The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-20

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the bill killed. Mr.. Daniels favored the
Houses amendment. Then the report
was accepted, which means that the
resident license fee VIII be so cents for
license.
Conference Committees.
The Senate asked for conference
committee on s. Is, which, according to
tho House amendment changed the open
season on trout On this COMMITTEES
Speaker Cheney appointed Mr.. Walker,
Mr.. Boyce and Mr.. Daniels. The Senate
also asked for committee Of conference
on 5S5, which allows railroads to pay
newspapers in mileage for space used IN
printing the timetables in the newspa-
pers
Mr.. Watson OF st. Adams introduced
resolution, which was adopted on the
motion Of Mr. Fletcher Of Cavendish UNI
der suspension Of the rules, to pay the
st. Adams Messenger Co. Sl,3i7.l0 and
the Free Press sS39.62, which were the
sums recommended by Printing Commits
sioner Langley and adopted by the House
as the basis of just settlement in pay
ment for the long discussed printing
claims.
The Public Service Commission.
The Barber public service commission
bill passed the Senate yesterday after
noon without a dissenting vote. After
the Boyce amendment was passed in the
mouse. which provides that the commits
sion shall not restrain company from
engaging in business in any place and
shall not restrain competition, the enc
mics OF the measure, who believed It
was drawn up in the interest Of certain
companies, have stopped opposing the
measure.
In the Senate, the only member who
spoke against the bin was Senator Bliss,
who stated that he believed it was
drawn up in the interests of the Bell
telephone company and would operate by
making certain independent companies
who did not so desire to raise their rates
to comply with the bigger company.
Senator Kidder took exceptions to Sena-
tor Bliss remarks as insinuating that
the Senate had been bought up, but the
latter stated that he wished TO convey
no such idea.
Senator Cory, who so strenuously OPP
posed the bill in its original form, turned
around and made speech in favor Of
the bill. He said that he had dreamed
Of the bill nights and thought OF Ill
by day. He said he had called it all
sorts of names at first, and when he
saw that it was supported by people
with water pumped into their stock and
he had read certain sections, he thought
it was bad bill, but Mr. Barber, the
author, had been willing to amend it
in the particulars criticized and he now
believed it was all right He said 1t
was about the only plank left ID the
platform and he hoped II would be pre-
served and that It would be well for
the legislature to remain and build up
the platform again. Senator Gleason
said he was opposed to the bill at first,
but with the amendment he favored it
Senator Lewis Of Orleans made great
speech in favor Of the measure, and Sem
ator Gibson said that it was in line
with the progressive legislation Of two
years ago. 1t had become manifest that
some supervising commission was needed
to prevent unequal discrimination. Sen
atoF Finn favored the bill. The vote
was taken viva voce and not sound
was heard in opposition.
Rutland Charter Bill.
The Senate passed the Rutland chatter
BILL which allows for the election Of
aldermen at large, early Tuesday after
noon.
The Roxbury Fish Hatchery.
The House continued to support bills
with appropriations attached thereto on
Tuesday afternoon, and among them
was FL 5s4, which means new lease
OF life to the fish hatchery at Roxbury, |
1t appropriates $1,000 for repairs and
when the vote was taken it was evident
there was little opposition, after it had
been shown that If the state did not
vote repairs the property would revert
to the original owners. Mr. Bacon Of
Hartford said that 1t would he impossi-
bic for the state to get the fry to stock
the depleted streams SO readily or at so
little expense from any other source.
Mr.. Brown of Middlesex and Mr.. Howe |
favored the bilL while Mr. Flint Of |