The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-26
Proposed by Senate in Its
Action This Forenoon
The VOTE STOOD II TO II
Senate Again Voted to Adjourn on Sat
urday, After Yesterday Having
Voted to Reconsider--Work
Being Cleaned Up,

courage and again adopted the joint
resolution providing for hnal adjourn
ment on Saturday morning which il
adopted yesterday and then reeonsidered
1t was made plain to the Senate by SEN
ator Powell that the Senate could finish
! by Saturday if it tried. If they re-
mained another week, he said, the Sen
ate would have to bear the criticism
that would surely fellow.
After that, the Senate put the taxa
tion question up to the House by pass
| ing $. liz making a fiat rate on in
tangibles The bill was favored by Sen
ators Gordon and Daniels and opposed
| by Senators Archibald, Butterfield and
Tsplin. The vote was as follows: Yeas,
Senators Adams, Barden, Clark, Cults,
Daniels, Edgerton, Field, Gordon, Girls
void, Lyford, Norton, Powell, Scribner,
Seaver, sheldon, Shepardson. Smith;
nays, Senators Archibald, Butler, But.
terrified, Coolige. Cushman, Dale, Darling,
Davis, Hitchcock, Pike, Porter, Taplin.
The Railroad Fight.
The committee in charge Of the rail-
road bin is expected to make a re-
port at the afternoon session. The hear.
ing on this BrattIeboro bill was held
late yesterday afternoon, which was
characterized by one attorney deliber-
ately accusing another OF making a false
statement
Thr important feature Of the hearing
was the submission OF an amendment
to the bill by Mr.. Stickney of the Bos-
ton q Maine road. This amendment pro-
vides that ii at any time the location
of the Boston Il Maine tracks, as pro-
posed in the bill, interfere with the ter.
minal facilities OF the Central Vermont
they shall be changed as the railroads
may agree. If the roads fail to agree
the public service commission is 10 set
tie the matter. Mr.. Stickney stated
that this was offered to meet the OBJ
lection that the granting Of the rights
asked for by the Boston & Maine would
cripple the Central Vermont in the use
of its yards al Brattleboro.
The force OF the amendment was
little later somewhat destroyed by Judge
Palmer of the Central Vermont who
showed by engineer Thompson Of the
A.
the way through the yards ii would
be impossible to change the location Of
the b. q NJ. tracks, even ii such inter
ference could be shown. for the simple
reason that there was no place to change
them to.
In his argument Mr. Stckney laid
special stress upon the fact that no
citizen on taxpayer Of Vermont had APP
peared as an individual before the com
mittee and opposed this change He
said all the opposition came from Grand
Trunk railroads OF Canada. To refute
this Mr. Darling later produced letter
from Albert Tuttle of Fair Haven. one
OF the bondholders OF the Central Yer.
mont road, protesting against the change
as likely to affect the value Of the se-
curities Of the road ID was this same
statement made in closing by Mr.. Stick
ney that brought out the retort from
Mr.. Darling that the statement was alb
solutely false.
Hotel Exemption Bill in House.
The House had lively debate over
Senator PowelTs famous bill, allowing
towns to exempt hotel property from
taxation, and it was finally ordered to
4 third reading by vote of ll6 to g.
II was favored BY Mr.. Shaw of Stowe
Mr.. Branch OF Grand Isle. Mr. Cory OF
Montpelier, Mr. Hall or Isle La Motto
Mr.. Boyce of Waterbury proposed an
restoring the Senate amend
ment excluding property used for the
purpose OF selling liquor
The amendment was opposed by Mr..
Babbitt of Rockingham. Mr. Bean OF
Mr.. Hall of Isle La Motto.
Mr. Whitney of Marlboro moved the
question. but the demand was
not sustained. The amendment was
further opposed by Mr.. Clark of Nor
ristown, Mr.. Bailey Of Randolph, Mr..
Thompson Of Proctor Mr.. Webster of
Swanton, Mr.. Stone of Wallingtord, Mr..
House of Berlin. Mr.. Maum of st, Albans
City, Mr. Shaw of Stowe, Mr.. Cory
of Montpelier. Mr.. Robinson of EImore
the previous question, and the
demand was sustained, after which the |
bill was passed without the amendment. |
The House refused reconsideration |
Of the bill increasing the salary OF the |
state highway commissioner and then |
had a sharp debate over bill to In |
crease the salary of the state bank |
examiner. The bin was amended to |
make the salary $500, the increase of
$500 to come out OF the banks.
The following bin was introduced: /
Fl 600, from the committee on ways /
and means. to amend sections IA. 786, |
SO. SIP. 537 and $40, and to repeal /
section 5S4 of the public statutes, re:at- 1
ing to taxation of deposits in savings 1
banks and trust companies.
The House killed the bill relating to /
the election of superior judges, Ii lwss
favored BY Mr. Stone Of Wallingford, /
and opposed BY Mr.. Martin Of Brookline.
Mr. Cook OF Thctford demanded the pre-.
nous question. The demand was sus-
.ained and the third reading of the bill
vas refused Another bill killed was the
1ne relating TO the running Of bulls at
arae It was favored BY Mr. House
If Berlin.
"A iont resolution was introduced bv
Hr. Martin extending for thirty days the
lime for engrossing bills, If such time
s required. This was adopted on the
,art Of the House.
Bills read q third time and passed
we're: II. G56. TO appropriate s2s. eco
'or the erection OF dormitories at the
Vermont industrial school. as amended
n 6sS. amending an act Incorporating
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