The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-03

/ (From our special correspondent.
State House, Montpelier, Feb. j.
i The Vermont Legislative sap.worlis col
ected it's buckets at 1850, official time:
saturday night but IL was really Ia
/ Sunday morning, standard time, II beng
necessary TO run the state house clocks ON
4 the low gear for an hour on two around
midnight 20 finish up the business. There
/ has seldom been such sensational CLOS
| ing OF the general assembly The senate
had two executive sessions dnrng the
evening, an almost unheard Of occurrence,
once ON the railroad bill, probably TO Keep
ont the railroad lobby and the next ilme
when the governor limited he would IKE
to have the dat-rate bill killed, but which
the senate refused to do by vote OF ~
10 10, and that put the question squareiy
TO the governor who after midnight sent
the veto to the house after ne had mud
heart to heart talk with various members
of both branches
The law proposing a tax OF 70 cents on
the dollar Of such ntangibles as moneys,
notes. bonds, stocks, etc. to be pald by
the towns TO the state and then redlstn'
buted ON the same basis as the state nigh
way and school money is distributed,
these taxes to be discontinued just where
the law would land and the state. no one
knew, not even the people behind IT, hut
they were willing 10 risk this Jump IN the
dark. There IL no question that without
abOlishing offsets IN toto, il would soak
the big towns and cities where such m
tanmbles are ocated.
The house passed the bill over the gov
errors veto T8 TO 81, hut the chair ruled
that 50 long as The bill was n revenue
measure, il required a twotliirds vote al
the membership OF the house, lacking
,,yl,t. la, Ian hill IN
pass. The ruling Of the chair was lns'
tanned by vote Of 30 to 81. This made
a dramatic closing OF day full of sensa-
ions and surprises.
The action OF the legislature ON the
railroad bill is history and Brattlehoro
was handed lemon in the house Of its
friends. The Central Vermont has a
strange hold on the Boston Il Name
through the senate and the house and sen
ate committees utterly failed TO comprO'
mise ON any terms winch the Boston "
Name considered satisfactory, and the hill
was killed The Central's grip ON the
pass Of phermopyiae,' M II was char
acterizpd, has been cinched for all time.
The Legislature Of 1910 did some good
things and il left many undune, probably
feeling that il would be unfair 70 its sue.
cessors 10 do everything Here are some of
the notable important measures re-
jerted
Direct primary. a workable caucus law,
trustee process, central normal school,
abolition Of the 'ume-locli, taxation and
proposed income tax amendment to U. :.
constitution. The house is responsible for
the killing Of the former and the senate OF
the latter A corrupt practice act was ut
least expected but the senate killed 1t
without dignifYing it with debate.
Here are some Of the good things Az
rcuitural high school at Randolph SD.
600 for purchase OF buildings and $4,000
annually state normal schools on par
with other states at johnson and Castle
ton and 10000 annually for their sup.
port, 100000 for the plant at Casteton
and a $4,000 dormitOry, and a 90.years'
lease of the johnson plant; uniform school
year to begin July 100000 for II
teachers' framing courses IN high school
500 600 for the Austlne institution at
Brattlebor0 for defective children, pay
ments to be made over a series of years;
S2S 900 for new dormtOries at the state
industrial school at Vergennes; $4,000
for University Of Vermont, and Middle
bury college, and $4,000 for medical de.
Dartment Of U VI NJ increase Of $4,000
for the Soldiers Home; 4 state bank law; \
a corporation charter law; general law
lOF ciiuElSEd u tllttS lutuIDUIdbsh VII"
lages under the public service commits .
SION; S150,000 for highways; amend
ments to the automobile law to conform
with the laws of other states, but maxi /
ing few material changes, except as re-
lates to dealers; minor amendments to
license law, no referendum; retail dealers
in oleomargarine to pay 800 license;
February term Of supreme court in Brat
grand and petit jurors to be
summoned only when needed, upon order
of court; bounty on hedgehogs 40 cents,
and on black bears SO; Columbus day,
Oct L., a legal holiday; license of %
cents ON each Christmas tree taken by
dealers; weights and measures law, com.
missioner to get 81 400 salary open sea
son for deer Nov Is TO %, Sundays ex-
repted, deer having horns three inches in
length may be killed; fine of $50 for kill
ing deer on posted lands, and S25 for
hunting or fishing on pGsted lands; close
season on trout April Is to Aug I; in
'pection OF creameries repeal of law steri-
icing skim milk and buttermils from
,reameries Fifteen-Mile Falls Power com.
pany employers liability law; teachers
pension; "White Slave" traffic act; homi.
,ide law and life imprisonment for murder
inless the jury says capital punishment;
removal of $1,000 on servings bank de-
1osits, expected to overcome direct tax
Governor Mend pocket vetoed three