The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-18
OBJECTIONS TO WEIGHT.
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inventories in his office instead OF that OF
the secretary of state.
Representative Wright OF Westminster
was i'll last week with cold but is back
again in the house. He doesn't like to be
/ drafted for membership on the committee
on internal affairs
| The friends of the square deal and the
/ honest count suspected someone was deal
ing the cards under the board yesterday
/ and decided to let the weights and meas
Iures bill remain on the table until the
deck could be counted. The rumors about
trouble brewing although the bill went to
I a third reading without word oil opposl-
/ ton. proved true and although one at
tempt TO table it failed by close vote,
/ the friends of the measure didn't press the
matter further when the second motion
came and will let the measure rest IN
peace until after Thanksgiving unless they
Iare assured today or tomorrow the bill
will pass. Mr.. Babbitt of Rockingham,
who got into the fight through no act OF
! his own. says f .he legislature is satisfied
with dishonest scales after the govern
ment report on the subject all well and
good. He thinks measure the adminlstra-
/ ton of which will cost only few thou.
sand dollars and will save the people OF
I The state $500, 600 ought to be worth try
| ing The most foolish argument heard
against the bill is that its enforcement will
increase the cost of living as merchants
i will have to get new scales and give ~
ounces to the pound-of course not all
merchants are in this category. There are
La few in favor of the bill.
The speaker has appointed on the con-
ference committee on the trustee process
| bill, Fletcher of Cavendish, Webster OF
Swanton and Cory of Montpelier. The
senate members will be announced today.
No report has yet been made on the
Austine bill and none is now expected
until after the recess.
The teachers pension bill introduced by
your Mr. Stafford Of Brattleboro was
amended by Ives of Mt. Holly to include
old maids and hired girls. Mr.. Stafford
didn't like such poetic license taken with
a measure in which he was so sincerely In
terested and had the bill tabled.
The senate is never in session longer
than half an hour at time, simply for
the reason it is waiting for bills to come
in from the house to kill, or more properly
speaking, to pass upon. The governor was
reported Yesterday to have sent in w. k,
Warmers name for the public service com
mission and this the senate passes on to-
day in executive session. There has been
a rumor of dissatisfaction, but it seems to
be the impression MS name VIII 80 through
The anti-saloon league will try to gum
shoe the dispensary bill through the gen
eral assembly even though it is unlikely
that they will get any encouragement
J from the temperance committee. Mr.. Maun
of st. Adams has introduced a bill for q
single head license commission who shall
appoint the license commissioners II
towns voting for license. There are any
quantity of liquor bills to correct some
known or supposed evil but few changes
will be made in the law this year. Mr.
Stafford of Brattleboro has introduced {
bill giving Brattleboro authority to bone
! if it is ever necessary to raise money in &
, connection with the railroad changes.
The state treasurer was the most ponu
, lar man around the state house today. Id
. handed over to each member S175 on ac
count and they get the rest when the,
, adjourn. He will pay out $4,000.
Maxwell Evarts made good impression
before the committee on appropriations
T last night on the state fair bill, to appro
! pirate $4,000 annually for that institu
ton. Max had facts and figures, HANDED
out few things about the Morgan horse
4 war department test between the Yer
a mont Morgan and government cavalr,
! horse, state advertising, merino sheep
!. cattle and poultry, and on the whole mad
: out a good case for the fair. Governo
/. Prouty also spoke for the bill.