The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-13
Proposal to Have County
Commissioners Passes House
TO APPOINT LOCAL MEN
Senate Got Into a Tangle Over the Print
ers' Bills and the Tangle Wasn't
Strengthened Out When Ad-
journment Was Taken.
State House. Jan. IL.

State House, Jan. H.
One important thing done in the House
yesterday was the passage Of Mr.. Hitch
cocks amendment, which provides for
the election OF county license commits.
sioners, who shall appoint three com
missioners in towns voting for license
The bin provides that this year the
governor shall appoint the county com
missioners before February ] because
election win be impossible during this
odd year.
Mr.. Williams Of Newport offered an
amendment making the county commits
sioners appointed by the governor in
stead OF elected, on the ground that that
he believed it were better to remove the
liquor business as far as possible from
politics. Mr.. Fletcher opposed this on
the ground that ii virtually undid the
legislation OF the House which killed
the state license board bill, as the mem
bers of the House did not desire to
become a party to allowing q system
on which it were possible that a semi.
political machine might be worked. He
did not wish to question the integrity
OF the present governor, but simply did
not agree TO the system. Mr.. Williams
thought that the passage OF his amend
nent would not affect the principle of
past legislation and that from the argu-
ments used on the floor OF the House he
believed the principal reason for killing
of the state license board was the ex-
pense.
The House killed II. 1854, the libel bill
drawn in the interests of newspapers,
without debate, on an unfayorable report
of the Judiciary committee. II also killed
the Duxanimae by diaduction bill which
it advanced on Monday to third read
ing by vote OF l02 to 80. This was
done without debate.
Several bills involving amendments by
the Senate in which the House refused
to concur were disposed of. The hunt
ers' license bill was one of these meas
ures. The House amended the bill so
that the price OF license for resident
hunter was changed from 81 to 10 cents.
The Senate refused to concur in the
Houses amendment and so the House
now has appointed a committee of con-
ference made up Of Mr.. Barber of Brat
tleboro, Mr.. Smith of Addison and Mr..
Thompson Of Arlington. The Senate
asked for committee Of conference on
the bill relating to marriage licenses,
and Messrs. Watson of st. Adams, VIII
liams of Newport and Barber OF Brattle-
boro were appointed on the part OF the
House. On House biIr Is the House ac.
ceres to the Senate's position on amend.
ment. This is the bill providing for
courts Of inquiry on insane paupers and
the amendment does not make a person
responsible for grandparents with re-
spect TO pay for their support.
By a rather emphatic vote the House
refused to concur in the Senate's pro- !
posal Of amendment to House 294 As |
the House left the bill. ii provided that |
automobiles should not go across long /
bridges ut rate exceeding six-miles an
hour. The Senate amended by making
1t ten miles an hour
Report Of Digest.
The committee appointed to investi.
gate the progress made in getting out |
the long delayed digest Of Vermont re-
ports made its report The work was
authorized BY the legislature of 1902
and was let out by the commission APP /
pointed for the purpose to Robert Rob-
erts on contract. for $4,000 1t was
to be completed by June 1904. The
time Of completion was extended to
1905 later to 1905. No money has been
paid Mr. Roberts although II. G. Royce
Of st. Adams, one Of the members of the
board, has been paid something .over
$4,000 for work performed The invest
igating committee reports that the work
is now in the hands of the printer and
will be ready by June L. 1t does not
contain the last three reports. The com
mittee recomemnds the passage of +.
l4l. which provides that ii the work is
not completed BY June the governor
shall appoint three commissioners, who
slpll let out the job to other parties.
One of the most important measures
to come up in the Senate was the Glib
son bill, providing for primary elections.
The committee reported this bill favor
ably, with proposals Of amendment, ,
which do not affect the substance Of the
bill. It provides for primary elections I
for all county and state officers and [
United States senators. The author Of [
the bill spent a large part OF the day !
the provisions of his bill and $
then it was passed with only two dis l
senting votes, those of Senators Bliss 0
and Gorham IF the bill becomes law i
II viii revolutionize the Vermont system i
and practically do away with the pres
emit political eaucuses II
The Printers Bill.
The report Of the Senate's committee !
Of conference on the famous printers
bill was read in the Senate late yesterday !
afternoon, in which il recalled the his
tory Of the case and adhered to its orig.
NAL basis of settlement IL was stated
IN the report that the bids of the three {
concerns in question were as low as
hose for printing in any Of the New :
England states at that time. On the
question Of what to do with the report, !
he Senate got tangled in a snarl. At :
Dne time there were as many as four h
motions before the body and Senator
Buffers effort to get the report ac-
'epte9 was finally defeated BY motion
Q adjourn by Senator Bingham 7
After the secretary had finished read
ng the report, somebody wanted to