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bill. which was vetoed by the Governor
before tho holiday recess
In resumng the discussion of House
bill lSS this afternoon, Mr. Peck OF Bur
lngton spoke in favor of universal suf-
frage for women. hut opposed the pend
| ing amendment. He said II suffrage Is to
he extended to women In any particular
! instance. give IT to them in all matters
under proper restrictions. Mr.. Peck OPP
posed both the bill and tho amendments
! IIr did not believe In changing the funda-
mental law Of the state in such a patch
! work way.
WILLING TO TRUST THEM
Mr.. Fletcher of Caveudsh said the pur.
| pose of tie bill Is to amend the local on
| ton law which H. the expressed will OF
the people OF the State through reteren-
dun Mr.. Fletcher resented in no uncer-
! tain language the criticism made against
certain members Of the House In the le,
! tor read this morning by Mr.. Amey Mr.
! Fletcher said he favored the bill and that
he was willing to trust the women OF Yer
/ mont TO vote on tho license question. He
/ believed the hill would make for the best
! interests OF the state. hut he thought in
its unamended form II would be unconsti-
tuttona) and suggested referring It to the
| judiciary committee 50 that an amend
mont that could hold water could he pre-
| pared.
Mr.. AmeN Of Brighton said the original
Dill without the amendments is the shad-
ow and not the substance If it goes
through in its present form 1t viii be an
endless means of litigation.
Mr.. Cory of Montpelier opposed tho
bill because II is in opposition to one of
ihe planks In the republican State plat
form of last year and also because the
bill would mean statewide prohibition.
The license law is working we'll whv
not let 1t alone.
Mr.. McCuen OF Nergennes strongly on
posed tho bill as direct blow to the
principle Of local option. why drag tho
women of Vermont into regulating police
affairs? The men have handled the
liquor question in the past years much
better than the, did under prohibition.
M. Shaw Of Stove believed that If the
hill becomes law the better class Of
women Will not vote. He characterized
the bill as bad from beginning to end.
Mr. Carl of Canaan did not want -
have to buy his wife new hat every
time she went to vote and for that rea-
son he opposed the hill. Speaking ser
iously. he said the women of Vermont
have more influence, to-day with the
men on the liquor question than they
would have at the polls.
RESULT OF THE VOTE.
In opposing the bin. MIR Stone If
Wallingford wanted for moment to lay
aside sentimental questions and look AZ
the business side. He said the uassap,
of this bill would mean loss Of revenue
annually to the State OF fully $1,000 The
yea and nay vote was a. follows:
Heas--Allen of WeStford Bailey. Bar
ron. Bates. Reeman Bell BENTLEY. Bill
lings of Nershire, billings of Wood
stock. Blanchard Of West Windsor.
Fond, Royce. Branch. bryant Bundy.
Burbank. Byinsiton. Caswen. Cave.
Chaffee Chapman. Clark. Cook Of
Irashurg, cook OF Thetford. Corwin,
Covey. cutting OF Concord. cutting of
! Waterford Daniels. Dart, Davis. DaV-
ison. Dearborn Dodds Drown. Elliott.
Ellis of Brookned. Ellis of Pittsheld.
| Fisk, Fitch. Fletcher of CaVendish.
Fletcher OF Eden Foster, Gatchell,
1
den, House. Howard Of Londonderry.
Howard OF Roxbury. Howard of Whit
ing Hunt. Ives. Joslin. Kellogg. Ken
needy Of Duxbury. Kent, I.add OF ESSEX
Ladd OF Worcester. Leland. Lyman
Marsh, McIIush. Miller Of Bethel, Mills
Norton, Page. Pitkin. Rice. Roberts
Robinson. Roy. Rumery, Russell Saw
yer. Stafford, SternberR, stevens
Thompson. Towle. Tracy or Belvidcre
Ward. Warner, Wells of Wardshoro.
Wetmore. Whitney OF Bakersfield
whitney of Marlboro. Wightman. vii.
liams OF Crattsbury. Williams Of
Peacham, Wright Of Coventry. Wright
of Montgomery, Wright of Westmin
ster, Young OF orwell. total. 81.
Nays-Abbott Alderman, Allard of Col
chester, Allard of Nottingham. Allen Of
Ferrisburg. Amey, Andrus, Ballard, Bar
rows, Barton, Bean of Maidstone, Bean
Of Newport. Beebe Bemis Bishop,
blanchard Of Readsboro, Bowen, Bowles,
! Breed Briggs, Bronson. Buchanan, But
! terrified Cadcrwood, Cameron, Campbell.
| CARL, Clarey. CoNrin. CONVERSE. Cook Of
| Shoreham, CorliSS, CORY. Covell. Gun
| ningham, Day. Dixie, Dudley. Dwyer,
! Ellis Of ROyalron, Flanders Of Orange,
| Flanders OF Tunbridgp, Fletcher OF stock
| bridge, Gage, Gillette, Goodwin, Griffin.
| Hall. Harrington Of Pomfret harrington
| of Shelhurne, Hatch, hawkins, Hayes,
| Aaaeltine iill, Hosford, Huhhell Hull
| han, Jackman, Jakway. Jenue, johnson
| OF Casteton. Kennedy Of Willston King
, cary I>eaVens. Lewis. Lucia Of Hines
! burg. Lyon, Marshall Martin Of Brook
line Martin OF Harlsnd. Mason, Madl-
| son, Maun, McCucu, McElroy Miller of
! Putney. Myrick. Nelson. Ormshee. Orvis.
Packard, Parl,hurst. parchor. Peck, Pen
drige. Peters. Plillips, Plumb. Pollard.
Pond. Reed, Root, Rowland, Ryan, SEQ
| field, Seager shaw. Sheehv, Sher-
| win, Shorcy. Smith Of Newbury,
Smith of Shrewsbury, Stone Tassie,
TAYLOR, Thomas Of Gulford, Thomas Of
Nonkton, Tracy Of South Hero. Wall.
| Webb of Arlington, Webb of Sherburne.
| Webster. Wells Of Victory Whecor, WI
| ley, Williams Of Peru. Williams Of Win
hau. Willmarth, Wood Woodbury., Wright
Of Starkshoro total 122.
Absont and not voting Bahhitt Bald
win. Rattell. Billings Of Barnet. Hrown,
| = arpenter Cook Of Ripton. croft. eros
by, Dewitt Eaton Of Bradford Eaton
Of Hancock, Hines, Speaker Howe
| Hutchinson Jennings. Johnson OF SOM
"rSei Jones, Iucer OF Gay, MARROW
Mclean, Myers, Pittri6ae. Shattuck,
Young Of Westfe'd total, 2s
SHORT SENATE SESSION.