Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25
VOTE STANDS 123 TO Is
Opponents Of Measnr. Gain Sew
Ell Votes over Earlier Ballot
Liquor for Medicinal Purposes
{. Stumbling BIOck-Not Real
referendum

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referendum hill. @urther amended, saa1ed
tNn House to-day s:ter the long asst and
At,rafest ce3sion Oh record in the 1910
Aet-1r.,1r "hc opponents Of the bill
sniIe Cd sc'e1 Vat9s eve: Ye.:crday's vote
on the third reading. a1d It wns finally,
oassed by Il reduced raj rit", the roll
tRll being l.3 to =.
Two features influenced some of the
,,ooiIants Of tlo pGrr, ill. one was
.hat II the rill was passed and pat into
effect that the state would be too dry
che p,con1 was that = did not provide
f real lsfe:enium. 1'nosc VINO wanted
y provision tor DOCTORS prescriptions aud
sale for Iuedicina. purposes lost their
hgnt. Hut the referendum provision was
hanged in two particulars.
The fight on the bin carried the mem
9crs far past the ordinary hour of adj
.ournment. and the hunger squad and
he opposition tried four times to get
In adjournment before the bill was acted
Upon. The bill had a t|ortuous career.
1t was amended three times, it was
moved to dismiss il. it was moved tn re-
commit with instructions TO write 'n a
provision for DOCTORS prescriptions, but
this failed. Then it wa passed. Two
~yea-and-nay votes were taken. ON which
Jeveral members appear to take iucou.
tstent positions.
THE PRESCRIPTIONS ISSUE.
The Perry bill, if enacted. will mako
the whole State like one dry town. when
1t occurred to some members that a pro-
vision for Doctors prescriptions should
be put in, Mr.. Moore Of Ludlow said that
the law could not 80 into effect before
:laN !, 1916. Those who might need liquor
Cor medicinal purposes could lay in a
supply, and If when the Legislature con-
vened after a few months of rea. pro-
Aibition a provision for liquor for mcdi-
sinai purposes seemed necessary. tho
legislature could enact it. "But liquor
don't keep objected Mr.. Soule Of
Alburg. Nevertheless the House refused
to put in such an amendment.
Several representatives changed their
position on the prohibition question in
the course of the day and from yes
terday's vote.
Tho f%olloWing representatives voted
- dismiss the prohibition bill to-day.
chen voted TO pass it: Davis. Hay
yard, Morse.
The followiuE representatives or
'lered the prohibition bill to a third
feadinr yesterday, but refused to pass
It to-day: Baker of S~tockbridge,
uartlett, Bullock, Chamberlln, Dickey
# Topsham. Farnham, H~oadley. Smith
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Hf, Teddy OF tnderhiIi moved that the
at he dismissed, ON the roliowlne
oil @4n IN" bNl was saved by vote Oh
w 10 lo0' IN" closest yea ana nay
'ole that has been taken IN the HOUSE
Ii. Morse e iiardwick thousht the oill
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p!ation that he moved that 1t be or
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