The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-18
PRIMARY LAW
UNDER FIRE
House May Yet Balk at Pass
ing Bill 1t Favored
Yesterday
LONDONDERRY MAN
LEADS OPPOSITION
And Claims Referendum Majority
Came from Big Towns = Senator
Dunklee Introduces Agricultural Ex-
tension Bill
Special to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER, March

Especial to The Reformer.1
MONTPELIER, March IS.
Practically the entire morning ses-
sion was consumed in g debate on the
passage of the direct primary bill, +
which was ordered to a third reading
yesterday by a vote of 172 to 2S, and |
adjournment was taken without final |
action being taken.
Mr. Melendy of Londonderry. who |
opposed the bill yesterday, opened the /
debate and read figures to show that |
on the referendum the majority of yes
votes came from the cities and large
towns. He stated that in Windham |
county the vote was l,065 in Brattle- |
boro and Rockingham and only COS |
in the remaining towns of the county !
He claimed that printing of the nee
essary ballots would cost more than
81 900 because it would require sepa-
rate printing in every ward in every
town in the state.
Mr.. Wilson of Chelsea questioned
the statement of Mr.. MeIendy and said
he had consulted printers and that the
extra cost for ballots would not be
large. The bill was favored by Morse
of Hardwick, AtwelI of Brandon. Fos-
| ter of Calais, and opposed by Dcmer
| EFT of DuXbury, Lance of Cabot and
| Eaton of Woodstock. Mr.. Brown of
| Lunenburg offered an amendment pro
viding the act should apply only to
state officers. United States senators,
/ representatives TO congress and prcsi-
| Dental electors. leaving the present
| county convention system in force.
| This amendment was under considera-
| tion when the house adjourned but it
seemed highly probable that if the
bill should pass it would be with this
| amendment
\ bin was introduced in the senate
| by Senator Dunklee of Windham, by
unanimous consent, in reference to ag-
ricultural extension work, giving may
ors of cities authority to sign orders
for such part of ST 200 annually as is
allotted to each town or city for agri-
cultural work in connection with the
allotment cf the federal appropriation
for such work.
The Boston & Maine bill was order
ed to lie and be made special order
for 1910 Thursday. Senator Simonds
OF Orange was strongly opposed to the
bill on the ground that the state of
Vermont was forfeiting the authority
over railroad corporations.
Bill on Bills of Lading.
Senate bill 80. providing for uni
: form law in reference to bills OF lad
= ing, was the principal object OF debate
l at yesterday afternoon 5 session and
was finally passed by a rising vote of
90 to -.
Mr. Black of Burlington explained
that IN 1912 commission was appoint
+ ed by the governor to. attend tie ma
. Itional conference of commissioners on
uniform state laws and among the re.
concentrations of this conference were
uniform laws relating to bills of lading
He stated that the legislature of 1917
had passed similar laws with reference
! to negotiable instruments. warehouse
receipts, and uniform marriage evasion
: acts and that this act was along tn,
same lines. Its purpose was to codif,
existing laws on the subject and it wa.
. the product of the brains of mer
i especially informed along the lines q
). uniform legislation.
+ Mr.. Morse of Hardwick stated tha-
+ the bill did not prescribe how bills O.
lading should he made out, but merely
!. as to the rights between consigners
r, eonsignees and transportation compan
# les in connection with such bills.
: The bill to prevent the spread o
d venereal diseases was passed almos
$ unanimously by q viva vocc vote afte
s Mr.. Hapgood of Peru had attempted t
+, amend it by provision that the stat
e. board Of health before taking actio
!; should consult with the governor, whic
WAS unsuccessful. Mr.. Morse of Hare
wick remarked sarcastically that h
thought it would be highly proper t
make the governor a consulting specia
ist in this class of eases.
:. Tangle Over Tax Bill.
The house came near getting into
parliamentary tangle over house bi
n III, tax bill providing exemption fl
A five per cent money. 1t has been 7,
ng fused a third reading and Mr.. Hapgoo
us of Peru gave notice that he shoul
d. move to reconsider the vote later. NJ
ial Proctor of Proctor didn t like this so
he of delay and moved an immediate r
ng consideration, whereupon Mr.. Stone
rs. Woodford moved that this motion
re ordered to lie and be made a special 0
on der for 1880 o'clock Thursday mornir
he and was followed by Mr.. Stone Of We
IRE gennes, who moved that the latter IN
nd tion be dismissed. BY this time thin
-er were rather up in the air and it W