The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-14
Mr. RowLEs' LETTER
Representative from Woodford Writes
Of Doinss at Montpelier


arrived Monday evening. train one-half
hour late. However. we were at the
State House a little before O'Clock
and transacted some routine business
that evening.
Although having been absent from
Montpelier only few days, IL seemed
like home again to get back to our
work with the 500 we know so we'll.
and a part of them Familiarity, and I
must say truthfully, that they are all
mighty good fellows.
While on the train the other day |
met and had agpleasant chat with Ar.
chic Stafford. who, three years ago,
was hustling insurance agent IN
Bennington, and is now working In
the northern part of the state. Archie
wished to be remembered to his many
acquaintance in Bennington and vic
unity. BY the way, coincidentally
speaking, Archie's wife was Miss Lou
Use Pine, an accomplished Montpelier
girl, who was formerly bookkeeper for
Richard Standish at whose home I am
stopping while at the capitol. Archie
appeared happy and seemingly sue
cessful in his work.
The hunters bill was warmly de-
bated Wednesday and some of the
speakers got pretty warm" While
the debate was in progress | thought
of the boys down my way who delight
in the sport, whether they get any
game or not-but they most always
do!
After a debate of nearly two hours
the hunters license bill was ordered
to third reading. This bill has al
ready passed the Senate. Mr.. Fish
of Vergennes defended the bill and
pointed out its benefits. He said
there were 500 non resident hunters
in the state last year and less than so
paid a state license. If this was so
we may well ask whether the game
warGens and their deputies were 'on
their job as we'll as they are during
the trouting season in Woodford, Ben
| nington and vicinity. But Mr.. Fish
| said that these men claim that they
are resident hunters and thaC II is
not necessary for them to show a GER
tificate. Many of them probably lie.
outright if So what is to be done
about Il? He said if all hunters were
obliged to have licenses, the state
would secure much revenue from non
resident hunters, which is true Mr..
Fish estimated that there are 10000
wild deer in the state, and that under
the law passed at this session there
would probably be 5000 deer killed
next season. At the lowest calcula,
ton he estimated these worth SIC
each or $4,000 for all. He believed
that the state should have a resident
license as we'll as a nonresident IL
cense.
Mr.. Adams of Marlboro opposed the
bill He believed that aliens should
be treated the same as citizens. That
they were here and paid taxes and
were protected by the state and
should have as much recognition as
citizens of the state. He said that
he had sign on his farm which read
Hunters Welcome" He did not
hunt himself, but believed that others
should. But there are only a few
members in the house as philanthro
pic as Mr. Adams.
Mr. Daniels of East Montpelier in
quired as to the constitutionality o.
the bill
Mr. Fletcher of Cavendish replied
that in his opinion the law was thor
oughly unconstitutional. He said tina
il was not the habit of the townspeo
pie to instruct their representative
how to vote but on this bill they wer'
against II and asked him to vote tina
way. He said that in Vermont the.
were too much in the habit of prohih
iting, that in fact they believed II
prohibition for everything whicl
should not be so. He did not believ
it showed the right spirit
Mr.. Martin of Plainfield believes
that farmers should have protection
He said that every farmer knew tina
in the spring their fences were KNOCK
ed down by hunters He did not be-
lieve that a law which was enforce
| I'm p states was unconstitutional. II
said they had done a great deal 70
| fish and game in Vermont this SCI
sion and thought il about time to pas
| this bill and do something else.
Mr.. Martin of Brookline formerl
| Of Manchester, made the sanei
speech on the license question OF an
/ made this session. He said that
! the temperance people would let tn
law alone il would work itself out a
right in time and he could see 1t doin
so by the decrease in the number I
licensed towns reported every yei
in Vermont. He also believed tn;
people in towns which voted for
cense knew more about handling co
ditions in their midst than those wi
came from towns which did not vol
for license. He was against CONT
ually tinkering with the liquor law
The great taxation question vi
come up in the House for discusslC
probably Monday or Tuesday Or
would think to hear different mel
bers talk on the outside that the
minds were fully made up how to vo
but in this connection l will say tn
the minds Of all do not run in h
same way. At this time II looks
If offsets would be abolished but
course you cant tell until the vot
are counted.
"Thorns and Orange blossoms" W
on the boards at the Blanchard ope
house Friday evening A large nu
Der of the men of wisdom" attendC
They pronounced 1t a good schC
| play.
I The January thaw left good sleil
ing here, and plenty of ice. Ice we
! out of the Winooski with a rush.
! is cold again and the river is now Z
! zen over, and skating is fine.
p There was quite jangle in I
House Saturday forenoon concerni
adjournment until 1880 Monday e.
ming. The vote stood n to Ia I
Inasmuch as Speaker Cheney want
to go home, too, it placed him in
? embarrassing predicament, but ina
y he voted to stay and work and Il
was right. From appearances now