Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-04
Recommendations of Education.
al Commission Embodied in
Measure introduced by Repre-.
sentative HuIett of Arlington.
OMNIBUS BILL PASSED
Senate Orders Direct Primary
Measure to Third Reading
House Refuses to Abolish
Square at Top of Party Tick
cts on Ballots.

cts on Ballots.
Montpelier. Jan 23.--The long ex-
pected educational bill was intro
duced into the House this afternoon
without any fuss or Formally Mr..
Hulett OF Arlington by reoues. intro
duced the bill. II was heralded by no
special message from the Governor.
and was not introduced simultaneously
in Senate ard House. as some of the
commission would have desired IT
went through the revision committee,
who inserted and cut GA. e few com
mas and changed clause or two and
was then introduced into the Hous.
AS it is one OF the most important
measures that has appeared before any
recent Legislature many copies will
be distributed around the State. The
bill. occupying 115 pages. contains
substantially the former recommended
tions of the commission. Ar abstract
Of it will be found in another col
umn.
Another big bill, the omnibus bill.
conform with the constitutional amend
ments, passed the Senate this after
noon, the committee recommending a
few amendments. which were accepted.
Senator Simonds' direct primary bill
was ordered to a third reading by the
Senate. Mr. Russelrs primary bill
in the House has not yet been report
ed by the committee The Senate also
ordered to a third reading the bill Civ
ing a slightly larger appropriation
towards the making of the topograph-
ical maps OF the United States Geo
logical Survey.
AN UNKNOWN HEROINE.
A resolution memorializing Mrs Bette
Van Metre, a southern woman who was
the Good Samaritan to Vermont soldiers
in the Civil War was introduced to-day
by Colonel Foster of Calais. She has
been known as the Unknown Heroine"
In 1892 L. e. Chittenden, registrar OF
the treasury under Lincoln. published his
book. entitled AN Unknown Heroine,
telling the story Of how young south
ern woman. scarcely 20 years of age,
saved the life of one OF Vermont's Off
GERS after he had been desperately
wounded and left to die. Col Aldace
F. Walker of the Eleventh Vermont, in
his THE Vermont Brigade in the Shen-
andoah Valley devotes chapter in re-
citing the facts from which Mr.. Chit
tenden wrote his story, the officer whose
life was thus saved being Lieut.. Henry
e. Bedell Of Company D of Colonel Wal
kers regiment.
HAPGOOD'S BALLOT BILL KILLED.
The House had decided split this
morning over Mr.. Hapgoods bill which
required a voter to place a cross after
the name of every man on the ballot
for which he voted. This would do away
with the square at the top Of each party
ticket, by which straight ticket could
be voted at one mark of the pencil. The
bill vas refused a third reading on yea
and nay vote Of 1ls to 1O7 Several COM
pick provisions Of tho present law were
brought ont IN the debate ON this meas
ure. The bill was designed to make for
simplicity and to DO away With blind
party regularity N voting 4 majority
OF the members. however, considered the
present measurs 81 satisfactory. All Of the
republican leaders voted against II, and
sUAGIlS0.ly CSrIlpCratS 1nf iDGeCeEr-
en,s voted in favor of It.
The House passed a bill! !rcrea sing the
salaries OF tho assistants under tho
State board Of health. The bill affecting
.he rsrtscrs OF bills, shortening their
forms and limiting their powcr, was
also passod by the House in concurrence
The Governor approved the House bill
providing for plurality election OF town
representative or tho third or subsequent
ballot THIS removes the ambiguity OF
tho present act
A petition from a Barnet Sunday
school favonng the prohibition referen-
dunn was presented and referred to tho
temperance committee. Over thousand
Sunday school pupils between the ages
OF u and % nave signed suoh a petition.
COAGMlTTUD HEARINGS YESTERDAY
There we're some heanngs of impor-
lance to-day. Selling cigars and tobacco
In saloons 10 now illegal. and House bill
139 which would lega!ize such sales was
unanimously voted down by the temper
ance committee OF tho House The bill
WIS introduced as a temperance measure.
It. being said that when making a round
Of saloons some would treat with tobac-
co instead of drink II rhere was an op-
portunity. IT WAS considered by the
committee that II waS an entering wedge
for more than liquor business in sa-
oons, and that man should not assign
more than one reason for entering . sa-
loon. When seen In saloon. a young
man might II the proposed bill became
law. say that he simply stopped In
10 get cigar.
The general committee at their hearing
decided that It would not he right to the
boys OF the State to take away all oppor-
tunity to use a gun. 4 proposed law
would make II illegal for a boy under l6
TO U.s. gun, even with the permission Of
his parents. Commissioner Titcomb said
that such an act would take away all the
opportunity for association Of father and
young sons In the woods for hunting. To
deprive son and father Of such conpan-
ionshlp would be wrong. Many boys learn
70 handle . gun properly before the age
of 1s The COMMITTEES were of the opinion
that a boy should be allowed 10 hunt
when accompanied by parent, guardian
or adult.
The military affairs committee approved
the armory DILL which will make 1t posi-
bic for towns to contract with the State
10 build armories, and tho State with its