Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-01
Measure Is Defeated for Rea-
sons Based on Principle of Re-
ligiOus Tolerance--Unlikely to
Get Reconsideration.
HOUSE TAX PLAN REJECTED
Senate Proceeds with A Five per
Cent. Exemption Measure
House Passes New Rule For
bidding introduction of Any
Bills after Noon Yesterday.

Montpelier. Nar.n S-kritay morning
" nine O'Clock is now ths nour ses
DOR final Adjournment by the steering
COMMITTEES. in spite oi the fact that none
Of the very big questions We're even con-
.idered upon the floor Of either House
except the tax bill, which Ia due fer
.ortuous course IN conference. ! ne
House did not get the workmens COM
pensation hi!, hut spent large portion
of the day on three bills which wc~e due
for much debate. These We're the Bin'e
reading cil. and inc lights on Neh'"iee
hil. Doth Of which were Killed after
consuming several hundreds OF dollars
worth OF time: and the bill regulating
log floating, which was passed.
The House in view Of the weighty mat
,ers yet unsolved baked at passing the
resolution for final adjournment. They
took the easiest course, and deferred &C
ton until tomorrow. The Boston q
Maine bill. friends OF which are not too
numerous. was also ordered to lie and
was made Il special order for tomorrow
n $50, so that the action of other Lesls-
latures could he watched in the meantime
The House agreed to one action when
will close the session eventually That
was a new rule proposed by Mr.. Proctor,
which prohibits the introduction Of DIS
in any method whatsoever after noon to-
morrow. The bills have come in pretty
steadily of late through committees and
by una nimous consent. A similar action
Is needed In the Senate.
The conversation bill and the corpor-
ption bill arc almost certain to be acted
upon by the House tomorrow. and the
Education bill with many amendments is
slated to appear in the Senate. even II
the committee has to work all night
upon it,
TAX PLAN REJECTED.
The Senate rejected all Of the HOUSE
tax proposal and went aaily on its way
with a five per cent, exemption measure
which included bank loans and omitted
all mention of offsets. This action will
either put adjournment a week or more
away like the tax fight of two Years ago
or it will result in leaving the tax faWs
a~ at present. II is an open secret that
this is the design of several senators who
voted for tho five per cent money
p.opositon, and who believe that the
present LAW is good enough. The House
has considered both the bank exemption
proposition and offsets and has arrived
at exactly opposite decisions from the
Senate. \ long conference may be look
Cd for.
The passage of II. ltS by the Senate
repeating the law Of 1872 for a 5000"
state House addition, puts it UP to the
Governor as to whether the referendum
will he needed.
The House passed II. 40. compromise
measure furnishing relief for residents or
a river bank whose property Is injured
by noat ting logs or tinlbers. The LUMBER
companies must furnish bond before
operating The public service commission
shall fix the damages and avoid litisation
This bill required much debate
BIBLE READING BILL KILLED.
TIE Bible reading bill was defeated IN
,he House by a margin Of six votes
,fter being thoroughlv debated for over
IN hour and a half, This bill. which had
,assed the Senate. required the reading
u the Bible without comment in the pub
lc schools A sylla bus would be pre-
pnred by the State education department
and would be furnished to the teachers
go that secta ran cuntroY ersY could be
avoided II further provided That If !
ch!ld's psrent did not wish the child &c
DO uiesent nj the res ding OF such a Bible
syllabus THO enid could De excused.
The BIZ. was defeated n the int erests q!
religious tolerance. The objections vhict
We're raised to it We're that 1t really pro
vided for worship, instead OF simply his
t.rlcal, literary, aud moral Instruction
nm. X would cause rei sious d!ssension'
among the children, end that in othe'
ways 81 operation would he very IN
Happy; that 4 majority Of schools nov
rad Bible reading. and 1t wss better t.
make il voluntary rather than conpul
sory' Those who favored IL pointed T.
tha position which the Bible occupied am
ought to occupy in orr literature and II
orr daily life. Il vss necessary par
OF III education, II vas urged,
Many vote a ga inst the bill because the!
believed that the principle was wrong
lager number. however, voted against I
because they believed that II would no
work we'll. An attempt TO reconsider ma
be made but the atmosphere after tn
vote was one Of relief and it does no
appear thar such an attempt will NEE
with success,
The act creatinS the Theodore y. Va
School and Farms was passed by tn
House WIN fD,Si annNdl apltO )fia
tiuG.
\ substitute State House addtio
proposition will be introduced tomorrow
calling for amount much under 500
on. The special committee will repo
on their Investigation Al the same time
The simplined judicial procedure hi
has now passed both branches.
TWO RAILROAD BILLS.
Two railroad bills we're introduced
the Senate Mr.. Shaw introduced a bi
extending for two years the chart
rights of all -:ads which have been
CURED to build within a certain tim
This is to meet the objection OF y
Governor. who vetoed the Senate b
empowering the public service commi
sion to grant such extension.
bill from Senator Simonds repea
the law requiring the railroads to abolis
two grade crossings each year
AZ q fresh air advocate Mr. Hapgoc
seems ikely to close his serves IN tn
session IN a whirlwind OF populsrit