shall be punished by imprison.
ment in the state prison Tor life" This
amendment was adopted and another
section added to the bill which authorizes
the secretary OF state to notify the
superintendent Of the state prison. This
was adopted and a majority reported
the bill fayorably as amended, Repre-
sentative Fits Of Brattleboro, and chair
man Of the judiciary committee heading
the minority which opposed favorable
report.
The debate Oh the bin came on the
question Of ordering it to third read
ing, Iiapgood Of Peru leading off in ops
position 10 the bin. Bnllard of Bur
llington favored the bin and in his re-
lmarks made the assertion that the cler
gy were in favor Of capital punishment,
which later in the debate led Fr. O'Sui-
livan to take the speaker to task He
defed Mr. Bullard TO prove the asser-
ton
Mr. Buiiard said he didn't intend "a
include the clergy as class when be
gsAia they favored capital punishment.
Mr. 0'Suliyan then turned about and
spoke in favor Of tho bill.
Rev Mr.. Hiliiard, representative from
Cabot opposed the measure, while Darl-
ing Of Chelsea favored it. Mr. Grout
Opposed and Fits Of Brattleboro OPP
posed The latter made very strong
speech in opposition to the measure,
lquoting statistics in support Of his ar
lguments.
The House was growing uneasy and
Campbell of Bellows Falls moved that
debate cease. While this was being dis
eussed Waite Of Hyde Park moved 70 adj
iourn and it was so voted.
After discussion the bin this afternoon
was killed BY vote Of 149 to 80.
The House this forenoon killed House
bill 210, relating to highway taxes; 211,
Irelating to money paid out by road
40, Mr.. Pape's bill to
improve the public roads and establish
"a Vermont highway commissioner, and
421, the general city charter bill, on
which the Barre city council set its
ldisapproval yesterday.
The House passed House bill 32s
to incorporate the Lake Morey Tele-
phone and Telegraph CO.; BOG, relating
To billiard, pool and bowling alleys
I419, which prohibits any one connected
with the liquor traffic from holding the
Office Of school director or school super.
intendent; asa, authorizing the Yer
gennes school district to issue notes ia
refund debt; 4s2, to enable the town 81
Jamaica to refund Indebtedness; aud
463, an act to create town clerks
seal
The House Works Hard.
TIE House passed eighteen bills dur
ing its long session yesterday afternoon
among which were these, authorizing the
Northfeld graded school district to IS.
sue bonds for new high school build
ing, the same to Whiteomb high school
Of Bethel, amending the Montpelier city
charter regarding filing Of certificates
Of nominations and the posting OF tax
bills, amending charter Of the Howe
Scale company of Rutland, incorporating
the Union Telephone company to operate
in sections Of Washington, Caledonia and
Lamoille counties and Greensboro in Or
leans county, changing name of Troy
Conference Academy to The pOultney
Seminary, amending the law relating To
quadrennial appraisals, introduced BY
Mr.. pape Of Barre city (giye listers in
towns over 5000, more time), requiring
Officers Of towns to furnish hiennially
to the auditor d statement Of fees for
benefit of state, prohibiting use Of fences
and bridges, etc, for advertising pur-
poses, amending the statutes relating to
lrefunding municipal indebtedness Clowns
may regulate such rerundingl.
An Attorney General Bill Killed.
The House killed the bill providing
for the Office of attorney general and
making the officer nppointive by the
Supreme Court. There IS another bill
before the legislature which provides for
the election Of the attorney general by
the legislature. The House also killed
the bill Of Mr. Morse of Randolph ato
equalize taxations and Senator Lords
bin relating to divorce. The tuberculo.
sis commission bill was amended by the
House making the outlay per year oi
the members not to exceed $4,000 in
stead Of $4,000.
With the Senators.
The Senate, too, did fair amount Of
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