The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-25
Attempt to Ratify Amend
ment Failed in House
To-day
MOTION TO ADJOURN
QUIETED THE EFFORT
There Were 104 Members in
Their Seats When the
Session Opened
State House. Jan. 25.


Notwithstanding the advice given yes
terdny by prominent members OF th
, House, the number of vacant seats wa
even larger than when~the lower brancl
convened yesterday noon. There wer'
only l04 members in their seats whei
Speaker Plumley called the House I,
order. Even Chaplain Ford was not il
his accustomed place, and the devo
tional exercises were conducted by Rev
George S. Smith, the member from
Worcester
Though many of the remnants OF tho
House gazed wistfully at the clock and
fidgeted in their seats every time they
heard the whistle of a railroad locomo-
tive, the speaker kept them on the job
and third readings were ordered on the
i following measures; An act relating to
appropriation of money for the State
Agricultural school, appropriating S25.-
900 for the erection Of dormitory and
for other purposes in place of the $780,
600 in the original bill; changing the
name of the Bethel Telephone & Tele-
graph company authorizing the city Of
n st. Alhans to issue bonds.
\ When Mr.. kendrick Of Greensboro
\ moved to table House bill l22, relating
to filling vacancies in town offices, Mr..
I Cook Of Lyndon demanded the yeas and
nays bat offered to withdraw his de.
mand if Mr.. Kendrick would withdraw
| his motion. With less than 10 mem
bers on the floor roll call would have
put in bad about 1873 members who
were not present. and the member from
Greensboro saw the point aud withdrew
his motion.
The first genuine attempt at necro-
NANCY came this morning when Mr., Cook
of Lyndon called up the resolution in
trodueed several days ago relating to
the. ratification of the federal income
tax amendment. The member from
Lyndon said he called mp the resolu
tion with a two-fold purpose: To show
that tbs HalIsa had devoted itself to
an hour OF real work and to take the
opportunity Of expressing himself in
favor OF the income tax He said he
thought il was time to let up for
period on the knitting OF corporations
and to get after the millionaires.
Then Mr.. Miller of Bethel spoke in
favor of the federal income tax and
-
Mr.. Ryder of Rockingham said he had
not heard word regarding the block
ing OF the resolution and he denied
that there had been any playing Of pol
itics." A motion by Mr.. Strong Of
Hyde Park that the House adjourn
stopped further debate right there.
May Question Its Constitutionality.
Although the sterilization bill. which |
was passed by the House. 95 to So yes |
terday. is likely to receive the sigma
ture of Gov. Fletcher. it is said that |
opponents will probably question the !
of the act.
The direct primary bill will be taken |
up in the House as special order Tues
day afternoon ut 2:45 o'clock, il hay
ing been ordered to lie yesterday. The
House also ordered to lie the bill regu-
lating the sale of morphine and other
drugs, as also the bill ncor-
poratin the Southern Vermont Light 4
Power company.
AT its session yesterday afternoon the
House passed the following bills in con-
currenee: To permit the public service
to establish mileage within
the state; relating to nominations and
ballots; to authorize the city OF Bur
lington to issue bonds for the purpose
Of enlarging and improving its cleo
tric plant: relating to persons convict
I'd Of being found intoxicated; for max
ing repairs and for other purposes at
the state prison at Windsor; relating
to the selling of milk and cream.
The House passed its own measures
rs follows: To create livestock com
missioner and defining his duties. a mo
lion to amend by changing price paid
for diseased animals from $50 to $40
iaving been lost; amending statutes re- I
ating to the weight and measure OF ,
Tood and lumber: relating 10 stationery
ind supplies: relating to the rate Of
axes assessed on railroad property
A few highway aid bills were squelched
" the House. the towns of Jamaica. :
Dorset and Peru having applied for state !
i'd. The House reconsidered its refus- 4
Il of third reading to the bill relat- J
ng to the employment of railroad en-
-ineers and conductors and ordered the !
Measure to a third reading.
How 1t Looks for Adjournment.
The special committee on final ad- h
has reported that up to yes e
erday the condition of the bills was
5 follows: Bills in hands OF Senate [
ommittees. Senate bills 30. House bills ;
;. total 90: in hands of the House COM b
littees. Senate bills Is. House bills 90. .
otal III. in hands Of revision commit i
re 30. This makes the total number I,
{ bills in the hands of committees 237. Il
,hich was a reduction OF 81 since the d
pport a week ago. Il
And still the bills continue to come in. G
d the House the following were intro
uced: Amending acts incorporating the "
illage Of Bristol; incorporating the Il
ittsford Congregational church and So a.
ETY.; relating 20 acts Incorporating the d
illage Of North Troy. 1T
From the committee on ways and ia
Ieans. relating to the taxation of tele-
hone companies. 4 being a substitute y
" H. All: from the same COMMITTEES. b.
sections 7s4 and rs of ths Il
iblic statutes. relating to the taxation n
telegraph companies. assesscd at rate "a