Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
ON
MILEAGE MATTER
Lawmakers Will Take Three-q quar-.
ter Pay-Mr. Hapgood
Blocks Progress.

montpelier. Nov. 21.-After consuming
much time in considering various pro-
poSaIs IN regard to the mileage allow
ancc Tor members, the House this aft
ornoon adopted the Senate resolution in
r"Edrd To adjournment. with provision
LOT thfcc-fouitns the usual mileage Mr.
iiapSood OF Peru tried to prolong the
trouble by offering further amend
neht. nut the speaker ruled that the
question having once been concluded no
iurthef amendment could be offered
Mr. liapgood had demanded the veas
ana nays on the amendment that woA
adopted, and after hia amendment ind
been ruled out of order he demanded
another roll cali on the adoo,ion of ,b.
resolution. He was deaf to all reo,,osts
t" Withdraw his demands, and whom
SON" members tried to silence him nv
slamming their desk covers he said:
NO, YOU can't do that heard ana
man coughed down in this House i'm 1.N
but he was not made OF the same stun
that am
IT the Senate in tho morning should
rcfus" to acrcdo to the House nronosal
e amendment there may be- a delay last
ing into saturday. but the upper cham
v.
II Is expected that the amendments will
%" adopted without debate. Some soma
tors certain Of adjournment in the morn
ing, with little business ON hand. left for
} ON" this afternoon, ana the roll call
shows that som" representatives have
left the capitol.
House bill 1872. r"atnG 10 the height
of the overpass over the railroad tracks,
on bridge street ia Brattl"huro occupied
most of the 'imr of the House this morn
INK and portion oc the afternoon ses-
sion. NJ. cook of Lyndon spoke for forty
minutes in the morning IL opposition To
tn" bin, which had been favorah'v re-
ported by the committee. and the vote
in tn" afternoon recorded the first Rull
Moose victory of the session. the blll
being killed by vote OF ia to A. Tn
fortunately the Bul Moose forces were
divided. Mr.. Jose of Johnson standin.
with Mr. Cook while Mr. Crosby of
l'rattlehoro favored it.
The Senate this morning redeemed an
ether campaign pledge by passing the Nc
zen bill providing for publicity of cam
paien expenses.
Senator Laird this morning inquired
why the finance committee had not re-
orted his bin IS. G6). which oxc,npts
4 ON taxation practically all loans made
at n rate of FIVE per cent. or less He
was Informed that the bill was ready to
hc favorablN reported, but had been held
up by the committee while other matters
were being cleared away. The bill was
favoiahlN reported this afternoon and
vas ordered to a third reading. If the
House adopts the recommendation of the
committee on ways and means and kills
the Babbitt bill which exempts from
taxation loans on real estate bea airing in
terest at i've per cent. or less, It will then
'aNc this broader measure to consider.
Mr.. Laird in discussing the measure,
SAID he had been counted as opposed to
the platform pledge In regard to equaliza-
tlon of taxation because ne had written
To- the Stat" committee saying that he
did not know what the platform plank
meant and did not believe the committee
did. lie did not believe in making a
distinction between the owners of real
estate and those who own only personal
property. and thought Justice dema nded
the paSsag" Of the bill. Then they could
90 ON the stump in the next campaign
and face the people without having TO
make apologies.
The hill relating 10 the salary of the
hank commissioner IS. %, was questioned
10" Mr. Preston because il raises the
salary to s3.n" He thought the effect
of the passage of the bills exemptng
money loaned AT low rate of interest
would reduce the amount of bank deposits
and make the work Of the COMM ssioner
less. and for that reason was not disposed
to favor the increase