Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-01-19

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tho general committee OF a bill which |
provides that counsel and agents who
are interested in the bills before the |
Legislature must register with the
scrgcant-at- arms give tho name of their
employer. and the bills in which they arc
interested The bin carries n penalty OF
not less than 500 and not more than
! s.. 900 for noncompliance.
The committee on appropriations in
troduced a bill which repeats the sections
| of the nublic statutes providing state aid
! for excessively burdened towns for re-
pairing their highways and bridges; ana
| a bill was introduced by the committee
| on industrial schools approprating sS'tc
| for the erection of dormitories and other
! buildings at the State Industrial school
| at Ncrcenncs, and for furnishing. heating
and lighting the same.
| \ bill also came III from the committee
| Oh appropriations which provides for the
state taking over the Sand Bar bridge
property and making this bridge free of
tolls In the future.
Tho House passed this morning with
! out dissenting voice the bill appropriate
| Ing $4,000 annually from tho income of
the permanent school fund for increasing
the net sala rie3 of teachers in the rural
schools This bill was strongly favored
10y Mr.. Burbank of Cabot. MIR. Peck
! of Burlington, and MI Stafford of Brat
tleborc.
POW FL. DEFENDS SENATE.
The Senate this morning did another
ut those Inconsistent things that in
th7 past has subjected that body to
more or less newspaper CRITICISM IN
condomning the newspapers for the
comments made on some OF Its arts
ana almost in the same breath re-
spending to that criticism by doing
the very thing for which it was cen
surcd. 1t has been known for some
time that SONS of the members of that
body felt rather keenly the comments
on some of the acts OF the body. but
II remained for Senator Powell TO
> make the fact public. This morning
the senator from Chittenden arose to
| a question Of personal privilege,
which is the parliamentary way of
getting back al something that has
been "a that YOU do not relish, ana
severely condemned the language used
; by a morning newspaper In descrio-
ing the action taken b. the Senate
Yesterday in killing withou: debate
= the direct Inheritance tax bill.
4 The senator also took occasion t.
e express his ideas as TO tho proprietI
n OF an editorial in the same newspaper
V of the same date rejecting upon thu
- wisdora of the action of the Senat
" in killing tbs time LOCK proposal o
= amendment to the State constitution
II He also condemned the general habi
= Of the newspapers of criticising or i'm
= pugning the motives Of the action O
ID any Legislator which did not agre
s. with the ideas Of the paper. lie con
sidered that the newspapers Of tn
D. stat had gore out Of their way t
~ roudc.in and beIittle the preser
IN So,,-a
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Z NpIf 10 IsE' O-''i
~ Senator Archibald facetiously remarke
= that lie though. the senator from Chittel
So don attached to3 much importance TO ii
n r.v.,napor article in question +
, tho,,,-l, tba- if the senator had been OF
lis Of tnat band Of ten senators. referring
If, the ten VINO defeated the ''iEe 'ocN pro
~ osit:or, which had received mos OF II
f., attention of the presg he would be in
he better position to resent the criticism
,r the newspapers. AS matter of fact,
said the ter haG reached a poinc whe
they felt that if a day passed when tn
were not held up to condemnation
u the newspapers that on that day tn
~ must nave beeh re''''sS III '"e'' uu''os
ej \ little later, upon motion of Senat
y" Archibald. the vote refusing passage
al 'he Hlreo'
Il" sidered and on motion OF the same Sc
NJ ator the bill was recommitted TO the col
ne mittee on finance or whlch senator 70
Use ell is chairman, Tor further CONSIDER
an ton Of section NO OF lhe Dill
ne The Senate maze inc Same diSposl'i
I'm of the report OK the JOINT committee
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yer House dld' lalu IL u" we '""'e OH mo"
az or senator A'aiie's.
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