Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-11-09

seemed to be all one way but late in
the evening Mr.. Bickford of Hard
wick. representing the Woodbury.
Granite Company, took the floor and
the things he did not say against the
bill are not worth saying. It was
evident that he did not understand the
! bill, although he had the bill in his
hand and read from it. He attacked
it vigorously. and read the sections he
did not like, but it turned out that
many of the sections he did not like
are law today and have been for
years. Mr.. Cory of Montpelier spoke
feelingy for the bill, bib which, by
the way, is directly opposed to his fl
nancial interests. Let us digress
enough to say that this man Cory is
one man in a Thousand. He is the
controlling factor in one of the largest
granite quarries in Barre the MOntpeD-
Ter & Barre Electric RAILROAD and the
Cory, Deavitt and Frost Power COM
pany. Each line of business might
be termed hazardous. Eacn business
endangers the life and limb of his en-
ployees and yet Mr.. Cory supports
bill which will take away from his
companies that unjust defence of
contributory negligence, which will
take from his companies the rights to
defend on the ground that the injury
was caused by fellow servant. and
another defence on the ground that.
the employee assumed the risk.
Cory seems to forget his own inter-
ests when the interests of the people,
are at stake. He supports this ball
because it is right. We mention this
because so many people are opposing
it for the same reason. If we learn,
of any other large corporate Interest
in favor of the bill we will mention
them.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Among the things which this legis-
lature has yet before it are the In
come tax amendment to the U. S.
Constitution, the employees liability
bill, the trustee process bill, bill to
abolish offsets, the so called employ
t ers' compensation acts. the fish and
game laws, the normal school ques-
= ton, the liquor laws, and two or three
= hundred bills on other matters
G "We're Here because We're Here
: and eve Won't Go Home until Chris t.
Il mas" would be popular songs 1t they
: could be set to music.
v Mr.. Bundy of Sutton made a hi
II with his evergreen tree bill.
% "Otter be damned, 'said one member
# when the house was fighting over th'
o. bill That is just what the Burling
i ton Company want their charter TO
1r and they claim their dam will cost SIS,
I'd 900.
The senate pages, Dale and Butler
OF have been doing a land office bushes
Ut in selling pictures of the senate. U
Ut course the senators did not buy tn
OF pictures because of their beauty, bu
er asked them to.
w Speaker Howe has introduced bi
n to prevent traffic in white slaves.
he annette" was kept busy for fe
i'll minutes Friday morning caressing tt
he members who voted for her bill.
VI vi The bill to tax electric light plan
I'D owned by municipalities brought
~, III host of lobbyists to Montpelier las
- week. The array of counsel again
~, ~ the bill would lead one to think TIL
tbo every village in the state was affect
IL one way or the other. Mr.. Page {
81, HYDE Park has been Interested in tt
t ty measure, but it will probably
tSa amended so that Hyde Park Wi
out escape.
rec y There was a smothered attempt
MIA Slam the desks on Friday when t
not gentleman from Brookfield was spea
of ing. 1t is a mean thing to do b
csc still the house must protect itself
ulu some way.
anv The house has amended the ri
inc relating to the dismissal of bills a
the hereafter bills will be killed on thu
ers merits or rather on their lack
the merit.
ten Hon. J. L. Lewis of Troy was w
own come visitor at the state house Ii
nan week.
o in The senate killed Senator Barde
ion state publicity bill last week, but he
r of reconsidered the vote and will pr
bill ably cut the appropriation down
C.. $4,000 and pass it.
the The weights and measures bill
ing meeting with opposition and har
nile has a chance to pass in it's pres
'ulu form.
nnn COLBY STODDARD