The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-02


gie another person WAS chosen on a
smaller total vote and by much small
Ter vote cast for him He believed the
change would be beneficial to the sinai
Ter towns especially.
Dir. Pape OF Barre city deprecated the
introduction of party questions and the
Iarraying Of small towns against the
larger ones He presented this bin on
its merits
Mr. Hilliard oi Cabot said that under
1.-THE conditions governing voting Ia bis
town, it would favor plurality
Mr.. Taft OF Waltham, from the small
lest town in Addison county, favored
the bill
Air. Kicker OF ST. Johnsbury believed
Ior the plurality method
A yea and nay vote, demanded by
Nh. Parsons Of Fletcher resulted Yeas,
1885 nays, 1876.
New Measures Before House
In the last assortment Of bills in The
House, the following may be noted Is
important;
BY AR Granger Of WilIiamstown,
lamending Sec s2 ". 81, relating to
leaucuses. An caucuses to be held at
time and fixing the time thereof; bv
iaame, for protection of horses relates
TO prevention and handling Of glanders
fine for exposing affected horses so as
to spread the disease bH same. amending
statute relating to deduction for debts
owing. No deduction for debts owing
outside the state. BY Mr.. Pape Of Barre
8city, enlarging powers of state highway
commissioners, puts him on salary, and
requires towns to make a contribution
lof 25 per cent toward the care of high
ways IN addition 10 what the state now
puts in; by Mr.. Aitken OF Woodstock.
giving cattle commissioners power TO
lprohibit the importation OF cattle sns
lpected Of being unfit; making value 81
lanimals killed By the commission the
Iactual selling value of animal when ex-
lamination IS made. BY Mr. Fisher OF
Addison, making holders Of liquor IL
leense ineligible for office where the
school management is concerned; by Mr..
Newcomb Of Waitsfeld. making last
three DAYS on October open season for
deer; BY Mr. Bailey OF Essex. relating
4 to disposition OF license fees: divides
| half and half between town and state:
/ by MI Waite Of Hyde Park, to regulate
double tHxation; exempts money loaned
lat 4la per cent on mortgage. BY Mr.
Kicker Of st, Johnsbury amending Sec
449 AZ. s. relative to pardonnig OF pris-
oners. Before issuing pardon, governor
shall give a hearing, OF appoint a com.
missioner who shall hear same and re
lport to him. The states attorney shall
be notified. BY Mr.. Dartt Of Springfield
relating to state camp ground in Col
chester. Provides for sale Of same and
holding proceeds for five years to pur
hcase another ground
New Bills in the Senate.
Of the 90 bills introduced IN the sen
ate the following are Of Importance.
BY Senator DiclSey Of Orange, BY re
quest, giving fire district No. i, in town
Eof Barre, certain additional powers. By
Sen. Rowland Of Rutland, changing name
lof Troy Conference Academy to Poult
lneY Seminary. by Sen. Lawrence Of
Addison relating TO court of claims
makes the Judges elective bv general
assembly and extends its powers; pro-
vides IN detail for the disposition of
business IN the court; auditor of ac-
counts not to he a member of the court
bnt shall appear at hearings on behalf
of the state. by same, appropriatiag
money to pay claims allowed BY court
Of claims to date BY Sen. buxton Of
Rutland, relating to Office Of auditor
OF accounts. Salary of deputy auditor
TO be $500 Clerical assistance not to
exceed $1,000 to be permitted. BY Sen.
Simpson Of Caledonia BY request, re
lating TO trustee process makes the
limit s5 instead q $40.
Hearing on Mrs. Rogers Case
Representatives hall was crowded To
the doors last night when the judiciary
committee from the Senate and House
gave public hearing on the bills to
abolish capital punishment and to conn
mute to life imprisonment, the death
sentence Of Mrs. Mary NJ. Rogers. Sen
ator Lord and Representative Fits,
chairmef OF the judiciary committees
ii the two houses, presided. The bill
to commute the sentence Of Mrs Rogers
Remington, leading counsel for Mrs
Rogers, pleaded for communication on the
broad ground Of charity that Mrs. Rog
efs was d woman born in poverty and
bred ia ignorance and is moral and
mental Degenerate. He rehearsed the
story If I'll crime and of the trial and
argued that it wonld be crime for tho
state Of Vermont to take her life IN
satisfaction Of the life she took
o. Nc Barber, who assisted the states
lattorney at the trial, represented the
state at this hearing. Mr.. Barber said
il the legislature decides To abolish cap-
ital punishment that Is another question
but If not there is no reason why this
woman should not suffer the extreme
penalty OF the law.
At the conclusion Of this hearing the
committee took up the bills abolishing
capital punishment States Attorney
IJ II. Senter favored the bill character
izing capital punishment as barbarous
and relic Of the dark ages.
The Rev. II. Hall Long Of Bethel op
posed the bills and advocated keeping
the death penalty on the statute books,
Life imprisonment is 4 farce, the com
mittee knows 1t and Jurors and attor
neys know it. The pardon Of J. Sher
man Carswell by Governor Mccullough
was cited in confirmation of this. Cars
well was sentenced TO life imprisonment
for the murder Of George Gould in East
Montpelier about 20 years ago.
Mr.. lIapgood Of Peru favored the bills
under discussion.