The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-11
GEN. MILES GIVES TALK.
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Locklin in favoring a referendum on
the matter and thought that if the law
was not satisfactory it could be again
submitted to the people and stated that
when the question came to vote he
should demand the yeas and nays.
| Senator Powell made a somewhat
lengthy defence of the present local
option law and urged the regulation of
the traffic instead of the habits of
men, stating that you could not create
or remove an appetite by Legislation
and that the secretary of the anti-sa-
loon league admitted that the present
law had been the best enforced law Oh
liquor traffic ever enjoyed In Vermont.
He said he should vote eyes on the
/ bill because he believed this was the
psychological moment for the friends
of local option TO accept the prohibi-
tionists' challenge and submit the mat
| ter to the people. Senator Shaw oppos-
ed the bill because he had found the
present law most satisfactory and he
believed that the legislature should
deal with the local option law itself in
stead of submitting the question to the
[
the present law was not local option
because one voter in town can over
turn the wishes of the inhabitants for
p miles around. He said he might feel
differently about the matter if only
the towns voting license were affected.
but such was not the case as towns
wishing no license had their rights in
Ivaded by neighboring towns voting
for license.
Senator Seavor favored the bill on
behalf of the boys of Vermont and
Thought the voters were entitled to a
referendum.
Senator Simonds replied to a charge
that under the prohibitory law the
statutes could not be enforced by stat
ing that the fine for illegal selling IN.
der that law was $40 while under the
lpresent law it is $500 and quoted his
Experience as state 5 attorney when he
made raids in the no-license town OF
Hardwiek twice in one month. search
ling the places of II illegal sellers and
Selling 5000 gallons of liquor.
The vote on the third reading of the
bill was as follows:
In favor of a third reading: Senator!
Brown, Cady, Campbell, Carver, Ched
el, Divoll, Dunklee, Hinsman, Hol
comb, Locklin, Martin of Chittenden
Noonan, Page, Powell, Seaver, Simonds
Smith, Stebbins, Wilcox, Wright
Opposed to a third reading: Senator
Bascom, Bentley, Blake, Martin o
Washington, Roberts, Lafranehise
Shaw, Conant.
! Not voting; Senators Reed ant
Thomas.
| Change in Compensation Act.
E, The workman 5 compensation bii
: has come from the committee with pro
posals of amendment which cut out tn
exemption of farm laborers and make
: the act apply to an employer who en-
| ploys more than five persons, change
f the burial benefit to SIS instead o
= 800. 1t also provides that in case tn
$ employer wishes to buy liability IL
g lsurance to cover men under the act h
I may assess and collect one-half tn
t cost from the employee under such rulC
Q and regulations as the board may pr
scribe.
f The house has ordered a third rea,
h ing on the bill providing for medic;
= inspection in schools after shgl
: amendment changing the words ''me
= lcdl inspector TO - nedltn inspector.
+ The bin in its present form makes sue
N inspection compulsory in towns votiT
" for such inspection, allows private e
II animation by a physician other thu
4 the health inspector upon written d
10 mand by parents or guardians and
the expense of such parents and do
20 not require health inspection to
20 done by a regular medical practition
u as under the provisions it may be do
N by a duly qualified nurse. The thi
n reading was ordered by a rising vo
N OF II to 80.
q. A third reading was ordered or
$50 requiring executors, administrato
and trustees of trust estates to invC
funds under their control so that t
income from all portions of such esta
that exceed the sum of $40
81 shall be equivalent to the income FRI
", real estate first mortgages in Vernon
st Mr.. McClary of Windsor opposed t
he bill and Mr.. Morse OF Ludlow and W
al son of Chelsea favored it.
aw The committee on public health
pc troduced a bill yesterday imposing
nd fine of $500 or Imprisonment for /
more than two years upon persons W
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