The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-09

Fair Bill.
state House, Montpelier, Dec. y;
The legislature has deridcd 10 lv'
Elfoy Kent hang The ball 10 commute
his sentence was refused a thifd reaa'
ms an "A yea aud nav vote OF ~ Nvs
and lS5 no, or better than 10 y,
Ken, was given a fair hearing, ahd
Iohn ID. Spellmnn Of Rutland, associate
counsel for him IN county court Nhs
extended the courtesy OF the noof 70
argue his case, and after him tue w
,orney general was called. ne tasS
was put over from last fIiuaN nnu
meanwhile the sympaihizcfs OF the con,
iemned man were able go muster thciT
entire strength, but the odds Were
Greatly against him. Kent was con
yieted In Rutland county court Tor tue
mnrder of Della \. Congdon OF Wal
ingfoTd. "A deaf mute. on July ~, lFus'
and sentenced 90 be hanged on Friday
Jan. 10, next in the state PRISON Nv
Windsor. Mr.. Martin of Brookline
made a plea for Kent ON the grounds
OF his mental incapaeity, when was tue
point raised in his behalf.
Nine OF the proposals OF amendn.hi
IN The state constitution were adopted
hv IN. senate Wednesday morning,
ohr va Me 20 rronose amendments
man " "nsti,n,ion every session. IL
~ Wy 49, ~ securing the necessary
two.thirds vote, which stood 10 10 ~.
The proposals adopted by the senate
in brief are: Governor 5 veto; JANUARY
biennial sessions Of the Legislature anu
November instead of september picn'
nla eies'.ons' s' ao bs,s Instead of one;
qu.st ~ a,,,hori,y Of the legislature
res, ,ll.'I.s .,';,L falony eases: ineligi.
70 lh'eI.ei. ,hars al General Assem-.
bilty on ngii ni, aroa,oa while they are
piN 70 noi' r,oration or charters: Judges
ileiilpcIs, on,,r, shall he called Jus.
OF supremhe up.hor; r;D;nc So The legislature TO pass
ices; au' ca,pnnlsory compensation
workman .o'np 'r, ;ndges Ia rewrite
laws; supreme eoul. i.u,; senator
chapter TWO oi saynr nf abolishinp
ADAMS VVtea ~ ~, tSe Constitution and
the time ioek vt VIC
bur,ef asat ia considerable puttering
Inc house uiu o IosS tban eight bills
"Wednesday anu no ,bor III nnrsideration
were tapieu ioI i1a, Tbe ooyernor
Thursday ana rfraS ratocs nm 70 Wednes.
sent IN onis Eyopv time tbe house now
day npon' annhoan, countenance of
sees .ne pahop, ihoEI K;nosley' secretary of
Harvey hoDgit ;ii,orr % affaiIs approaching
the bar. led by the doorkeeper,, they
duck mnder their seats for fear that 1t
il another executive frown. The, gov
ernor is certainly watching. Legislation
with an eagle eve; his scalps to date
number four. all unanimously sustained.
The committee on federal relations
decided Wednesday evening to report
the 1eueral Tbo fTbo noborts of the 5000.
GOO 0p1 q GOOD roads bill are organizing coun;,
tv meetings to see that the norman
school bill doesn't seesaw through tne
LEGISLATURE ahead of their bill, although
the normal school measure, wears the
stamp of executive approval. -,
''%b Wban the direct inheritance tax bill
,,.oS Ien hafore ,n the house Wednesday Rep
rso,totive We Wright of Westminstel
aese asyorn5 an amendIhent that no tax shal
bn bn nlaced on estates of $1,000 and
uu ofter which the bill was tabled
II"s III ia he had n tale to tell the house
1;ttin later on this subject.
Hi,le mn ns narns OF OF DANNY and Mt. Tabor
nod their row out before the towns
i;nas Iian nnmmittee Wednesday evening, il
% iines shnrnr That MI Tabor was trying
peinG nrb 9nI" Two churches. II dwellin.
70 uos aoso,u ana narts Of three others, to
HOUSES HOUSES ,r;tb miu S1o 600 taxable property
se'Hef t osorts @nrt r. straiohten the line be
49,, IN ,oS tho two towns. The Dandy resi-
5wetn 5nts Who vho nav Al 20 tax do not like tn,
J Nei's f. Tahor "mv pSS rate. Mt. Tabor finall,
MI M dow aUv ;+s hill One of the severes
asnersions "ro on the town of Guildhall b,
nritheon, af tha County seat. is that there ism ,
u oi h atbtnb ot in the town. and that anyon
onfer;ng the town has to come in b,