The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-21
House Debated the Metzger
Measure for an Hour
and a Half
THEN ADJOURNED
FOR REFRESHMENT
Majority of the Committee
Was Against the
Bill

The Vermont House debated for al
hour and half this forenoon the Metz
ger bill to grant to women the right u
vote for presidential electors and, dinneI
time having come adjourned to this aft
ernoon The debate was started by 6
aority report of the suffrage and elec
tions committee against the bill, together
with minority report in favor. The
committee stood ten to five. The senti
ment this forenoon seemed to be slightly
in opposition to the measure.
Mr.. Edison of Peacham, for the minor
ity, said the bill ought to pass. Mr.. Bar
rett of Cabot opposed its passage. while
Mr.. Metzger of Randolph strongly urged
| the House to overturn the majority re-
port and go on'rccord in favor of giving
the women the right to vote for electors
Mr. Condor OF Pittsford was opposed ia
woman's suffrage. Mr.. Stearns of Bur
iiington was for free suffrage. Mr.. La
Fleur of Middlebury asked for enlighten-
ment from the committee as to the ma
jority report; Mr.. Phelps of Fair Haven
explained the committees action. Mr..
Bond OF Searsburg favored the vote for
women. Mr. Howland of Barre City was
in favor of suffrage. Mr.. LaFleur Of
Middlebury was for extending the rights
of full suffrage. Mr.. Phelps OF Fair Ha-
ven defended the committees action in q
strong speech favoring the bill. Mr..
Fenton of Rutland City said that the bill
should not pass. Mr.. Moore of Ludlow
favored the bill.
The House passed the House bill las,
requiring the commissioners of taxes to
furnish certain notices to licensees here
tofore furnished by the board of license
commissioners. On motion of Mr.. Cnd.
worth of Londonderry, the bin was
amended that "the commissioner of taxes
may upon complaint OF board Of license
commissioners by written notices to each
lcensee. forbid, etc. The House also
passed H. 320 and H. 335, relating to evi.
dences of money loan, written or en-
dorsed at an indsterminate conditional
rate and relating to exemptions from
taxation las smended exempting gasoline
machines not used for hirel.
New Bills in Senate.
The following bills were introduced in
the Senate to-day:
BY Senator Dimond of Bennington, an
act to amend section 626 of the public
statutes, relating to exemption of lands
sold for taxes. PROVIDES same rights
for mortgage, If lands are mortgsged,
their representatives or assigns, as the
owneri
BY Senator Villas of Chittenden, an act
to amend section 56 of the public stat
utes, TO repeal section 60 of the public
statutes. to abolish the Office of the Judge
Of probate for the district of Fair Haven,
to extend the jurisdiction of the Judge of
probate of the Rutland district over
district comprising Rutland county and
to increase the salary of the judge of the
Rutland district by amending section
1920 of the public statutes. (Consoli
dates probate offices in Rutland county
by abolishing Fair Haven district and
making salary of Rutland probate judge !
sl,400)
BY Senator Eddy of Windham, by re-
quest. an act to provide for recount Of
votes in town and city elections. with |
in ten days after election a candidate
desiring a recount shall file a petition |
with town or city clerk setting forth |
under oath that he is informed and be.
ieves. mistake or fraud has been COM
nitted and requesting recount Count !
10 be made by board of civil authority |
,r city council, and aggrieved candidate
nay appeal to county court, providing he
lies bond to cover costs of appeal.
s4-Hour Law Changed.
The act introduced by Haynes of Or
nH
7esrs of age, and women. shall not be
in theatres, moving picture the
tires, laundries, bakeries, printing, cloth
ng, dressmaking or millinery establish
nents. manicure or hairdressing estab-
ishments, hotels or restaurants. stores,
elegraph or telephone companies, mer-
handise, express or transportation COM
anies more than nine hours a day OF 54
ours per week was so altered at the
lose of the public hearing last evening
hat even its own father would not have q,
it. The supporters of the bill [
greed 10 accept amendments so that ho- I
els. restaurants, and public service COM
anies should not be included within the [
cope of the act and to have the time {
init ten-hour day and 55-hour week. |
A delegation of anti-suffrage workers. 9
Mrs. George Smile and Mrs. !
rank Lowe of Montpelier. supported the I
ILL., Others who favored il were Rev. I
raser Metzger of Randolph, F. F. Moore !
Ludlow, Senator Taylor of Windham, q
nd Alexander Ironside of Barre, secre- T
iry of the Vermont branch of the Amer
an Federation of Labor. Representa- I
We w. s. Fenton of Rutland City, Fuller {
Smith of ST. Alhans and others op- a
osed the hotel and restaurant clause 7
AIRY Daniels Of East Montpelier e
loucht the bill Disseminated against a
omen workers, and y. d. Phelps of
ARE asked how a merchant could run
IS business proftably if the bill became
law. Representative II. T. Dunbar Of
srtlsnd did not think that all the wom- y
/ workers favored the bill. Representa- I
We w. II. Root of Bennington asked y
nv the domestic worker was not consfd- :,
ed and how the bill would affect the !.
INNER college workers.
Consolidation Bill Triumphs.
With one exception all attempts TO b
oppose to the House to amend the ad- a
a