The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-16
ONE HOPE
NOW GONE
Mrs Rogers Must Now Rely
on Communication
SUPT CAKES UNDER FIRE.
Committee investigating Expense
Of the State Prison at
Windsor
SUPT CAKES UNDER FIRE

| M ontpeller, Nov l6:-After debate
lasting an hour and half in the
morning and nearly an hour in the
afternoon, the House Yesterday re-
fused to order the third reading of the
bill abolishing capital punishment.
The yeas and nays being called for the
result was yes SO no 1853.
The members from Bennington
county voted as follows: yes, Mesers
Archibald, Hapgood, Leisure, Potter,
Randall, Rooney, Williams; no, Can
field, Farrar, Fuller, Harrington.
Graves, Johnson, Mattison, Wall,
Woodward, Bentley,
The question was taken up at 1920
as a special order. The fact that the
subject was to be discussed at this
time caused the gallery and the spec
tators' seats on the floor to be filled
with anxious people, the majority of
whom were women.
Representative favored or opposed
the bill in elee ant speeches and flow
OF oratory which is seldom heard.
Those speaking in its favor were
Messrs Billiard of Burlington. Hap
good of Peru, Darling of Chelsea,
O'Sullivan of St Adams, Archibald
of Manchester, and Blanchard Of New.
port. Against it were; billiard of
Cabot, Grant of Derby, Fits of Brat
tleboro, Proctor OF Proctor, Miles of
Barton, O'Brien of South Burlington
Before the bill was discussed it was
amended by the committee striking
out those sections which provided for
a secret burial when the murderer dies
and other gruesome features and there
was substituted provision for the noti-
fication of the superintendent of the
prison etc.
The senate in the morning held a
short session simply doing routine
business and adjourning to hear House
debate.
Nor was the life imprisonment quest
ion the only important one settled by
the house yesterday. 1t killed the SEN
ate bill creating the office of attorney
general by refusing the third reading
after its being reported favorably by |
the committee. The vote was 80 to 50.
The Senators during the afternoon
session unanimously adopted the joint |
resolution relating to adjournment |
from Friday until the Tuesday after
Thanksgiving.
Many House bills were reported |
favorably and ordered to third read
ing. One defining and furnishing kid
mapping one relating to the preserva-
ton OF forests.
Among the Senate bills ordered to a
third reading were: giving candidates
option as to having their names APP
pear as candidate of more than one
party; one to encourage planting and
forests.
In each House the bill relating to a
general charter for cities in Vermont
was killed being reported adversely
after the hearing the previous evening.
In the House Mr. Graves of Ben
nington in the afternoon presented the
report of the special committee to in
vestigate the Bennington Battle monu-
ment property and presented a bill
from the committee appropriating So, 500
for ianitor's house when 81, 500 addit-
iosal has been raised by subscrip ton
and also $500 for repairs to the monu-
ment and for lighting when $3.50 has
been subscribed.
The Lowell-Albany controversy &C.
,upied considerable time in the House.
This bill annexing part of the town
Of Lowell to the town of Albany was
ordered to third reading few days
ago by the Speaker casting the decid-
ing vote and considerable interest has
Devu taken in the measure. The prin-
,ipal argument against it was the APP
parent unfairness. The yeas and nays
we're demanded on its passage which
resulted in yes 81 no l46.
The measure establishing a rule for l
a. 1o.re 1