The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-07
CANT FINISH
THIS MONTH
Legislature Likely to Run
Far Into January
PRESENT INDICATIONS
Both Branches Wound Up the Ninth
Week Last Evening and Went Home,
Excepting Members Of Ger
tain Committees.
PRESENT INDICATIONS
State House, Dee. 7.

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The ninth week OF the legislature
closed yesterday afternoon and the mem.
bers of both branches have gone home
with the exception of the committees on
state school, appropriations and agri-
culture which went this morning on
junket to Lyndon where a visit will be
paid the Lyndon institute. A sumptu-
Gus dinner awaits the visitors.
A considerable volume of business has
been disposed OF this week though much
OF IL has been in the nature of reconsid-
Grafton 81 measures. When the legisla-
tors returned to work last Monday It
was apparently with the intention Cf
getting at the various taxation measures |
and to that end much debate has been |
INDUCED in during the past three days |
No results have been obtained, however,
and the fiat rate bill for taxation in.
/ tangibles as well as the Babbtt bill, 10 |
/ exempt money loaned on Vermont real |
estate at not exceeding five per cent, are |
4 still in the air. Both have been dis
cussed and are entered on the calendar |
as special orders for next week.
These interested In the Babbitt blu
are sanguine that the House will pass
this Senate measure notwithstanding /
the adverse committee report on the /
measure in the lower branch. The sup |,
porters of the fiat rate bill, laying tax
on seven-tenths Of one per cent on inta J.
gibles, are Just as confident that they
can enact their measure. The majority
of the House members, however, ac-
knowledge that they lack sufficient
knowledge on taxation ia vote intelligent
ly on any Of the measures introduced in
the line of taxation legislation.
When the lower branch learned that q
the Senate had decided to adjourn at 9
night until Monday night the House Q
members quickly agreed to do likewise $
and only the suggestion OF Speaker d
PlumIey that considerable routine work u
could be disposed of during the follow
ing 80 minutes kept the members n a
their seats 10
That the House is not inclined to re- y
eede from the position it has taken in D
declining to raise the salaries Of various Z
officers was shown yesterday when it re- y
fused to reconsider the bill to increase
the salary Of the adjutant general. g
At l030 next Tuesday morning the n
so.called state option bill, II. $40,
comes up as special order and it is rx- b
pected that both sides will be repre- a
sented on the floor as the contention of D
the advocates of license Is that the
measure emhodies practical prohibition. p
1t is conceded by the license advocates
that the enactment of such a law would Il
probably result in dry" Vermont aft Il
n the coming annual meetings In March. al
rhe state fair appropriation bill has al
been held up in the Senate after that "
,ody cut the appropriation of $4,000 IN
lalf. 81
In case the supreme court decides that In
he public service commission is with Ut
nut the authority ii exercises the legis- or
allure will be called upon to enact a
lew act and the three plums, in the form o.
i commssionerships, win be sought by e.
number Of willing patriots. ki
The coming week brings public hear an
ngs on the inn holders license measure, tn
he minors, and the fish and game law. nc
III three bills will bring many interested mt
ersons to Montpelier and especially will
he labor measure attract visitors. IL mi
expected that the supporters of the en-
i'll will interrogate the opponents of the ce,
leasure concerning the conditions found
Y the committees on immigration AMI sta
ldustrial affairs at the visit made TO -
ne mills in Burlington and Winooski -
st Monday. 1t is known that many cf
ne members of the committee have eS-
ressed themselves as shocked at what
ley saw and heard and these members
ave been free to confide their informa
on to the supporters of the bill.
OF Likely to Conclude by Christmas.
According to the statisticians il is un-
kelly that the legislature can reach final
ijournment until well toward the end
January as a recaptulation of BUSH
,ss made this week showed that there
ere 262 House bills and 20 Senate bills
the hands of House committees. The
on revision had 90 House meas
'es and 20 Senate bills. Among the
lis in the hands of the revision COM
ittee are 10 village and city charter
lis awaiting a decision from the
premc court in the Alburg railroad
Sc. relative to the eonstitutionality OF
e acts of the public service commits
IN.
Again have personalities been INDUCED
Yesterday afternoon during debate
the bill before the House, relative TO
ening the polls on election day, Mr..
Sc of Johnson was taken to task by
r. Billings of Woodstock. In comment
7 upon a remark made by Mr.. jose,
!. Billings said "the gentleman from
hnson likes to make disagreeable re-
Irks. | take IT," Many members
ided approval to Colonel Billings re-
Z. -
More worthless dog" legislation made -
appearance yesterday when Mr.. -
rlie Of Glover introduced measure
culated to win the support of sheep
sers. The measure provides that
, owner must furnish bond before
own clerk shall issue a license for the