The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-04
RAILROAD MEASURE
OF LOCAL INTEREST
introduced by Boston 4 Maine
Company.
THE ALDERMAN LICENSE sNARL
Aired Before Committee on Temperance
Senator Butler Votes Against Regn'
lar Trustee Bill-varlous Special
Hearings This Week.

Hearings This Week.
State House, Montpelier, Nov. l..
A legislature, OF more properly speak
ing, a house that wall start the session ~
raising a hedgehog bill has great posslbiii'
ties-perlmps they will be great enough
before long 20 make people feel that u adj
ioufnmcnt il taken by Christmas the state
treasury may consider itself lucky. NO
oualms of conscience are evident when "
come, 10 making possible an expenditure
of 5000 year in the hedgehog industry
during the next twelve months and the
bill passes with whoop, but let matter
OF life or limb or public health, OF even
a SO trustee process where pfrale lh'e'
csts figure, i will spit hairs' Tue sehsse r''
showed lts disdain Tor the measure py re
ferring il TO the committee on Insane
when il reached that body Tuesday after
noon. - ,.,...o,,
house contains too many takers, III mas
abont as windy a bunch OF human knowit'
ais as has ever sat under the golden DOME
even when that picturesque ,i bil ol aiGn n,
lecture was painted yellow. lhey pay ~
tie attention TO committee reports anu ~ u''
cuss all bills with town meeting i,eeL n,i ,.aLo
The otter Creek bill had It's hnal wake
Tuesday alter three days OF mourning a,
a cost of 81 500 day to the. state, anu
was given a respectable funeral the house
e. reconsidering It's motion to dismiss
,bo hill killed il a second time by ma
I iority of seven votes, ~ TO lOi;
bin that will interest Brattleooro was
introduced by Mr.. Alderman oil vernon
Tuesday afternoon, authorizing the n
mont Valley railroad TO cohs'tuet var-
road between Brattleboro ana SCUM ,aLe
non The company is authorized 70 'an. an,
land NJ individuals and corporations oui
not moi the railroad owned by the Cen.rai
Wnrmnnt and Jointly used by that com,
49, and the Boston & Maine. The bi,i
p' No. referred 10 the committee on ran
rnads II i expected to meet with oppo,
s;tion from the Central, Tor II means .ne
narallelipg of that road between these wv
noints. With the completion oil lhis ,vit rint
and the road from Claremont 70 49,
/ ebanon. the Boston 4 Maine would have
,hrom,b line between Springfield and
Newnort where il connects with the
In p in fact il will have with the New
H,yer which control the Boston X Maine
ibrongh connections from the sound 10 the
Ganoda line The bill quietly made IT'S ap,
nearance after other bills had passed ana
we're signed by the governor giving w w
Vermont Valley and certain other Ioaus
under the control of the Boston u Maine
the right TO hold stock OF other corppla;. ;r
tions and TO clear up any elpua y" hond.
. title in case they should wish 10 oouu,
which may be necessary W
$ eoThee'ms The nmspIovers lovers liability bill furnished
49, attraction in representative hall lues
day erv evening before the joint judiciary
, committees. The farmers are stiii hsuii"s
on the measure o;,,,oJ as trus
tees of the permanent senoo, pan,or i"' n Dale Of
| DeBoer of Montpelier, Porter IL. w;nt & oi %
island Pond and Joseph l.. SonlnwlsIh ~ r.
darlington, He has named Edward
WcCieien of Rutland as member OF th'
state board Of pharmacy !. a. wool
s'1n, tbe first day's session OF the weet
b;il was introduced to do away with tn'
ss;y';nch front law and limit the, eaten y
sront 10 20 in one day to each person
This sounded like. a joke ~, 10 mose nsI, iii
men in the Legislature. lhere Is uov;d, ii,
drawn by Forester Hawes 70 pf fores
a,ards on mountains to watch Tor 1oass rs
Eros Wright of Westminster wants 20
| nn0 for an interstate bridge. Fletcher Q
| Sov.nd;sh would increase the pay OF th
| attorney general to S5,OO0. HI
| Stafford of Brattleboro introduces 2 6l1
| - eyemnt the Brattleboro Masonic puiiu
mo association from taxation. hum =
New Haven to let women vote Oh tne !
cense question: Gillett of Richmond "ou,, n0
| protect human life during the deer ar SEQ
son by compelling every hunter 10 wear
| bright red outer garment.
The Vernon town row and Its contlngel
| asnects got in before the temporary
aopmm;ttee Tuesday evening when IN
/. lii introduced by Mr.. Stafford OF bra,
- tleboro placing dry zone two miles WIZ
:. al around the state Of Vermont excel
Iwhere there are incorporated, ,r villages a ~
| ceived a respectful hearing. Inc propon q
tion to legislate for the whole sta!s on a, a.
% count Of the town of Vernon didn a.
| neal 70 the members of the committee an an
+ was decided by that body to report Y y
hin adversely. Among the, men were W "
D p'n Noodv and A. G.. Moody of the M
Hermon school, Mortified, Mass, MI
Stafford of Brattleboro, Speaker Howe
Remington, Mr.. Wright Of Westminsste 81 e
Mr.. Alderman Of Vernon, =. =. Duhnu M
of Brattleboro, Mr.. Carl Of oapahhhh; Pshh;++ !"
, Doolittle of Vernon ana ~ Nl, orS,re nur con
ha said against Representative Aldermt
for the manner or method in which ne
oonducting his hotel in Vernon ana
,raS snol,en of in the highest terms.
tmrned "1 ont at the hearing that the We
mont legislature was asked to 40 SON
thing that Massachusetts would ,:1t1. not s,a rt
and and that New Hampshire had ls!le M pIb, ~
pects of considering favora1iy' by .us a,so W u,
IL the law WOulu diie.I ~, 4ho OF q
IND IND shut % out absolutely 62 all around the sta
ter: a' from locating licensed place wlthln m y,
nal niles of the border. Mr., Carl OF cand ia1
nan hit hit the nail hard rap when he salo " y
lid h;s h;S Town would most certainly oppose n,
ats LII lii They had a splendid hotel. n !i
'ut' Voted license in order that the proprie.
- could have it and he was pro4ha 70 er;er a.
s;der the owner of the hotel n ms 1riei
= If The hill passed they would stlll nave
y omen saloon in the adjoining town IN y; !;
Hampshire and two just across tne r II
for in"%d u Tanada. with no way under the :al sun
,eIs ,,i close M them. Representative babpi.1
@i sts fP5ooclLinsham. f5oSl who is making good IN IN
Eel, l Iegislatare. believed the advocates o, :,
loft hill were in the wrong pew; thelr ren,e, ho
=. e thew had any, was in the law, VIE
Il ,iron II rn + became evident to the commit
III tbat the case had been heard by tne
)U ,,re,ne rneu court and returned: Mr., pooht
p,;sdae pre- On o'a a 'technicality Mr.. Babbitt
'lab vised taking it back again II tney M ytba a'r r
, in case case and not try to make law TOT tne
ser Of an apparently well satlshed sttle' Co, :
d mnbam of Brattleboro appeared III ID
ro u The only matter of interest t,,;rm;sb az Mga
soc tween Mr.. Peck, the member rom from y
'00 lington, and Mr.. McCuen OF W. oerefnff e
,on.t The The ancient city is getting iot oi
Gn sn" Advertising i this session. Two rival
the norations existing so far only on MI
Life ra mating a race for a charter, one nan y