The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-29

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After the Longest Session on
Record In Vermont
WORK CLOSED AT 5 A. M.
Tax Measure Failed, But the Bill Raising
Salaries of Members Passed and
Became a Lsw-Incidents Of
the Close.
State House, Jan 20.


The longest legislative session in the
history Of Vermont closed during the
milkman hours this morning, having out
run the longest previous session, which
was two years ago, by twenty days
The two branches stayed in session all
night and disposed Of the measures still
hanging frs.
The Senate passed the salary increase
for the members Of the general assembly
and II was signed by the governor, being
messaged to tho House shortly before 4
o'clock. State Treasurer E. II. Dcavitt
then entertained during the early hours
Of the morning, paying of. Install
ments Of Sl20 and $40 had been paid
most Of the members and so the balance
due was $l73. The increased pay will
mean about $4,000 more that the state
viii have to pay out. One of the last
things the House did was 10 kill beyond
any hope of resurrection all bills tending
toward taxation reform by refusing to
accept the report Of the committee on
conference recommending tax commits
sion bill and fiat rate OF five mills on
intangibles.
II looked for time as thought there
would be law allowing the Interchange
OF mileage books on the railroads OF this
state for the bill which passed the House
several days ago passed the Senate. The
vote was reconsidered, however, and the
"a f.4fl as.rtf 4an .f ko
whole, received the opinion Of the at
torney general that the law would be
unconstitutional and then killed the bill.
The direct inheritance tax that passed
the House was so amended in the Sem
ate that the only effect of the bill is to
make the present law on inheritance
taxes little more frm
During the intermissions the House
enjoyed singing by a bunch Of boys from
the city and special treat from Master
Fred Goodwin, one Of the pages Of the
House, and his sister, who sang together
Red Wing and other selaotiDaau Their
were accorded hearty ovations and d col
lection taken resulted In sum Of over
SIS Later in the evening F. L. Fish
of Vergennes took the chair and rem
dered several dialect selections, which
were warmly received lie called on
several members to recite and they all
took hold with spirit that helped to
wear away the weary hours Conspieu-
Gus among the reciters was Mr.. Beemis
Of Lyndon, who told about a profane
man with a dialect, who shot a bear.
Among some OF the others who contri-
buted to the vaudeville performance we're
Mr.. Daniels of East Montpelier, Mr.. Ad-
ANS Of Marlboro, Mr.. Untiedt, Mr.. Piper
Of Jamaica. III. i. Hindiey, j. A. DeBoer.
II. E. Slayton, Mr.. Bowles Of Woodiord,
Jim Kendall Of Strafford, Senator Finn.
Senator Scott, Mr.. Fenton, u. A. Mutt. G.
A. Plumley and others, The larger part
Of the orations were delivered from the
top Of the reporters table.
Investigation Of Expenses.
The Senate INDUCED in considerable
oratory about 4 o'clock this morning in
an attempt to get through the resolu.
tion providing for a commission of three
to investigate the expenses in the vari-
Gus departments OF the state. 1t did
pass the Senate, hut 1t was killed in
the House Mr.. Fletcher said he didn't
know what II was for, unless to provide
employment for disappointed aspirants
for the tax commission. He termed it
rose In full bloom from Brattleboro.
Mr.. Daniels Of East Montpelier favored 1t
and Mr.. Hitchcock and Mr., Fish opposed.
Governor vetoes a Bill.
The governors veto Of H. III, appro-
t44t - nsI
maica came into the House about 3.l5
o'clock and occasioned long debate.
The ground on which the governor ve-
toed the bill was that it was unconstitu.
tional, and he submitted the opinion
of Attorney General Sargent. The opin-
ion stated that taxation was mode OF
raising money for the support Of the gov
ernment and that in effect the appropri-
alton was gift to the town Of ia
maica
Mr.. Divoll Of Rockingham favored the
passage Of the bill over the governors
veto, as he said majority Of the mem
bers Of both houses had expressed them
selves earlier in the session as favoring
aiding this town, that needed relief as
much as any town in the state. He
thought it was not right to dispose of
the question by veto in the last day Of
the session. He read an act passed by
the legislature two years ago appro-
pristing sum Of money to Landgrove.
and he said Governor Proctor had signed
that bill all right.
Mr.. Fish Of Vergennes said that he
had no desire to embarrass the governor
and he didn't believe il would be discour-
teous for the House to pass the bin over
the veto II there was a difference of opin.
ion as to the constitutionality. He said
that lawyers were disagreed on the ques-
tion and he suggested that the bill might
be passed and the constitutionality pass.
ed upon BY the supreme court. He
thought the state appropriated its school
and highway taxes for public uses.
Mr.. Leary Of Burlington queried the
gentleman from Jamaica as to how the
debt was occasioned Mr. Wheeler ex-
planned that part Of it was the Civil
war debt and that in 1880 the town
bonded to get the railroad through. Lat
er the state took the railroad property
on which the town expected to draw a
tax, and this reduced the grand list $3.50.
The town now had : heavy debt and
paid sf.02 on the dollar Of the grand
list The grand list was decreasing.
Ar. Hitchcock did not propose to dis.