Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-27

,rrs,.a ,,.o,.sa a,1 a,o.tzu o,a..o.s ,.ui
ti,nits ,,a r,ar,,,,a- sa,,a 80 $50, o,,i
children 4, factories 60 a. oygro.,,+o 90
l5s hours in the week
A perinissive workmen's compensation
measure not in the republican plat
form, since that instrument only favored
| the passage of an out and out compensa-
ton measure Eat the earliest moment tina
constitution will permit" Still both em-
ployers and employees desired the meas
IRE and certain prominent and ambitious
members of the Senate who fought II
tooth and nail are to be condemned.
Another department Of the field Of hui
man conservation is education. 1ndica-
tons are that the educational system of
the State Is to undergo a general over
hauling from the top down Early in tho
session there passed Joint resolution
framed in response to message from
Governor Fletcher, whlc called for tho
appointment by the Governor OF an Cd
lucatlonal commission to investigate ard
report upon the educational system of the
state and recommend for its betterment
This commission of very distinguished
gentlemen Is still conducting its investl-
CATION. H. 523 created board of educa-
ton which has general supervision or tho
secondary schools of the state The Leg
islature has appropriated largely toward
the support of the state university and
other educational bodies
FISH AND GAME CODE.
-,,,,, 90 ,oo4s,,+,on 1-bteb intarost.
1J,,,.,,,t ,r,,I No ~
rast,,,,, concordance ia tho fish and rane
49, ao,,eaa,,aa r. ~ ,,,t,ch trir,a TO-
,atber I,,o oo,,sistor,t v,hoto tho fish and
INC ,,y.s Witch h,vo 'formoriv hecp
scattered through the statutes. Beside
some changes designed to improve upon
the old law THIS code restates II IN the
form of IL simple and unified set oil nrec-
, tons telling the fisherman and hunter
, what they may do, Instead or leaving
them mystihed by the numoeriess rag
Ga mcntarT rules ~ 10 what not to do which
r the old laE presented. This is pronounced
>. by those who know to be on a par with
;. the best and most up-to-datc game laws
= in the country
n Comparatively e" liquor laws have
n been enacted this Jar. But the attitude
l. OF both bodies on Questions Of this KIND
. has been moderate and conscientious. ny
II ftr IN" most important anu "holeso'h9
, law in this c"nnection enacted in recent
years Is II. SO, which aims at the COM
plete separation Of the liquor traffic from
politics. Doubtless this end is unattain-
! able but the law is step in the right
direction. This law makes it practically
, impossible for man to hold license or
= work In saloon and at the same time
+ hold public office, Another important
= change in the liquor law Is II. ll6 pro-
: vidinS for separate vote at hrch elec-
4 tons on the granting OF drusg1sts Hcen-
: ses instead of binding up this issue with
the whole big saloon question.
a. ,,o,,,o,+ ~ +bo bra aud crv
T. - So 49, ,,,.,,e, 900
y -. 80 ~, ~, 1or,a,a
= r"s"' - rofor,,,s r,ho ,,a{o,it,, Of
iva , ,,o, ,,,. b., cove
4 49, l,,, 5000, ,i+bo,,,,b 49,, ui,dor
go, 49, +ho ti.,o+i,., rofaror
e ,,''.. 49,, ,.oa,,t NO bo,d b,, a,p,ost oil
go 49, .,.'.t.a,. - no :, nri,cin,n IN.
y 80 .,,,a o,.car. nc hai+
49, t,ds 90 tt, dor,ogoc,,,a # is oe-
,, .,,a- a,s,irc, l,ro h. drawn he-
- ,,..i,,, 90 .bi rira ard valid
!" &C" a., ra.,,,tre add;+ions and read
'.-.o,, of mo ,,,,,hfnerv of govern
5 ~
" r r,tii,,r Marty platforu con-
= .,i,,'5 ,t[, statement we favor the adop-
i t 80 ,,,,,a practical system 'tfor tho
: -. 20 o.rdida+ae for nrblic Officer
I,,l I'm, 1rooIici+l,, this seemed to
g ~, 49, .t.bo, a direct or preferential
\ i,.,.. ,,,,. 11orcuIaan efforts were put
Il r .t,o ,,ss,re Of such n bill
3 I,,aa.tl-,,,, ayor,, nrorinent republican
: '..,',. ,.,,,t,j,, for como srch measure. and
l. - w., locomotives favored some
y t..-s .,,. LIZA r,irnbar of such hills
II 1900, +h, cr,+o which is usually re-
"a ,a,dod as the conservative branch of the
~ Legislature. Five measures of this KIM
& were killed by the House the people >
C branch. This was probably due to tho
= impression which had gone abroad that 4
% would diminish the influence of the small
D., towns An extension of this principle to
i the election OF United States senator's
. | which was indorsed by Both houses, was
| really much more radical than the gem
| eral bills Finally the best the leaders
!, | could do to save their pledge was ths
y passage of a vote providing for a refer
J., | endum.
~ An important change in the mere ma
J.. | chinery of elections Is instituted by II.
II sos, which lessons the chances of a dead
Il, lock IN the election of town representa-
4 tives by making d plurality vote decisive
'aft t1ta y trI &al1