The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-04
There Were iii Votes in Favor of Bill
Biving Municipal Suffrage to Wom-
en- and Only ia Votes
Against It.

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The debate on the measure was inter
esting The bill was before the House
as special order
Mr.. Fletcher Of Cavendish made a
strong speech in favor of the bill. He
said that the courage and diplomacy of
the committee having the bill in charge
Inherited his unqualified admiration. He
said that this bill presented magni.
fleent opportunity for putting up man
}of straw to knock down. Some people
called this bill revolutionary. He said
we were in the midst of a quiet revolu
ton now, He said if we kept our heads
and stuck by the constitution and the
courts which eonstrue it, all would be
well.
Mr.. Fletcher failed to find any legal
or moral reason why woman should not
have the rights asked He said if we
believed the moral and social conditions
will be lowered it is our duty to kill
the bill, but If you believe that moral
and social conditions win be advanced,
there is no escape from the fact it is
your duty to vote for it. 1t is all right
there in one concrete proposition.
He said ii woman didn't want the
right, she wouldn't abuse it. No in
Justice had been done in the state by
giving woman the right to vote in the
school meetings. He believed the bill
meant a betterment of conditions
Mr.. Ives of Mount Holly claimed to
he the father of the bill He said that
forty years ago he claimed TO have con.
verified member of the legislature to
this proposition He said that if this
bill were passed, he would feel ike ex-
claiming Lord, now let US, Thy serv.
ants, depart in peace" or words to that
effect. Mr. Martin of Hartland opposed
the bill
DR.. Bryant Of Ludlow favored the
bill in one Of the best and briefest
speeches made during the discussion.
Mr.. Howard Of Whiting said all his
preiudices were against the womans
suffrage but all his reason was in favor
Of it and he favored the measure.
Mr. Martin of Brookline thought that
when the women Of Vermont made ap.
plcation in large body for this right
that would be the proper time to con
slider the subject He thought the in
terests of women had been as we'll
guarded as though they had the right
to vote.
A viva voce vote was taken on the
question Of third reading and the chair
being in doubt, standing vote was
taken and q third reading was refused
by a vote of % to 100. As it appeared
that some members did not vote, Mr..
Fletcher of Cavendish called for the yeas
and nays and the third reading was re-
fused BY vote of III to III
Yea--Allen of Westford Babbitt, Bal.
ley, Baldwin, Ballard, Barrows, Batten,
Beeman, Bell, Billings Of Barnet, Bill
ngs Of Vershire. Blanchard Of Reads
boro, Blanchard Of West Windsor, Bond,
Bowles, Boyce, Branch, Briggs, Bryant,
Buchanan, Bundy, Burbank, Byington,
Calderwood. Carpenter, Chaffee, Corwin,
Crosby Dartt. Davis, Dewitt, Dodds,
Drown, Eaton of Bradford, Ea-
ton of Hancock, Elliott, Ellis
Of Pittsfeld Ellis Of Royalton,
Fisk. Flanders Of Tunbridge, Fletcher of
Cavendish. Fletcher of Stoekbridge,
Gatchell, Griffin, Grout, Guernsey, Hines,
Holden Howard of Londonderry, Howard
of Roxbury, Howard of Whiting, Hull
Than. Hunt, Ives, Jackman, Jakway, JOS
lin, Kellogg, Kennedy of Duxbury, Kent,
King. Laid Of EsNx, Ladd OF Worcester,
Leland. Lyman, Lyon, Mattison, Maun,
Miller of Bethel, Miller of Putney, Me-
Lam, Mills, 0rmsbee, Packard, Page,
Peck, Pitkin, Pittridge, Reed Roberts,
Robinson Root, Roy, Rumry, Russell,
Sheehey, Smith Of Newbury, Stafford,
Sternberg. Stevens, Stone, Thomas Of
Monkton, Thompson, Tracy OF Belvidere,
Warner. Webb Of Shelburne, Webster,
Wells of Wardsboro. Wells of Victory,
Wetmore Whitney of Bakersfield, Whit
ney Of Marlboro. Wightman, Wiley,
Williams of Craftsbury, Williams of
Winhall Willmath, Woodruff, Wright OF
Montgomery, Young of Orwell, Young Of
Westfeld
Nays-Abbo' Alderman, Allard Of
Colchester. Allard of Nottingham, Allen
of Ferrisbmg, Andrus, Barron, Barton,
Bates, Bean of Newport Beebe, Bemis,
Bentley, Bishop, Bowen, Bronson, Brown,
Butterield, Cameron, Campbell, Carl,
Caswell, Cave, Chapman, Clark Clarey,
Cofrin, Converse, Cook of Irasburg,
Cook Of Thetford, Cook Of Shoreham,
Corliss, Cory. Covey, Croft, Cunningham,
Cutting Of Concord, Cutting Of Water
ford, Daniels, Dawson, Day, Dearborn,
Dixie, Dudley, Dryer. Fitch, Flanders of
Orange, Fletcher of Eden, Foster, Gage,
Goodwin, Ham, Harrington of Pomfret,
Harrington Of ShelburBe, Hatch, Hayes,
Hill, House, Hubbell, Jennings, Jenne,
johnson OF Castleton, johnson of Som
erset, Jones' Kennedy of Williston,
Leary, Leayens, Lucia of Hineshurg, Lu-
cier Of JAY, Marlowe, Marsh, Marshall,
Martin of Brookline. Martin Of Hartlsnd,
Mason. McCuen. Ntzhugh, Mclean, My
ers, Myricl. Nelson. Norton. Orvis, Park
hurst, Parcher, Pendrigh, Peters, Plumb,
Pollard, Root, Rowland, Ryan, Sawyer,
Scofeld. Seager, Shattuck, Shaw, Sher-
win, Shorey. Smith Of Shrewsbury, Tas-
sic. TAYLOR. Towle. Tracy of South Hero,
Wall, Ward. Webb of Arlington. Wheel.
er, Williams of Peacham, Williams of
Peru, Wood. Wright Of Coventry. Wright
Of Starksboro, Wright Of Westminster.
New Bills Yesterday Afternoon.
The following bills were introduced in
the House yesterday afternoon:
BY Mr.. Hunt Of New Haven, an act
relating to corporations formed be- vol
mtary association and in amendment
Of certain sections Of the public statutes
relating thereto.
BY Mr. Miller Of Bethel. an act to