Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-13
Demand for Roll Calls Adds t
Unlikelihood of Adjourn
ment This Week
TWO BILLS OCCUPY MORNING
Detention Farm Measure Eecoz
sidered and Passed-Veto
Sustained-Senate Re
iects Referendum.

Montpelier Feb. I2-Thc Legislature
continues to talk. The persistent speech
making and demand for roll calls dur
ing those first three days seem to havs
Iispclled all hope Of Adjournment this
week. Tho House spent ntpractcallythe whols
| morning discussing the passage Of one bill
and tho reconsideration Of another Al.
most Immediately after the opening exer-
cises the attention Of tho representatives
was directed to r. rs, bill providing
| that tn" towns should transport TO tho
central school, ali children living moro
than mile and a half distant there
from. This changes the present law by tha
rule rs to distance. After war OF words,
IN the course Of which two amendments
were offered and sacrificed. tho bill it.
self was done 10 ,leath by 4 vote Of .s 10
l02.
Inume diatoly after the talk-fest on ths
school transportation bill. Mr Demerts
Of Waterbury asked that the House re-
consider It's vote Of the iay before. kin.
ing the bill for State detention farm.
Tho Water bury member stated that b,
desired to amend the bill by lessenine
Altt dl'l'l 'i1IldllOn II LdTTlel ana thereby
doing away with the feature most object
ed t" by its opponents. The debate which
erded IN mo members voting l0S to e3
IN favor of reconsideration, took up tho
| remainder ot the morning. To ,xpedita
matters thH member from Chelsea, who
hdd demanded the yeas and nays for
thIs ilnal vote. withdrew his request and
suggested ttat rising vote would take
less time whereupon the member from
Johnson. Mr. Jose. said that he should
insist uron the roll call. The vote which
followed took 2D minutes. Mr.. Jose and
= Mr. COOK between them have accustomed
tour roll calls in the last two days
HOUSE UPHOLDS GOVERNOR
The detention farm bill was made
/ special order for 80 in the afternoon
= and at that time was passed with propos.
Il ais Of amendment cutting down the appro.
S priation from $65,e0 to S47,5oo. After the
?, detention farm had been disposed of. the
n House consumed much time and some
y oratorv in deciding whether or not tc
4 pass over the Governors veto the bill ap.
n propr!ating sl0.0D for the Brattleboro Re
= treat. The ground of the veto was that
e the Retreat wa- private institution and
I. sclf-supportinE. The Senate passed the
d bill over his veto by narrow margin
q The House debated the matter at Length
this afternoon. and by vote Of l24 to 7.
n refused to again pass the measure.
: There IS no hostility to the Brattleborc
8 Institution on the part of the Governor o,
$ the members who voted to sustain ths
e veto. There Is a principle of government
II involved, the appropriation of money fol
n an institution not under control OF tn,
J. state. and while none of those who vote
h against the appropriation would desr,
VI to see the institution crippled. they d,
}. not feel that the State should make an,
80 further investment there. This feeling il
N strcngthened by the fact that the institu
d tion itself is wealthy, has acquired
y large amount Of valuable property. an,
5. ought to he able 70 provide Tor such i'm
I: proNcments as its trustees desire. Th
r entire matter was thoroughly ventilate,
a. in the House debate and tho action OF tia
IS body Represent its deliberate opinion.
as CURTALS PURCHASING AGENT
- Tho Senate in its morning sesso
N passed the purchasing agent bill wit
- proposals of amendment which curta
m the power of the agent and make az
80 nointments to that office by future gov
-, Senate. Tho debate upon the latte
II amendment was not entirely good humor
II ed and betrayed n tendency in certs
-, quarters to slur the executive when IN
49, occasion offered.
- The Senate voted to a third rcadina
49, along with 10 other bills. the bill pro
- vidnE for u union station al White Rive
80 junction.
80 House bill -, creating Il State boar
=, OF education and defining its powers an
r duties was passed by the Senate thi
,s afternoon. There has been a considerab b.
IN amount of opposition and Senator M
4 Cuen. chairman of the Senate comnitte
60 on education, feels that his committee ha
,s made In this an actual record Of accom-
.a plshment
,s There was an executive session OF tn
,o Senate this afternoon. lasting about tw
:, hours. in which Fl. 23o, tho bill prov,dn
~, for a commissioner of labor and factor
~ inspector, was under debate. The measur
was made special order for Thursda
d. mornne.
he STRIKES OUT REFERENDUM
~ The senate this afternoon passe
re-. the bill providing for a now buiidin
he for State purposes, after striking ou
M. the House amendment proviiing 10
II a referendum, 1t is believed that thi
action will be accepted by the Hous
by small majority Some of tn
democratic members think they ca
tn raise the Issue of economy and MAX
on campaign material by refusing thi
II necessary enlargement but the hes
90 men OF that party are not disposed I
~. make political capital at the expens
ST. OF tho state As Charles II. Watson
ma the leading democratic member, wa
n one NJ the commission Of investigs
nd tiou, one of those who drafted the hi
OF and one who earnestly supported
H. the democrats raupot expect muc
- party gain by opposing it,
ss A meeting Of the educational copi
CHI mittee was held here this sfternoo.