Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-10-22
INTRODUCTION Of
IMPORTANT BILLS
They Are Included in l6 lew
Measures Now before the
Legislature.
MONEY FOR PRECAUTIONARY
Sum of S25.OOO Asked for Proper Cclc-
brntiOn on Part of Vcrmons-Deer
season May lie LenEthcued--
Gunrd ngninst Forest
Fires Mentioned.

lIbuuttu III lIe semitic ana eltNPn Ill |
the House was considered n fair days |
work to-day and several OF the com
mittees now have material on which
to work. Some of the bills introduced |
to- day are az important as any that
Will come before the Legislature dur
ing the present session and there APP
pears to be a disposition on every
hand TO give them the most careful
consideration Bills were introduced
in the Senate by Senator Cory of
Washington and in the House by Mr..
| Fish of Vergenncs which carry an
appropriation of $4,000 for a proper
celebration on the part of Vermont in
| 1910 Of the tercentenary of the dis
covcry of Lake Champaign.
Senator Walker of Rutland intro
duced a measure which will refund
the agricultural college loan of 1910
which amounts to $4,000.
AIMED AT LOBBYISTS.
Tho bill introduced in tho House by
Mr.. Goodhue of Westminster is of
| special interest to members of the
! third house. 1t provides a penalty Of
| 81 900 and a disqualification from act
| Ing as agent Of any corporation at the
| state House for three years Of any
person who. acting as such counsel
| or agent, fails to register with the
| sergcant-at-arms. present his written
authority to act as lobbyist, the date
| Of his employment with the corpora
| ton for which he Is interested.
| Mr. Howe of bennington introduced
a bill providing for a penalty of I'M
prisonment for ten years or flne Of
81 900 or both for any person who
while hunting, negligcntly or care
lessly wounds or shoots human be-
Ing.
The bill introduced by Mr. Davis OF
Springfield gives towns, cities and In
corporated villages power to appropriate
such sums Of money as they may think
best for the support of agricultural
| fairs.
The open season for deer received at
tention in the bills introduced by Mr..
Darling of Groton and Mr.. Howe of
Bennington. Mr.. Darling would have the
open season extended to 20 days and Mr..
Howe's bill prohibits hunting deer be-
tween sunset and sunrise. Both those
went to the Joint committee, game and
fisheries.
HUNTINGTON FUND DISPOSAL
| MT. lc jtOtl VI .hOi 1l'c'i'i Ai''' NN|N''A
a measure which will take sllS,12S.62
from the Huntington fund and place 1t
in the permanent school fund FOR In
vestment.
Mr.. Fletcher OF Cavendish would have
the per diem of assistant judges Of the
county courts raised from 50 to s. and
introduced bill to that effect.
| Mr.. Fletcher also introduced a Joint
| odc ted the
part Of the House. granting the use of
Representatives hall to the Society of
the Sons of the American Revolution for
Wednesday evening, November II for an
nlversary exercises.
The subject OF forest fires In Vermont
will receive due attention in a bill IN
troduced In tho House to-day by Mr..
Hitchcock OF Pittsford which provides
that In time Of drouth the Governor may
spend the open season for hunting.
DEMOCRAT FOR L. g. SENATOR.
A majority Of the 40 democrats In the
two houses held a caucus this evening In
the supreme court room to decide wheth-
err or not they would present any cam
dldate FOR United States senator in op-
position to W. +. Dillingham; and Car
roll s Page at the election to be held by
the Legislature next Tuesday. After con-
siderable discussion II was voted to
nominate V. a. Bullard OF burlington
against w. =. Dillingham; and Elisha
May Of ST. Johnsbury against Carroll s
Page Selection of the men to nomi-
nate these democrats in the two houses
will ne made later.
TELEPHONE RESOLUTION TABLED.
The teeth Of the resolution introduced
Yesterday In the House by Mr.. Martin
OF Brookline and adopted by n small
ma iority have been drawn when It Is
found that the committee to inspect
telephone lines and companies provided
for in the resolution would have no au-
thority to cxpend money for a steno-
grapher or for their personal expenses.
No money can be appropriated for any
thing of this kind except by bill or by
! joint resolution. The vote on this resolu-
ton was reccnsidered In the House this
afternoon and It was ordered to lie
CANDIDATES FOR JUDGESHIP.
The exclusive announcement In the Free
Y Press this morning Of the intended with
1 drawal Of Judge James NJ, Tyler from
. the supreme bench Of Vermont at once
5 brought into prominence several candi-
e dates for the position OF fudge of the
superior court that will probably be made
vacant by the promotion of Judge
4 Senaca Haselton of Burlington to the
supreme bench. Among the cand dates
I favorabiy mentioned to-day for this posi-
ton were 2. s. Stanton OF RoNbury. w.
! w. Stickney of Ludlow. II. s, Peck and
q r. G. Mower of Burlington, +. l., Fish
l of Ncrgennes and Senator r. NJ Butler
of Rutland.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
, D. D. Hemcnway. representative
from Granville In the Legislature of
, 1890 and from warren in 1876 was n
Visitor at the state House to-day.
, Senator Flagg OF Orange and Rep
:, resentative Webb OF Granville are
pridng themselves on their long lived
ancestry and 81 proof OF this are cit
ing the fact that Senator Flagg' y
mother, 92 years old, and Mr.. Webb 3
=, mother, % years old are both In ex-
. | cellent health and both bid fair to
. round out n century Of existence.
I The secretary OF states office I'm
I tabulatinK occupations. birthplaces and
/. religious preferences of members Of
: tho House gave the number or repre-
a | ssntatives as 245. Chelsea has no rep
|. lresentative this year and q. r. Marsh,
| the representative-elcct from Hancock