Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-01-19

RAILROAD FIGHT REPORTED
Majority of Committee Favors
B. & M. after Amending
Measure Senate Keeps
the Timeloclz On.

NontDeller. Jan 1S.-The House this
afternoon settled the question OF State
wide. up-to-datc prohibition versus local
option by defeating. 10 to 7S the bill.
yesterday ordered to a third reading
which provides for a state Central liquor
agency. aud which AS amended. would
mean state vide prohibition and "A repeal
Of the present license law. This is the
bill that had the referendum attach
ment. il Wa favored by Mr. Burbank OF
| Cabot. Who was sponsor for it, Mr.
Wells of Wardsooro, and others. The
yea ana nay vote follows:
Yeas-Andrus, Bailey. Bates. Bell,
J Billings Of Earuot Bond. Boyce Bron-
! son. Brown. Buchanan Bundy, Burbank,
| Byington. Chapman. Cook OF Irasburg
Cook of Thetford, Corwin. Croft. Daniels,
| DAWSON. Dearborn, Dodds. Drown,
! Elliott, Ells Of pittsneld; FISK. Fletcher
| Of Eden; Foster Gatchel Gleason,
Grout, Guernsoy Harrington Of Pomfret;
| Hatch, Hazeltne Howard Of London
derry; Howard Of Whiting; Hubben,
| Hunt. Jakway. Jones' Josl'n Kennedy
OF Duxbury. Kent, Ladd of Essex; Ladd
Of Worcester; Lyman, Marsh McHugh,
! McLam Mclean, Miller of Bethel: Mills.
/ Norton, pitkin, Roberts. Roy, Rumery,
| Russell. Sternberg, Stevens, Towle,
Ward. War =. wells of Arlington; Wells
of Victory; Wetmore, Wheeler, Whitney
of Bakersfield Wightman, Williams of
Craftsbury; Williams Of Peacnam, Wright
of Montgomery; total, 73.
Nays-Abbott. Alderman, Allard OF Col
chester. Allen OF Westford. Amey, Bah
| bitt. Ballard, Barron, Barrows, Battell,
Bean of Newport Beebe, Beeman, Bemis.
Billings of \ershire Billings of Wood
! stock. Bishop. blanchard Of Readsboro,
| Bowen, BowleS. Branch. Briggs, Butter
field, CaldorwOod Campbell. Carl, Car
penter. Chaffee. Clarey, Converse. Cook
of Ripton, Coriss CORY. Covey. Cutting
of Concord, Davis, Dartt, Day, Dewitt
Dixie, Dudley, Dwyer Eaton of Hancock
! Ellis of Royalton, Flanders of Orange
Flanders of Tunbriige. Fletcher OF stock
bridge, Gillette, Goodwin. Griffin Hall
Harrington OF Shelburne, Hawkins
Hayes, HILL Holden. Hosford House
Howe, Hulihan, Hutchinson, Ives, Jack.
man, Jenne, johnson Of Castleton, King
Leary, Leavens, Lewis, Lucia OF Hines.
burg, Marlowe, Marshall Martin OF
Brookline, Mason Mattison, Maun. My
ers, Myrick, Nelson, Ormsbee. Orvis
Packard, Page. Parcher, Parkhurst. Peck
Pendrigh, Peters, Pittrldge, Plumb, Pol
lard, Pond Reed. Root, Rowland, Ryan
Sawyer, Scoheld. Shaw, Shechy, sherwn
Shorey Smith OF Newburv Smith o.
Shrewsbury. Stafford, Stone Tassie, Tay
lor, Thompson. Tracy OF South Hero
Wall. Webb Of Arlington, Webb OF Sher
burne, Webster, Whitney OF Marlboro
Wiley, Williams OF Peru. Williams o
~ ~
Wright of Starksboro Wright of West
minister, Young OF Orwell; total, 13.
Absent and not voting: Allen o
Ferrisburg, Baldwin, Barton. Bean OF
Maidstone, Bentley. Breed. Bryant
Cameron, Caswell. Cave, Clark, Cof-
: frin. Cook of Shoreham. Covell, Gran
dali. Crosby, Cunningham. cutting OF
, Waterf ord, Eaton of Bradford, ELI,
of Brookneld, Fitch, Fletcher of Cav,
endish, Gage. Ham, Hines, Howard o.
RoxburY Jennings, Johnson of som
erset Kellogg, kennedy OF Williston
Leland, Lucier of Jay, Lyon. Martin o
Hartland, McCuen, McElroy. Miller o
i, Putney. Phillips. Rice. Robinson, Sea
, gar, Shattuck, Thomas Of Guildford
, Thomas of Montton, Tracy of Belvi
{ dere, Wright of Coventry, Young o
Westf1eld total Al.
e TWO RAILROAD REPORTS
. The bill authorizing the Vernon
Valley railroad to construct and op
\ crate a railroad between Brattlehort
ana South Vernon and to take lant
therefor, which has caused numerou
up to- midnight public hearings, ant
over which the Boston & Maine an'
= Grand Trunk interests have been a
war, was reported back 10 the Hous'
! this morning with majority and mi
nority report. The majority repor
i covered 10 type written pages.
= proposed several amendments and wa
= favorable to the Boston Il Maine in
terosts The minority report wa
signed by Representatives Maun Of 81
Alhans and Rattell Of AIiddlebury. TIL
=, amendments proposed by this minor
: ity report were favorable TO the Cen
=. tral Vermont. The two reports an,
r the proposed amendments were order
= ed to lie and be printed, and the bil
g was made a special order in the Hous
y for tomorrow afternoon
e After making a few minor amend
e ments in the employers liability bill
r introduced by Mr. Peck Of Burlington
g the House ordered the same to a thir
II reading The sentiment in favor c
n this bill seems TO be strong and
'- VIII undoubtedly go through the Hous
IT tomorrow,
" The House refused to concur in tn
$ Senate proposal of amendment to IN
u bin creating Il municipal court Tor oi
$, la1ns county in which the Senate pre-
u poses to raise the salary OF the 1uds
" from 5000 to $500
n IIOl SE BACKS UP SWANrON.
Y The representatives from ST. Alpat
r ana Swanton entertained the HouS
/. for an hour early this afternoon
70 debating an amendment proposed
d the House bill amending an act n
4 cooperating city and town OF :
Albans The nght was over an amend
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