The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-27
And Tells House it Mustn't
Adjourn Next Week
HE WON FIGHT TO STAY
Speaker Cheney Told the House It Would
Be in Session Until Next January
II It Decided to Go Home
for the Election.
State House, Oct. 27.


When The members OF the House had
slid by the revolving doors this morning
after adjournment they had left behind
them a vote killing the resolution calling
for adjournment next week over election
day.
After ten bills had been introduced
in the House of various degrees Of i'm
portanoe and the House had killed the
so.callcd "lobby bin" providing that lob.
byists register with the sergeantat-
arms. Mr.. McClintock Of Norton intro
duced a joint resolution providing for
adjournment from Friday TO Wednesday
afternoon OF next week.
IL was this resolution that precipi-
tated warm debate, in which Mr.. Fish
took the chair so that Speaker Cheney
could relieve himself of a few things
he wished to say against the resolution,
among which was statement that dur
ing his twelve years Of legislative ex-
peTienee he never knew a legislature to
have so little done at the fourth week
of the session as the present one. He
also said that even if the members
worked hard during next week, he could
not promise that the session would be
through by Christmas, and if they ad-
iourned that week it would easily be
January. because with a week gone for
election and another for Thanksgiving
there would be but two working weeks
in November.
1t was Speaker Cheney's remarks that
turned the tide, for many had spoken
in favor of the adjournment on the
ground that the members would not be
in attendance if the sessions were held
next week, and that much of the com.
mittee work would have to be done
over again ON account of absences.
Among these were Mr.. Howe of Ben
nington and Mr.. Fletcher of Cayendish.
Many spoke in favor Of remaining
over, including Mr.. Williams Of Newport,
Mr.. Leary Of Burlington, and Others
who indorse the words of the speaker.
Mr., Howe Of Bennington said that
members from Bennington, Windlam and
Essex counties could not very wen get
here on Wednesday and he moved an
amendment to the resolution that the
adjournment be taken until Thursday
morning. This amendment was voted
down. Mr.. Kinsley of Rutland moved an
amendment following out the sugges.
tions of Mr.. Hitchcock OF Pittsford that
adjournment be taken for the whole of
next week without pay. Mr. Bacon OF
Hartford facetiously remarked that il
there were any means of having board
and room bills remitted during the period
he should favor this amendment This
provoked some laughter and then the
vote was taken and this amendment
killed
With these two amendments out of
the way, the vote on the original reso-
luton was taken, the yeas and nays
being called for by both Speaker Cheney
and Mr. Howe, The vote which killed
the adjournment resolution was 1855 to
III. To cinch the whole cuisines" prop
osition for next week Mr.. Howe OF st,
Johnsbury said that he had gathered
from the remarks that many of the
would not attend the sessions
whether adjournment was taken or not,
and he called attention to section l3 of
the rules Of the House, providing that
shall not absent themselves ex-
cept on account OF sickness or upon
excuse, and moved that the speaker be
instructed to see that this section was
This motion was also carried
A Joint resolution was adopted on the |
part OF the House providing for visit
TO the states prison by the prison board |
and resolutions for visitations by the |
insane and industrial school boards were
adopted in the Senate.
Among the bills introduced this morn
ing were two by Mr.. Tilden of Barre
City, calling for changes in the charter,
One provides that taxes shall be collect |
cd within 80. instead OF forty days, and |
the other gives the city council author
ty to appoint building inspector, with
power to grant minor permits himself.
Representative elect d, B. Kendall of |
was presented at the bar
Of the House and took the oath
On motion of Mr.. Bacon of Hartford |
the roll call Of the House was dispensed |
with at this time