News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1912-12-18
LeeislatiY Notes

Adjournment will be taken Friday or
Saturday for Christmas. Some members
are advocating to adjourn for only one
week, Others for two weeks.
Lanoille county voted as follows on
the fiat rate intangible tax bill which
passed the House last Thursday: YES
Benson of Stowe, Smile Of Cambridge,
Thomas Of Belvidere, Strong OF Hyde
Park, Siloway of Elmore, Guyer of Vol
colt. No-Brown of Eden, Jose OF J ohm
son, Wilkins of Morristown, Houghton
of Waterville. Six for, four against it.
The bill making an appropriation to
pay the expenses OF the Vermont veterans
to the Gettysburg semicentennial was
passed without dissent
The question most frequently asked by
visitors at the capitol is, who is the
strongest man in the House2 That is
sucker. A newspaper man put the cues
ton to Representative indiscriminate-
ly the other day and five of'them said
Watson of ST. Adams, three answered
Weeks of Middlebury and two said Cook
of Lyndon. However there is one young
man the close observer ofpolitica thought
should keep his eye on, the member from
Proctor, Redfeld Proctor He is making
no star speeches and taking no active
part in any OF the debates but he can be
found visiting around among the mem
ders, some of them apparently obscure,
sitting with a member here and backed
up against the wall with another there,
and when the Legislature adiourns it is
safe to say that he will go away know
ing more members of the House Of 1912
than any other man in that body.
The FIVE most active Republicans in the
House are Billings of Woodstock, Weeks
of Middlebury, Ryder of Rockingham,
Wright of Westminster, and Gage OF
Weathersfeld. The most active Progress
sives are Cook OF Lyndon, Jose of John.
son, Eaton OF Royalton and Crosby Of
Brattleboro. I he active Democrats are
Watson of st. Adams, Martin Of Benning
ton, Donnelly of Vergennes and Miller Of
Bethel The House however lacks leader
ship.
The House insists on its proposals
otanendment to the Senate bill Sc, relat-
ing to the registration OF public account
ants, and that a committee Of conference
be named. The Speaker has appointed
as, conference on the part of the House,
Mr.. Cook OF Lyndon, Mr.. Strong OF Hyde
Park and Mr.. Miller of Bethel
The joint committee on temperance will
report adversely on the inn keeper license
bill aud will report committee measure
which will include local option feature.
Many of the hotel proprietors favor this
measure and those interested in the orig
inal bill will not be inclined to make any
great opposition as it is pointed out that
the better class of hotels will doubtless be
able tocreate sentiment in their town SUIT
hcient to secure a license nnder the pro
posed law.
The compulsory vaccination bill was re-
ported adversely and killed by the senate.
This was one measure no one will try to
revive. The two public hearings on the
bill produced the biggest howl this ses.
sion.
School attendance and the age a boy
must reach before he can work outside Of
school hours took up most OF the alter
noon Wednesday. Certainin interests tried /
to raise the age from II to IA years, but /
the House seemed to think that it would (
do a boy no harm to run messages be-
tween II and IA and refused to change /
the law