Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-11-20

To- al.-ercs ~ some o. tire senator's il
~As tkonshr t.sS 20 swsi' Goal se'lon
uu,il more we're present.. The situation
i promising for closely contested light
on ,lle passage Of the bill. soue are
op,sl sd To the bill because they think
= a measure in iavUr oi dead heats, hut |
S-ratur Girason takes the position that |
the bill will serve al injury 10 the hon'
81 working man in that II the eih be-
CONES a .a~ IN it, present form the
merchant Niil 60 on 10 strictly cash
bssi, aud that The poor man VIII often
T. embarrassed 10y this impairment OF
his credit. Senator Gleason for the INT
noriis OF the committee said h. had
mad careful canvass among the la
forirg men Of his constituency and found
that practically all of them favored his
amendment. They think il the original
/ bill becomes a Law that they cannot IN!
even The. necessities of life without the
cash to paw for il and that in case OF
| sickness or other misfortune their fami-
: lies will he made to suffer. They say
they are willing 10 b. trust-ed II they d.
not rav their honest bills for the neces-
sites Of life. The Senator made an
! aide presentation OF his side OF the case,
and said that although the republican
| party had promised it during the enthu-
-iasm Of political campaign he could
not support it after he had taken the
oath OF office and sworn 10 serve the
state as in his own honest Judgment
seemed hest. He believed III legislation
for the ten-iit of the poor man who ia
honest. and did not believe in making
laws which heuefited the dishonest man,
although poor. If nv so doing it nigh,
work even slight injury to his honest
neigh hor
Senator Gleason takes his position
from the purest of motives and the ahil'
itv with which hr maintained his po-i
ton will make him many friends in the
senate. even If his amendment does no
! prevail Senator f. B. Finn SPOKE
against the motion 10 amend, bat hi
colleague. Senator Shar~in favored tn
amendment The matter will he trieC
, ont At some time when there i iul
Attendance and the further debate vii
be very interesting.
Tue tax question has been diacu-set
goat deal in the Committee rooms AIT
at st the corridors but the question hs
mot yet come up in either house. !
l., LIZ attended public hesring va
) htr. last week and john Senter expiaine'
. tn. purpose If the several bills carryin
E OF the recommendations of the commi,
sion Of which he was a member. Tn
5 three measures on the subject Of taxF
7 ton provide that all offsets he abolished
that intangible property be exempt fror
taxation, but that it pay smsl! tax c
perhaps one half OF one per ce It. TIL,
measure which has the hest chance o
z passage is the bill providing for "a
+ commission which shall have cohtrc
! over the administration Of the tax Law.
;. Many Of the members think this wi
/ remedy the present evils and that on
: radical change is enough to make I
: this time. 1t ia certain that SOME OF
h OF these measures will lie adopted.
, There Was we'll attended meeting {
e lawyers from all parts Of the state pre-
II cut TO discuss the District Court bill b
o fore the Judiciary Committee last wee
II 1t is not probable that The bill in i
II present form will pass. II is probah
d however that several district courts vi
be established, but it will not be &c
e eral law.