Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-11-19

business was taken care of in the
senate.
On Tuesday everything took back
seat for capital punishment and not
only were the members seats filed
but every available seat and all the
standing room was filed with an
eager and excited throDg wondering
what the verdict would be. A full
account of this hearing will be found
Immediately following this article.
A large amount of routine and I'M
important business was transacted in
both houses but nothing of state
Importance
On Wednesday an exceptionally
large amount of business was trans
acted, The house passing II bEils in a
bunch and killing seven at one swoop.
The bill prohibiting expectorating in
puolic buildings and on the sidewalks
was passed. The senate had a strag-
gle wiih the cattle commission bill
and left it till Thursday to act upon.
A resolution of sympathy was intro
duced in the house for Brad n. Chase.
doorkeeper, of Troy, on the death Of
his grandson.
On Thursday one of the busiest and
most effective sessions of this term
took place and hard, steady work
disposed of many bills permanently.
An important bin was introduced in
the senate providing for reorganiza-
ton of the auditors office. The
Jamestown exposition bill was left for
special order to- morrow morning.
Other important work Thursday was
reconsideration Of the bill regard
ing a state fair. The reorganization
OF the court bill will be takea, up to-
morrow by special order.
Friday forenoon was an important
session and lot of WORK was disposed
of. Three men were named as. a com
mission Co investigate state iastitu-
tions, the bill establishing a state
highway commission passed. with
hardly dissenting vote, and the bill
increasing corporation taxes was also
passed. The afternoon session was
short and adjournment was taken till
Monday afternoon.
Capital Punishment Stays
By a y a and nay vote OF lao, to 70.
the house Wednesday afternoon re-
fused third reading to the DILL ahol-
ishing capital punishment. The de-
bate on this bill, which lasted more
than three hours, was the event of
the day in the legislature and the
floor and galleries OF the house were
packed with an interested audience,
hundreds of whom were ladies'. The
senate adjourned early to hear the
debate. Those who favored the bill
and made strong pleas in it's behalf
were Mr.. Hulburd of Hyde Park, Mr..
Darling of Chelsea, Mr.. Jackman of
Barre city, Mr.. Senter of Montpelier,
Mr.. Finn oil Springfield, Mr.. Bole of
Coventry, Mr.. Shaw of Marlboro,
Mr.. Archibald of Manchester.
Convincing arguments against the
bill were made by Mr.. Brown of Pow
nal, Mr.. Griffith of Poultney, Mr..
Hamlin of Cornwall, Mr.. Kicker of
Groton, Mr.. Chase of Greensboro.
and Mr.. Cameron of Proctor. For
lofty flights of eloquence Mr.. HUI
burd eaiiy excelled, but no more
convincing argument on either side
was made than that of Mr.. Brown of
Pownal. He gave such positive evil
dence of the faith that was in him
that he must have clinched MANY
waveriug votes
Mr.. Hulburd said in part: that Yer
mont had progressed to point where
she might go out of the killing bust
ness. He would oppose capital pun
ishment until convinced that human
Judgment is infallible. Crime is Of
ten disease. He made a dramatic
reference to Ed. Hayden of Orleans
county, who in the very moment of
reform was strangled by the fatal
moose. Let Him who gave life take
it away. 1t is the tiger strain in our
blood that calls for death penalty.
Executions were never as public as
they are today. When the drop fell
at Windsor at the last execution.
something also fell upon the hearts
of Vermonters. He called upon the
state to come out from under the
bloodstained shadow of the gallows
and pointed to the Man of GaliIee
and the contrast of his compassion
on the cross with the barbarous tribal
law that demanded ian eve for an
eye and tooth for to lth.n
Mr.. Bole of Coventry referred to q
former member, Mr. billiard of Ga
bot, who, he understood, said that he
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