The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-10
Purpose of An Early Bill Intro
duCed in House Today
ANOTHER TO AID 25-YR. FAIRS
Vermont Legislature Was Rather Slug
gish in Getting Down to Work To-day,
Neither the House Nor the SEN
ate Doing Much Business.
State House, Oct. 10.

1o-days opening session OF the yer
mont legislature was marked by consid
erable sluggishness of business, few
q resolution or two presented, while il
the House great deal of time wa'
taken up in the correcting of addresses
of the members
However, the new bills presented were
OF some consequence, the first measure
before the House, that introduced by
Mr.. Mears Of Sandgate, providing 70.
the abolishing of the bounty on hedge
hogs, the bounty being allowed under
enactment of the last previous session.
The bill was referred to the joint com
mittee on game and fisheries.
/ Mr.. Billings of Woodstock introduced
a bill carrying proposed large expendi-
ture of money, it being provided therein
that all the agricultural fairs of Yer
/ mont. which have been in existence for
p years or more and have had yearly
/ fairs, be allowed $4,000, divided pro rata,
during the years 1918 and 1914. This bill
was referred to the appropriations com
/ mittee.
The House adopted in concurrence two
I Joint resolutions, one to pay the mem
bers the clerks and the stenographerJ
of the Joint committee on revision of
bills for their service, and the second
to pay stenographers for the president
of the Senate and the speaker of the
House, when such services are needed.
This done, the House turned to the
slow task Of correcting the addresses
of its members
Meanwhile. in the other wing of the
building, the Senate was making little
more progress Two bills, numbered 8
and 4. were introduced, relating to cap
ital punishment in Vermont. They were
presented from Senator McFeeters OF
Franklin county and Senator Elliot OF
Windsor county.
Senator Elliots bill. the simpler of the
two, goes to the extent of substituting
electroeution for hanging and stops
there. The bill presented by Senator
McFeeters provides not only for the
change in the method of carrying out the
extreme penalty. hut also for the cree.
tion of separate building and the pur
chase of the necessary apparatus. The |
gist of il is that an appropriation of
not more than five thousand dollars be I
authorized to be expended under the di /
reetion of the governor for the purchase |
of the electrocuting apparatus and the
erection of separate building in which
to house It.
This afternoon Senator Elliot present
ed bill to appropriate $4,000 to the
state fair commission, and Senator Dar-
ling bill TO appropriate $4,000 to the
state agricultural school for dorm
tory, water system, etc. Senator Wal
lace presented resolution that com
mittee be authorized to produce from
Tax Commissioner Cushman data rela
tive TO taxation on personal property
and deductions Tor debts owing.
In the House resolution offered by ,
Mr.. Hapgood OF Peru, providing that the
of the general assembly be paid
A lump sum for the session instead of ,
a per diem. was squelched, with only
Mt. Hapgood voting in favor of it. I
Is st. Johnsbury Represented?
The question of seating DIR. Aldrich of ,
st ,Tohnsbury in the House was about
he only important matter brought be- ,
lore the House Wednesday afternoon. A
-esolution was presented by Mr.. Cook of
lyndon. in which he asked that the com.
nttee on elections investigate the sit .
lation and ascertain whether DIR. Al I
lrich's holding an office under the United &
States government disqualifies him from :
seat in the House and make an early t
eport. This is believed to be a favor a
bic action upon Mr. Cooks part. He Q
md DR.. Aldrich are members of the Z
ame party. Dr. Aldrich has not taken d
he oath nor accepted any duties. {
The announcement of the appointment a
4 Warner Graham as secretary of civil n
nd military affairs occurred at the open {
ng of the afternoon session. On the Z
art of the House a Joint resolution for I
ayment of the members of the revi :
ion committee and its clerks and stem +
graphers, and taat the sum be fixed by h
he speaker of the House and president
t the Senate. {;
Mr.. Jose of johnson endeavored to j
lear up some matters which he alleged .,
ad been enormously reported concern a
10 his interests with the normal school n
: Johnson, in which he read letter y,
rom Edward p. Collins of Middlebury n
Dllege and then explained that he had pl
: vet formed no opinion as to the value b,
I the school at his home He wanted sc
} do something to retain il and hoped re
, be able to do 50 He had been re- b,
orted. he alleged. az having made the
tatement that he was working to get b,
le school removed from Johnson. N
Previous to adjournment, which oc- ci
aired at 2:4O o'clock. the following "a
,mmittees were announced: Iii
The speaker announced as the com
ittee on the part OF the House to can
lss votes for members Of Congress the N
flowing named members: First dis
ict-Addison county. Mr. Hubbard Of
Hathaway OF Goshen. Halpin
New Haven; Bennington county. Bag
v OF Searsburg. Young OF Glastonbury.
ears of Sandgate; Chittenden county
acombeT of Westford. Gleason Of Rich
cad. Rlais Of Colchester: Franklin
gnty. Corliss o. ST. Albans Town
orey Of Fairfield Giddings Of Bakers
"a; Grand Isie county. Wright Of So. mi