Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-01-28

ment Of the lobby found q vent hole, and
the oratory was loud enough for Ceres to
step on her perch on the gilded dome to
inquire the cause Of the rumpus, had she
not been nailed down.
Caught mapping they say-the normal
school cohorts had tackled on "under
their very noses an amendment 70 the
measure providing state aid to their
schools, which called for the construction
Of q state normal school at an expense OF
s8O. 900 and the conversion Of one Of the
present normal schools into a state indus
TRIAL high school.
They say q recess was declared and .
fsw minutes later they woke up to find
that theii bill had been reported by the
committee on appropriations and that an
amendment bad been adopted and the
hill ordered to q third reading. This oc-
Cured on Friday afternoon.
81 was sitting in my seat here" de-
clared Senator Flagg in stentorian tones
that shook the state house, land that
bill slipped through so quick / sat dumb.
didn't know what happened. didn't
open my head" Senators Lewis Of La
nloille and Walker OF Rutland were out Of
the room, and Senator Lewis didn't know
what was up until be saw some OF the
state house officials coming out OF the
Senate chamber grinning all over and
patting each other on the back.
This was what led up to the fight on
Saturday afternoon. These members en-
deavored to reconsider the action taken
On Friday afternoon and knock on the
amendment, but they were not successful,
although they put up a splendid contest.
THE vote stood 10 to ~ against knocking
on the amendment, and the same vote
passed the bill.
II the House refuses to concur, the
question goes to a committee Of confer
once.
Governor Prouty is very anxious to put
through the bill to establish q state nor
NAL school, He occupied seat in the
senate and was an interested listener OF
the debate which lasted all the afternoon.
The House had adjourned and members
locked in from that body to view the
pyrotechnics.
Earlier in the afternoon, Senator Flagg
objected to being called to order BY Sena-
tor Finn. He declared that the senator
from Windsor could spatter and "belier''
\ an over creation oratorically, and nobody
would say a word but when another sena-
tor got up and said anything, the mem
Der from Windsor county would shout
that he was out of order, to which be
most emphatically objected.
Senator Walker made q very conserva'
tive statement OF the situation and op
posed the amendment in a manner that
showed his interest. He believed that
Vermont had need for all the teachers
that could be turned out from the norma
schools, and further believed that thes'
schools had done much for education II
the state.
I SENATOR FLAGG FREES HIS MIND
When Senator Flagg got to his feet thu
fur began to fly. He followed Senate
Finn who appealed to the "honor ans
integrity Of the senators 10 do justice Z
the children of the state. Senator Flag
began by saying that the pictures painte'
by the senator from Windsor county re
called to his mind the cuts OF well-goy
ernet soldiers which were printed il
northern papers during the Civil war O
regiments in battle. There was need 70
every teacher that could be graduate
from these schools. The rich girls sit