The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
TO STOP GOVERNOR
GETTING COURT.
OPINIONS
Bill Was Passed By the Senate
This Morning
ANOTHER DRIVE AT FLETCHER
Gov. Gates Gets Committee Started
to Investigate Offer Made BY
T. N. Vail.

Montpelier Jan. 29.--The Senate to-
day passed bill repeating the law
| requiring the supreme court to fur
nish opinions at the request of the
governor.
This is another step in the effort of
undo as much as possible OF Governor
Fletcher's handiwork of two years
age.
The House this morning passed the
omnibus bill of 220 sections making
changes in the statutes as required
by amendments to the constitution.
Senator La Franchise yesterday in
troduced a bill providing for state
orphan asylum for homeless children.
The bill calls for an appropriation of
$50 900.
Montpelier, Jan. 28.-At the urgent
desire of Gov. Gates five senators and
10 representatives will leave tomor-
row for Lyndon to investigate Theo~
dore n. Wallis offer of Speedwell
farm and agricultural school as free
gift to the state of Vermont.
The resolution creating this COM
mission was passed through at the
governors suggestion and as soon as
it reached his hands he asked the
member of the Joint committee to
meet him in the executive chamber.
Present at this meeting was John T.
Titcomb, who explained by means of
scale map the expense and import
ance of Mr.. Wallis offer.
AT the suggestion of Gov. Gates Mr..
Titcomb went into full details regard
ing the offer which is much more
comprehensive than might have been
understood from the publication of
the first letter from Mr.. Vail
AS explained by Mr.. Titcomb, at
the governors suggestion, the offer
not only carries with it the boys
school and dormtories, but the whole
of the $500 acres comprised in Speed
well farms. with possibility that ev-
en- the magnificent house might be
stripped of its ornamental furniture
and used as a dormitory 1t was the
opinion OF Mr.. Titcomb that at least
$50 boys could be trained at the
school and only provso required is
that the property shall be used for
the purpose of training young men to
earn their living.
The members of the committee to
investigate Mr. Wallis offer are: Sen
ators Martin, Wright, Dunklee, Noon
an and Reed and Representatives
Smith of Barre City, Hendee of Pitts
ford Wells of Randolph, Taylor of
Springfield. Foote of Cornwall. Smith
of st. Albans, Atwood of Lyndon.
Wright of Albany, Johnson of Willis
ton and Lovejoy of Stowe.
The governor urged the members
of the committee to take their time,
to look the property over thoroughly
and satisfy themselves whether it
would be an advantage to the state
or whether in time it might become
q burden.
The governor himself seemed to be
greatly in favor of accepting the offer
providing no practical financial diff
fcuty presented itself in the course
of the committees Investigations.
Beside the educational bill, intro.
duced in the House. which is mas
sive document of 226 sections, the
Senate passed the omnibus bill, s, 81,
harmonizing the statutes and the re-
vised constitution. a document of 220
sections, and advanced the Simonds
primary bill to a third reading. In
the matter of bulk this was the heav-
lest half days work done by the Leg
islature since it's assembly.