The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-03
Women Suffrage Bill Killed
by House.
PLURALITY ELECTIONS
House ReviveS the Measure after
Once Killing lt-Pure Food
Bill Passed.

Montpelier, Nov. 3.-The House
spent an hour this morning debating
the woman suffrage bill and then re-
fused it a third reading by vote OF
80 to 81.
Another close vote this morning was
over the bill increasing the pay of
members. The bill was refused a
third reading yesterday and an at
tempt to reconsider was lost by a tie
vote rs to 10.
The House this morning adopted a
joint resolution providing for ad.
iournment from tomorrow afternoon
uutil next Wednesday, the day after
the national election.
The House reconsidered its action
killing the plurality elections bill and
ordered the bill to third reading.
The following committee has been
appointed to visit Bennington and in
vestigate the condition of the monu-
ment property owned by the state;
Representatives Graves of Bloomington,
Russell of Shoreham and Senator
Carpenter of Rutland. They are to
go there Monday.
The House refused to concur in the
senate's amendments to the auditor
bill making the vouchers open to pub
lie inspection.
The Senate today passed the House
bill providing for a fire drill in
schools and also the Campbell pure
food bill
The bill.appropriating 100000 for
Morrill, hall at the state agricultural
college is made special order in the
Senate tomorrow at go.
The House this afternoon debated
the weekly payment bill and the yeas
and nays being demanded, it was or
dered to.a third reading by vote of
I47 to So.
Mr. Graves OF Bennington inquired
If thelbill applied to municipal corpor-
atoms and Mr. Smith Of Rutland, the
author of the bill, replied that it did
not.
At the bearing on the weekly pay
ment bill representatives from both the
corporations and the laboring classes
were heard. An attorney for the Gen.
trail Vermont Railroad and also for
the Rutland was present. Employees
of the former road appeared and testi-
fed that they were utterly Indifferent
as to the passage of the bill, that they
were entirely satisfied with the system
now in force.
In favor of its passage large dele
cation of working men from Barre
were present and the argument put for
ward was that it is much cheaper to
live by paying spot cash than py cred
it of 30.days. There was much said
on both sides, the hearing lasting
three hours.
Although the committee having the
capitol punishment and the Mary
Rogers bill under consideration have
not made public any decision, it is
nnderstoodIthat they, at the present
time, are agreed to report both I'M
favorably whether any meeting will be
held before the bills are returned to
he House is not known but it is ex-
pected that they will report this week.
Montpelier, Nov 3:-Both houses
began their work an hour later than
usual yesterday afternoon in order
20 give the members an opportunity
20 witness the drill of the Norwich |
University cadets. The drill was held
IN front of the capitol and the
cadets were inspected by Gov Bell and
Adiutant General Gilmore.
In the Senate little business of gen.
eral Importance was transacted. The |
house bill relating to fire drills in |
school was favorably reported and |
ordered to a third reading. |
The representatives passed seven
pills relating to interpretations,
among them the Stamford Light, Heat