The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-25
DOINGS OF THE
LEGISLATURE
Continued from first page.)

MI, hfhnhln OF Rockingham attempted "
enlighten Mr.. Miller and quoted decisions
OF the supreme court indicating that 4
. voter must have list in order TO vote
therefore, in his opinion woman must
, have a list to qualify. He did not, how
ever, believe that the bill S. SO required
the payment of a poll tax~in order tC
vote and thought that women were ex'
empt from the law imposing a poll tax
Following along this line he said hf
would specifically amend the law impos.
ing n poll tax rather than insert a gen.
/, eral clause in the bill which might con
/, fuse town officials.
Mr.. Miller moved to amend the bill by
striking out section ! and inserting a
provision to the effect that woman
: over Fl and under 20 years of age who
is citizen, may at her option have her
poll set in the list at ~ and shall have
the same right TO vote in town and mu-
nieipal meetings. He said, in sustain
ing this proposed amendment, that he
believed a woman who paid tax should
have the right TO vote and that women
who voted should pay a tax. Under the
bill as drafted woman could put in a
list OF $40 and pay tax of ten or Is
cents, while man must pay at least
poll tax OF ~, and this would not be
equal suffrage.
! Mr.. Soule of Alburg opposed and Mr.
| Atwell of Brandon in a strong argument,
perhaps the best presented in the House
during the afternoon, favored the amend
ment. He said among other things that
| he believed no exemption can be made
until tax has first been levied.
| Mr.. Morse of Hardwick opposed the
/ 4 II, e.
| to impose a poll tax upon women when
| full suffrage cannot be conferred upon
them at this time. Hesmoved to amend
words ''who has list of $500 or moro"
for the words "may at her option have
her poll set in the list" Mr.. Morse
said he believed this amendment would
remove all question OF terhnicality and
place the bill on fairSsquare AND above
board basis.
Mr. Pitkin of Marshfleld said that
many male voter who has less than
5000 is allowed TO cast ballot and II
would not be fair to the women. Mr.
Ladd Of Roxbury said he believed wom-
an should have right to vote if she
didn't have dollar. Mr.. Lance OF Cab |
OF spoke along the same lines, but Mr. |
IIaflIUbu ldtuTtuf hul Ht Hlu NOT hgleH !
with Mr.. Miller. that women over 70 |
should not be allowed to vote Mr.. Morse |
said he did not favor either amendment |
hut did like the one introduced by him |
self better than the one by Mr., Miller |
Mr.. Morse's amendment was finally de-
feated by viva voce vote, the ma jority |
being apparent.
Mr.. Wilson OF Chelsea then moved to
4 L.. !
clause that a woman over 10 years
Of age should not be required to pay a
poll tax in order to be voter and the
amendment was agreed to. Mr.. Miller
offered another amendment to his orig
inal one, namely, that women should
have the same right as men to hold town
and municipal offices, and it was agreed
to. Mr.. Morse opposed making the right
to vote prerogative of the rich and
said il was class legislation which the
contemplated Mr. Blodgett
of Newport favored the amendment, be-
Gladly the grand list.
Miller Amendment Accepted.
Mr.. Soule OF Alburg wanted TO reduce
the proposed list from s. TO 81, saying
that the only reason he consented TO Z
that amount was because he thought
the legality OF the measure required il.
His amendment was defeated and Mr..
Hicks Of Weathersfeld called for the
yeas and nays on the Miller amendment
AZ amended The amendment was car
ried by vote of LIS to 81 and the spec
tators, the majority of whom were of
the fair sex, began 10 see visions of the
bill passing with flying colors. They
we're soon undeceiyed, however. for fol- {
owing a slight amendment being adopt
III in section Of the bill, regarding
qualifications for voting for presidential
elections. the yeas and NAYS were again I;
allied for, this time by Mr. Graham Of 4
with the result as given &
lbove. and the suffrage advocates filed !,
,ut Of the chamber in silence. 4
The vote OF the Washington county =,
members Is as follows: In favor, Hew- :
q OF Plainfeld. Hewitt OF Berlin. Lance y
Il Cabot. Foster Of Calais, Farnham ~ !,
Smith Of Waitsiield, Hin Of 4
Waterbury. Waite Of Woodbury.: against. =
'mith Of Barre City. Dickey Of Barre =
Town. Demeritt Of Duxbury Clark OF !,
.ast Montpelier. Nelson Of Fayston. Pit i
in Of Marshfeld. Putnam OF Middirscx !,
Wilcox Of MoretOwn. MAYO Of North =
ED. Ladd OF Roxbury Jones Of Warren =
nj Doty Of Worcester
Aside from the Introduction Of two
and the suffrage bin debate.
he House did little business. although n
did Kill n. POP. an act providing for ii
ne day Of rest In seven for the en-. q
loves In certain establishments. The 2
III came 20 the House without recon
lendation from the committee Mr.
filler Of Bethel argued ia favor ~ the
go, but Il failed 10 90 10 q third read
le. M Jones Of Warren announced VI
u death ~ former Representative IT ". Ia
Word Of Warren and the House Al A.
lurHed "A 4.45 O'Clock to
Tho senate On executive session ron 81
rfned the appointment ~ the governor y,
{ Dewey II Hanley as state purchasing !.
gent number ~ minor bills Wcre Il
sssed in coneufrrncp and she Senate re-
iifei itself into q committee ~ thr
hale to hesr Clark e. Fftts of BTattlr
bro eAuiain s. 81 rflatu0 o. national q
sfks hfiur appointed e. positions NJ h'
1sf THE hn was KILLED TUESDAY aa
81 recousi3sfpi yesterday and e W1 y
.ahablF nou pass. -
ougr. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ~.