The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-25
Special Committee Favors
It's Acceptance by
the State
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
DEFEATED IN HOUSE
Committee of Public Buildings Will
Report Favorably on Bill to Repeal
State House Grab-Another Educa-
tion Hearing.
Especial to The Reformer.l
MONTPELIER. Feb


Senator Noonan of Addison present
ed this morning the report of the spe-
cial committee appointed TO investi-
gate the offer of T. \. Vail of Lyndon
to give to the state the Lyndon agricul-
tural school and Speedwen farms. stu
ated at Lyndon. The committee is in
favor of accepting the offer after thor
ough investigation and recommends
an annual appropriation Of 100000 to
maintain the school, and q resolution
of thanks to Mr.. Vail for has offer. The
report sets forth that the property of
fered is very valuable and is fully
equipped as an agricultural school. that
the farm itself ought to be self-sustain-
ing, that there is on the farm goodly
number of valuable cattle, horses, sheep
and swine. Mr.. Vail makes no restrie-
tions on the gift other than that If be
fused as an agricultural school. The
donor thinks that eventually every
county in the state will demand such
an institution and points out that the
state will save a capital cost of over
100000 if it accepts Speedwell farms
The cost of maintaining the school un-
der state ownership is estimated at
100000 by Mr.. Vail. The report was
accepted by the senate
The committee on public buildings
of which Mr.. Perry OF Brattleboro is
chairman, will report fayorably on the
bill repeating the appropriation of
! 100000 for state buildings made by
the legislature of 1912 The report has
a clause heartily endorsing the adoption
Of joint resolution providing for z
joint committee to further investigate
the needs of additional room for the
use Of the state library. supreme court
aud other state purposes. Mr.. Perry IS
a member Of the last named committee.
Mr.. Graham Of Rockingham has
asked that the house request the GOV
ernor to return IL $50, which provides
for amending the charter Of the village
of Bellows Falls TO allow for licensing
and regulating hotels, eating houses.
lunch rooms, etc, and the collection and
disposal of garbage, and the keeping
of poultry. The request was granted.
The intention Is to amend the bill 50 as
to strike out that portion providing for
license to keep poultry in Difference
! to local dealers.
! The senate today considered routine
work and passed several fish and game
laws. 1t also passed the barber shop
sanitary regulation bill, which now goes
! to the governor.
Tonight the educational committee
will hold a public hearing in the house
chamber to allow the educational com
mission to express its views on the edu-
cational bill, the hearing having been
granted by request of the commission.
Equal Suffrage Fails.
The equal suffrage bill, which ha.
been the subject of so much speculation
and upon which the suffragists haC
based their hopes of an extension ot
the franchise, was refused a third read
ing in the house yesterday Afternoon
by vote Of 1919 to 100 after it hat
been amended on motion of Mr.. Mile
of Bethel 50 as to provide that any wo
man over . and under 20, if she shoult
so desire, could have the same righ
as men to vote in town and municipa
meetings and hold municipal office pro
vided she had her poll set in the list a
So. The amendment offered by Mr.
Miller made the matter of the right t,
east ballot optional.
, When the bill first came mp for con
sideration Mr.. Miller of Bethel asket
for more light regarding the feature
of the bill, particularly as to whethe
) poll tax would be necessary in tn
case of women Mr.. Graham of Rock
/ ingham went into the question at som
length, quoting two supreme court dc
cisions bearing on the case. He CAV
: it as his personal opinion that womer
: were exempted from the provisions 0
the poll tax statute, but if such wer
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