Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-08
TEN SENATORS Do
NOT TRUST STATE
Refuse to Allow an Opportunity
to Decide on Amendment
to Constitution.

THE YEA AND NAY VOTE.

The yea and nay vote was as fol-
ows.
Yeas--Adams, Barden, Clark. Coolidge.
Daniels. Gordon, Griswold. Hitchcock,
Lyford, Norton, Pike. Powell. Scribner,
Seaver, shepardson, Taplin total 16.
Nays-Archibald, Butler, Cushman,
QUITS. Dale. Darling. Davis, Edgerton,
Sheldon. Smith; total, 10.
Absent and not voting Butterfield,
Field. Porter, futile.
All OF the other proposals were agreed
to without opposition. except the third.
which changes tho time Of holding the
biennial elections from September until
November Senator Butler was the only
enc to object to this proposal and he did
so because 1t would upset everything
The committee on claims is to hold a
meeting tomorrow evening when final
consideration will be given to the claim
made by the Central Vermont road for
come s, 900 for expenses incurred during
the recent strike for police protection II
is understood that majority of the COM
mittee do not look favorably on this
claim.
The committee on railroads Of both
houses will go to Brattleboro Tuesday to
look over the ground there In reference
TO the charter as called for by the Boston
4 Maine road to build line from Brat.
tleboro TO South Vernon. The Central
Vermont will provide a special train
which will leave here about eight o'clock
in the morning, returning the same day.
PUBLICITY BILLS LIFE SAVED
The publicity bill introduced in the
House early In the session by Mr.. Boyce
of Waterbury, which appropriates $4,000
for the next two years for advertising
the resources and industries Of the state,
and authorizes the Governor to appoint
director Of publicity az a salary of
$500 annually. came into tho House this
afternoon with an adverse report from
the committee on conservation to which
It was referred Mr.. Battell Of Middle
bury. chairman OF that committee, when
nterrogated, said the committee reported
nnfavorably because It did not believe the
State had that amount Of money to en-
pend for such purposes. Several amend
inents were proposed and voted down
one OF them making the secretary ot
state the director Of publicity. but il
was thought that official has all the
work man ought to do. The bill
would undoubtedly have been killed this
afternoon had the vote on II been tax en-
but It was ordered to lie and its life was
temporarily saved.
The House passed In concurrence with
out discussion the Senate bill which in
corporates the City Trust company al
burlington.
The bill empowering the Champlaln
Realty company to remove obstructons
from the Ottaquechee river was also
adversely reported this afternoon. 1t was
ordered to lie while an amendment offered
by Mr.. Stone of Walllngford could be
printed The amendment struck all on,
after the enactinN clause, but followed
quite closely in some respects the
original blI
THIRTEEN IMPORTANT BILLS
The first thing done in the House this
forenoon was to introduce 10 new bills,
several of which are Of large Importance,
Some of these bills have been in the
nsnds of the revision committee since
the time for the Introduction of bills ex-
PRED and others came in through COM
mittees.
One introduced by Mr. Stone of Wal
iinGford appropriates $50 TO enable the
Vermont State Horticultural society to
make a credltahe exhibit at the New
Boston.
A bill introduced by Mr. Bronson or
Hardwick makes provision for a State
fair commission Of II members five %
serve one year. five two years, and five
three years. and the Governor and State
commissioner Of agriculture to he men,
hers ex-officio.
The direct inhertan nee tax was reached
= a,
was introduced by the committee on
ways and means as a revenue measure
and was in charge of Mr. Fletcher of
Cavendlsh. This bill provides direct
Inheritance tax on estates of $1,000 or
more Mr.. Fletcher of Cavendish ex-
planned the bill in detail. saying that
was almost exact COPY Of the
Massachusetts law and In line with
constructive legislation, Legitimate
Yield for raising revenue in the State
GUARANTEES NO JOKER.
Mr.. Wright OF Westminster offered an
amendment to tho collateral inheritance
feature OF the bill. making 1900 instead
of 5000 the limit on which colatera,
inheritance can be taxed and collect ed
from the estate of a deceased person
While the adoption of this proposed
amendment was under discussion the bill
was ordered to lie and was made a special
order for next Friday morning. Tho
members OF the House seemed n little
AFRAID TO tackle 1t, but Mr. Fletcher ot
tavendish assured them that it con-
tained no Joker and no darkey in The
wood pile, that the State Is strainins
every nerve to collect enough revenue
TO transact Its business without laying