The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-15

schools.
In the Senate resolution present
ed by Senator Fish was adopted /:
Whereas, Our chaplain, the Rev.
Marcellus W. Farman, by his great
personal worth and by the example Of
his cheerfulness and fortitude, as we'll
as by his touching eloquence in lead
ing our devotions has endeared him
self to US, not only as body, but 10
every member personally; therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, that we
hereby express to Mr.. Farman our
love ard appreciation with the as
surance that his influence has been to
us helpful inspiration in the per-
formance of every duty-an influence
which we trust may not end with our
labors here but which we may carry
through life.
The joint resolution providing for
commission to examine into the
sanity of Mary Rogers, which passed
the House in the afternoon with no
opposition, was killed by the Senate
in the evening. The resolution pro,
vided that the commission should re-
port to the Governor and if anything
was found wrong with her mental
condition the Governor should grant
reprieve until after the meeting of
the Legislature in 1906 By the
killing of this resolution all chance
of delaying the execution of Mary
Rogers in February are gone.
The Senate rolled number of
minor bills through the wringer and
took the hours recess with the House
about H. 30, later going into executive
session as above stated and getting
back to the grind.
The automobile bill of the mid
night rum was killed long ago but
the Campbell automobile bill ran
through the House with the Senate
amendments long after midnight.
The bill, as amended, strikes out the
section altogether which gives the
selectmen of town the option to
prohibit machines from running on
its roads. 1t also kills the amend
ment made in the House before the
bill went to the Senate providing
that an automobile must stop within
seventy feet of a team and remain
still until signalled by the driver to
go on, In place of this the bill, as
passed, provides that all possible pre-
canton be taken by the driver of an
automobile when meeting team to
avoid frightening the horse. When
signalled by the driver of team to
stop the auto must be brought to q
standstill until the team passes.
At the eleventh hour, which was
between and O'Clock in the morn
ing, the Senate took up House bill 104,
election of Representatives by plural
ity, which had been recalled. The
bill passed the House some time ago
providing for election by plurality on
the third ballot. The senate voted
to amend making election by plurality
on the first ballot. 1t passed that
body in this form and was sent back
to the House about 40 O'Clock this
morning. Several Senators were in
the House when the bill was sent
back. Mr.. Chedel of Stockbridge
said the bill as sent back was the
same as that which had been rejected
by the House twice and he hoped the
House would not concur in the amend
ment. Mr.. Billiard said he considered
ii an imposition for the Senate to send
the bill back in this form when many
of the members of the House were
gone. And then the Senators come
into lobby it through, " he said, The
House voted the amendment down by
a large vote.
Resolution, by Mr.. O'Sullivan of
ST. Adams city, about 5 o'clock,
notifying the Senate that the House
has completed the business of the
session and is ready to adjourn with
out date was adopted.
The Governor having notified the
House that he had no further COM
munication to make, on motion of Mr..
Start of Bakersfield, a recess was
taken Mt 5.05 a. N. till LOO
At O'Clock the president of the
Senate and the speaker of the House
declared their respective Houses ad-
| iourned without date.
Among the important measures
passed upon by the session of 1904
were: The investigation of the State
institutions and the revelation there
from, the creation of office of attorney
general and election of @. @. Fits to
that office. the caucus bill, the revi
sion of the license local option law.
the automobile bill, the repeal of
bounties on noxious animals, the
provision for non resident deer hunt
ers to pay for license, consolidation
of fish legislation into one bill, the
creation of board of osteopashic ex-
aminers, the consolidation of three