The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-13
LEGISLATIVE DOlNGS
TOLD In PARAGRAPHS

! ElrOy Kent Matter Is Likely to Caus
Great Deal of Stir Shortly, Under
Attorney E. H. o'Brien's Lead
ership--A Mild Passage at
Arms in the House.
There was little pricking up of ear
IN the House yesterday, when Mr.. CORY
OF Montpelier introduced his joint reso
luton to appoint commission to in
vcstigate the system of bookkeeping
used by the state treasurer. Investigate
: the state treasurer was the way SONS
OF the members caught it, and suspicious
OF graft and all those other awful things
that happen in wicked states like New
York and illinois were at once aroused
But when it was pointed out to these
unsophisticated ones that if that We're
the purpose of the resolution it would
hardly come from the smiling gentleman
from Montpelier. the business associate
and bosom friend Of the state treasurer
and when they found that the whole and
only purport of the resolution was to
allow modern system of bookkeeping
to be used by the treasurer, instead OF
the Anticipated method the law now com
pels him to use, sigh of relief went
up and the prielSed-up ears came down.
The resolution il simply following out
one of the recommendations of Gov.
Prouty and quite naturally came from
Mr. Cory, who, they say has a habit
OF looking. out for his friends.
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/ 1t begins to look as though in the
/ Elr0y Kent case the state might be com.
PEELED to undergo another Mary Rogers
4 spasm. Attorney 0'Brien of Rutland is
/ here attending supreme court and, Incl
dentally, as he says, trying to save the
state OF Vermont from the disgrace OF
hanging a crazy man. Mr.. O'Brien says
he has no interest in Kent and that
he is animated in the matter solely by
his desire not to see a mistake made by
the state, which is Of course highly COM
mendable on the part of Mr.. O'Bren.
He freely admits that the world would
be better off ii Kent ceased to be a
part OF il, says that he is without rela-
tives or friends to mourn him, SO that
there is no reason for his wanting to
save him except the laudable one before
mentioned. In Mr. 0'Briens opinion.
Kent is denegerate imbecile, crazy, II
you like it better that way, and was
so at the time the murder Of Della Cong
don was committed The best proof Of
this is, he says, the fact that for years
the state Of Vermont confined him in the
asylum at Waterbury because he was
insane. Mr.. 0Bnen is going to draw
up a bill TO have the sentence committed
to life Imprisonment, and whether he
succeeds in getting IL through or not,
he i sure to work up considerable sym
pathy for Kent, as he has way Of pre-
senting the case as though he thoroughly /
believed in what he says.
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Possibly there is no coincidence IN the !
presence yesterday at the State House /
OF President Thomas OF Middlebury col I
lege and the introduction of bin de- I
signed TO steer some 81 900 a year of
the states money into the Golfers of /
that institution, and still there may be- /
Certain it is that the learned and ac.
complished gentleman and the bill made
their appearance on one and the same
day. President Thomas has accomplished
wonders since he took the Middlebury
presidency two years ago, and it would
be surprising L a man who can raise a
fund of over 100000 in two years time
could not worm measly 81 600 out OF
the state, especially when he needs 1t
IN his business and could do so much
good with it.
John w. Titeomb, state fish and game
by grace Of Gov Prouty
and by virtue Of Henry Thomas resigna-
ton, made his first appearance OF the
session yesterday. Titcomb il minus the
uXuriant growth of red whiskers. which
Used to adorn his features in the days
before he left Vermont for Washing
on, but the way in which he talked to
he members OF the fish and game COM
nittee showed that MS hand had not
ost its cunning and that il was the
anne old John. He is to be here Wednes-
lays during the sessions, to give the
on game and fisheries the
Idvice they are supposed to need. and
Mr.. Titeomb is now major domo :
t the Lyndonville estate of Theodore !
\. Vail, it is safe TO say that he re-
aims the same lively interest in matters
elating to FISH and game that he always /,
.ad.
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There was a mild passage at arms in !
he House yesterday afternoon between
lr Fletcher Of CaYendish and Mr. Amey 4
I Brighton, that gave promise OF some
Interesting moments as these gentlemen
ub up against each other in the work I
the session. The incident in itself Q
'as trivial, but rich in anticipation. 7
lr. Fletcher, as chairman of the com. 7
littee on rules, moved that the rule
alating to the consideration of the :
hanging OF town lines, shire towns and
ne like, when proper notice has not been 4
be stricken out, as he had II
cen advised by the secretary of state
nat the law requiring notice OF such
langes had been done away with and
lie rule thus made obsolete Mr.. Amey
ID not believe but what the law re.
airing publication of notices in such
lses was still on the statute books
nd therefore thought the rule should Ii
main. Mr.. Fletcher gracefully slid out
the position in which he was placed
7 putting it up TO Mr., Amey to inter.
ew the secretary OF state and find out
hieh was right, Mr.. Fletcher withdraw.
q his motion with the consent of the III