Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-11-11
toward remedyiug Tie present evils.

cents ou each tree cut aud the S-natr
lo"ks upon the matter with rqrai favor /
except that they do not wish Ia have the /
law take effect at once fearing it w'.uid !
wor, hardship un those who are NOW :
cutting the crop for this season The !
house will probably not Insist upon this
point. The hill WAS introduced 10y Mr.. |
Bundy of Sutton aud met with instant
approval, the only arguments Icing
toward few amendments. The orlgi-
nal bill called for tax OF five cents and
would have been great revenue pro-
lucing measure for the state, hut the
house took so kindly to the principle of
the bill that they promptly amended 1t
so as TO call for twenty five cents which
will probably stop the traffic entirely
II was brought out in argument that at
| five cents per tree the dealers would
have paid Caledonia aud Orlea"s
| Counties alone sum not less than
Sl2 900 for the output of 1909 IL also
appeared that these dealers take the best
trees aud would not take the so-called
bull spruce which has become pest III
many pastures. The state is spending
thousands of dollars to replaut the
forests of the state and these dealers do
more damage in one year than the for
restry department can undo in ten
years. Even Mr. Clark of Morristown
said they did more damage than hedge
hogs.
The Woman's Suffrage bill came in
this week without recommendation
FROM the committee. Mr.. Fletcher OF
Cayendish who introduced the bill read
an opinion from the Hon. c. c. Fits of
; Brattleboro unfolding the legality OF
the measure and pointing out wherein
} this bill was legal while one giving
; equal state suffrage would require an
amendment to the constitution. MIR.
, Fits favored this one which gave wo-
: men the right of municipal suffrage.
; Mr.. Miller of Bethel aud his preiudlcet
t we're ell against the bill but when he
: began to look up some reasons agalns
the bill he found that every reason, hott
morally and as matter of right were il
~ favor of the bill. Reason overcame pre-
u iuiice with him and he favored the pas
< sage of the measure. Mr.. Martin o
" Brookline opposed the bill because b
" said the women from his town had no
y asked him to support it and therefor
he reasoned that they did not want il
He said the men had conducted munich
pal affairs so long that he though
women ought not to have anything t
d say about them. On viva vOce vot
- the chair was in doubt and called for
e, rising vote which was also very clos'
ee All the members present did not vet
t. and at the suggestion of the Speakt
AZ Mr. Fletcher called for a yea aud ma
- vote which killed the bill by vote c
,e ia to Ill.
er There appears to be dead lock he
at tween the House and Senate on tn
in Trusteee Process Bills. The Hous
Is passed the ten dollar exemption bill a
10 promised by the party platforms and tn
~ bill was sent to the Senate for its COT
r. currence. In the meantime the Senat
he had passed one compelling employers
of save out ten per cent of wages to pa
be existing judgments aud abolishin
I'd trustee process as far as wages are col
al cerned. The Senate has tabled tt
IL House bill and the House has killed tn
m Senate bill. 1t will be necessary t
In have committee of conference and
es will be up to that committee to brin
Is out something that both houses ca
hit agree upon. The fight in the Senat
to was the first one of any magnitud
nv Only six members opposed the Sena
re- bill but they were earnest in their opp
,ss sition. One Senator said he did NJ
as propose to be swerved from the path
r.. duty by any socialistic oratory from h
mt fellow Senators or by any platfor
,er promises. 1t will be some time befo
us we know what the law is going to be i
ar regard to Trustee Process of wages.
en- There was public hearing on Il
lid Employers Liability bill one eveniI
a last week and that too developed in
ate quite warm session. For time
ex- seemed to be all one way but late in Il
lat evening MIR. Bickford of Hardwick re
ill resenting the Woodbury. Granite CO
he took the floor aud the things he did NJ
WIS say against the bill are not worth sa
her ing. 1t was evident that he did n
understand the bill, altho he had t
to bill in his hand and read from it.
sed attacked it vigorously and read the ST
es- tions which he did not like, but
ed. turned out that many of the things
md did not like are law today and ha
out been for years. Mr. Cory of Mon
,ht peler spoke feelingIy for the hill, a b
on which by the way is directly oppos
mt to his financial interests. Let us
esk gress enough to say that this man Cor