The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-15
Vote on Measure Stood III
to Snow Up to
Governor
WOULD LIMIT TERMS
OF SUPREME COURT
And Make it Necessary for Legislature
to Elect Next Thursday-chairman
of Judiciary Makes Vain Protest
Agalns. Action.
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER. Jan.

Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER Ian X
The bonse tbis n,o,,nino- ,1,,s,9a1lio5 ~,
ruIes and nassed With - s1irrht -, 49,,
position the Powell ,iu fvinm t6a AL,
of the t1rn of sunre,ne court ;nst;cos
on Feb. The hin bas nassGd +bo
senate and nopy oons +o tho co,-orrC,.
and if SIGNED bv him as Il is evnoc+od
it will be. the leoisla+ure will nroeaed
Thursday to elect iusticas of Tho s,,.
preme court de,pite tho fact that ex-
Governor Fletcher commissioned +bo
present iustices for two wears Tho
feeling in the house was determined
and overrode the objection of Morse of
Hardwick and Graham Of Rockingham
Mr. Morse wanted the hin ordered IA
lie and be made = speciaI order for
Thursday, He arouei AGAINST haste
and referred ia railroad, tac+;ce
Mr.. Graham sunpnrtal the Morse mo-
tion and took orras;on tn rofor +o tba
= t..lihoIious sta+ameptsr3 that his nosi-
tion was biased bpcausc Of his former
relations with GOV. Fletcher as serre-
tarv Of civil and military affairs He
defended the governor and said that
in October, 1912. Chief Justice Rovval,
glve the governor q memorandum in
{tbc handwriting of .Tnstico Watson and
he i'm his official capacitv eypreSsel the
onioian which has haar ro,,ao+a4I,- no
ferrod 70
Mr.. Graham 5 reference to This opin-
+ ION caused Mr.. Stone rf Vertrpnnes 70
Egea 4 = nevspapcr statement made bv
child Of Fairfield then moved that the
governor was remembering too much
when he said thai the court had riyen
Il unanimous opinion The roll call
showed 81 in favor OF ordering the bill
to lie and III in favor of its being
passed to a third reading. Mr.. Fair
child Of Fairchild then moved that the
rule be suspended and the bill he put
upon its passage Only eight opposed
this measure and the bill was passed
with only a few noes being heard.
The bill came in with minority re
port signed by Morse and Graham
This report set forth that the signers
were opposed 10 the bill because they
thought it would be an unconstitu-
tional act by shortening the term of
the present Justices TO two months be
cause it has been officially asserted to
the general assembly and not officially
denied that the present justices were
appointed in accordance with the unan-
| imous opinion of the court and the
election of another court will result in
chaos and confusion.
In the senate today Senator Shaw
introduced bill directly from the
floor without it having gone to the bill
.revisers. This was done by suspension
Of rules and establishes the night that
the revisers cannot control the intro
duction of bills II the Legislature does
not so desire. The bill changes the
method of appointing the rcvisers, but
it retains the present reviscrs until
the next session of the general assem-
bly,. Foster Of Calais has introduced
a bill limiting the session OF the gen
! eral assembly to 90 days including Sun
days and holidays. Evening session,
to be held if necessary. tits not thought
that such a bill will he passed, but
there is more hope for measure limit
ing the salaries of members. One sucl
bill is already in setting the salary a
$500. This morning Moore Of Ludlow
L introduced 4 bill providing that mem
bers receive $500 for the first so day
! Of session. after which it shall be ::
>. a day and mileage OF 10 cents.
. The speaker this morning announced
= the house committee to attend the fu
? neral of Judge j. l.. Martin. The com
o mittee is Perry Of Brattleboro, Hew
h lit Of Berlin and MeJendy Of London
/ derry.
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