The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-09
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subsidiary concern OF the international
Paper Co, or paper trust, must have
been considered valuable, for Il formid-
able lobby has been maintained in the
interest OF this bill since early in the SEES
sion. Against the determined opposition
Of the people along the river, led by Mr..
Billings of Woodstock, the lobby has
had uphill work, and although all the
tricks of masters at the game were EN-
ployed little or no sentiment for the
measure could be manufactured. Only
one voice was raised in the House in
its support, while perfect food OF ora
tory was poured out against it. 1t was
the old fight of the corporation against
the people, and this time the people
won. The killing Of this bill affords
pretty good evidence Of the incorruptabil.
ity of Vermont legislatures, not that il
is charged OF even intimated that any
attempt was made by the lobby to inhu-
ence votes by improper means, but that
even with such important interests at
stake the futility of it was realized by
the lobby that was fighting the bill.
No attempt was made in the Senate
yesterday to reconsider the vote refusing
to allow the people to say whether or
not they wanted the timelock, so called,
taken off the constitution, for the sim.
pie reason that no senator, who voted
with the majority, could be persuaded
to make the motion for reconsidera-
ton And so another party pledge has
been ignored The best that can be done
now will be TO propose another amend
ment, making the timelock period six.
instead Of ten, years, and this may be
done later.
IN the Senate yesterday afternoon,
bill was introduced by Senator Archi-
bald, by request, relating TO personal
property OF the state at the Randolph
normal school, that the property be
turned over to the state board of educa-
ton and board Of trustees of the school
Of agriculture, the property to be used
by the new school Of agriculture, An
other bill was presented in the Senate
to equalize the salaries of the assistant
secretary Of the Senate and clerk OF the
House.
Senator Gordon presented new pro.
posal of amendment to the constitution;
that private property ought to be sub
servient to public benefits when neees-
sity requires il; nevertheless, whenever
personal property is taken for the bene-
fit of the public the owner ought to re-
ceiye an equivalent in money
Gov Mead Vetoes Embalmers' Bill.
Governor Mead yesterday afternoon
vetoed the House bill 265 to establish
a state board of examiners Of embalm-
ing, accompanying the veto with the
following statement: "This bill con.
tains a clause exempting from its provi.
sions bona fde employees of registered
embalmers, so that the state is deprived
of all the rights of criminal action
against such employees, IN certain cases,
which it has against registered embalm-
ers. Also by the wording of the last
section Of the bill, the state may lose the
right of criminal action for violation I'M
der the present law I thoroughly APP
prove OF the intent of the bill as whole,
but unfortunately the law does not all
low me to approve a portion of the bin
and disapprove another portion. There
fore ! have no alternative but to return
Il. 265 to the House of Representatives
without my signature"
Bills Signed by Governor.
AT the same time the governor an
nounced to the House that he had signed
the following bills:-
II. $50, an act in amendment OF sec,
ton 1900 of the public statutes, concern
ing certain record evidence
IL. 377, an act to amend section 4 of
No. 233 Of the acts of 1900, entitled, An
act to incorporate the American Fidelity
company as amended by section 2 OF
No. 265 of the acts of 1902, as amended
by section l of No. 307 of the acts of
1904 and as amended by section ! of
an act Of 1910, approved November s,
1910.
Fl. 95, an act to incorporate the Yer.
gennes Power company.
III. 440, an act to amend section of
No. III of the acts of 1898, entitled. An
act to incorporate the Orange County
Electric company.
II. 2l5, an act Incorporating the Glover
Village Congregational Westinghouse
Building society.