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fight in the house has passed the
senate without one dissenting vote.
Senator Cory of Montpelier, who
owns an electric power plant. fought
the bill to a finish before the house
committee, before the farmers club
and in the Hobbies, and together with
the Independent telephone companies
succeeded in getting the bill so amend
ed that he did not offer any resist
ance to it's passage by the senate
The bill has been signed by the governor
and has become a law and thus plat
form promise has been kept, although
it is barely possible that the New
England Telephone company did not
get all they were looking for.
The bill creating branch Of the
state laboratory at st. Johnsbury which
passed the house by good majority
was killed by the senate and thus
was the promise of the state board
of health kept good. About the only
opposition to the bill in the house
the state board of health did not
want the branch established. 1t is
little singular that with all the extrav-
agance practiced by this legislature
that small appropriation for such
worthy cause should be denied. 1t
is also singular that the board OF
health should be the means of killing
it. During the discussion of the bill
in the house it TRANSFERRED that the
board of health wanted ali the money
they could get for the purpose OF
making it more efficient. Howe OF
St. Johnsbury championed the cause
of the branch for the benefit OF the
east side of the state and showed
that it was impossible to get returns
from the state laboratory at Bur
Iington for several days. He said tbs
state laboratory which the board o
health guarded so zealously had beer
of considerable personal advantage u
him. He was once defending ma
charg ed with murder and the state
attorney had sent the victims stomac
to the laboratory for analysis TO deter
mine if there were any traces OF polsoI
ing, No report came back and ate
time it was found that the stomac
had been lost. The loss Of the stomac
he}ped the defendants case materlali.
Some weeks ago the senate passt
bill providing for another judge
the supreme court. The bill came
the house last week and they prompt
refused it third reading. day
two later the bill was called up a.
reconsidered and Howe of st. Johr
bury and Leary of Burlington G
planned the situation fully and
bill was passed by an overwhelmi
majority. The daily papers give
credit to Howe and Leary. 1t W
only a week ago that certain n1emb'
were congratulating themselves tt
they had at last thrown off the den
cratic yoke, but here they are ag
taking the lead and taking the ere
of passing one of the most merltorlt
measures of the session. There
some speculation as to who will
elected to the position thus Great
When the senate passed the bill 1T Y
supposed to be in the interest
Senator Butler of Rutland, who VIC
make most worthy judge. 1t 7
appears that Judge Powers will
promoted from the superior court
that a new superior court judge
be elected. Senator Butler CT
probably be elected to the supe
bench but he declined to be candle
at the time of the election Of JUG
by the General Assembly in Octo
There has been wholesale slaug
of bills during the past week.
normal school bill which so n
people had hoped to see passed
killed. The original bill called
the appropriation of $3.50