The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-11
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The nou- 80, SHARED IN a debate ihi,
morning on oapltai punishment, Then
iou, Daniels IL East Monip-ller had ons
of those low comedy hills which sound
all night and amt II was 10 allow JUN
Ia qualify" it, verdict by omittins eapi'
ial punishment from the penalty, II Mas
a reasonably cool proposition and Harry
had really an idea that u nigh, Sc, by.
No, "a, Glad,s And again not. To make
the jury a lawmaking. trial aud sentencing
body did seem a tribe like trivial talk and
- the lawyerr just boosted that poor
Young hill az through the dome and q
lodged ia the Yea and Nay heaven-sith
permanent apartments in the Nay wing,
That human hairpin from Leicester,
who ls chairman al the committee on
town hoenses, was an object of scon and
dcrsion for about an hour this afternoon.
liis nam. u Williams and be- and hts iel-
ow-pinbcads have been delibeatlng for
more than six weeks over the Paxlei
town row. West Pawlc, wants 10 be
'sot or because the east side fodder
ioundpmen run the town and don't give
them no show. They are selfish and mar
rermindcd swine, says the slate men
from the west side, and they make us
tIakrl NiA Nllltf 10 NVits Won fNfN fNAIf
around year and year about.
This retainer from Leicester had con
yened his committee untold times. They
had ~ many n Il witnesse- up here and
the west -idcr- retained u. NJ. Barber.
one of the smoo,hesi legal ambOtypes
that ever was dipped in collodion. Fred
Laird of this city had been retained by
the hay haucsters a. counsel and the
thlngs they sprung on that committee
made justice trial look like a bent mat
with the teeth trimmed of.
Well. Williams reported nix on splitting
the town and then he became unhappy. |
\ little Cornishman who represents both |
the town and the west side got up and |
passed him a few swift queries that were |
embarrassing then, by singular coinci- |
denee. seven other members arose very IN.
nocently and worried him into state OF
purple collapse. They brought out the
fact that a member OF the committee had
been down conferring with the east -siders,
hat the two factions were hopelessly at
loggerhcads and then the unfortunate
in the heat OF his protesting
discomfort assured the members that the
hadn't been bought or nothing
and il was certainly all off Tor his. One
hundred and forty.fye to 62 was the way
he vote stood and il look, like there
night be a new member from a new town
leNt session.
Ny friend Laird is fine irisky kidder
n committee room, but what he don't
,now about organizing legislative would
urnsh a summer hotel
Yes. The Reformer was read last week.
The house members said that roast on the
enate was great and the senator's said
he house was trimmed like the armless
md legless veteran. Neither OF them
eemed to see the need of any cauterizing )
n their own part and carried reproach
III airs for several days. d
Really, / don't think they mean to be c
o aggravating: they Just simply can't get O
way from that petty little viewpoint O
hat makes a ten-dollar offset more i'm n
ortant than a state reform. $
And ! think they're improving just o
air. at that "
p. S.-The Valley Fair officials may be h
lterested to know that the state fair ap- a
ropriation has passed the house. il
The house at ll30 this morning was
chatting the question of passing the offset 2
III. The Wheeler amendment was killed :;
nd it looks as if the bill in its original il
I'm would pass with a vote or two to "
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