The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-04
BIG TOWNS
VS.. THE SMALL
Little Ones Want Part Of the
Rum License Fees
WITHOUTHAyINGTHEBA BARS
House Refused to KIN the Bin whici
Would Give 40 Per Cent. Of License
Receipts to the State to Be
Divided.


State House, Dec. T.
The House this morning commenced its
discussion on the license question by
iaking up House bin % BY Mr.. Jones o,
Sudbury, which provides that the money
received from license fees be turned over
70. the state treasurer, 30 per cent. Of
which ia 10 be divided each year among
all the towns and cities Of the state,
according to population.
When the bill was taken up, Mr.. De-
Boer of Montpelier moved that the bill
be dismissed and stated that II it was
not dismissed he intended TO propose an
amendment. It was known by many Of
tho members that Mr.. DeBoer had in
mind, provided the legislators saw fit
to distribute a part OF this. money paid
for licenses In the towns voting yes TO
all the towns in the state, the PROPOSE
| tion OF turning all the money into the
permancnt school fund in the scheme to
Increase the fund to the two million
mark.
lie made the motion to dismiss to give
an opportunity for some Of the larger
places Of the state affected largely by.
such emasure to nialk themselves
heard.
Mr.. Kinsley Of Rutland, Mr.. Howe Of
Bennington, and Mr.. Leary of Burlington
all favored the dismissal OF the bill and
the last mentioned speaker put up a.
strong argument against the proposition
of the state taking away the license
money from the cities TO which il right
fully belonged, the same as any other
money raised on licenses of any kind.
He claimed the state had no right TO step
IN and claim these funds.
lie scored the third house working IN
the interests Of prohibition for their
means Of misrepresentation and referred
to two post cards showing up the condi
tions at the Three Mile bridge in an abb
surd mauer, These cards, he said, had
been distributed to every member in the
hopes Of prejnaicing them against the
law. He stated that in Burlington condi-
tions we're far better under ssyes"
regime than mo- He emphasized the
unfairness of the proposition to rob the
treasury Of the city of Burlington or any
other city having its license fee returns,
He stated that Burlington paid high
way tax Of s7,25l and it received back
from the state 1862. II paid for educa-
tion SIl ,602 and it received back $4,000.
Mr.. Howe of st. Johnsbury said that
he represented a town that had always
been in the mo" column; in fact, no
town in his county had been in the rum
business. He said that his people, in his
opinion, would refuse to 90 into partner
ship with the city Of Rutland in the
rum business by receiving part of the
returns from the licenses. Mr.. Hitchcock
did not believe III the bill because it
tended to be punishment of the minor
ity the cities and towns voting yes
and really punishment Of the majority
that favored the license local option law
Towns should not be punished Tor carry
ing out the idea OF the law. Mr.. Goodell
OF Nottingham and Mr.. Brennan of Fair
field favored dismissal of BILL
Among some who spoke for the bin
were Mr.. LoclSlin Of Richford, Mr.. Jones
OF Sudbury, who believed the state,
which gave the rights to q city TO collect
license fees for the sale of liquor, also
had the right to amend those rights, Mr..
Daniels of East Montpelier, who believed
that the bin removed nil incentive out
side purely the license question by tax
ing the license fees away, Mr.. Fuller or
Bloomfield, Who made temperance
speech in favor of the protection of our
boys as we'll as our birds and cattle; |
Mr.. Davis of Brighton, Mr.. Ballou OF !
Chester, Mr. Norris OF Cabot and Mr.. !
Otis Of Sutton. The last mentioned |
demanded :, yea and nay vote on the |
subject. 1t was afser II o'clock when |
the result of this was announced. The
House refused to dismiss the bill, l27
to "a.
Senate Locks Horns Again,
The Senate to-day entered into anoth-
er conflict with the House on the Print |
ers' Bill, sending the bill to third |
reading just as it came into the House
from the committee on claims originally |
The House had amended the bill by |
scaling down the amounts to be paid /
The Tuttle company of Rutland, the Bur
lington Free Press and the St. Albans
Messenger. The Senate to-day refused /
TO accept the reduction by unanimous
vote after Senator's Butler, Lewis, Glea-
son and Fairbanks had spoken in favor
Of the large figures The amended bill
will now 90 back to the House for con
,urrenee, and it hardly seems likely that
tile House will accept the amendments.
Approved by the Governor.
H. IL, an act to amend section 1921
lf the public statutes relating to the
open season for deer.
II. 255. an act relating to the state
board of library commissioners
IT, 26s, an act in relation to the pay
nent Of bank deposits to foreign exeeu-
ors or administrators.
II. 3l9, an act TO amend No 2ll of
.ha acts Of 1902. relating to the charter
# the city and town of Barre (relating
70 cheek hsts).
II. $3.50, an act in addition to and in
of section of No. 205 of the
lets OF 1882, entitled. AN act to ineor
,orate the village Of Waterbury"
II. 1856, an act relating to the indexing
i town or city records
Fl. 1858, an act 10 amend section ] Of
20. 2T4 Of the acts Of 1906, entitled.
An act to authorize the city Of Mont
lelisr to take land for a city hall"
II 4fT an ART To authorizp the CITY {