The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-15

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liston opposed Mr., Bronson said THU
section had been on the statute books
many years, and he thought there was
no danger in it. 1t permitted certain
animals slightly affected to be retained
for breeding purposes under the superyi
| sion of the cattle commissioner Mr.
4 Ellis thought this was dangerous pro
vision Mr.. Stafford of Brattlebort
thought sufficient safeguards had beer
thrown around the bill. The amendment
was lost and the bill was passed,
Weights and Measures Bill.
H. 800, the weights and measures bill
was returned to the House from thu
Senate yesterday afternoon, with pro
posals of amendment Mr. Pittredge 81
Leicester moved that the bill be ordered
to lie and be made special order foi
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mr.
Bailey Of Randolph opposed the motion
and it was defeated
| Mr.. Peck OF Burlington urged that the
| House concur in the unimportant amend
ments, and Mr. Babbitt Of Rockingham
explained that most OF the amendment:
were mere teehnicalities. The first sew.
en- proposals of amendment were agreed
to without debate
Mr., Fletcher of Sotckhridge thought
that proposals s and should not be
acted upon until after 10 and ii had
been considered, and he moved that pro.
posals and be ordered to lie until
those referred to had been acted upon
This motion was adopted.
The House then took up proposal 10
making the Office Of commissioner oil
weights and measures appointive by the
governor, instead of elective by the leg
stature Mr. Rabbit OF Rockingham
said the Senate was not susceptible Il
advice from anyone and explained that
the proposed amendment was ii line
with the original bill, az reported by the
committee, He was willing TO leave the
matter to the House to decide.
Mr. Martin of BrookIine thought the
House was able TO elect. Mr. Cory Of
Montpelier favored the amendment, say,
ing that he had confidence in the gov
ernor that he would appoint suitable
man. Mr.. Shaw Of Stowe opposed the
amendment. He did not want TO leave
the appointment to any one man Mr.
Kennedy of Williston opposed the
amendment and thought enough plums
had been given out His remarks were
greeted with applause.
Mr. Ives Of Mount Holly favored the
amendment Mr.. Amey OF Brighton and
Mr.. Wall of Dorset opposed il. Mr.
Stafford of Brattleboro supported THE
amendment and urged the House not TO
Z an AssV4a a
st, Adams opposed the amendment.
Mr. Peck of Burlington hoped the
members would not work themselves
into passion over the matter. The
House then refused to concur n the
amendment, as it did III the three re.
naming proposals.
Legislative Notes.
With the appropriations piling up,
there is talk about the State House Of
the necessity of state tax. and it ii
beginning 70 look as though ii was not
all idle talk If there is a thorough
understanding between the appropria-
tions and WAYS and means committees,
il may be possible that some way has
been discovered to avoid IL and still
make all the appropriations asked for,
1t Is significant, however, that at ban
quet Tuesday evening Mr., Fletcher OF
Cayendish, chairman Of the ways and
means committee, minated that there
was nothing about a state tax to be
greatly afraid of and that when cues
toned in the House yesterday as to
whether q state tax would be necessary
NJ $4,000 was appropriated for ROADS,
he refused to answer. Some of the men
who are best informed as TO the state 5
finances can see no escape from it, unless
some greater revenue producer than q
direct inheritance tax can be devised.
The discussion Of the Senate amend
ments To the weights and measures bill
in the House yesterday called out some
pretty plain talk, and the result may be
another conference committee, The trou-
bic comes over the amendment which
the House made to the bill. taking the
appointment of a commissioner away
from the governor and providing for his
election by the general assembly The
Senate so amended the bill that it was
restored to its original form, and this
the House did not like Mr. Kennedy OF
Williston thought the House should IN
sist on its amendment and that If the
governor had any more political debts
he should pay them in cash and not in
appointments, Mr., Stafford of Brattle-
boro thought the action OF the Senate
looked as though the House could not
be trusted to select a good man for the
commissionership, an dso it went. As
a matter of fact, this particular amend.
ment was not added to the bill at the
commissionetship, and so 1t went. As
tee which had the bill In charge, but was
placed there at the reqeust of H. w.
Clement of Rutland, one of the COM
missioners appointed by Gov. Prouty to
draw up a weights and measures bill and
who has all along been thought to have
an eye on the job. Whatever action is
taken must be before the holiday ad-
journment, as the bill becomes law
January ].
To no one member more than to Mr.
Babbitt of Rockingham does the credit
for passing the big appropriation for
highways through the House belong
When Mr.. Bahbitt introduced the bill
fixing the appropriation at 5000, 900, he
did il with that Yankee shrewdness for
trading that fixes the sum high enough
so there can be considerable of a drop
and still get about what is wanted.
He has worked early and late for the
bill, as he does for every measure in
which he is interested, and has keep at
it when the outcome seemed discourage
ing OF course, it is not due to him
nlnna for thara wore others inst rs narn.