The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-14
DEATH STILL
THE PENALTY
For Crimes Of Greater Mag
nitude In Vermont
BY A MOST DECISIVE VOTE
House Of Representatives Refused a
Third Reading for Bill Substituting
Life Imprisonment--Mue
oratory Heard.

Montpelier, Nov f4.-By vote near
~ as decisive as two years ago, the
Vermont House Of Representatives yes.
terday afternoon killed the bin substi
tuting life Imprisonment for the death
penalty in Vermont. Yesterday the vote
was 40 70 10 against third reading
two ydars ago IL was liza to s8. The
chamber was filled to sufTocation IN an
ticipation Of d debate, and there was no
disappointment in that respect. There
was even a sHrfeiturc Of debate. For
three hours without break the ones
tion was discussed pro and con, and the
oratoficai attempts surpassed anything
vet tried In the present legislature.
The argument hinged about the kind
Of punishment necessary to safeguard
society, the old arguments being brought
out IN full array with the added color
of actual events in Vermont, the recent
execution Of Mary Rogers being most
frequently referred to. Perhaps the
most telling argument id favor oil life
Imprisonment was delivered BY Mi.
Hurlburd Of Hyde Park, while on the
opposite side Air. Brown Of Povnal was
the most effective. AIr. Brown; coming
from Bennington county, where the Rog
ers murder was committed, brought that
case fully To the fore III his defense
of capital punishment declaring that
such persons should be placed where
they cannot harm society, saying that
statistics show that the average ipipris
onnfent is only twenty wears irlsfead of
a lifetime. The oppas ioM declared that
human courts are NOT iafallible. that IL
/ IL retrihutivc Justice which the adso-
Gates OF capital punishment elanor for.
that II Is not necessary To Kill people
To protect society
| Mr.. Fletcher 81 Cayendish started the
debate with an argument in favor Of
| life imprisonment Tie same side was
! espouscd bv Mr.. shaw of Marlboro Mr..
Bole of Coventry, Mr. Hmlburd al Hyde
! Park. Mr. Darling &c Chelsea Mr.. Jack
son Of Barre City, Mr. Senter of Mont
pelier, Mr. Finn of Springfield and Mr.
Archibald Of Manchester
The other side was championed BY
Messrs. Hamlin Of Cornwall, Cameron
Of Proctor, GrifIin-of poultney, Chase of
Greensboro, Kicker of t;roton, Davis Of
Fairlce and Brown 81 PownaL
Those Against Capital Punishment.
Those who voted in favor Of life I'M.
/ prisonment arc Allen Of Maidstone. Allen
Of Nottingham. Amsden Archibald. Aus.
Tin Of Brookline Austin of Weston, Bal
| Icy Of peacham, Bancroft, Barden, Bar
] ney Bannister. Basalow. Bishop, ,Bolc.
Brown Of Norwich. Burnett Of Dum-
merston, Carr of Athens. chedel. Cob
leigh, Cowlcs. Darling. Dewart. Donovan,
Dow. Drysdale. EggIeston. Fellows Fish.
Ell, Fletcher, Finn. Frame Gallagher.
/ Germond, Gilkey. Gleason. Goodail. Gran,
I field, Harris az Somerset, Harris of
stowe, Hazeltine. Holmes Of Sutton.
/ Hooper. Hnrlhursl. Hurbnt. jackson
! Jones Of benson, Kirkpatrick, knight,
Iavigne, Teddy, Leonard, Malone, Mar
/ tin Of, Bethel, Mason, McCueu. Moore,
| Needham, Norton Of Wells. Pike. Por-
| ten, Prehlc, Rooney, Scott 81 Bakers.
| field, Scott IL Randolph, Scnter Seay.
| 81, shaw, Sherwin. Shores, Slaytnit.
Sturteyant. Taylor Of Bradford Taylor
Of Plttsfeld, Tennien, Thomas. Turner,
Webster, Wiley. Wright, Young.