The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-19
Is Opinion at the Close of the
Third Week of Legislature
THE PLANS FOR NEXT WEEKS
1t Will Be Ladies' Week and, Very
Appropriately, "votes for Women" Will
Be One of the Most Important
y Measures to Be Considered.
State House, Oct. 10.

State house, oct. lS,
For the third week in the work o
the general assembly, it is conceded tina
the present legislature has accomplished
as much as any of the more recent as
semblies. The work of the revision com
mittee is progressing rapidly under tn,
supervision of the present committee anc
clerks, all of whom have had experience
%hich is the chief asset in their work
and they were cleaned up ON bills Fri
day evening excepting little on taxa
tion and some other important measure,
which need considerable investigation.
Next week it will be hard to accom-
plish a great deal, but with the work
planned and dates set for action on some
of the bills there should be considerable
interest manifested. The fact that la
dies week occurs next week will retard
to some extent the efforts of the mem
bers. Among the functions are Gov. and
Mrs. Fletcher's reception in the execu-
tive chambers Tuesday evening, while
or Thursday afternoon Mrs Fletcher and
Mrs. Frank T.. Howe viii receive from
3 until o'clock in the parlors of the
Pavilion hotel. These are subject, of
course, to the condition in which small
pox may be at Barre or Montpelier dur
ing the coming week
Another thing which will draw some
of the feminine sex here for next week
is the public hearing on Thursday even
ing of next week in the House OF Repre-
sentatves, when the joint committee will
listen to debate and addresses upon wom
an suffrage. At present there is one
sweeping bill before the House, and a
bill providing for women to vote under
certain conditions in the Senate, and it
is expected that previous to the public
meeting other bills along the same line
will be presented to the Senate and
House. This will bring before the as
sembly goodly bunch Of those partic-
nlarly interested in advancing suffrage
for women. The committee set this
hearing in ladies' week SO that every |
body could have a better opportunity to
listen to ideas advanced on the measures
above stated.
AS the session progresses, those well |
acquainted with the previous assemblies
are fast expressing themelyes in favor |
Of the present membership, and it is be-
ing demonstrated that they are to take
ARE Of the weighty measures, not leav-
ng them until the last OF the session.
But little contest has been brought to
he committee on elections this year,
,nly two instances have been called to
heir attention, that of the member from
Il. Johnsbury, and the one they are now
that of the member from
in which they will make
eport the first part of next week. if the
estimony and depositions do not occupy
90 much time
So far only one junket at the states
Expense has been allowed, and that was
he one Friday to Vergennes for inspec-
ion of the industrial school and TO at
end the dedication of the new build I
1g given by the late Fletcher d. Proc ]
or. The one to the state hospital and
D the state agricultural schools was I
lade by the committees without ex- :
ense to the state. There seems to be r
n inclination to cut out these junkets, |
{ least those at the states expense. I
The committee on game and fisheries a
as several bills to consider upon deer /
w. some of which will doubtless be !
ne time of hunting, all the way from
lie last siS days of October to the whole
onth of November 1t is generally be-
eved that no law on deer can be made N
lat will apply to all parts of Vermont;
lerefore Mr.. Cameron of Norton has a
II before the House which applies only
Essex county, where deer is in abun- ii
Ince and does much damage. The same il
have considered and will. it II
understood, report unfavorably on the N
edghog' BILL so called. If this report a
made. considerable argument is ex-
cted on the part of the House. Il
Two bills have been passed in the al
Duse, one providing for reconstruction Il
the county buildings at Hyde Park "
d an act to incorporate the Univer- el
list convention of Vermont and Que. he
c. in