The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-03-11
tie approval Of the Governor.

7 the purpose of furnishing clinical Ia
cilitics and providing medical instruc-
ton has been introduced by unanimous
consent.
4 The bill appropriating money in aid
Of state fairs but making such aid de-
pendent upon the exclusion Of all
gambling devices from operating on
the grounds was debated with much
spirit. Mr. llapgood of Peru, whose
feeling against gambling even in its
mildest form are almost too deep for
utterance, endeavored TO get the bill
+ further amended so that even the
teddy bear venders would be put to
i il to prevent being excluded from the
fair grounds, made a general attack
upon the fairs as carried on and stated
that gambling and obscene exhibitions
were carried on with the knowledge of
the directors. This statement was,
refuted with indignation by several
members and the bill was passed in
form to deny state aid aid to fairs
allowing gambling or obscene exhibi-
/ tions TO be carried on.
4 The permanent school fund is to be
increased by the addition of the avails
from the license fees from peddlers,
auctioneers, circus licenses and the
like, that is if the biz passes the SEN
ate and gets the Governors signature,
as it has already psased the house.
These fees now go to the several coun-
ties.
The prohibition bill seems to stand
very fair chance of passage by the
senate by narrow margin, one esti-
mate being that the vote will stand
16 to Ia in its favor while another is
that there are 18 senators who will
vote for the bill.
The apple grading law has been or
dered to a third reading in the senate
after they had cut out the Hapgood
amendment which provided that the
provisions Of the act should not pre-
vent a man from packing apples ain
the old fashioned way or any other
way should he so desire"
Legislative matters which have a
bearing on Bennington County inter
ests have not been advanced to an APP
preciable degree during this weeks
short session. The matter of repairs
on the court houses at Bennington and
Manchester is still being considered by
the members from that county and it
is understood that movement is on
foot to introduce a substitute bill
which wonld provide for the building
of a new county court house and Jail
at Arlington and do away with the
present buildings at Bennington and
Manchester. Mr.. Rice of Salisbury
it is understood will prepare and in
troduce this substitute measure if it
is decided to introduce it. There is
no doubt but that there will be strong
opposition to the measure, particularly
by the town of Bennington, many res
idents there complaining that such
location for a county building would
be undesirable since Arlington is by
no means situated in the populative
center Of the county, nearly half the
county population being contained in
the town of Bennington. II is under
stood, however that majority of the
county members are in favor of the
substitute bill.
The bill to prohibit the sale of OPT
um, morphine and other narcotic drugs
introduced at the beginning of the
session by Mr.. Hollister Of Benning-
ton has been passed by the house and
is now made special order for the
latter part Of the week in the senate.
Mr.. Hapgood Of Peru has been en-
deavoring to get some report from
The committee on highways and
bridges concerning his bill relating to
the purchase Of the road known as the
Peru Turnpike" by the State high
way commission with the consent Of
the Governor, but he has not yet been
able to accomplish his purpose.
The Bennington county house dele
cation consists of seventeen members
Of whom fourteen are Republicans, one
a Progressive Republican, one Pro-
gressive, and one a Democrat, who in
the person Of Carol d. Stone repre-
senting the town of Woodford, is next
to the youngest member of the delega
tion, having been born in 1886. As
regards occupation the list contains
nine farmers, two merchants, one me-
ehanie, one blacksmith, one bookkeep-
er. one employe in furniture factory,
one contractor and builder, and one
whose occupation is not stated. As re-
CARDS religious preference the Metho-
dists are in the lead, six being of that
persuasion, while there are two each of
the Baptist Congregationalist, and
Universalist allegiance one Episcopal