The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-11
But House Finally Adopted
Proposed Amendment
ABOUT GOVERNORS VETO
A Big Debate On Normal School Ques-
tion Is Expected In the Legislature
Next Friday Morning--Gov-
ernor Signs Bills.

amendment to the state constitution, the
committee having recommended favor
able action on all the proposals.
The first proposal of amendment un-
( der consideration, relating to the gov
ernor's veto, called out considerable de.
bate. 1t was favored by Fletcher Of
Cavendish, Martin Of Brookline. Peck OF
Burlington, Rowland of Poultney, Bry-
ant OF Ludlow and Daniels Of Warren,
and opposed by Billings OF Woodstock
Hunt OF New Haven and Shaw OF Stowe
TO pass the proposal required a ma
iority vote OF the House and the speak
er, after two trials. decided it would
be better to call the yeas and nays.
| This showed vote OF l5S in favor of
the proposal and "a against and it was
carried.
The normal school fight is scheduled
to come off Friday morning at l0;30
o'clock The central normal school bin,
with an amendment providing that the
schools at johnson and Castleton be
abolished June |, 1912, came in this
morning with favorable report and was
made a special order for the time stat
ed above. The report Of the special
committee on the normal schools was
also received and ordered to lie and be
printed.
The reports simply described condi-
tions as they were found at johnson
and Castleton and contained no recon-
mendations. The amendment abohshing
the present school is not in line with
the compromise reached last week and
indicates that the opposition TO johnson
and Castlet0n are going to make a fight.
1t is understood, however, that the other
amendment taking care OF the school at
Johnson is being held in reserve BY the
COMMITTEES and will be presented il the
other is defeated and it seems neces.
sary to put it in to get the bin through
for central school
Senate Mills Along.
In the Senate, nothing but routine
business was taken up, bills were read
by title only and considerable work was
turned off. On motion OF Senator Dale,
the Senate refused to concur in the
House proposal Of amendment 10 the
hin making divorces absolute only after
the expiration Of six mouths on the
ground that il would destroy the eff
cheney OF the bill
The Senate passed in concurrence H.
3ll amending Plainheld's charter; H.
1850. relating to fish and game wardens;
II. AIS, relating to the taking Of picker
ell; H. $50, Incorporating the village OF
Marshfeld; II. 56s. relating to netting
and snaring game: H. 574. relating to
testing boilers of locomotives; H. 577,
Incorporating the village OF Cambridge;
II. $50. amending Springheld's charter;
III. 6l2, making close season on rab-
bits and hares; H. 605, to pay A. A.
Reed a certain sum; II 807, to pay the
town Of Starksboro and Walden certain
school money.
S. 1873, providing for the inspection of
milk and requiring a license for its sale
was passed with proposal Of amend
ment that no license shall be required
Of person selling the milk Of two
cows.
S, l40, relating TO the law Of the road
and S. l27, relating to informing officers
were also passed
A joint resolution providing mileage
for officials of the general assembly was
passed and one providing an office for the
commissioner Of state printing was
killed
Signed by Governor.
Gov. Mead announced that he had /
signed the following bills:
s. S-An act amending 5l2l Of the
public statutes relating to licenses.
H. $50 An act relating to the time /
within which certain duties required by |
chapters 30.34 inclusive OF the public |
statutes shall be performed.
H. 55s-An act to amend section 345 1
of the public statutes relating to state 1
fair commission.
II. 4 An act to amend sections HIS, /
1l79 and lls0 Of the public statutes as
amended by No, 80 Of the acts OF 1908,
relating TO appropriations for the univer-
sity of Vermont and state agricultural /
college and Middlebury college
Direct Primary Bill Killed.
The direct primary bill was killed in
the House yesterday afternoon after one
of the hardest fights Of the session.
As on Friday last, when the bill was
passed, the fight for the bin was led by.
Speaker Howe and the opposition by Mr..
Burbank Of Cabot The debate lasted
for two hours and there was no attempt
to limit it SO il can be safely asserted
that everyone who wished TO be heard
on the bin had his say.
The opposition used the same general /
argument that it did on Friday; that
it was measure designed to give the
large towns an advantage over the
smaller towns The debate took a wide
range and about every charge on the
was made both for and against
the bill. II was evident that the hands
Of the politicians We're against the meas
ure and there were not a few of them
in the lobby who openly expressed the
hope that the bill would not pass.
The bill first came up on the question
Of reconsidering the vote Of Friday IN
passing IT, There was no objection to
That done the House
launched into an earnest discussion Of
The measure itself. The motion 10 re-
commit the bin to the committee in or
der to provide a referendum vote OF the
people was presented BY Mr. Hunt of I
New Haven: but this motion was lost.
Messrs. Nattison u Glastonbury. Bur
hank Of Cabot. HAYS and Goshen. Cory Z
lf Montpelier Martin Of Brookiine. How
ard Of Whiting Woodruff Of Burke and
Wright Of Westminster, opposed the pas.
age Of the bill. while Messrs. Howe OF
Bennington Byingtou Of Charlotte, Nc