Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25
PROHIBITION BILL
DRDEREOT To THIRD
|REAO|NC,160 TO So
ldget Bill Passes the House but
Detention Farm BIZ is Killed
Because of the Expense In
vOlved.

Montpelier, Feb. 1s.-The prohibition
ices put in an entering wedge for
lte-wide prohibition when the House
ed for the Perry bill this morning,
4 ordered it to a third reading by the
ge majority of 100 to 60. TIL bill is
the present law with the local OPP
and license features left out. 1t
be voted upon by the people in
rch, 1915. providing that IT is adopted
the Senate and signed by the Gov
or. If the people vote in favor Of the
phibition law it will 90 into effect
May. 1915. and the vote on the local
ion question in the 1915 March meet
will be void. If the people do not
kh Statewide prohibition. under he
ms of the referendum, the law will not
into effect until 1911. Before that
le, 1t is presumed. the next Legisla-
%. responsive to such an expression
popular opinion, will repeal the bill.
is now proposed on the State House
bropriation question.
he bill was ordered to a third read
after n debate in which many mem
= lbbh ldIl Ut ~ Nv
So many votes was that It was
e after Z years trial of local option
vote upon the subject again. A
hller number of towns each year had
cd for high license. 1t was fair to
ume that public sentiment was now
bngly In favor of Statewide prohibit
b, and that the question should again
submitted to the people. Mr.. Perry
Brattleboro announced that over 300
sons had signed petitions requesting
Legislature to refer the question to
popular referendum. Among the sign
vas Pres. Guy p. Benton Of the
hversity of Vermont and over 300 of
faculty and students. and Pres.
In NJ. Thomas of Middlehury College
many of the faculty and students.
OBJECTIONS RAISED
Ir. Jones of Shrewsbury in opposi-
h said that the present law "a
best temperance measure that the
tie could have: that prohibition
Id not be enforced against the
in of public sentiment. Mr.. Black
Burlington said the issue is not
ting the question up to the people.
are really here and now called
pass upon the merits of prohibition
sus local option. The referendum
sible under Vermont law is a de-
tive one. so that the prohibitory
will take effect regardless of what
people say. either in 1916 or in
I, unless the next Legislature needs
|ular will.
1r. Atwell and others explained
the present form of amendment
5 not the ideal one but was the one
CHI had to be used. Under the con
ution the Legislature is the law
king body and it can not delegate
power to the people. No refercn-
n vote has ever been taken but in
indirect way: will this law go
effect now or will it go into eff
after the next session of the
Fislature.'
he bill had first to be amended in
places. These changes were made
essary by the temperance committees
ision that a referendum in March,
vas better han a vote in Novem-
1915, The amendment changing the
e was adopted by a yea and nay
e, in order to test the temper of the
use. 1t was adopted by 1@7 to %. The
vote on ordering the bill to a third
ding was 100 TO go. The bill will b.
upon its passage in the House to-
ROW morning.
HOW THE HOUSE VOTED.
he vote in the House on the Perry
which tFn,,1l c,h~,;. St,.. .,t11
Inhibition to a referendum of the
pie in March, 1916. Is as follows.
question was shall the bill be
cred to a third ~reading?":
~es-Adams, Aiken, Anderson, Aus
of Brooklin. Austin of reading, At
p. Atwood. Babcock. Bailey. Baker
Whiting, Bartlett, Beattie. Bellows,
ings, Blakely, Blanchard of Gro
Blanchard of Nershire. Blodgett
Newport. Boardman, Bolster of
ston, Bolster of Windhall. Briggs.
CHAM, Brown of Goshen. Brown OF
enburg, Bullock, Butterfeld, Carl
Caswell, Chalmers, Chamberlin,
ford, Coates, Coburn. ColbuIn, Col
We, Corbett. Cowles. Davis. Derosia.
herman, Dickey of Barre town,
key of Topsham, Dunn, Dunsmoor.
Pois, Durgin, Eaton, Eddy of Monk
Eddy of Stratton. F%airchild, Farm
b, Fish, Finn, Flint, Fogg. Foote,
ter of Calais, Graham,
nblett, Hapgood. Harrington, Hay
d, Hendee, Hewitt of Berlin, Hicks,
gins, Hill, Hinsdale, Hitchcock,
brook. Hooper, Horton. Hubbard,
1T, Hutchins. Jackson, Jennctt,
ell, johnson of Somerset, johnson
Villiston, Jones of Warren, Kendall,
lhall, Kingsley. LaEountain, Lance.
witt, Leland, Lennert. Leonard of
lover, Leonard of Grafton, Lund,
lary, Mackay, Mann, Mason, Mayo.
rs, Melendy Merriam, Miller, Miner,
re of Ludlow, Morse, Nichols of
iport, Norton of Huntington, Ohm
d, ONeil, Park, Parker of Caven-
!, Parlin, Paris, Perkins, Perry,
'ce OF Rochester. Pierce of Swan
lowell Proctor, Putnam. Randall,
nolds, Rice, kixford Robinson.
ndy. Rublee. Russell of I~rasburg.
sell of Kirby, Sanborn, Slavery.
res, Smith of Athens, Smith of
'ksboro, smith of Waitsfield. Snow,
he. Spalding of Hartland, Spauld-
of Plymouth, Spencer. Stacey.
It, Stickney, Taylor, Thomson of
dgrove, Thompson of Craftsbury.
mpson of Weybridge, Thurber.
rston. Titus. Turner. Waite, Ware.
Imam. Wells of W~aterville. Wheel
Virgins, Wilson, Wood, Wright.
-AbbOtt of Fairlee. Allen. Raplav
err of stockbridge, Berry, Black of
ington, Blodgett Of Lexington, Bono,
h, Bostwick, Burdick, Butler, Cum
rs of Castleton, Day. Dimond, Doty,
ker of Sudbury, Fox, Gaines, Gilman,