The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-30
LEGISLATURE HAS
ADJOURNED FOR
LAST TIME
Present Session Closed Early
Sunday Morning
BOSTON AND MAINE LOST
Conference Committee Failed to Agree
and No Action Was Taken
On Bill.

montpelier, Jan. oU.-ln the early
hours of Sunday morning, to be exact
at precisely 20 minutes past one by
Standard time but few minutes be-
fore twelve by the legislative clock
that had been repeatedly turned back
the Legislature Of 1910 reached final
adjournment.
The conference committee from
the House and Senate on the disagree
ing votes of the two houses on the
railroad bill was In session all day
saturday and did not report until
eleven o'clock at night. So well lined
up were the two houses on this pro-
position and so decisive was the ma
jorty in both, in the House for the
Boston & Maine and in the Senate
for the Grand Trunk railway, that the
report of this committee could be
easily forecasted.
The reports in both houses were
accepted and adopted without debate
and the matter stands just where 1t
did before the bill which has been so
bitterly contested for weeks, granting
the Vermont Valley railroad the right
to construct a line from Brattleboro
to South Vernon and to take land at
Brattleboro owned by the Grand
Trunk, was introduced The commit
| tees reported to their respective
houses a hopeless disagreement and
were discharged.
Before adjoining for the noon re-
cess the House passed H691. This
bill was the same as S172, relating
to the taxation Of personal property,
and establishing uniform rate on
moneys and securities. Mr.. Fletcher
warned the House that the enactment
Of such a law, without some provision
to do away with offsets, meant newt
ably a deficit in the states revenue
which would have to be met two
years hence by direct tax, and he
predicted that the deficit would be
one OF large proportions. The bill
was passed by an emphatic vote, how
ever, and on reaching the Senate that
branch concurred In this action, but
came back from the governor shortly
before / o'clock Sunday morning
with his veto. The reason given by
the governor for Withholding his
approval OF the bill was that its OPP
Grafton would reduce the states rev.
enue and create deficit. Immediate
action was taken by the House upon
this message and the question being
upon the passage Of the bill over the
governors veto the vote stood yeas
Ss, nays 81. While the total Of this
vote indicated the presence Of quor
UNI of the Hiuse 1t was ruled by
Speaker Howe that 1t requires a vote
of a majority of all the representa-
tives elected In order 10 pass a bill
over the governors veto. Under this
ruling 1t was necessary that 12i rep
resentatives should have voted in the
affirmative in order to override the
veto, and the measure, therefrom was
lost. No other business passing be-
| fore either Senate or House, and the
governor notifying each that he had
nothing further to communicate the
president OF the Senate and the
Speaker OF the House, each in the
branch over which he presides, de-
clared an adjournment without day
at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, ture
time.
After the Senate failed to adopt
the report of the conference commit
tee on trustee process, bill was In
troduced and passed by the Senate,
exempting $40 OF wage earners
wages, except for necessities and
which would not affect debts con
tracted prior to February l, 1911. The
House cut out the words except for
necessities" as In its opinion too
wide construction might be given TO
these words The Senate refused to
concur by vote Of yes 10, no 10.
The vote was yes: Adams, Barden'
Batter, Butterfield, Clark, Daniels,
Field, Gordon, Hitchcock, Powell; no,
Archibald, Coolidge, Cushman, Cults,
Daring, Davis, Griswold, Lyford, Nor
ton, Pike, Porter. Scribner, Seayer,
sheldon, Smith, Taplin. Those abb
sent were Dale. Edgerton, Shepard
son and futile. Further conference
was useless and this action killed the
bin.