The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-01-27

laVors, Ii wouldn't be surprising II a com
promise or combination was effected all
around before the session ends. The Amey
homicide bill was passed by the house 10I
to %, which was better than its vote of
IS TO 81 the day before, when Speaker
Howe broke the tie. Martin of Brooltline,
and Whitney of Marlboro spoke against
the passage OF the bill.
. Mr.. Billings OF Woodstock wants a
commission composed OF the state auditor,
state treasurer and secretary OF state TO
consider the advisability of putting the
members of the legislature on salary
basis and report to the next general as
semby, and embodied this idea in a reso-
luton which was adopted by the house.
Just how they will be able to tell more
about il than the members Of the legislu.
ture themselves is hard TO figure out.
The Fifteen-Mie Falls Power company S
charter was passed by the house without
amendments excepting those proposedby the
committee. This bill was well handled in the
house through thoughtful county meetings,
where all its provisions were carefully ex-
planned. The east side was practically
unanimous for the bill The "White Slave
bill was passed 10y the house without de-
bate The house joRed with its conscience
Wednesday morning when 20 or more
had their mieages corrected one, two and
three miles. Briggs of SeaTsburgh, who
draws the largest mileage cut his from
DDS to POO miles. After listening TO Tax
Commissioner Cushman's explanation. of
the bill introduced in the senate for
flat rate of 40 cents on the dollar OF the
grand list on intangibles and the abolish
ment of offsets, a. well as the abolishment
OF the state school and highway tax and
the distribution of this money to the towns
ttnp la ~ 10
is distributed. the senate ordered the bill
to a third reading, as there Is a question
about II being revenue measure. The
senate monkeyed with a final adjournment
resolution Wednesday morning, and at
noon got scared, reconsidered its action
after dinner and tabled it. The resolution
called for final adjournment at s Saturday
morning.
George Wright of Westminster wore a
smile more expansive than ever yesterday
afternoon when he got his Westminster
bridge bill through the house. The attempt
has been made so often that it looked like
a hopeless task this year. Even if the SEN
ate knocks out the abutments from under
II, it is mighty good victory for him, and
il he is sent back next session he will
know more about the ropes, provided, OF
course, that he is not able to land the
coveted prize this year, which is not yet
beyond hope in the senate. Through a.
happy combination of circumstances that
lined up the east side OF the state from
some distance about the Fifteen.Nlile Falls
to Brattleboro. the friends of the Lunen.
burg, Piermont and Westminster bridges
formed an offensive and defensive alliance
that all bills should pass or die together
They We're amended so that if the New
Hampshire towns get a like appropria-
tion from their legislature these appropria-
tions are available. They are $4,000 for
81 800 for the Piermont bridge at Brad
ford.
Mr. Stafford's teachers pension bill has
now passed both branches and is on its
way to the governors Office
Colonel Battell got SO excited yesterday
while talking about automobiles that he
voted no on his own bill and had to admit
il and asked for another vote. When Fred
Babbitt and the colonel got talking about
the reasons for holding the bill, it looked
as though someone was eligible for the
Ananias club. Mr. Babbitt believes in
numbers and offered to submit the question
to the other members of the committee
to bear him out. He didn't want it un-
derstood that the member from Middle
bury lacked square deal. After killing
the measure Mr.. Babbitt turned around
and introduced a resolution thanking the
member from Middlebury in the name of
the people of Vermont for giving Camel's
Hump to the state.
Max Powells hotel bill got back into
the house yesterday and that branch fixed
it so that hotel properties could be ex-
empted by towns so voting Boyce of Wa
terbury wanted to cut out hotels with |
bars but the house wouldn't stand for it.
Mr.. Stafford of Brattleboro favored the
bar amendment. The house thought that
the bar question could be settled by the
towns in March meetings.
The senate fiat rate intangible bill went
TO the judiciary committee of the house
with a resolution to determine if it is a
revenue measure. A bill was introduced
and passed by the senate to al
ow the Springfield Electric company to
Increase its preferred stock from $4,000
20 S125,000, and another to charter the
Montpelier Fire Insurance company at
100000.
Governor Mead has been i'll two days
md the normal school representatives are
lnxous to know when he will sign their
80 years lease"
At last nights session the senate passed
n concurrence the Austine bill. The gov
ernor has signed both the state fair and
he agricultural fair bill. Final adjourn
nent will undoubtedly take place Satur-
lay morning at s o'clock, yet there has
not been session in recent years when SO
much indecsion in regard to the matter of
inal adjournment has been in the act as
here is about this one. 1t hinges on the
'ailroad fight. Everyone is preparing for
IN all-night session tonight and final ad-
tomorrow morning.
Both branches held evening sessions last
light. The senate and house in their
losing hours will lock horns over the trus-
zee process and employers liability bills;
rhe senate will send back the Peck bill
,lause. If the house bill is meaningless the
enate's is harmless, good judges say, yet
wen with such small margin apart. there
S promise of trouble. The workman's COM
nittee were not in favor of either bill. On
rustee process both branches were wide
part last night. The senate had the Web
ter bill reported by the conference COM
nittee with an amendment excepting debts
contracted prior to Feb. 1, 1911, on the
late to be killed this morning. Wright OF
Westminster stated last night that some
louse members wanted to vote for the
enate bill and tried to have it recalled,
,ut Fletcher of Cavendish opposed and
he matter went over until this morning
IS the senate was not then in session.
The house of 1901 organized last
light and then spent an hour in merri-
nent. Speaker Frank E. Howe was made
PRESIDENT, and f. H. Babbitt of Rocking
lam, vice president, with one vice-president
rom each county. w. ]. Boyce was elect
ID secretary, and J. w. Miller of Bethel,
Reflections of Uncle Ezra.
Fear is a great factor in this exist
nee. Old Man Purdy set around II years
,xpectin' to have newmonia, then died OF