The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-27
THE EXTRA SESSION
Gov. Fletcher Is Giving It's Posi-.
bility Consideration

biity Consideration
Ludlow, July Ex-Governor Allen
NJ. Fletcher has received a letter
from S. b. Waite, secretary of the re-
publican state committee, transmit
ting the implied request of the or
ganZation to call a special session OF
the Legislature. In reply His Ex-
cellency calls attention to the fact
that the request carries with il no
agreedon bill which the committee is
prepared TO support
The governors letter is dated July
% at Bellows Fails and reads as fol
lows
Your valued communication OF
July 10. enclosing the request of your
committee for me TO call Il special
session OF the Legislature for the sole
purpose of passing a primary law.
and pledging you' kindly Offices to
make such session short and mex.
pensve. is at hand, and believe me,
I deeply appreciate such kindly o.
fees.
81 note that the request does not
carry with it any bill which you as a
committee are prepared to support as
right and proper measure, or any
bill which carries with il the approval
of other political elements Of tins
state, nor am | aware that you have
as yet presented TO the people of the
state through the medium OF The
press any such bin for their consider
alton.
Your suggestion as presented TO
me carries with ii only the request
that the Legislature be called togeth-
er TO debate ana consider such n pro
position al an expense to the state OF
about $500 per day
There are several questions other
than that of direct primary, ana one
of constitutional character. which
are now receiving my serbus con
sideration as bearing upon the ques
ton Of special session.
Il assume that in making your re.
quest and in anticipating such con
solicitation as you may expect me to
give that request. you have taken in.
10 consideration tho fact that tho
next election is in Noyembe. rather
than in September. ana viii. there.
fore, give your request the considera.
ton it merits.
Secretary Wdires Letter was dated
July 10 and is as follows
"Herewth find enclosed a copy of
resolution which was adopted al a
meeting of the republican state com.
mittee of Vermont held at Montpelier
on the llth inst"
The resolution reads thus
We, the republican state commit
tee OF Vermont, in session Al Mont.
pelier this lith day OF July 1914. re-.
specially request His Excclency.
Gov Allen NJ Fletcher, TO call a spec
ial session OF the General Assembly
OF the state of Vermont at the EARL
es possible date for the purpose OF
enacting direct primary election
law, as demanded by thy people on
March 3
And We, the republican state com.
mitiee, do pledge ourselves 10 use
| our best endeavors to make said spec
ial session rs short and inexpensive
as possible
We also pledge ourselves to co
operate with the state committee of
The democratic and progressive pm.
ties. o, either OF them. in drawing
tentative non.partisan direct primary
law and for that purpose to appoint a
person to represent us, 10 act with
like appointees OF the democratic
ana progressive parties. or either Of
them We trust that such action on
The part OF the committees of the
leading parties of the state viii not
he considered as an act of msirusion
but of help in the enactment OF need
al lppie lation