The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-19
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The house Just before / O'Clock to-
day, after n lengthy and lively ses-
sion, passed the Perry prohibitory liq-
uor law by a yea and nav vote Of l2g
to 76. All efforts to amend the bill 50
that liquor might bc secured on doe
tor 5 prescriptions or for mechanical
uses Were defeated and if the bill goes
into effect it will make Vermont d hard
and fast prohibition state.
Before the bill was put on its pas
sage an effort was made 10 dismiss IL
but failed by vote of Ii 10 -. The
vote on passage showed a falling off n
those who favored il from III TO l2g.
while the opponents gained a few The
fact that the vote in favor fell off so
much viii have some effect on the SEN
ate and is taken to mean that there Is
not such a widespread demand for the
referendum after all
BY virtue Of an amendment offered
by Mn Hapgood of Feru the bill will
not become effective until 1927 in case
the people vote against IL at the ref
erendum. This gives five legislatures
chance to repeal the bill in accord
ance with the wishes Of the people and
the amendment was clearly adopted as
safeguard in the fear that possibly
the next legislature might be in favor
Of prohibition despite the manifest will
Of the people.
| The eugenie marriage law. which has
been the subject of so much discus
! sion and debate in thehouse and which
was on the calendar as a special order
for 1920 this morning. was again side
/ tracked and made a special order for
| 1890 a. m. next Wednesday. On mo-
tion Of Mr.. Morse of Hardwiek an at-
tempt was made TO dismiss the bill
| by motion of Mr.. Leddy Of Underhill.
| Mr.. Soule Of Alburg demanded a roll
call on the question Of dismissal which
resulted in refusal 10 dismiss by 4
vote Of loo TO l23. Mr.. Morse Of Lud-
low then offered an amendment which
if adopted viii constitute the entire
bill and Is TO the effect that no mar
riage license shall be issued until free
dom Of the contracting parties from
venereal disease shall be certified by a
physician. unless maria ge i necessary
to prevent an illegitimate birth.
| Congressman Frank L. Greene visited
the house this morning and may be
asked TO address the members some
time during the day.
The act abolishing the Office Of attor-
nev general was passed in the house
Yesterday by a vote of 1s2 TO AZ with
very little debate ard after II had been
amended on motion of Mr.. Jones of
Shrewsbury so as to make il effective
July I, 1915. Mr.. Stone of WOodford
favored immediate action on the meas
ure. as did Mr. Demeritt of Duxbury.
The yeas and nays were demanded by
, Mr.. Butterfield of Westminster and the
, roll call resulted in the foregoing re
suit The Windham county members
T voting against the passage Of the bil
were Perry of Brattleboro, Thurber oi
= HalifaS. Graham of Rockingham, John
7 son of Somerset, Newton Of Vernon
and Wheeler of Nottingham. Mr.. Glea
f son Of Jamaica was absent on account
+ Of illness
f The state detention farm bill whicl
j. bad been already reported was killed
= in the house Yesterday afternoon aftel
: an attempt by Mr.. Wilson of Chelse,
to postpone action by a motion that i
be ordered to lie which was lost by ;
vote of % to SO. Mr. Atwell Of Bran
don moved that the bill be dismissed
but later withdrew his motion upoI
I suggestion of the speaker that as i
was q senate bill a motion 10 dismis
j might be construed as an act Of dis
! courtesy.
y A Joint assembly was held at 2.31
Y o clock to canvass the vote for Unite,
n States senator, at which William p