The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-25
Senator Flagg Worked up to
a High Pitch Of Excitement
HE USES PLAIN LANGUAGE
In Declaring That He Doesn't Like the
Way the Normal School Bill Was
Sent Through Scnate--Senators
Pass Words.
state House, Jan. Is.

Afternoon, because there was nothing q
Importance to do, and what little there
was was disposed of in a short time
A resolution was adopted, setting th1
honr OF election OF q superior judge fol
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The fur
was all in the Senate, to which body q
large number Of representatives were at
tracted to hear the debate ON the $4,000
normal school bill that was revived by
lacking the bill, that was killed by the
House, to +hs bottom of the regular
normal school bill appropriating 1850
to each OF the three present normal
schools an an extra 81 500 for the bsne-
fit of all three.
Early in the afternoon, Senators Flags
and Finn had little tiff that proved
interesting to the spectators. Senator
Flagg got up 10 express his regard foI
the manner in which the normal school
bill with the $4,000 bill attached thereto
was put TO q THIRD reading on the af-
ternoou before. Senator Finn got up
and announced in his steatorian tones,
Entirely out of order"
Senator Flagg said Mr. Finn could get
up and @blat around all he wanted to,
but when anybody else had anything to
say they were out Of order. Now, he
proposed to have something to say. Sen
ator Donoway jumped up and said there
was too much OF the Mister" business
going on in the Senate, and he persisted
that senators should be addressed prop
erly and according to parliamentary
rIli1s.
Senator Cory said that he was once
in favor of the normal school BILL but
he would not stand for the manner in
which ii was railroaded through and for
the abuse the Senate had heaped upon
Senator Flagg, an old gentleman and a
veteran of the Civil War. Then the fight
was on A motion was made TO recon
slider the vote advancing the double
decker bill to third reading, The mer-
its OF the 100000 bill were discussed
freely and many speeches were made in
its favor. Senator Sherwin made plea
for action now, In the interests Of edu-
cation, then Senator Finn made his ad
dress There had been a sort of spirit OF
apathy in the House in the afternoon.
as there was not much to do. and it
looked good deal like breaking up
housekeeping. But things began TO
brighten UP in the Senate when Senator
II. {I..x.
arose to fight for the life of the Ran
dolph normal school and the Others.
There was fire in his eye and he said
what he had to say so that there was
no question but that it could be heard.
He started off by saying that some
of the addresses that had been made
reminded him Of war time when the
boys were all worn out with physical
exhaustion and vigil, their clothes were
torn and their food was scarce and they
were footsore. we used to receive
these pictorial papers said Senator
Flagg, showing lineup equipped regi
inent in perfect step charging d height
! want to tell you it looked d. nice
on paper, but that was about all there
was TO it. These fine speeches remind
me Of those pictures. They look nice
on paper"
In regard to the manner in which the
bill was advanced to q third reading,
he had something like this to say: I'll
don't like the way they come in with
this bill Why didn't they bring in a
bill for the 100000 normal school like
a gentleman instead Of tying IL on as
rider to another measure j hate TO
say it, but it looks to me as though they
put through the bill to third reading
by what 4 call twist Of the wrist.
don't know now how the thing got
through. We held a little intermission
and five or six senators whispered around
and when the Senate was called To order
again the first thing knew the bill was
slid through. | admit / was sitting
right in my seat, as dumb as any Of
them,
Speaking Of the normal schools, he
said that while he had been called down
once that day for mentioning names, be
wanted To say that the superintendent
of education had not supported the
schools properly. He had worked against
them to get this other manual training
school. "The normal schools at Ran.
dolph and Castleton are getting along all
right and doing good work and would
do better work il they were properly
supported" said he. They are turning
out good teachers. They love the school
down to Randolph You viii see the
girls going home Saturday night with
their clothes, to wash them and do their
mending to start the new week prepared.
They amt like these rich girls who
don't have TO do anything but come
around and see the legislature lsweeping
his arm so that all the feminine visi
tors, some Of whom were school teach |
ers, by the way, would be taken inl |
They are girls preparing themselves to
teach, They make good teachers, too. |
The way it is now, If the gals get all |
the education you would have them get, |
they would 20 of and get married before
hey got through
If this legislature don't get through /
iefore long dont know but that they |
vii all be married when we get home. I
anyway. We are getting along all right |
down 70 Randolph and when we are not /
We viii let you know" There was
murmnr Of applause steadily growing
when senator Fiagg had finished his de- |
Tense. and would have been more pro-
nouneed bad not President Mead raped /
for order.
Then Senator CORY made another
speech against the bill he said that
he bad seen the sign. A state tax
all Over tie state Hease for several dREs