The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-19
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here to-day and perhaps it is Just as
well that he absented himself yesterday
for If he had been compelled to listen
to all the pleasant, not TO say tattering
and highly complimentary, things that
were said about him, it would have
surely made his checks burn.
The election was one grand harmony
of good feeling, with but two discordant
notes These were sounded in the House,
and the reason therefor no one knows
Mr.. Hunt, the venerable retired lawyer
/ from New Haven, was responsible for
one, when he asked to be excused from
voting, and, his request being promptly
refused by the House, he cast his vote
for Charles A. Prouty.
Mr. Woodruff of Burke was the cause
of the other diseord in voting for David
j. Foster. Mr. Woodruff is an ardent
admirer of the congressman from the
first district and thought in this way to
pay him a compliment.
Mr. Pages nomination in the House
was seconded by Mr., Maun of st. Al
bans City, Mr. Dartt of Springfield, Mr..
Cory of Montpelier, Mr. Amey Of Bright
on, Mr. Stafford of Brattleboro, Mr. Mat
tson of Glastonbury, Mr. Peck of Bur
lington and Mr. Getchel of Charleston,
In the Senate the seconding speeches
were made by Senators Dale, Archibald,
Butterfeld, seayer, Cults, Clark and
Lyford.
Attended Demurrage Hearing.
Mr.. Rabbit of Rockingham, better
known as Fred Babbitt of Bellows Falls,
returned yesterday from Boston, where
he was the principal witness in hear
ing before the interstate commerce COM
mission on the proposed change in the
demurrage rule Mr.. Rabbit was some
time ago selected to represent Vermont
interests in this matter, and he was
the first witness called at the hearing.
Mr.. Babbitt thinks that the changing
OF the rule that demurrage must be
paid on cars after 30 hours TO As hours
would work hardship for Vermont,
and he had the figures TO back him up.
One OF the cases he cited was that OF
the Barre Granite company, which be
said sometimes loaded Is cars at once,
and there was not adequate room. In
some cases the railroad company had
failed to furnish cars on time, and IL
was often impossible TO load the cars in
as hours Sometimes demurrage had to
be paid, even under the 96-hour rule, in
ease OF bad weather or when many
small pieces of stone had to be handled.
Commissioner Prouty wanted to know
if that couldn't be done away with il
there was a rule that If the railroad
failed to furnish cars there should be no
demurrage charge for 80 hours. Mr.. Bah
bitt thought not, because in the case OF
this concern it was necessary to load
several cars at time, and the stone
must be loaded where ii is cut and
stored because to move il elsewhere
would be too expensive. To a repre-
sentative OF The Times, Mr. Rabbit said
that he thought if the railroads were
allowed to put the 4S-hour rule into
effect it would cost the shippers OF this
state alone upwards of hundred thou
sand dollars year. Mr.. Rabbit Is him
self a large shipper, and he estimates
that it would mean an increased expense
to him of $1,000 a year.
He Was Pages Teacher.
An interested onlooker III the House
yesterday, when Senator Page was be-
ing given a six-year term in the United
States Senate, was the venerable A. ~
Foster of Cabot Mr. Fosters interest
arose from the fact that away back in
ls49 and so Mr. Page went TO school to
him when he was teacher in the district
school at Hyde Park. Mr.. Foster does
not 60 so far as to predict that at that
time he saw in the young man future
United States senator but says that
he remembers Mr.. Page as an unusually
bright and industrious boy, who applied
himself diligently TO his studies
just before adjournment in the House
yesterday afternoon, a small batch Of
bills was introduced, as follows:
BY Mr.. Hunt OF New Haven, to limit
the term of town treasurer; no one to
hold the Office Tor more than two years
in succession.
BY Mr.. Shaw OF Stowe, to protect fur
bearing animals; close season from
March l5 to October Is on fox skunk,
marten, mink, raecoon and fisher-cat;
on muskrats from May ! to October Is
fixes penalty of So for each ofense.
BY Mr. Huntlof New Haven, to repeal
No. of the acts of 1908, relating to
dpphCdhiOLn W hilt ktttidA u9oChtbAgs
BY Mr. Woodruff of Burke, to repeal
section 1928 of the p. S. relating to the
protection Of beaver and otter
In the Senate, an important bill was
introduced by Senator Cushman OF Ben
niugton, relating to the liquor law. 1t
provides that no one less than 25 years
old shall hold license; no one who has
been convicted OF violating the provisions
of the chapter relating TO Illegal selling
within five years of such convictions liz
cense of fifth class may be granted per-
son less than . years old Another bill
was introduced to amend section OF No.
2ll, acts Of 1902, and to amend No. l65
of the acts OF 1894, Incorporating the
city and the town of Barre, was intro
duced and referred to the municipal cor
porations committee.