The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-18
BIG MAJORITY FOR
PROHIBITION
REFERENDUM
Perry Bill Passed House Today
1863 to So
TO ABOLISH ATTORNEY GENERAL
House by Large Majority Endorses
Bill to Discontinue the
Office.

| Montpelier, Feb. ls--The bill to
submit the question OF state wide
| prohibition to referendum and in
| troduced by Representative Perry of
| Erattleboro passed the house today
by vote OF 16O TO 6g The Benning-
ton county representatives voted for
| and 10 against the bill
If anyone really expected that the
| legislature would complete its work In
| 60 days that hope must now be com
| pletely shattered BIZ after bill has
| been ordered to lie when II has come
up in regular order and in this way
work has been continually projected
into the future Many big measures.
such as taxation, education. work.
mems mpensations, primaries, etc,
are still to be acted upon and each
and every one will consume more OF
less time-probably a great deal more.
No one wants to make any prediction
Of the time of adjournment any more
for there is nothing substantial upon
which to base prediction
Some members think in an indeha-
ite sort of way that the session Is
about half over If this is true ii will
bring adjournment along about the
first OF April. but others think that
the final day will be the middle of APP
ril or perhaps little behind
The house passed the bill providing
for the sanitary regulation of barber
shops Under the terms of this ILL
razors, needles, mugs. shaving brush.
ilized by immersion in boiling water
after each separate use, while blr sh-
es, combs. and neck busters are 10 be
sterilized every morning Clean or
steriized towels shall be used and
only powdered articles shall be- used
TO stop the flow OF blood. Powder
puffs and sponges shall not be used
and the head rest OF the barber chairs
shall be protected With clean paper be-
fore each customer is served. Local
boards OF health shall regularly in
spect barber shops and shall enforce
the law and prosecute whenever nee
essay The bin takes effect on tic
passage
Senator Simmonds of Caledonia has
introduced bill In the senate which
provides for the reading of the Bible
without comment in the public
schools. 1t was generally believed
thnt tbio r,aocura mill ,naat ,,,,tb 40,
siderable and united opposition.
A joint resolution was introduced
in the house providing that the legis-
lative chaplains shall receive pay OF
$4 day and the same mileage as
members.
The House yesterday voted by
large majority TO abolish the office
of the attorney-general In so doing.
il was made clear the members cast
no reflection upon the present incum-
bent. but went on record as oppos-
ing the continuance of the office.
which was characterized as an ex-
pensive luxury This was the sole
event in an otherwise colorless day.
1 llt tUltIludI WIS Al lull Ollc Will
some of yesterdays unfinished bust
ness upon it, but practically every
other important measure was ordered
to lie.
The bill, H. 1885. abolishing the at
torney-general's Office came in from
the judiciary committee with an ad-
verse majority report and with mi
nority of three fayoring It, Mr.
Stone of Vergennes, expecting much
oratory. moved that action be post
poned. but this was overwhelmingly
voted down Messrs Putnam of
Middlesex Foote of Cornwall, Phelps
of Fair Haven, with Jones of Shrews-
bury, the fathe. of the bill, favored 1t,
and the resulting vote was 164 to 50
in favor of ordering it to third
reading Mr.. Putnam and some 9TH
ers favoring the bin became confused
and voted mo- so the actual majori-
ty may be somewhat larger. Mr..
Stone of Vergennes opposed the bill,
and practically every lawyer in the
House voted against it.
1t was expected that the Jones bili
would pass the House, but its fate in
the Senate is not certain. At first its
supporters simply hoped that it
would pass the House SO as to give
Attorney-General Barbe' an expires
sion of opinion on the subject of the
expense of the office. The large ma
jorty vote in the House gives them
more hope that the bill may become
q law.