The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-23
BY Action Of Legislature in
Adding to Supreme Bench
CONTEST OVER IT LIKELY
Already Many Names Have Been Heard
Mentioned in Connection with New
Position = House Kills Trunk
Line Of Highways Bill.
state House. Jan. 2s.

Another contest is on for the judge
ship because within few days, prob
ably BY Monday OF next week, the gov
ernor will have signed a bill providing
for another judge Of the supreme court
The House yesterday afternoon voted
to reconsider s. l6, which provides FOR
Ave supreme court judges instead Of
four, and then passed the bill with
very little opposition by viva voee
vote, an amendment having been first
adopted which does not affect the cleo
tion Of the judges at this session and
simply creates a position Of fourth as
sociste Judge OF the supreme court
which upon the passage OF the bali be-
comes vacant.
The new Judge will be elected accord.
ing to the provisions Of the public stat
utes BY this session Of the legislature,
This means that Superior Judge G.. M
Powers OF MorrisviIle viii be advanced
10 the supreme bench, and that Judge
w. w. Miles OF Barton will become the
first superior Judge. Several names have
already been mentioned in connection
with the vacancy which win be created
at the foot Of the list 81 superior Judges
hY the passage OF this bill. including
Charles D. Watson, the representative
from st. Albans City. Frank L. Fish, the
representative from Vergennes, and Sen
ator F. II. Butler OF Rutland and ex-
Governor ". W. Shckney OF Ludlow.
In the Senate yesterday afternoon the
Bacon CushmaB tax commission bill
came mp and Senator Finn stated that
be had several amendments TO propose
and submitted his FIRST, bill establish
ing 4 Fat rate 81 intangiblcs. This was
ordered 10 lie ard be printed. Senator
Finn also proposes 70 have the Offset
abolishment clause also attached.
This amendment establishing 3 fat
rate on intanzibles differs from the
ether bills on the subject in that the
rate i 7 mills instead OF 5 ard il does
not apply 10 foreign stocks. The dis
tribution is made this way. A separate
column for iutangibles il provided in
the lists. After the school and highway
taxes have been deducted and tbs eoun.
ty tax. ii any. the remainder goes TO
the town, ard Is divided between the
town and incorporated village, according
TO the grand list Of all the taxable
property.
The entrance Of the three grwst taxa.
tion questions into the legislative arena
again will mean that lot OF hnstling
will have To be done on Saturday and
Monday ii adjournment II taken on
Tuesday morning at s o'clock, rs pro-
posed by the Senate. The adjournment
report, which has been on the table in
the Senate for several days calling for
adjournment to-day, was called up yes
terday afternoon and was amended on
motion Of Senator Orvis so that iinal
adjournment would be taken Tuesday,
When this action was taken up in the
House, upon motion of Mfr. Fletcher of
ii was laid on the table 40
that ii necessary 1t can be amended to
allow more time before final adjourn
ment.
The Judgeship Bill.
Nearly every lawyer in the House
spoke In favor Of the measure creating
another Office Of Judge MIR. Watson
Ok st. Adams believed that there should
he an odd number Of jlsdees, according
to the system Of the United States
court ard the courts 81 other states
In refutation IL the argument that ID
ease of division between tie judges
On case 4 superior judge be called IL.
he said that il would be necessary 10
try the case all over again fof tie
benefit OF this Judge. He believed the
Lightly Of the court demanded another
Judge and tRst the state should main.
tain tire high standing of hex courts.
ME. Barber of Rrattlehora explained
the working oE court under the present
system There were many questions
which went 10 the conrt pro lorna. In
,ases 81 division Of the Judges. two
md two. the judgment Of the lower
,ourt is affirmed In cases of this kind
here Is never any real judgment OF De
.ision that il just
MIR. Teary 81 Burlington made =
itronq argument III favor III the passage
II the bill, answering Mr. Rsfeaefaer
II Townsend who stated that ii his !
,pinon The bill was designed principally |
o give another man lob Mr.. Leary |
Itated that this should net he used AZ
IN argument against the bill He did /
rot know Of any person for whom the /
fn was created The question VAS
he need Of another Judge Mr.. Hove
4 ST. .10hnshury made q very egnYine- /
mr. argument in favor of the bill ard /
bowed just how the system OF an equai 1
number Of Judges is laoked upon BY 1
hose outside the state and the iY1iustice L